{"id":724124,"date":"2026-08-02T08:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/724124\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T08:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:37:08","slug":"from-gardens-to-riversides-experts-back-wedding-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/724124\/","title":{"rendered":"From gardens to riversides: experts back wedding reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Amy Nelson, from Wedding Day Dance UK who are based in Marlborough but provide services across the country, said the reforms would mean couples do not need to have weddings &#8220;in two parts&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Nelson said often couples who want a certain unlicensed venue have to have the legal ceremony on a different day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Some people can&#8217;t have the celebration they want because it doesn&#8217;t fit into what&#8217;s legal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Nelson said the reforms would particularly benefit people like her clients, who are very intentional with their decisions for the wedding. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I think it will allow people to do what&#8217;s special to them,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It will be so nice for the people who really do value the personal touches of their wedding day,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">When it comes to current licensed venues, Nelson said some may struggle, especially those who &#8220;don&#8217;t provide a great service&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Nelson said she hoped the potential changes could allow couples &#8220;to have a wedding they want for the price they can afford&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;These changes that&#8217;s achievable for them,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amy Nelson, from Wedding Day Dance UK who are based in Marlborough but provide services across the country,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":724125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-724124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}