August 2020 Brides???

I understand how you are feeling. We were originally supposed to be married in May and moved to mid-August. We have decided to move forward with our wedding. We don’t have limitations on how many people we can invite because our venue is pretty large, and Wisconsin’s reopening has been going pretty smoothly so far, but we think we will have a lot more people decline because of the virus. Ultimately we just decided that we don’t want the wedding hanging over our shoulders for another year. We are ready to move on with our lives and be married. Our immediate families and closest friends are all on board, and we are trying to implement safety measures to keep everyone comfortable and safe. If you are allowed to have 175, you can still invite about 220-225 because you will typically get about a 20% decline rate, so you really only have to cut out about 50 guests, not 100, which sounds a lot better. If that still would be too hard for you to make the cuts, and you don’t mind waiting longer, postponing again may be best. It’s just hard to know when we’re going to be out of the dark with all of this because of how much remains unknown. Good luck with your decision! I know it isn’t easy, but trust your gut and it will work out for the best! 💕

We postponed our big event to next year, but we're still getting married and doing something small this August. (I wrote a whole post about it if you're interested in how/why we made that choice.)
Obviously, every couple/situation is different, so I can't tell you what to do, but I can tell you that making a choice made things easier (slightly more complicated, but easier). The uncertainty is the most stressful part.

Why dont you go ahead with the Wedding and maybe do like a videographer so everyone that could not come could see your beautiful Wedding or play it on fb live. My brother got married in Vegas at short notice and we all couldn't go. So he had it Video recorded. It was so beautiful and then yall can capture your moment in watching it again. I hope this helps

We were originally May 30 and postponed to Aug 22 2020. We are moving forward, however, I’m still anxious about it. Our venue seems confident that 100 person weddings will be allowed by that date (we are in NY and things have been getting much better over here). I’m still worried about another surge, and I also have no idea what the gathering sizes will be so there’s a lot of uncertainty. We also have some guests who haven’t RSVP’d yet and if they all come, we would be about about 115 and I would have to cut people. I have a list of people I’m fully prepared to cut! Mostly relatives that I really have no relationship with but my parents do - I told them and they understand because it’s not their wedding it’s mine lol. I’m feeling optimistic but until we are closer and have more definitive answers I’m still going to be worried. Good luck I hope your big day is amazing, whatever you choose to do!

Hey girl, I totally understand. We postponed our April wedding to September, and even after doing that we may have to cut our list to 50. Depends on where our state, Virginia, is by next month. That being said, we hired a videographer not just because we might have to cut the guest list, but in the event we do we will have video coverage to share with anyone he wasn’t able to make it. You could also have someone live stream the ceremony for the guests who weren’t invited. Me personally, I wouldn’t postpone until next year, that part made me more depressed than having to potentially cut my guest list, but that’s just me.

I would move forward with your wedding with 175 guests. It will be really hard to cut 100 people but your wedding day will still be amazing and perfect in every way! You can do a Facebook live or zoom video during the ceremony for the guests that got cut. I had to cut down my guest list for my wedding in September and I sent out a separate invite explaining everything.

Hello! I moved my June wedding to August and we’re here in Massachusetts, our governors doesn’t give any clear information and is moving super slow. However I’m still pushing on with our August wedding, I do have a back up date for next year just Incase our guests can’t dance or have to wear masks (deal breaker for me) I am hoping we don’t have to wait another year because we have already waited 2.5. Best of luck!

Honestly 175 guests is a lot of people in these circumstances!! These types of restrictions on 200+ person events could extend in 2021 for all we know, so there's also no guarantee that the local situation would improve by your postponed wedding date.

Here are a few discussions I've seen where other August brides having been sharing their concerns and updates:

August Brides and Covid

August Wedding