I'm a wedding photographer who's lost $14,000 in expected income due to the coronavirus putting weddings on hold. How will the coronavirus change the wedding industry? It's uncertain for people like me.
That isn’t the norm for most people and, thankfully, it’s not due to some toxic environment or abusive boss.
I was prepared for another postponement, cancellation or “What do we do?!” email, since I had already received dozens of those from clients I was scheduled to work with this year. Those weren’t a burden, because providing emotional support during stressful times is one of my favorite aspects of the job.
“ ‘I had no idea how my business would operate again. I had no idea if the career I had spent a decade building would be useless in the post-COVID-19 world.’ ” The best among us already included clauses in our contracts regarding esoteric legal concepts like force majeure and impossibility, which are meant to protect wedding professionals and clients in cases of emergencies or extenuating circumstances that prevent an event from occurring.
Without clearly stipulated language in signed agreements, many wedding vendors feel exposed to the will of their clients and fear exposure to COVID-19 while being forced to work. Officials in the Oklahoma Department of Commerce have argued that wedding businesses are essential services that must operate now.
One client told me that their proactive choice to reorient their wedding to a smaller, more corona-conscious model in the fall meant they lost $17,000 in nonrefundable deposits alone. And even then, with estimates of extended social distancing and guests likely hesitant to travel, weddings that do happen after the outbreak are likely to look and feel very different. Couples planning weddings are mourning, and those of us who make it our jobs to celebrate with them are similarly distraught.
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