SAY ‘I DO’ If you put your wedding on hold in 2020, better act now to snare one of Winter Park’s popular venues. BY PATRICIA LETAKIS
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n a typical year, Americans throw some 2 million weddings. Sometimes, it seems as though about half of them are in Winter Park. But in 2020, the wedding industry as a whole experienced a 34 percent decline in revenue, according to an IBISWorld Industry Report. The drop would likely have been larger, says an analysis from the international market research firm, but some couples who rescheduled their nuptials didn’t get their money back so they’d still have their first-choice vendors and venues when the COVID-19 pandemic waned and in-person events were again possible. Anecdotally, many wedding planners say they expect the number of weddings to spike by 25 percent or more in 2021 and into 2022, putting pressure on couples to find venues that haven’t already been booked. But at least in Winter Park there are plenty of choices.
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