Wedding and event planner Laura Gardner, founder of Love, Laura, had already been noticing a growing trend of smaller, more personalized weddings before the pandemic.
"With the coronavirus, that's only going to remain a larger trend, to have a smaller, more intimate wedding that's centered around the couple, their people, and making it a celebration about them rather than this dog and pony show that weddings can turn into," she told Insider.
Dr. Sandra Kesh, an infectious disease specialist and deputy medical director at Westmed, thinks abandoning giant weddings is for the best from a public health standpoint.
"Having 200, or even 150, 100 guests — those days I really think should be a thing of the past," Kesh said. "It's very hard to put in place any sort of control over infections and spread of infections when you're trying to pack that volume of people into a confined space. Large weddings are probably going to become less desirable for most people."