Coronavirus=pure Panic

Hi guys. Just wanted to check in with everyone. My wedding date was suppose to be May 2nd on Fort Walton Beach FL. Beaches are closed so we opted to have officiant meet me and FH for a very small intimate ceremony to sign our marriage app so we could keep our original date. Then scheduled family ceremony 8-8-20 🤞🏼Mostly bc I work in healthcare and there’s no end in sight for this nasty virus 😔 My FH is a truck driver and hauls groceries for Publix. We didn’t want to take the chance of one of us catching this mess and never getting the chance to marry each other 😭 Planners think beaches will be open May 1st but said we may not know til April 30th. That was just too short of notice to know whether or not it was a go. Plus one of FH grooms men just had a baby in April. I’m so bummed that it’s not going as planned. I know you guys are just as agreed as I am! Try not to take it out on each other and hang in there! This too shall pass!

Stressed I mean

My wedding was supposed to be 5/16/20. We decided the best and safest thing to do was reschedule the wedding. I and so many others feel your anxiety, pain, sadness, fear and worry. We have rescheduled the wedding for September and luckily got venue and vendors all avail. same day. Good Luck to you!!

I am so sorry that so many are having to cancel 5his is something that definitely could not have been foreseen. Hopefully everyone will still have the day of their dreams and all family is safe. We changed our date right before the outbreak from May to September.

We just changed our date to 9/4/20 and hopefully we can proceed by then but trying hard to keep my freak out at a mild level.

Have you reached out to your wedding venue yet? They should have recommendations for you based on the state's policies. If you aren't allowed to have a large group but you can still go forward with your wedding party and family members, then the venue should work with you with food and beverage minimums. Best wishes!

View Quoted Comment I get it. I’m worried about losing my $4k for my venue, b/c if we scale back our guest #, I won’t need the large venue we booked and my venue lady won’t refund.

Mine was May 2 as well.. found out several weeks ago would have to be postponed.. rescheduled for July 18. Great news was that all of my vendors were available or made accommodations for my new date. Everything will work out..we’re all in this together

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Original is May 22nd. We've re-scheduled for Aug 21st. We are considering getting married on our 1st date and then doing the celebration later. But, honestly I really don't think gatherings are going to happen in Aug either.

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Have you looked at the agreement? What does it say about Force Majeure? Maybe you can cancel and reboot for a smaller venue? My venue is allowing people to cancel "no harm, no foul" if it is due to COVID-19. They are also allowing us to postpone without penalty. When is your wedding?

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I've already gone through it with my venue lady. She won't let us cancel. We had to re-schedule for a later date. Problem is the date we picked in Aug, is also likely to be a bust. Our 1st date is May 22nd. We've re-sched for Aug 21st. Don't think large gatherings will be allowed by then either. Our next, probable option is for he & I to get married on our first date with maybe just parents and then schedule a renewal next year. But I have stuck in my head the fact that I want him to see me for the first time, not a re-do....

Oh my I definitely would be in a state of Shock. I am truly sorry your going threw this.

We just made the decision to postpone our June 27, 2020 wedding in Chicago to June 25, 2021. After reading the “Opening Up America Again” guidelines recently released, and seeing states begin to extend stay at home policies, we knew we wouldn’t be able to have more than 10 people, and likely won’t have 50+ for months...if ever this year. Like many of you, I was agonizing my decision to either wait it out, move to October, or move a full year. But now that everything is finalized I feel so much better and know we made the right choice for us and that we will hopefully have the wedding (and wedding activities) that we've so been looking forward to. Good luck to all those currently waiting it out, I so feel for you.

View Quoted Comment Hi, literally today my fiancé and I made the decision to go to next year for our celebration. We started with May 22 for our original date. Clearly that wasn’t going to happen, so we ditched that in March sometime. We then re-scheduled for Aug 21st and like you, clearly this is not going away and we also agreed that large gatherings probably won’t be allowed still. So we called our venue today and re-scheduled again. She won’t refund and I also didn’t want to waste my money on a beautiful venue and no one allowed to travel and no one would show up except for a few closer people.
I also feel like a weight is lifted. This has been so stressful. We are probably going to do a quickie ceremony on our original date somewhere with just parents and bridal party maybe. We kept coming back to our original date, so think that’s what we are doing. Then a renewal or something in May 2021. We will of course be spending more than our first budget to move things (second sets of clothes, new food favors for next year, maybe new invites, and a few additional new cancellation or postponement items).
I think my venue lady is tired of me calling, but so be it when you won’t refund. Good luck!!!!

How is it working out for you?!

View Quoted Comment It is absolutely ridiculous that they won’t refund you and are forcing you to reschedule instead. Our venue tried that and my fiancé put his foot down. If the venue cannot accommodate you our your original wedding date IT IS THEIR FAULT I dont know what state you’re in but I’m in IL and non essential businesses will not be allowed to be open. Venues problem. Not ours.
You should speak to them and stick to your guns, you do not need to be forced to reschedule. Let them know if they refuse to refund you that you will not be letting the matter go.
They are taking advantage of you and the situation. I would have never agreed to reschedule. Good luck

View Quoted Comment Thank you. It’s definitely been an emotional time period these last couple of months.

We all are, hopefully things will settle down soon.

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