Coronavirus - worried about my April wedding

You need to contact the vendors and ask what they are doing to protect your date. What precautions are they taking.


There’s nothing you can do until you talk to them directly

Our wedding is April 4th, and right now we're still planning on going ahead as planned. This is truly a unique situation, and we have no idea what will change in the next few weeks. I would say take a few deep breaths and realize that a lot of the hysteria is really blowing things out of proportion. Wash your hands, take care of yourself, and talk to your vendors to make sure everything is good. That's the best we can do.

Mine is the day before and I feel the same!

Mine is the same day and I’m chillin! I wouldn’t stress about it. If you’re worried just contact them but I am still moving on with my date and have not heard of any changes. I have actually been talking with my venders the closer it gets and they all just seem excited!

View Quoted Comment Us too! April 4th in southern CA, and we are playing this all by ear. There's family and friends coming in from locations all over the globe. And all kinds of concerns. But we're going forward, unless all public gatherings are canceled.

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Agree with this 100%. Take care of yourself, keep an eye on everything, and put it out of your mind for the most part.

First let me start by saying, I feel for all brides around the world right now. This is something that is so unforeseen and is adding stress to one of the most exciting times of your life. That being said, you’re definitely not alone. This is so widespread and is affecting the entire world. Most vendor contracts are pretty strict and aren’t very flexible in the event of force majeure, but it’s in the vendors best interest to at the very least allow postponing or rescheduling. (They’d be guaranteeing future business instead of losing it all together.)
Step one is to contact each and every one of your vendors and talk through the details of your contracts. Find out what would happen in the case that they wouldn’t be able to fulfill their duties. (If they cancel, they’re liable. If you cancel, you’re liable and will lose the money you’ve deposited.) Just remember the people on the other end of those contracts are still human and they’re still running a business. I’m sure they’ll work with you over the next few weeks and let you make your decision closer to your date as to whether you’re going to postpone or move forward with your plans.
Step two is to contact all of your guests and keep them in the loop. Everyone is feeling some amount of uncertainty right now and it will put your guests at ease knowing you’re keeping them updated. Go pour yourself a glass of wine, make some phone calls, write a few emails, and relax. I guarantee talking about it will make you feel more prepared and put you a little more at ease!Most importantly, take a deep breath and focus on what matters most! Your wedding isn’t as much about the celebration, as it is about the love you have for each other and the commitment you’re making to one another. If you decide to move forward with your plans, the people who are closest to you and love you the most will be there!

View Quoted Comment Thank you, that's some really good advice ❤️

I think that’s good advice pps had of contacting vendors to see what their plans or options are if it does need to be postponed. You could also reconfirm with your guests to see if they’re still gonna come. If a lot of them can’t then ok but if most of them are still gonna go I think it’s ok to move forward

Well I’m not chillin anymore. We have to postpone the entire wedding. It’s the safer option and the vendors understand entirely. It sucks but thinking about it I would rather look back on my wedding day and think about how amazing it is and not oh remember our wedding how we did it in the middle of a pandemic. Wouldn’t be our best move. Best idea is for everyone to stay safe and practice social distancing as much a possible. I am still chillin like I am not stressing out I just mean I’m the sense that unfortunately my wedding will not happen when planned. Best of luck to everyone and please stay super safe.

View Quoted Comment We decided to postpone as well. We live in the Bay Area so we are on lockdown for 3 weeks. The hope basically died this morning when the news broke.
We might still do a small ceremony on 4/25 and do the big reception later.
4/25 is going to be our 5 year anniversary of our first date. So it wasn't just an arbitrary date.
This site has really helped me this past week. Knowing I am not the only one affected, devastated, stressed has been comforting in a sad but real way.