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'Please pick me': Calgary couples, businesses feeling 2022 wedding boom
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Left, engaged Calgary couple Tony Nelicchio and Cherie Novecosky, right, Lucas Scott of Everthine Bridal Consignment Boutique. (Supplied by Cherie Novecosky, Lucas Scott - image credit)

When Calgarian Cherie Novecosky and her fiancé got engaged at the end of last year, she sprung into action.

"You can't wait nowadays because of the boom of the wedding season. Everyone's delayed because of COVID," she said.

Novecosky and her fiancé Tony Nelicchio started planning "immediately" to secure their ideal date and venue, because things were booking up quickly, Novecosky said.

"I feel like as a bride right now I have to basically present myself to these vendors and be like, 'please pick me'… because of this boom, they get to pick who they want as their clients."

Couples, bridal shops and event venues are feeling the pressure of a surge of weddings after two years of cancellations related to the pandemic.

Fortunately, Novecosky managed to secure a venue in 2023.

"You really have to plan so far forward that it almost kind of takes away from the joy of it. Like, I wanted to take a little bit more time enjoying my engagement, when all of a sudden it was like you don't get to enjoy that right off the bat," she said.

But when events like the engagement party and the big day come, it'll all be worth it, she said.
Supplied by Lucas Scott

Supplied by Lucas Scott

At a Calgary bridal consignment shop near Victoria Park, dresses are flying off the shelves.

Lucas Scott, senior bridal consultant and salon manager at Everthine Bridal Consignment Boutique, said due to a limited number of weddings in the past two years, they have not been getting the same volume of dresses to resell.

"Historically, we see a lot of our collection come in September to mid-October, when all the summer weddings are done…We usually see about 40ish dresses in that time. And I've seen about 40 in the last eight months," he said.

Low inventory, coupled with a sudden increase in demand, is "incredibly unnerving," said Scott.

"It's insane the number of weddings that are going to be happening this year. "

He said many brides are coming in with smaller budgets, having delayed their wedding for a second or third time due to the pandemic, and the dresses they bought in 2019 and 2020 aren't wanted anymore.

"They come to me with an even bit more of a limited budget, because they already have that second dress."

Venue booking up 135 per cent

At Heritage Park, wedding and event bookings are up 135 per cent since last year.

And they continue to get calls "every single day," says Dominic Terry, strategic communications manager at Heritage Park.

"We know that 2021 was pretty challenging, and for a lot of people, that meant that they weren't able to have that wedding that they wanted to have," he said.

"We're working with couples now that have varying budgets, trying to stay within where they wanted to be in the last two years. But, we've certainly seen an explosion of event and wedding bookings over the last couple of months."

He said many calls are about COVID precautions too. Adding, at their venue, they're willing to wear masks and are being mindful of the virus that caused so many weddings to be delayed in the first place.

"We are starting to feel like we're emerging into a recovery stage here in the tourism sector. But, we still want to be mindful of where our guests are, and we want to be there."

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