Wonderful Ways to Stay Cool During Your Summer Wedding

Everyone loves the sunshine and there’s no better time of year to tie the knot than the summer. However, beautiful sunny days are often accompanied by extreme heatwaves and sweating it out in a suit or fretfully sweltering in your finest isn’t always the ideal option. Here are our top 10 recommendations to ensure that you and your guests will not only survive, but thrive, during your summertime celebrations.

1. Delicate Dress Codes

Ensuring you select the right dress code for your mid-year marital celebrations is paramount to surviving the blistering heat.

Lighter fabrics, such as cotton, linen and satin will be your guests’ best friend, with their lightweight composition allowing for a more breathable, but still altogether smart, selection of attire. Curating the correct colour schemes to beat the heat will also allow you to put your best foot forward. With colour palettes that encompass off-white tones and reflect the sun’s harshest rays, such as champagne and ivory, through to naturalistic schemes that include a number of shades of green and lavender, there is a huge variety of options to choose from.

2. Pre-Prepared Parasols

Usually used in preparation for precipitation, keeping a few umbrellas handy for your guests to take advantage of is a helpful way to protect everyone from the worst of the beaming sunshine. Although unconventional, having some parasols on hand will provide impromptu shelter from the sun without sacrificing mobility, whilst also granting your special day a unique aesthetic. Maximise the visually pleasing aspect of the provided parasols by matching them with the pre-selected colour scheme of your chosen dress code – a chic, practical way to keep your guests happy through the worst of the warm weather.

3. Handheld Heroes

If the idea of supplying fully sized umbrellas feels too cumbersome for your tastes, why not try using handheld fans?

Electronic fans are all the rage at the moment and are readily available in a number of shades and sizes, allowing your guests to create their own personal breeze at the press of a button. If the low hum of buzzing electrical fans doesn’t tickle your fancy, providing traditional, foldable fans can act as an elegant alternative and can once again be selected to fit the unique visual characteristics of your celebration. Keeping either of these options as handouts or to be pre-emptively placed on each table is fantastic way to keep everyone cool.

4. Shady Spots and Air-Conditioned Venues

Whether outdoors or indoors, it’s always helpful to have your bases covered when keeping yourself and your guests adequately chilled in the summer. Selecting an indoor venue that comes fully equipped with air conditioning is a good place to start when aiming to avoid the baking weather outside. Make sure to enquire with the host of your venue beforehand to avoid any instances of overheating!

If you were picturing an outdoor celebration, then ensuring to set up a series of gazebos and sheltered areas to protect from the sunshine is the way to go. This will allow you and your guests to make the most of the gorgeous weather, whilst simultaneously providing respite from the worst of the elements.

5. Hydration Stations and Creative Culinary Choices

Keeping everyone satisfied with delicious drinks and cooling consumables should be a standard when tackling the summer heat on your special day. Setting up a series of hydration stations with iced water available is a simple and effective way to fight off the blistering sunshine and keep your guest satiated. Incorporating fruity alternative beverages is a fantastic way to keep things fresh and delicious; serve up some frosty iced teas, zesty mocktails or bubbly spritzers with a sprig of fresh fruit, the choice is yours!

It doesn’t stop with the liquids, either. Curating a selection of delicious savoury and desert options is sure-fire way to make sure your guests have full bellies and cool heads. Sublime salads, indulgent ice creams and succulent sorbets are just some of the options you could go with, create a menu that satisfies and turns the temperature down to make sure everyone’s happy.

These are just some of the ways you can choose to make the most of your white-hot wedding day, whilst keeping everyone happy and healthy. Feel free to get creative with our suggestions so they align with your ideal matrimonial festivities!