August wedding

Unfortunately, no one can guess the future. However, I'm not sure by August that it will be safe to have a wedding with 300 guests. Even if the vaccine is out by then, I think a lot of people are going to refuse to get it because we don't really know the short or long term effects of the vaccine. My advice is to have a backup plan.

Illinois bride here also 🙋🏼‍♀️ With a vaccine on the horizon, it is hard telling what is in store for us in 2021. But, Illinois consistently being one of the worst states in terms of positive cases/uncontrolled spreading of the virus, I think it is safe to say things will definitely not be back to “normal” by August. I hope things will be much better, but I think there will still be restrictions in place. I would just start formulating a plan B & C (ie, smaller guest list and potential reschedule date if need be) now, so you aren’t scrambling at the last minute. Hopefully we will have a viable vaccine widely available soon, and it will severely lessen the spread! 🤞🏻🤞🏻

View Quoted Comment Yeah I’m totally okay with down sizing ! Cuz majority of the guests also are “friend of family “ (when parents tell ya you gotta invite so and so because of so and so ) hahah but just really not wanting to reschedule . There’s a lot that goes into that 🥺😩

View Quoted Comment Girl, if a lot of guests are parent invites, then you may be able to use pandemic restrictions to your advantage! LOL If it is conceivable to cut the guest list to 50-100 people, I think you will be fine!

View Quoted Comment Ehhh 50-100 no. Lol I mean if I have to yes I’ll make that work . But my side of the family alone is like 80-100 I come from a big Italian family , and then my fiancé side is somewhat large as well. But it’s okay . I’m just praying for the best for all of us that in the next few months things start to change big time . This year has been the worst

View Quoted Comment Totally understand. My family (just parents, aunts and uncles, and first cousins- no extended family) is 160 people. The struggle is real!

Hi Nancy! June 2021 bride here! I agree with a lot of the other ladies here. Who knows what the future has to hold for us all, but it's always good to be prepared just in case you do have to downsize. That's amazing to have 300 people on your guest list, but I would start considering who you can cut from there if you really have to or think of social distancing plans!

Hi there! My wedding was supposed to be September 25th, 2021. It’s so hard not knowing what might happen, with a vaccine coming out they could possibly get this under control but you never know if end of 2021 will be enough time. My fiancé and I made the decision to postpone our wedding to July 2022. It was the hardest thing but we just felt it’s better to be safe and thankfully all our vendors were so understanding. Good luck!!!

August is was to far away to make a Covid prediction. At this point, I would plan as normal and not stress about Covid until much closer to your wedding date. Though making a plan B is never a bad idea.

I agree with the other ladies. My wedding is in July and I am planning as usual with a plan B just in case. And for worse case scenario, I am holding off on ordering any decor that might have a date on it just in case we have to postpone. I definitely don't want to have to rebuy anything. But it is still very early and downsizing would be our first step. Luckily our venue has been moving current weddings to their outdoor, tented site close by.

My wedding is the same date!! So I definitely feel this stress about wondering how it will be. I don’t want to have to postpone again.

COVID has us all asking that same question. There’s no way to know at this point. Have your Plan B.

Same wedding date and also an Illinois bride here! Our ceremony venue is booking everyone for the foreseeable future under COVID guidelines which, to be completely honest, has taken away some of my stress about the wedding. We both love the venue, so it took the decision to downsize out of our hands. Personally, I would rather be planning small and (hopefully) getting to add a few more people down the line rather than planning big and having to quickly downsize and make cuts when things don't get better. Our guestlist is much smaller than yours though, COVID or not.

Hi! August 2021 as well in NYC, guest list is 200-300 (covid is a bit more under control but lots of restrictions). I was worried but I called our priest and the venue, and both reassured me that we’d just work within the guidelines at that time or postpone and it was up to us. Give your vendors a call, I’m sure they will reassure you. At the end of the day, it’s not time to send invites yet, so there is not much use in worrying. We sent our save the dates to the VIPs but held off on all the “extras” for now. Just keep planning and it will all work out how it’s meant to be!

Omg im literally driving myself crazy not knowing what to expect!!! our date is 8/22/21

View Quoted Comment I’m June 2021 as well. Just wanted to say hey to another June 2021 bride..lol

Hey I’m a June 2021 Brinde, and I’m in Ohio. I’m with everyone else. It’s best to start planning a plan b. For me I’m searching for possibly switching the venue to an outdoor affair if I have to, since outdoor space gives room for ventilation and social distancing. I’ve Also been looking into Zoom to possibly send out to a lot of the guest to have them stream in to watch. This will help dwindle down the guest list quite a bit as well.

I also plan on getting married August 2021, with a guestlist of about 200. As of right now I'm moving forward with planning but also keeping in the back of my mind that things can change. My venue luckly does have indoor/outdoor options so if rules are limited inside we can move things outside and have an outdoor wedding. I also like the idea of not ordering items with the date on it just yet, in case you do have to move it out. Best of luck planning!

Our original date was August 21, 2021, but in September we decided to postpone until August 20th, 2022! I don’t think things will be “normal” enough to have a large wedding in the summer. This will be the largest vaccine distribution operation in our history and it will definitely take months and months to get back to normalcy. The latest projections commonly cite anywhere between April-September if certain vaccination levels are achieved. But we can’t be sure and for me, it’s just too close for comfort! Even after a *hopefully* successful vaccine distribution, it might be a slow crawl out of social distancing.


But again, it’s a very personal decision. I know there are folks that only care about the restrictions and not necessarily the actual public health issue—so those folks may be comfortable hosting a wedding during all of this as long as it’s allowed. There are also couples who are willing to make changes to their wedding. We were not. We didn’t picture having our wedding with masks, or without dancing, or a reduced guest list, or just the overall fear of the potential health risks. We’ve been together for so long and want the big celebration—so we don’t see ourselves eloping or have a mini ceremony. We also care a lot about the wedding journey and all of the celebrations—like the bridal shower and bachelorette/bachelor parties (and an international honeymoon). While there is a possibility that things will be better next August, right now is not a fun time to plan or celebrate like we had imagined. So we are hoping to buy ourselves time. I feel terrible for those that didn’t get the experience and we’re hoping that by pushing to 2022, we can get that. Postponing early made us less anxious and allowed us to move all of our vendors without fear of a last minute cancellation. Not sure we would have made the early postponement call if we had already postponed once like the 2020 couples had to though :/

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That's our date, too - August 21, 2021. We currently have about a 200 person guest list. I am very torn about rescheduling verses hoping for the best. I feel like there is still some time, hopefully, to decide.... Yikes, this is definitely an agonizing decision to make.