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Love on ice: Couple forced to cancel weddings amid COVID say ‘I do’ to express Valentine ceremonies By Rebecca Carballo, Staff writer
Michael and Cinthya Adame were disappointed when they had to cancel their wedding last May due to COVID. Months of planning out the window, and they didn’t know how long their big day would be delayed.
“We were considering just going to a courthouse,” Cinthya Adame said.
But then the couple got a message in a family group chat with a link to a news article about a special event at the Heritage Society the museum was hosting express weddings in the St. John’s Church building at Sam Houston Park on Valentine’s Day weekend.
Celebrate Valentine s Day with the COVID-19 wedding of your dreams at Sam Houston Park Chron 2/3/2021
You no longer have to go to Vegas to get hitched.
The Heritage Society will be hosting express weddings (yes, weddings) in the St. John’s Church building at Sam Houston Park on Feb. 13 and 14, as reported by Houstonia Magazine s Catherine Wendlandt. For just $150 and an hour of your time, you can officially become one with love of your life.
According to The Knot, the average cost of weddings in 2019 was $33,900, including all the expenses related to the engagement ring, ceremony and reception, so you ll be saving about $33,750.
Get Married for $150 at Sam Houston Park This Valentineâs Day
The venue, flowers, and photographer are all included in this romantic Heritage Society package. Â
By
Catherine Wendlandt
1/27/2021 at 12:33pm
Have your wedding at the quaint St. John s Churchâbuilt in 1891âthis Valentine s Day.Â
Love in the time of coronavirus is hardâespecially when the pandemic has forced thousands of couples to cancel or reschedule their weddings to another year. According to a Brides.com survey last fall, 66 percent of respondents said they postponed weddings. We get it. Why spend almost $34,000 (the average cost of a wedding, according to The Knot) on a wedding, if itâs just going to get cancelled last minute because of a spike in Covid-19 cases?