Coronavirus Effect

I wouldn’t cancel or reschedule your wedding because of it. Lol. The coronaVirus has been around for years- if you are really concerned I would suggest doing some research on it so you can put your mind at ease..

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Thanks! No one else was seeming to worry but me.

I would also say to just let your guests decide if they want to risk the travel or not.
If you're worried on the day then I would just limit close social interaction, be vigilant about hand washing, and maybe keep some hand sanitizer in a handy spot

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Thanks Erin

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Thanks Erin

Don't put your life on hold. As Future Mrs. A mentioned, coronavirus has been around forever. It's a grouping term and includes the common cold. It's just that this new one is unchartered territory which understandably has people freaking out. Realistically, way more people die from the flu monthly. I digress.
Life has to go on. Continue with your plans. People are free to decline if they have concerns.

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Thanks Anna

My wedding is the same weekend May 24th and we are not changing any plans. 95% of our guest will be traveling to the wedding and about 50% will be coming by plane. Guest will make their own decisions, but the Conronavirus isn't something to panic over.

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Thanks Alex

Don’t Change you plans. You also may never know what will happen by the time it’s your wedding anyway it might be way better by then, I don’t know. But domestic travel is also not bad. It’s more so going to high impact areas like Korea that’s a no no

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I totally agree with this, and will add that it's really on your guests to decide whether or not to travel. You should not even think about cancelling your event, or even postponing. Some guests may choose not to travel, and you just have to accept that. But as long as nobody sick comes, you and your guests will be fine.

Hi date twin! I've thought similar things but decided that at the end of the day, I'm getting married that day in the location we have planned. If people are concerned, they can choose not to come. I won't keep waiting just because of this. I'm slightly worried, but I am not going to let fear dictate my life. You got this!

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Yay date twins! I have been so excited to meet my own. At this point in time, I really wish I had my FH calmness. I usually am a laid back bubbly person but I find myself getting anxious over the littlest things. He's always trying to remind me that we'll be married regardless.

HI DATE TWIN! I feel the same way. The county I'm getting married in had the first outbreak in my state, so that was like... cool lol. But I honestly don't think it's going to be too big of a deal.

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I sure hope not!

Hellooo to all the above date twins!

We live in Washington, D.C., but are getting married in the Florida Panhandle on May 23rd. We have less than 10 guests on our 211-person invite list who actually live in the area, so everyone is traveling in, most by plane.

I was supposed to go to London on Saturday and be there for a week attending a huge global event for work. Yesterday, that event was canceled. I've spent the entire day reading our contracts with vendors and trying to figure out how to get our money back. Nightmare. Most of them had clauses that protect them from giving us refunds. In light of that...

We are making no plans to postpone our wedding at this time, but we are going to make some calls tonight to try to find a wedding insurance policy that covers postponing/communicable diseases, or to cover us if one of our vendors decides to pull out.

As for the guests, they'll have to decide if they're comfortable committing to getting on a plane. Our RSVP date is April 10 so if it's still an issue then, they might not be okay with it...but that is going to be their decision so we're just crossing our fingers!

Our wedding is early May, in NYC, and I am worried--not because I don't think people will come but because of a possible regional lockdown. We plan on having the wedding no matter what, unless the venue (which also does the food) decides to close, in which case I'm not sure what we will do. Either postpone or hold it somewhere else??

Have you talked to your venue about this at all?

Sending support.

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I have not spoken to anyone. My fiance and I have decided that if things do shut down we are still getting married. It is at my church so my priest will have final say.

View Quoted Comment Hi all the other date twins on this thread!! I feel like this is a support group for the freaking out I’ve been doing the past few days!! We’re getting married 5/23 also, out of state (in AZ). The thing is that we, and a lot of our invited guests, live in Seattle. I get the feeling things here (the COVID effect vibe) may be a little different than elsewhere in the country for obvious reasons of this being the epicenter.


I AM worried. Every day things seem to be getting worse and worse. People here are super freaked out. No one is going out unless it’s to get groceries, no one is eating out or going to bars or even ordered take out. Our governor is talking about mandatory bans on social events. All employers whose employees have the ability to work from home are having them do so. People don’t want to get within 6 feet of anyone because the fear that someone has the virus without symptoms and could spread it to them (which is actually a legit fear). I personally am freaking out because I was planning to send out my invitations this week, but this is escalating on a daily basis and I feel like if I ask people to RSVP now the answer is going to be no. My sister who is an MD is advising me not to change the plans, but I just don’t know what to do.
I’m having a lot of the same fears that Brittnee has - vendors pulling out last minute, losing deposits, etc. We also have less than 10 guests who live in the area so that means plane travel. I don’t want my parents exposed to the virus, my fave uncle is also high risk as is my FH’s grandma being an older adult. I’m concerned that still having the wedding will put them in a really difficult situation. I just don’t know what to do.

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I feel like this is a support group too. I wouldn't cancel your plans right now. I would get in the mindset that your wedding might be smaller and you're okay with that. It's out of your control. Try to enjoy the time leading up to it and tune out the news.