By Katie Hepler and Tanya Jansen Most couples spend months, if not years, planning their weddings. Because of social distancing practices, many have postponed or cancelled their ceremonies. Alyssa Torres, a wedding coordinator in Riverside, has dealt with over ten couples who have had to postpone their weddings. Torres’s company does not offer refunds but does allow for couples to postpone their weddings with no extra fees. Weddings often take a great deal of time, money, planning and logistics. According to Torres, many couples spend upwards of ten thousand dollars on their venue and with the nonrefundable deposit, it creates a lot of incentive to postpone until next year … [Read more...] about Quarantine throws wedding plans into chaos
Wedding Planning
Planning a wedding on a student budget
By Megan Spencer |Staff Writer| My fiance, Mark Estrada, proposed to me on July 11, 2012 during my junior year of college at CSUSB. We had been together for almost six years, so we knew it was the perfect time. There was only one problem; planning a wedding is tricky and doing it as a full-time student can add a world of new challenges. With the excitement of our big day in tow, I found myself switching colors, picking flowers and going to bridal shows in the midst of writing papers, studying for exams and prepping for presentations. Not to mention, trying to figure out how we were going to pull off the wedding of our dreams on a student-friendly budget. My … [Read more...] about Planning a wedding on a student budget