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Coronavirus and April 25th wedding

Angela, on March 17, 2020 at 1:47 PM Posted in Planning 0 8

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Hello,

I am very concerned on what I should do regarding my wedding and the Coronavirus. My wedding is April 25th in Baltimore Maryland which is where I live. A lot of my guest are either from other parts of the US or overseas. I also have local guest that are concerned about coming as well. I am not sure what I should do. My venue has not called to cancel. I cannot postpone my wedding because my Fiance and I are moving to another state shortly after our wedding date. I know Maryland is not supposed to have gatherings of 50 people or more for the next 8 weeks but I don't know if this will be lifted or changed. I have no clue if I should just wait as long as I can, or just cancel. This is so frustrating, and after all the stress and hard work of planning I just can't seem to wrap my head around this. I also do not want to pay my l venue if I end up having to cancel and then loose all my money. This really is not something you take into account when planng a wedding and most certainly puts more stress on us brides. Advice please!

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Latest activity by Natalie, on March 30, 2020 at 7:48 PM

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Caytlyn · on March 17, 2020 at 1:50 PM
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The CDC is recommending no gatherings of more than ten people for the next eight weeks. Your venue hasn’t cancelled because they exist to make money. They don’t care about the health of your guests, that’s your responsibility. Don’t make your friends and family choose between their well-being and your wedding.
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Samantha · on March 17, 2020 at 1:53 PM
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I hate to recommend cancellation because it's such a personal decision, but your wedding is so soon and social isolation is so incredibly important to getting our health, economy, and lives back to normal. I understand why you don't want to cancel and if the situation were reversed I'm sure I would feel the same, but I'd like to urge you as compassionately as I can to please consider rescheduling.
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Angela · on March 17, 2020 at 1:54 PM
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Sorry I forgot to mention that my venue is a hotel. Have you heard anything regarding places like this not being allowed to hold events?
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Angela · on March 17, 2020 at 2:01 PM
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I'm considering all options. Thank you for your advice. It's such a hard decision but I understand where your coming from. Thank you
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Megan · on March 17, 2020 at 2:04 PM
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To be bluntly honest, this really shouldn't be a concern at this point.
I would definitely postpone. Public health and safety is paramount over anyone's wedding. In fact, I'm a professional in the wedding industry, and I've just advised all my brides and grooms to cancel or postpone their March and April weddings, and with everything that's just now come into effect, May weddings as well. We're about 10-14 days behind Italy when it comes to the virus and their initial casual feelings about the virus have now lead to a country-wide lockdown and hundreds of deaths. Contact between people (even those feeling totally fine) can spread the virus on to people who are at risk (immunocompromised in some way) super quickly, and in order to give medical professionals an opportunity to get a handle on things, staying home and not going to any non-essential appointments or outings is pertinent. They're closing down restaurants, bars, and theaters, and people get much closer (hugging, celebrating, sitting in aisles/pews) to each other at weddings than they do at those places.
This has definitely been a frustrating process and I'm sorry about your wedding. I'd strongly suggest postponing.
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Hillary · on March 17, 2020 at 2:06 PM
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We are also April 25th. We postponed our wedding to September 13. We still plan to get married on the 25th but in a very small ceremony at my parents with just our immediate family. I would highly suggest postponing yours.
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Caytlyn · on March 17, 2020 at 2:34 PM
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It’s not that they’re not allowed. Not right now anyway. They’re expecting us, as citizens, to be responsible and make decisions for the greater good. If people continue to make poor decisions, they will shut down these establishments entirely.
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Natalie · on March 30, 2020 at 7:48 PM
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Hi there, so sorry you are going through this too, you're not alone! I've just posted a lengthy message regarding this issue. I think it would really help you to read it.
https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-forums/june-couples-postponing-due-to-covid-19-encouragement/e2e6a03e5635af33.html
All the best,
Natalie
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