Coronavirus

View Quoted Comment That sucks about your venue. And girl we gotta make the best out of it.

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Thanks, and I agree, I think it sounds like we're all making the best of it and it'll give us all good stories to look back on in the future

View Quoted Comment Aww you're right. Try to remain positive! Stay safe and healthy!

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Thanks! you too!

I agree with a lot of the other ladies on here. I think you should surely call your vendor to see your options, but I would wait and see how things go. Sending positivity and praying that you'll all still be able to have your wedding in May!

Hello! I changed my May 9th wedding to April 2021 over 10 days ago, right before the invites were supposed to go out. We also sent out a postcard with our new date. I would make sure you have enough time to send out an official date change / to give people time to cancel their travel. My planner is amazing and was able to reschedule every vendor for my new date but that was before we floated 5-8 other dates around. It is a straight up jungle out there when it comes to getting your vendors and people you want because you will be competing with the rescheduling couples and the ones who originally planned for later in the year or next year. I don't want to scare you but I want to give you the most info possible. Best wishes and let me know if I can support / help in any way possible!

I think its naive to assume anything at this point. I understand we must keep hope, but we must also be realistic and prepare for the worst case scenario (postponement.) I am right here with you, except I am having to sort this out sooner.

Our wedding is planned for June 13, 2020 and while that seems far enough out to not have to postpone - with all the uncertainty and information rapidly changing on a daily basis, I can't help but be overwhelmed with stress and anxiety. I've already had to cancel by bridal shower and am sure my bach is out of the question at this point too.

Here in CA, we have a "Shelter in Place" ordinance in effect through April 19th with the possibility of that extending to May if our situation here does not improve. Our venue has had to cancel and postpone weddings that were planned through April. My heart ACHES for those couples.

We are hoping late April will offer more clarity for the future of 2020, however, what everyone needs to understand (myself included) is that even if things "calm down" soon, it doesn't mean people will be out of danger while in close proximity to one another. We never expected to have to make such a heartbreaking decision, however, it is not nearly as heartbreaking as the idea of putting our loved ones at risk.

take some time to decide what is best for you, but understand that there are many other couples debating the same and dates will become less and less available.

View Quoted Comment Of course!! We are getting a lot of pressure to postpone from friends and family - but we would definitely never hold the wedding if anyone’s health was at risk! Realistically we know we will have to postpone our May 23rd wedding, but our main venue and all of our other vendors are being so wonderful and not making us choose between this and our backup date. Is it realistic to think may 23rd will happen? Of course not... but just in case things turn around (we settled on a ten percent chance haha), we will just give it mid-April to decide. Maybe a miracle will
happen for the world - we just don’t know! But - having a backup plan without being rushed to make a decision has given us great peace of mind though!! Wishing all my brides out there luck and thinking of you and hoping your venues are being good!
Last thought - My grandma told me something really helpful the other day - I was telling her how sad I was I may have to postpone but I was keeping it in because I know how many people are suffering so much right now - and she said that I was allowed to be upset, this was upsetting! And it didn’t make me a bad or selfish person! So thought I’d pass that along!! We can be good people and count our blessings and recognize our health is the most important thing, but doesn’t mean we can’t be upset sometimes about this pandemic affecting our weddings!

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