{"id":5522,"date":"2022-06-06T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espacestudio.ca\/business-for-mini-weddings-is-booming\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T07:00:00","slug":"business-for-mini-weddings-is-booming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espacestudio.ca\/en\/business-for-mini-weddings-is-booming\/","title":{"rendered":"Business for mini weddings is booming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"post-top-component\">\n<div class=\"o-section mp-show-subscribe mx-auto my-12\" style=\"max-width:550px\">\n<div class=\"mp-show-subscribe__body\" style=\"background:#f6feff;border-color:#f6feff\">\n<header class=\"flex\">\n<div class=\"left w-3\/5 min-tablet:w-1\/2 p-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketplace.org\/shows\/marketplace\/\" data-title=\"Marketplace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"block lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/espacestudio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Business-for-mini-weddings-is-booming.png?w=1300&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"Marketplace\"\/><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/header><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Back in 2021, we spoke with Gretchen Culver of Minneapolis-based Rocket Science Events and Minne Weddings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketplace.org\/2021\/08\/10\/the-microwedding-is-here-to-stay-this-event-planner-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">about the wedding industry<\/a> and, specifically, about her pivot to planning mini weddings for couples. <\/p>\n<p>While business has picked up since we last spoke, Culver has also encountered challenges related to inflation and supply chain snarls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we launch our micro wedding date, it\u2019s a set price, it\u2019s an all-inclusive package [\u2026] I cannot raise my package price for the couples once it\u2019s been set,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Profits have taken a hit in order to pay vendors and partners more, said Culver, who remains optimistic that micro weddings will become \u201ca mainstay business\u201d for her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do really feel that small weddings and micro weddings are here to stay,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Click the media player above to hear more about how Culver\u2019s business is doing.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"global-giving-item\" class=\"padded\" style=\"background-color: #defcf2\">\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">There\u2019s a lot happening in the world.\u00a0 Through it all, Marketplace is here for you.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">You rely on Marketplace to break down the world\u2019s events and tell you how it affects you in a fact-based, approachable way. We rely on your financial support to keep making that possible.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.marketplace.org\/mkp-instory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Your donation today powers the independent journalism that you rely on<\/a>. <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">For just $5\/month, you can help sustain Marketplace so we can keep reporting on the things that matter to you. <\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketplace.org\/2022\/06\/06\/business-for-mini-weddings-is-booming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2021, we spoke with Gretchen Culver of Minneapolis-based Rocket Science Events and Minne Weddings about the wedding industry and, specifically, about her pivot to planning mini weddings for couples. While business has picked up since we last spoke, Culver has also encountered challenges related to inflation and supply chain snarls. \u201cWhen we launch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191570323,"featured_media":5523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1910],"tags":[3473,2089,2894,1948],"class_list":["post-5522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-micro-wedding","tag-booming","tag-business","tag-mini","tag-weddings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/espacestudio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Business-for-mini-weddings-is-booming.jpg?fit=1200%2C678&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pciheA-1r4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5534,"url":"https:\/\/espacestudio.ca\/en\/why-micro-weddings-are-still-popular-two-years-into-the-pandemic\/","url_meta":{"origin":5522,"position":0},"title":"Why micro weddings are still popular two years into the pandemic","author":"ESPACE STUDIO","date":"June 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Smaller and more intimate weddings were not just a 2020 fad. 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