AdminIn the past year, the wedding industry has taken a significant hit due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, causing an estimated 200,000 people to not be able to tie the knot.
Causes include limitations on the number of guests they can have present physically, out of state and overseas guests not being able to cross borders, couples being financially affected due to the Covid-19 pandemic, strict SOP guidelines and guests not feeling completely safe yet to attend a big event.
Couples have downsized their wedding by half or more, causing further stress from uninviting guests, making the hard choice to ‘downgrade’ select friends, relatives and loved ones.
Hence, many couples have resorted to Zoom, Facebook Live, Instagram Live etc, however, off the shelf solutions lack a personalized, private and engaging experience for their virtual guests. A virtual conference call is inadequate to deliver a wedding experience.
This is where Vandure’s Cloud Weddings comes into the picture. It provides couples with an interactive online platform to extend part of their wedding for guests, online. Cloud Weddings’ interactive features such as livestream, chat & table seating, gift registry, photo booth, guestbook and more, guarantees that virtual wedding guests will experience the full wedding the way it’s meant to be and more.
Using a platform like Cloud Wedding does not mean there is no physical wedding. Cloud Wedding works with a physical wedding to extend the wedding experience online. For example, a couple may have 200 guests present at their physical wedding while having up to a 1000 guests virtually present.
The chat & table seating features even allow physical and virtual guests to interact with each other from wherever they are.
Guests can switch between tabs to chat with everyone in the lobby or chat privately with their table mates. Also, each table doesn’t have a maximum seating capacity, meaning couples can slot in their family members, schoolmates or cousins into their own designated table.
The gift registry lets couples receive monetary donations from their guests, this way they don’t miss out on their monetary blessings and we’ve made it easier for their guests to perform the online transactions by uploading a QR code or the couples bank account number.
Couples can also upload pre-recorded or written speeches from their loved ones so those who are present virtually won’t miss out on this meaningful part of your wedding.
If they have loved ones who are overseas or can’t make it, but wish to give a speech on their big day, this feature would work perfectly for them.
With the involvement of technology evolving rapidly in the event industry; event planners, videographers, photographers and wedding planners have also been engaged to offer this online platform designed for weddings, that not only has a livestream feature but offers something more with its interactive features for their clients.
Vandure believes by providing innovative solutions to extend weddings and events online offers more ways to connect with guests at an event. Even in times like these where they cannot physically be present, this fills in the gap to keep guests connected and sharing the joy.
For more information on Vandure’s Cloud Weddings, feel free to get in touch with Melannie at 010-219 8735 or Seyvaq at 012-229 5617
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