By Carola Rico
At AtenciĆ³n San Miguel we have given ourselves the task of continuing to talk with economic sectors to find out how it was and how they see this 2022 on the issue of economic recovery after having been hit for almost two years by the pandemic derived from Covid 19.
Guadalupe Ćlvarez, from San Miguel, is a Wedding Planner and owner of the firm Penzi Bodas, one of the best international companies in the planning and coordination of marriage links from different parts of the world, she spoke exclusively for this medium about her economic prospects this 2022.
He related that last year they were holding weddings that were already scheduled for 2020 and only some for 2021, and although it was complicated, especially the second half of last year, it was also very good because they were able to go back to work, see people happy, we were able to He said, rehiring our suppliers, local people, and assured that the situation became better. She recalled that it was difficult with the pandemic because this sector had a very complicated year and a half and without really having an income.
He stressed that this year is good, the couples who suspended their marriage bonds in 2020 rather postponed their commitments for 2021, 2022 and decided to get engaged at the end of the year and also there are still many people who ask and who want to get married here in this city. heritage.
This beginning of the year, he pointed out, they have been very busy, especially giving information about their events.
She explained giving information also takes time, but in the end this gives them hope that if couples want to do it here it is because the city is an important destination for their big event.
He added that when the omicron variant was given in December and January of this year, some weddings were postponed and although this complicates things because when one plans a wedding it requires a lot of logistics, suppliers, dates, places and the time that you are schedule, you have to re-plan everything, check new dates, suppliers, that prices have not risen and reorganize everything, but the advantage is that they are not canceling.
The situation, he said, is really improving, Ā«I have great hope that everything will go better, people want to go out, they want to get married and celebrate, I see a good future and in a positive way, because despite everything, San Miguel continues to be projected as a wonderful placeĀ».
And if other organizers from abroad come to do weddings here, the only thing I would like is for these companies to follow our rules, follow our wedding manual because it does exist and it will be better if we take care of San Miguel and its people. She finished.
Don Javier RodrĆguez is a man from San Miguel, he is a teacher and leader of construction works and he assured that with this pandemic the issue of construction has been unleashed more than before in San Miguel, he attributes it to the fact that people are in their houses and surely with the savings they decided to build.
He related that he lives in the San Rafael neighborhood and near his house they are working on around 6 projects.
On the other hand, he explained that the prices in this branch are rising considerably like cement, mortar followed by iron.
Don Javier says that in San Miguel de Allende this type of masonry work pays well and that is because of tourism or foreigners who decide to live here and build their houses.
He assured that the same prices are not handled when comparing Celaya, Comonfort or Dolores Hidalgo.
Don Javier told us that during the pandemic and because many restaurants and hotels closed, the people who worked there decided to look for a job in this field and now there is a lot of demand in this field.
Don Javier was a craftsman, but with the different economic crises in previous years, he was left without a job and had to choose to dedicate himself to construction and indicated that the good thing about this pandemic is that the work there did not stop because the projects continued their course. .
For Alejandro Camarena and Almitri Tzigane, guitarists of the Mejitanoz duet, everything fell apart when the pandemic began. Well, if the agenda was suddenly full, there was nothing to write down on the calendar.
They had to reinvent themselves to meet this challenge economically, socially, emotionally and artistically.
Alejandro began to teach online and Almitri began with a series of concerts through his social networks for his followers.
