Coronavirus and postponing weddings...your thoughts?

It might be easiest to search through recent discussions from brides who have mentioned postponing their upcoming weddings! As of right now, I don't think I'd postpone your July wedding just yet. I would continue to pay close attention to updates from the CDC and White House as new information becomes available. Try not to stress too much, no matter what happens you'll still be marrying the love of your life one way or another

View Quoted Comment Hi amber! Thank you. Honestly I'm not only just concerned because of the virus itself and venue being closed etc. (I feel hopeful it will effect us allminimally in regard to contagiousness, by May). I am especially concerned also for the family members that are losing their jobs... those that cannot afford to travel. I have heard from a couple of my guests that they already were laid off because of the virus and do not have work from home opportunities. I'm nervous because 60% live near to our wedding but 40% of guests will be traveling (including us). And by travel I mean 10 hour drive, hotel etc. Fingers crossed. All we can do together is pray! Thanks for your input

I think every situation is different.

Our wedding is scheduled for May 30 at an outdoor venue in New Hampshire. We are anticipating 60-80 guests, most of whom are local (within 1 hour of the venue), but a number of which would need to travel more than a couple hours by car, and also include a handful of family members in their 60s and 70s (including our parents), and a two guests who would need to travel by plane in order to attend. Invitations have already been sent out.

Currently in NH, schools are closed, restaurants and bars are only permitted to serve via takeout or delivery, and public gatherings of over 50 are prohibited, at least through April 6th. Many businesses are encouraging people to work from home whenever possible. Cases in our state have been multiplying rapidly.

At this point we are not canceling, postponing, or changing our plans, as we feel it is too early to make the determination. We are very much coming to terms with the fact that our wedding may need to be different than originally planned, and we are prepared to make some hard decisions and shed more tears, but are in a wait-and-see pattern for now. Regardless, we expect to marry this year, whether unceremoniously in a courthouse by ourselves, or at the celebration we planned with our closest family and friends. Having each other is the most important thing.

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I hope it all works out for you Amber. I keep thinking about our own wedding and having woe-is-me moments and then need to remind myself that I'm so lucky to have found my life partner and we will get through this (and will get married) one way or the other. We are concerned about our more at risk parents, how changing our wedding date may impact our plans for our own future, and whether changes will put further hardships on our local economy. This is going to be hard for everyone. I think its very thoughtful of you to consider how the economic situation may impact the ability for your guests to participate, and feel like every situation is different and there is no easy answer. Wishing you the best!

I would hold off postponing for a July wedding. I would only listen to the CDC and doctors involved in this. I would not listen to the White House, since they knew about this and did not head the advice given when this became a problem in February. I would continue to follow the 8 week ban and the advice given. The main doctor in charge has stated the next 15 days are important, that was a few days ago. Otherwise continue to take this a day at at time.

June 27 here, hanging in and staying positive for now. Our venue has no July - October date available and they don’t do winter so we’d have e to wait a full year😢

View Quoted Comment Thank you everyone. I never thought we all would have to worry about something like this. I ordered my dress early february and received an email that it might not even make it in time for my wedding since it was made to order. Its effecting everything and everyone... but I'm hopeful.

Ours was April 4th... And we just decided to postpone the "wedding" and get married elopement style in the meantime. I think this will die down by the summer though, especially July. Good luck.

Hi. March 24 here. We decided on Sunday to cancel.


We’ve been planning for a year and a half for a destination wedding in Mexico. Only had 19 guests, but 17 of them were out of country (Canada, Sweden and the UK) and all of those guests’ trips were cancelled by the tour operators.
We are devastated. Still figuring out our next steps. It’s so last minute.

View Quoted Comment I am so sorry Karen. Thinking of you both. I am sure it will all work out. Did you speak with venue and vendorsm

View Quoted Comment Yes, we are still working that out. Venue is offering transfer to an available date up until Dec 31, 2021. same with the photographer. And airlines as well.

View Quoted Comment And now that they may close the borders, it’s also possible that we will get a full refund.

Hi Coastal! This is certainly a crazy stressful and uncertain time for everyone!!

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