The global pandemic from the Corona virus has had a huge impact on weddings in general, with more and more couples choosing to have their wedding online or outdoors for safety.
In a report from 2020, there was an 11% increase in the number of outdoor weddings from 2019 to 2020. There was also an increase in the number of outdoor receptions from 43% in 2019 to 59% in 2020.
Because of the impact of the virus, many couples are continuing to choose to have outdoor weddings and why not? Outdoor weddings can be beautiful, practical, and budget-friendly (if you want them to be!).
When it comes to your wedding planning budget, an outdoor wedding can be just as expensive or just as budget friendly as any average wedding planned indoors. It just takes a little thought and a little bit of creativity.
But thanks to Covid, you can take advantage of the ideas that many couples before you managed to come up with during the pandemic. In 2020, thousands of couples had to change their plans drastically and even at the last minute, but thankfully, you won’t have to with this helpful guide.
Let’s take a look at budget numbers for the low and high end outdoor wedding budgets.
Lower end outdoor weddings can cost anywhere from $500 up to $4,000, but can be much cheaper if hosted on your own property (or a friends’) or in a public space.
Of course, it depends on a variety of things such as your personal taste, available spaces to use from friends or family, and how many guests you plan to have.
Higher end budgets for outdoor weddings can range from $10,000 up to $50,000 (and beyond, if you really want).
Your venue choices, transportation for the bride and groom, plus optional hotel rooms and airfare for friends and family can easily bring your budget up by hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
With all of the other items on your mind, it’s no surprise that you may be forgetting a few things that could help your wedding go down in the history books. We’ve helped you by making a list!
No wedding would be complete without great memories. Of course, you’ll be making plenty throughout the day and night without our help, but we thought we could share a few things that could help in case you were out of ideas!
For those of you that are deciding to use porta potties on-site, have no fear! They do not have to be an eyesore!
Take a look at these cool ideas for portable restrooms for your outdoor wedding:
(Image above found via Pinterest)
Need some more inspiration? Check out this article we wrote, “How to Make a Porta Potty Classy for an Outdoor Wedding”.
If a portable toilet doesn’t sound like the idea you have in mind for your wedding, you’re in luck. As you may have read in our article we linked above, you know we carry a selection of restroom trailers for just such an occasion.
These higher end, classier portable toilets are pulled in behind a trailer and are connected to running water and even electricity for a cooler or warmer experience, depending on the weather for your wedding.
Choosing these kinds of mobile bathrooms allows you to hide more of the less desirable sights from your traditional porta potty such as looking past the toilet seat into the waste tank full of blue stuff and toilet paper.
While there are plenty of variables that will make this answer change, generally speaking, you should probably plan for 1-2 toilets for every 25-50 people.
For some more reading on the math on that, take a look at this article where we broke down that information for you!
While you’re surfing for ideas for your wedding, we thought we would include some interesting articles to help you stay on budget.
The following articles give a few different takes on how to stay on budget so that your wedding doesn’t have to follow you around after the honeymoon!
If you’d like a quote for bathroom rentals for your outdoor wedding, give us a call at 918-272-0568 or fill out this form for a free quote online.
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