August wedding

I am with you. I have to wait until July 1st. No information to give me either. I am just closely following the country were are getting married in as well as Canada. They have been very good with communication and helping me through this. But I am Left sitting and waiting, like many others.

I would not be down with having to wear a mask walking down the aisle either. Basically if there are no improvements to the restrictions and quarantine by July I have to reschedule. My wedding is November 4th. Its so hard just waiting and not being able to do anything. We can’t even prepare for all outcomes cause no one fricken knows. However, I read today that China has another covid outbreak. New cities are on quarantine. While this outbreak seems small, compared to the beginning, they are very worried. “They” have been saying a second wave is coming.....let’s hope if that’s true, it comes sooner and leaves sooner!?

we can only hope things improve, and restrictions are lifted. I hope after already moving your date once, that you don’t have to do again. I couldn’t imaging dealing with this twice. I feel for you, and I hope there are some clearer answers in the next couple weeks.

You will have your dream wedding! With no mask lol

That must have been so crazy one month before. Everything was stressful and scary already without that stress too! The reason I have to decide so far out is, I’m in Canada along with our family and friends. The wedding is in Jamaica. The international travel restrictions could cause a massive issue. If my friends and family book their flights and we can’t go, then they won’t get a cash refund. The other problem is when I booked the beautiful resort in Jamaica, I had to book 14 months in advance, and even then I only had 3 date options. With every one rebooking, I’m worried it will be even longer of a wait. I really don’t want to post pone a whole year......which is the other factor. This resort is not all inclusive and all months except a couple a year are extremely high rates. so I have a few different problems that I will encounter. The resort re opens officially July 1st. I am desperately hoping they re open on schedule and maybe I can have a clearer idea of what’s happening. If things look like they are improving drastically I may wait it out past July. I hate the thought of changing the date and then November comes and we could have gone. I’d be so bummed

I postponed from July 25th. My venue couldn't tell me if we had to wear masks or even how many people we could legally have, although they were thinking about how to make the event safer overall with sanitizing and minimizing contacts. I just couldn't stand the uncertainty so we will postpone. Even if I could "legally" have a wedding I didn't want to put my guests in that type of situation. There isn't a guarantee things will be better next spring, but at least I will have some information on how weddings will go between now and then so I can adjust my expectations and make some decisions. I'm so sorry you are going through this even after you had to postpone once!

How strict is the mask policy? I would guess (but haven't heard this from any venue) that they wouldn't ask you to wear a mask during your formal portraits or ceremony. Then a lot of your pictures won't have them. They would be present in the audience of the ceremony and on everyone at the reception, but not the whole day. Is that an option that would make you feel better?

That's completely reasonable - you get to have the day you want! I hope it works out for you!

Wow, that seems like a really strict requirement. I'd understand if masks were optional or encouraged but to require everyone to wear a mask seems a bit much, especially because you are paying all this money. Can you maybe ask your venue if masks can be optional versus required? I find it hard to believe that any couples would be comfortable with this requirement, so if it's not optional, your venue potentially stands to lose a lot of money.

Hi Leah,

First of all, congratulations on getting married!!!

Secondly, I'm so sorry you're having to think about postponing your wedding a second time. It's super sad to hear you describe this would-be happy life event as a "nuisance." The general consensus for August weddings is that you should continue to monitor the situation and try to make a decision by the end of May, which is super soon (obviously).

You're definitely not alone. You can connect with some other August couples here:

Any August Brides Still Holding Onto Hope?

August and September weddings 2020

i need you, August 2020 Brides.

August Wedding & Covid-19

My August brides

I hope everything works out for you!