Cancel wedding

Whatever you do, don't "cancel" if you can help it. Cancellation results in forfeiture of your deposits. A postponement allows you to transfer your deposits to your new date. Of course, every contract is different but I would say this seems to be the norm. (Although, I've heard some people have been charged fees.) If it makes you feel better, maybe you can create a Plan B. Hang in there!

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Yes we are. Are you still going ahead with your wedding?

View Quoted Comment I am! how about you

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Yes I am also moving ahead with our wedding as well. We are not going to let this pandemic stop us. Are you guys going to take a honeymoon or hold off on it?

View Quoted Comment We actually werent planning a honeymoon even before the pandemic because we couldnt coordinate with our jobs to get time off at the same time. maybe next year. are you? what state are you in?

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We are going to Bali for our honeymoon. I live in Illinois and what about you?

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View Quoted Comment I'm also getting married September 18th! I live in Michigan and so far things are looking pretty good!

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Well lets keep our fingers cross.

My fiancé and I made the cut off for our decision the beginning of June. I’m a CNA and it was a tough choice to make, but we kind of did in a way cancel our wedding. Though, I guess technically not. We cancelled the big celebration with the entire family and asked a few people to come up for our date still. We have too many people at risk and with the possibility of a second wave around the time of our wedding (ours is October) we didn’t want to risk my fiancé’s grandparents traveling and me potentially being an exposure risk. Again, really didn’t cancel it, just down sized it.

I rescheduled for next year since I have alot of out of country guest including the bridal part members. Anything is that people may not have the funds to travel either given their work situation....

View Quoted Comment Businesses are receiving money due to covid to help keep them a-float. My mom runs one of those businesses. There is no reason people should not get their money back if they have to cancel from covid not allowing people to live a normal life. Look into getting a lawyer if businesses are not working with you. It's very distasteful. Not cancelling because of money is also distasteful. To put others lives at risk. This is my honest opinion.

View Quoted Comment Rachel, it's not true that cancelling will result in a reimbursement. It depends on the terms of the individual contract and it differs from vendor to vendor. I say this as a lawyer AND a pandemic bride. While some businesses are being flexible, many others may hold onto deposits and are within their rights to do so. Please note that there is a difference between "canceling" and "postponing." I think we should not be quick to judge brides' decisions at this time.

View Quoted Comment Yes. I know that. I didn't say people will get reimbursed. What I'm saying is that businesses should work work you in this umpresidented time because I know for a fact many of those businesses are still receiving money. It's like an act of God for goodness sake because no one can control what's happening. You quickly find out which businesses are greedy and which businesses you can rely on and go back to. And the business owner, my Mom, was the advice giver telling me to be prepared to get a lawyer for the unexpected. I get to have a view from both sides.


There is a difference of cancelling and postponing. I'm talking about cancelling. I'm just giving my opinion because I'm going through the same thing. I've postponed twice already. Now I'm cancelling the big wedding. My plan is to do all the wedding planning again 2-3 years down the line. For now we will visit city hall and record it for the family.
Through all of this I've discovered at least 3 local businesses that are really sketchy. One didn't call or reply to my emails when I let them know what's happening. Do you think any of them will get my business next time? No. They certainly won't. And I will definitely let people on social media know what's happening because they aught to know who is who.

My date is 9.20.20. We were supposed to get married in Maui, HI, but with the Governor of HI making decisions last minute we couldn't afford not to cancel. Starting Aug 1st HI was supposed to lift the 14 day quarantine for those with a negative COVID test, however 2 weeks prior to the date 1 Aug the Governor decided to postpone the policy until 1 September. I was already living in a state of stress and then when the lift was moved to 1 September we decided that we couldn't chance not being able to go. Simple Maui Weddings kept $500 from the deposit which is already stated in their contract, but if you are to cancel less than 90 days before the wedding then they were within their rights to keep the entire deposit per their contract. Simple Maui Weddings told us at the 120 day mark from our wedding that because of COVID they would give us all our money back provided we cancelled because of COVID less $500 so long as it was more than 2 weeks before the big day.


My hair and make-up gal gave me all but $90 back for her services rendered when she was within her rights to keep it per the contract. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I am so happy that we worked with people who are good, kind hearted and flexible that understood this is not a decision we took lightly and cancelling hurt us more than their bottom line. Those are the businesses I want to work with.
We are still getting married on 9.20.20 and that's now a question we ask everyone, if we are unable to get married because of COVID would we get our money back and all have said yes, thankfully!

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Funny that you mentioned "It's like an act of God for goodness sake because no one can control what's happening. " Our venue literally has an "Act of God" clause in our contract, so unless THEY cancel, we lose our money whether we postpone or cancel. Needless to say, we are moving forward with our September 19th wedding.

I agree with you. If they're getting/got COVID money, those venues shouldn't be greedy and should be able to work it out case by case. I just hope everyone gets to celebrate one way or another with their loved ones

We were supposed to get married this September but we postpone back in June. We our new date is September 12,2021. We found it best for us because we wanted our family from out of state to be there for us and due to their jobs guidelines If they left state they would have to be off work for 2 weeks after being out of state and they couldn’t afford to be off that long, plus we were worried about safety of our guests.

Hello, Ladies I hope all is well & that everyone is maintaining a healthy environment as best as possible. My fiancé and I have decided to postpone our October 18th Wedding until October of 2021, we will still have our ceremony this October as that is our wedding day it will just be us, i know it will be e great day!