A Wedding Boom Is Coming - Are You Ready For It?
We’re pulling back the curtain on why the number of wedding engagements will be increasing and how to get ahead of the engagement wave.
Whims & Joy
November - February is known as “Engagement Season.” About 40% of all engagements each year happen during these months.
However, the pandemic triggered a sharp marriage proposal drop off.
Although we’ve still seen a wave of engagements every year post-covid during the traditional engagement season, the number of wedding engagements has overall gone through a steep decline.
Covid had a huge impact on relationships due to the impact of pandemic lifestyles. This impact resulted in fewer couples being ready for a marriage proposal.
But that’s all about to change.
The Impact Of Covid On Wedding Engagements
“On average couples typically get engaged about 3.25 years after they begin dating.” (Kavilanz, 2023). Interestingly, Kavilanz found that relationships and their progression towards engagements is closely tracked by Signet Jewelers, the largest jewelry company in the United States.
Signet owns Zales, Jared, Kay Jewelers, Blue Nile, and Daimond’s Direct - clearly they are experts in engagement rings and weddings - and they found that 2023 is expected to be the bottom out point of a dip in engagements from covid (Kavilanz, 2023).
Over the next three years they confidently expect engagements will increase every year based on the 45 milestones they track that they’ve found relationships move through on the way to a wedding engagement. Signet has found that not every couple will move through all 45 milestones, but if a couple hits 25-30 milestones in their relationship the odds of a wedding proposal gets really high (Kavilanz, 2023). Things like “going to a concert together” or “going to a sporting event together” are all important dating milestones that were halted during covid. With the return to pre-pandemic activities, relationships are progressing and a wave of marriage proposals is ahead.
Book Early
What does a wave of wedding engagements mean for you?
It means it’s going to be a very good idea to book your wedding venue and wedding vendors early if you are planning on getting married anytime in the next three years and beyond.
Stressed about how to get your dream wedding date when you’re not even engaged yet?
You’re in good company.
There’s a common secret trend in the wedding industry - couples are booking a wedding date before they are engaged. (Read our blog post all about this popular modern wedding trend here). This trend is common at Legacy Hill Farm and there are many couples touring our wedding venue right now before they are engaged.
It isn’t awkward to tour Legacy Hill Farm before you are engaged.
Modern couples frequently tour our venue and book their wedding date before they are engaged. In fact, we warmly invite you to book a tour and start wedding planning now if you are dreaming about a wedding but haven’t put a ring on it just yet.
Pre-pandemic it was very common for couples to book their wedding date at Legacy Hill Farm over 2 years in advance. We are seeing couples trend towards this once again as we are frequently receiving inquiries for popular wedding dates 2 - 3.5 years in advance right now.
The best thing you can do to beat a wave of engagements is to secure your wedding venue and wedding vendors early.
We’ve made it easy for couples to find and book their wedding date 100% online at Legacy Hill Farm.
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Pick out the perfect wedding date and book it online today here.
Jump ahead of the huge list of people scheduled to tour Legacy Hill Farm in the weeks ahead and save your wedding date online now.
Tons of couples book their wedding date online at Legacy Hill Farm without a tour first.
Couples love that they can grab their date online and know there will be plenty of time and tons of opportunities to get on the property and plan out the details in the future.
Life is busy and our online booking calendar makes it easy for you to check “wedding venue” off of your to do list.
With You, For You.
Legacy Hill Farm
