Soon after they became engaged in August 2019, Bo Hyoung Han and Emily Rose Lanfear-Radlo decided on a wedding with about 160 guests in Los Cabos, Mexico. They had already sent out save-the-dates when it became clear that the pandemic was not going to allow the event to happen in October 2020 as planned. They notified guests that they would be postponing until 2021.

A common story for couples of late. Nearly just as common has been the approach that Han and Lanfear-Radlo decided to take: to start with smaller nuptials and have a second — and sometimes a third — wedding celebration not long after their first.

Steve Kemble, a wedding planner and the owner of Steve Kemble Event Design in Dallas, calls them "sequel weddings,” and notes that hosting multiple ceremonies "is already a tradition with many cultures and religions.” Kemble thinks the trend born of the pandemic is here to stay because it allows "couples to create authentic moments of celebration at times that work for them and their loved ones.”