Virtual Wedding Consultations Engaged Couples Should Take Advantage of Right Now

Virtual venue tours have been around for a long time. On the Here Comes the Guide website, you can find lots of 360-degree virtual tour videos on the wedding venue pages that allow you to see a panoramic view of the different event spaces.

"During the COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, many wedding venues are taking it a step further by offering personal site tours via FaceTime and Skype! You can virtually 'walk' through the event spaces with the venue's onsite coordinator, talk through what your wedding could look like at their location, and ask questions as they come up in real time. What better way to find your ideal venue from home than with a one-on-one virtual site tour? This is a great chance to get to know the venue coordinator and discuss details. Also, since it's happening on your device, you can screenshot or record key moments of the walkthrough! Treat this just like a normal site tour, and don't be shy about asking to see everything that you want to see." — Jenna Miller, creative director, Here Comes the Guide

"Virtual tours provide the opportunity to tour venues when it's best to stay at home. Our venue, Hutton Brickyards, is also set up on AllSeated.com, which provides us the opportunity to plan in 3D with live VR tours available." — Joel Lippman, Hutton Brickyards

"We are really staying connected to our clients right now, and we've always contacted them via phone calls, email, and texting. We have now found that setting up virtual chats has really taken the worry out of this uncertain time. It's nice to see venues in person, but our venue managers have been able to set up FaceTiming appointments for potential and current clients to show them around, figure out floor plans, etc. Also, on the catering side, we are planning videos to talk about our cuisine and menus, so there are new and refreshing ways to get to know our business." — Sarah Kuhlberg, creative director, Colette's Catering

"Spending more time at home doesn't mean wedding planning comes to a stop. It's easier now more than ever to do virtual planning. You can do research, build your specific look, get free swatches to coordinate colors, even get a free home try-on delivered to your front door. New virtual tools make getting your suit or tuxedo easier and faster than a traditional fitting. We've built a system at Generation Tux that takes any potential human error out of a fitting. We've done hundreds of thousands of suit and tuxedo rentals, and built a virtual fitting process that creates your fit using your specific height, age, weight, traditional pants size, and body type. All this information is combined with your preferred fit type and you're done. Our algorithm will fit you at a higher success rate than hand measuring. Get a free home try-on to make sure we have your fit just right. If you need anything adjusted, a quick call to our customer experience team will make any changes to ensure you look exactly how you want to look on your big day. Once it's done, we'll send your suit or tux to you 14 days before your event so you can try it on again with plenty of time for any changes before your event. Get your virtual planning started at generationtux.com." — Matt Ramirez, senior VP of marketing, Generation Tux

"Virtual consultations are a wonderful way to see gowns from the comfort of your home and much better to see quality than a static online image. Stylists may even try on the gowns to show how they move, which gives you a really good idea of how they will look in your wedding videos and photographs. This works so well for bridesmaid gown shopping as this is similar to what you would be doing with your girls in a boutique. They can also give you tips on how to get your girls to measure themselves to ensure they order the correct size." — Rosanna Garden, director, Motee Maids