30 People Whose Weddings Didn’t Go As Planned Due To The Quarantine

The wedding planning and registry resource The Knot reported that the United States had 450,000 weddings scheduled for March, April, and May of 2020. Kristen Maxwell-Cooper, the editor-in-chief at The Knot, told Al Jazeera that even if only 4 percent of couples decide to cancel their wedding ceremonies rather than postponing them, it will still hit the vendors big time.

Kristen explained: "Many of our small business partners, the wedding professionals that make weddings happen, are feeling a strain on their bottom line as couples look to postpone and reschedule their weddings for later this year or into 2021.”

According to this study, on average, American weddings cost $33,900 in 2019, including all the expenses for the engagement ring, ceremony, and reception. IBISWorld has concluded that even if revenue growth for the wedding industry is expected to decline this year, early in the outlook period, revenue is expected to surge as operators accommodate both new and postponed weddings.