Wedding season is a time of decadence and extravagance in Lebanon, with fireworks and convoys of honking, flower-covered cars a daily sight from June to October. This year, however, people are scaling back and increasingly looking beyond the country’s shores for their dream wedding-day venue.
“Actually, we are all terrified. It’s very calm for this time of year. It shouldn’t be like this. The political and financial situation affect us very badly,” says Haissam Saadi, a wedding planner and managing partner of Wow Event. Saadi, who deals with middle to high-budget weddings, says his business is down nearly 50% from last year.
