Corona-virus, postpone, cancel, will i be Ok?

My date is October 31,2020 and I am scared as well ,but I have decided to go ahead and send my save the dates and invites as originally planned. I don’t want to stress too much now so I’m just going on as if their is no pandemic. When August and September approach I’ll see what everything’s like and either keep it or no. I have been planning for a long time and I am hoping my positive thoughts will somehow make my dream day come true 🤞🏻

I'm getting married the same day. I know it's a possibility that I might have to postpone, but right now I'm proceeding as though it's going to be fine. Things tend to be clearing up in other countries after about 3 months.

The world's not going to be exactly the same as it was last year, but I'm optimistic that my wedding will still happen. Just to be safe, though, I'm not ordering invitations or anything with a date on it until July. I figure by then things will be much clearer.

Yeah it'll suck to have to postpone but people will understand and lots of vendors are being reasonable considering the circumstances. Crossing my fingers for both of us!!!

Our wedding is 10.10.2020, too!! We are worried that if things do get better by then (we really hope they do!) that the restrictions will not be lifted back to “normal”. We are also wondering if friends and family will be willing to fly and stay in hotels just a short time after this passed. And if there is a second wave In the fall, where does that leave us? We are planning on waiting until May 1st to make a decision since that’s when we need to start having our invitations made... Or the change the dates. The more we talk about it the more we lean towards postponing until 2021. This is such a difficult a decision. Good luck!

Hi date twin. I know this is such an uncertain time. We are planning to make a final decision in June/July with whether or not to postpone. If we do end up having to go that route, we would still get married on that day (assuming county offices open) and to move the celebration to what will be our 1 year anniversary next year with a vow renewal and reception since a lot of our family and friends want to be part of a full wedding experience. Whatever the situation, we plan to adapt, embrace, and be joyful. Hope you stay anchored in hope and love during this time! 💛

I have the same wedding date as you! Our plan is to just see how things are in the coming weeks. We are planning to send invitations in July so we have a few months before that. We have a fairly small guest list- 75 people at most and most likely if the pandemic is still an issue we would just get married on that date but just shorten the guest list to close family and best friends which wouldn’t exceed 20 people. Regardless we plan on getting married on that date as it’s important to us. At the moment I’m keeping positive and hoping that we will have some normalcy back in a few months and that it won’t affect our wedding at all but whatever happens, we will adjust and move forward! The coronovirus cant cancel love and ultimately the marriage is what matters to me.

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I was planning on sending invites in July as well and our guest list is also small, no more than 80. Shortening the guest list is a good idea as i also want to get married on that specific date. Thank you for the response and advice, I feel better!

Thank you ladies for your encouragement and advice! I feel a little better now. I will continue to plan as normal & if i have to postpone then it is what is is. However, i am hoping for the better and hope all of our dream weddings can still happen! xoxo

Same date. Not panicking yet lol. We have created a back up plan. We are moving forward as normal as possible with everything happening (I got laid off, haven't gotten bridesmaid dresses or any alterations). If we start to run out of time we will get married with just immediate family on 10/10 and have a "fake" wedding with reception next year.

We have the same date! I think it’s far enough out that I wouldn’t cancel yet, but it’s something to keep an eye on.

I'm supposed to get married on Oct 17, 2020, and we are seriously considering postponing ours to June 2021. We are fortunate our venue has been very proactive and helpful. They reached out to us offering to refund our deposit, or to reschedule to any 2021 date of our choosing at no extra cost to us (give their availability). They said that even if the lockdown is lifted, they're not sure what social distancing rules they may need to mandate (ie: limited guest lists) once they re-open.

So almost all our vendors have offered to do a lift and shift of our contracts to a new date at no extra fee as well. We have put further planning on hold since everything is so unknown, and as we wait it out, I'm losing time planning. I still have much to do and don't want to feel rushed, so we are thinking postponing is our best option rather than waiting until last minute. We also have almost 50% of our guests who would be traveling in from out of state (including the East Coast). Tough judgement call. It has been a very stressful week, to say the least...

I'm following this topic as well. My wedding date is 8/8/2020. My fiance doesn't want a fall or winter wedding.I'm really torn and starting to feel pretty disappointed if I have to postphone and wait an entire year. I'm praying that this will be over before July.

We're getting married in Jamaica 10/9/20, and having a stateside celebration 9/19/20 and we're continuing forward until told that we can't.

October 17th-We Are Planning As Normal. We Will Reassess The Situation If Needed Later On.

View Quoted Comment I hear you on the running out of time and don't want to feel rushed thing! That's kind of where I'm at. I've been looking but not purchasing. So hard to get things done when you can't. When I was at David's Bridal for my dress shopping the place was packed! I'm wondering how they'll go about future consultations. Wondering if we'll be able to get an appointment with enough time for alterations.

I’m July 17 and looking at a back up date of October 25th I pray this is over soon I don’t want to reschedule again!

My wedding date is October 3, 2020. We will not be making any decisions until mid-July since we are planning on sending invites out around then.

In other countries, things seem to start resolving with COVID after a few months. I think we will be good for October!

I'm still scheduled for June 20th. Every thing is pretty much done at this point but I know it is likely that we will have to postpone. I was planning to send invites in early May, but at this point I don't think I'll be doing that.

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Yes I totally know how you feel! It's like being stuck in limbo. I worry about the same. My dress had just come in right before the shelter in place order got mandated. The boutique as been closed, so I haven't been able to even go in to inspect the dress, Luckily, the designer has extended the grace period for returns in case of damages, but I still worry if there will be enough time to get all the fittings in once the boutique re-opens. They recommended the first fitting be 4 months before the wedding.

That, along with may other factors is having us lean more towards postponing our date.

Give yourself till 6/1 to make a better decision about it. And/or just have your ceremony with immediate family and a big reception at a later date. Look into your caterer's cancellation/postponement policies.

Hi Edith! We're getting married on 10/10 as well. Like many have said, we are waiting until July to send out invites. We're doing a backyard ceremony with 60 or so guests (less if we have to) which I know not everyone is fortunate to do. We are grateful that this backup plan may work in our favor as we lost our venue earlier this month They got hit financially with having to be closed.

Although it's extremely hard to say we'll be 100% in the clear by October, I feel hopeful that some form of gathering will be possible.

Sending you and all future brides positive energy!