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Help keep your winter wedding guests stay cozy with these practical tips for warmth and comfort.
Published on September 22, 2025
2-minute read
Winter weddings evoke a sense of coziness, romance, and warmth with magical winter wonderland vibes. To improve this enchanting experience, you’ll want to keep your guests comfortable and cozy. Here are some tips to consider.
Six tips for a warm wedding
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Bridal attire
The first order of business is to keep you and your bridesmaids’ teeth from chattering on your special day. Consider luxurious faux fur wraps, shawls, capes, hooded cloaks, bridal jackets, and fashion gloves to warm you up and add a touch of glamour. You can even add detachable sleeves to your dress. Providing hand warmers for your wedding party is considerate, especially if you’re taking photos outside.
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Blankets
If your ceremony site is drafty, such as an old church, you can provide blankets in each pew to keep your guests warm and cozy.
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Umbrellas
In the case of snow or sleet, it’s a nice gesture for ushers to use umbrellas to escort your guests from the parking lot to covered areas.
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Venue heating
You don’t necessarily need a fireplace to warm up the space, although it’s a nice touch. If your venue is big and difficult to heat, consider recommending that they place console heaters inside. Some console heaters are designed to look like a fireplace for added ambiance. In addition, ask your venue if they can take steps to fix drafts and retain heat by sealing and insulating windows and doors to prevent drafts and reduce heating loss. They can consider thick drapes not only for an elegant look but also to retain heat. Placing rugs in the space can also insulate the floor. If you are using an outdoor space, think fire pits, patio heaters, blankets, lanterns, and heated seating. Ask your venue what they offer.
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Plan strategic seating arrangements
When preparing the room for guests, ask your venue if they can place heaters near the seating arrangements and seat guests away from drafty entryways and windows.
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Warm beverage station
To ward off the cold, offer a designated area at your reception where your guests can serve themselves from a variety of warm, comforting beverages such as coffee, tea, hot chocolate, apple cider, and mulled wine.
Another consideration is providing a coat-check. Not only is it convenient for your guests, it keeps your reception looking elegant and free of coats draped over chairs. We hope these ideas help you create a warm and inviting atmosphere for your guests.
If you are using an outdoor space, think fire pits, patio heaters, blankets, lanterns, and heated seating
Another tip to consider is event insurance. Markel offers event cancellation insurance, which may reimburse you for lost deposits and non-refundable amounts if you have to cancel or postpone your wedding due to unforeseen circumstances. It can cover stolen gifts, a wrecked gown, lost wedding rings and more. Coverage can be purchased anytime up to 14 days before your event, and policies start as low as $130.
In addition, Markel offers event liability insurance, to help offer protection to you from incidents such as property damage to the venue or injury to a guest. Up to $2 million in event liability insurance can be purchased from Markel any time up to 1 day before your event and covers your ceremony and reception, rehearsal and setup/takedown. Policies start as low as $75.
Visit www.markeleventinsurance.com or call 1-855-480-9757 to get a free, no obligation event insurance quote and learn more.
As of September 2025, the lowest premium for event liability is $75 and rates could exceed $75 depending on the coverage options selected and the state of residence. The lowest premium for event cancellation is $130 and rates could exceed $130 depending on the coverage options selected and the state of residence.
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