Cancel wedding

PLEASE DON'T CANCEL WE A LOT OF TIME TO MAKE THAT DECISION. I HAVE NOT CANCELLED OUR WEEDING YET. KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSS

We postponed our June 27th wedding to December 12th 2020. If we need to postpone again we will just cancel, collect our losses and have a small (50ish) person wedding in Spring 2021. Only time will tell and all we can do is plan for the best!

Mine in November and we postponed better safe than sorry

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These reasons are exactly why my fiance and I decided to postpone the larger ceremony and reception from September 5 this year to September 4, 2021. (Thankfully, we are still set on legally marrying on 9/5.) The uncertainty of how the rest of the year will pan out is too much (for me at least) to think about on a daily basis.

View Quoted Comment I understand how you feel. We changed from 4/24/20 to 9/18/20 and if things aren't where we and our guests are comfortable then we will legally marry this year and have the celebration either at the end if this year or sometime next year. Hope that all goes well for you

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It's unfortunate anyone has to be in this position! I know there are so many worse consequences that have happened because of this virus, but it's still sad that a lot of brides have been impacted by this. We will all have our beautiful weddings, even if they look different than we might have planned. I hope all works out well for you, too.

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Thanks for the kind words

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I think it depends on what state you're in. We're in IL, which is on lockdown through May, so the earliest possible time we could begin Phase 1 is June. Even though we're at the end of August, we're likely going to reschedule for next year. I don't want to plan like things will be "normal" by then and I'm not going to put 40k into a wedding to cut the guest list or have people be spaced out weirdly across the venue or have to wear masks or be uncomfortable in general. If you have a lot of people or really important people traveling from out of state, ask them if they'll be comfortable with coming still in. Think about if you have any plans within the next year or so that you definitely want to be married before they happen. I think it's a geographical and personal decision at this point.

I think it's a geographical and personal decision at this point. If your state appears to be doing well (reopening things starting in May, in Phase 1, numbers lowering, etc) you have hope to hang on to that you can physically have it. Things you may want to consider: do you have a lot of guests considered to be part of the "vulnerable population" and you may want to ask if they'll still come, do you have a lot of people traveling from other states and you may want to ask if they'll still come, do you have a big guest list and would you be ok with having to shave it down if need be, would you be ok with the being some sort of restrictions at your wedding (no people crowding the bar - table service only, tables being more spread out than usual, hors d'oeuvres may have to be passed differently, etc). September is tricky because it could be just before the predicted second wave of coronavirus or it could be the start with things going back to normal, butt temps dropping and people being inside more. It's all a gamble at this point sadly. I hope you'll be able to have what you envision!!

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YASSS. This is how I feel too. I postponed our June 20 destination wedding. Does it suck? - it's disappointing, but I'm not dying inside. Will I get over it? Yes, we postponed for a year out in June 2021. We may even elope on June 20th this year, our pastor is totally willing to marry the two of us, and that's really what I was excited about, so we may be celebrating our first anniversary in Turks & Caicos in 2021. :-D

View Quoted Comment Yes! I’m putting a special note in my invitations. It’s real simple it just states they need to confirm with us if they will be attending so we can update them with information that we may need to change and also those that would like to watch via live stream.

Our wedding is on September 5th in Maui. Although I'm from here, our wedding would be considered a destination wedding since majority of our guests (approx 150) will be traveling from out of state/outerisland. Many hotels are shut down and are expected to reopen June 1st so even if things "return to normal", I'm afraid it will take awhile for business to fully bounce back. My anxiety has been through the roof as each day passes and I'm not sure if I can wait till end of May/early June to make that call. Leaning towards postponing everything till next year.

My wedding is September 5 in Maryland. We haven't made up our minds yet but I am starting to think postponing might be easier. We have a lot of guests coming from the NY/CT area and a fair amount flying in, so unsure if they would come. Even if they did, would we still have to maintain 6ft and would people have to wear masks? If so, I'd rather wait.

Having said that, we've only just started having more serious conversations about postponing this week, so I'm thinking we'll probably make up our minds over the next month or so. Definitely be invitations go out (they would go out mid-late June/early July).

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I'm also in Maryland. But I'm the last weekend in August so basically September. We are waiting to postpone. I just don't think our state will be in a position to have a large gathering by that point. I'm hoping my venue will let me make that decision soon, although it seems like they are holding out. I'm hoping Hogan gives some guidance soon. I've made the decision I'm not sending out invitations, knowing that there is basically a 99.999% chance in my opinion weddings will not be allowed, at least in a large scale. Best of luck to you!

View Quoted Comment Hi Kenzie - I just started a separate discussion specific to East Coast weddings in end of Aug/September weddings and a wedding planner shared this Maryland specific article that I found SO helpful:


https://www.bluesapphireevents.com/post/covid-19-and-your-wedding-what-should-you-do-if-you-plan-to-be-married-in-2020
She talks in detail about Hogan's plans to return to a new normal and what she recommends for weddings each month.

I think we've officially decided to postpone. I'm leaning towards 1/21/21 now!

View Quoted Comment Thank you for sharing this! I'm not in Maryland, but I still found the advice helpful. 08/29 bride here & we are waiting until end of May to start making decisions. No matter what, we want our ceremony on this day. I hope for the best for all brides. Remember love conquers all.

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Are you still feeling the same way of have you guys made a plan b yet?

View Quoted Comment Still feeling the same way! No plan B, I talked to my venue they think if anything they will be at half capacity which doesn't affect our guest count. We will decide in July if we have to. But where I am, cases are going down, we have less and less hospitalizations, less and less deaths, we now have more people who have recovered then are sick. So we are positive. We are starting to re open, with elective surgeries and such so I'm very positive

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That is great to hear . Where do you reside? Fiancee and I are yet to talk about our final decision as our venue 1st payment is at the end of the month. We do have a plan B to get married as we planned Oct.23rd through court and move the wedding to April/May 2021.