Covid reception 50 people+

Going to have a 50+ wedding in Florida in September (fingers crossed). Already postponed once from April and can't postpone again unless there's another government shutdown per my venue without losing a lot of money.

My best friend is gonna have one in sept. She has no idea how many people to expect though but her minimum for the venue is 100 guests

View Quoted Comment Yeah, I postponed from May to August and my state has opened slowly. Going to phase 3 next week. And now that we’re going to be in phase 3 vendors are like “since you legally can have a wedding you’re liable for the balance.”

Hoping to have at least 100
People in August if all goes well. If I can’t or they have to wear masks I will probably
Postpone (again)

Having mine in October but I’m feeling guilty bc I’ve been told I’m irresponsible and selfish...

View Quoted Comment That’s what I’m worried about! I’m about to send out my invites and scared people will be like that! I’ve communicated with some of my friends and family and they’ve all said they would come but I don’t know! Honestly, people just need to rsvp no if they don’t feel comfortable and don’t give their opinion. They don’t know everyone’s situation. Maybe you’re having it because you’d lose a lot of money, or because you want to start a family soon, or bc you have elderly family that might not be here next year. People don’t know!

View Quoted Comment Yes. We are doing all we can but I can’t help but feel a bit ashamed.


We are going to cut our guest list, try to have social circles/households seated together, tables six feet apart, sanitizer everywhere, social distance guidelines when out of seat enforced by the staff, masked staff...also encourage masks and provide masks. That’s all I can do yet I’m called selfish because I don’t want to lose thousands of dollars that I can’t afford to part with.

View Quoted Comment Also yes, all the reasons you list. I want to start a family soon and I have a fear because my parents are getting older.

View Quoted Comment We’re doing all the same. We’ve already postponed once. I’m ready to move on with my life at this point.

View Quoted Comment Thats all we can do. I’m lucky to have this board for support. We are all in this together lol I’m sure you’re tired of hearing that. Good luck, I’m sure your day will still be beautiful and memorable.

I’m having mine in November - my venue will do anything to accommodate me and we believe that since it’s a private location, we can do what we want. I’ll take temps, give masks and sanitizer if I have to. Brides should not feel ashamed to go forward with their wedding. People can assume the “risk” (what little risk there is This point if you actually look at science and not media) and come or not come. We cannot let the virus (or government) stop us from having our big day!!! This isn’t communist China for gods sake. Sorry.. just a little peeved by all of this. Yes it sucks and it sucks that we have to deal with this when none of our other friends had to.. it’s our time and we deserve it.

I am next month and it’s freaking me out. Just have to do my best and make sure all tables are socially distant and I’m going to have hand sanitizer available everywhere for our guests. My pastor has been really helpful because we may end up last minute moving everything outside and will have to buy a tent. But, I’m not going to have this virus stop me from getting married. A lot of our guests are really excited for something to celebrate with music, food, and dancing. I’ve had others some nice and not so nice day they weren’t coming. Everyone will be wearing masks. I’m 36 and FH will be 48 in September, we want kids lol. So we are doing it now but no big thing next year unless it’s to celebrate the birth of our first child.

Hi everyone. I am in MA and we are entering a phase allowing outdoor weddings soon. My venue is indoors and refuses to move out August wedding. We’ve been having a terrible experience with them. I’m considering a new venue that has an outdoor tent and would save us the Deposit money we’d be walking away from. I’m not comfortable having an indoor wedding, but I think outdoors is much safer. I’m also conflicted like you guys! All my friends have postponed for next year and I already postponed from May. Im worried about being highly criticized for still going forward with it, even though it would be allowed by the state.

My rsvp count has reached 50 Yes's (out of 160 people invited, 130 expected to show up pre-Covid). So assuming things don't shut down again, I will have a 50+ person reception! I am thinking maybe 80 people, maybe even 100.

I agree with pp's, no one knows everyone's situation. Postponing was an option for me, and I was completely fine with it, until my dad got diagnosed with an advanced stage of lung cancer this month. I have to move forward with this wedding. It is now not an option. 20 or 50 or 100 people. I don't care. And I don't want to get married and postpone the reception till next year, because who knows if he'll even be around next year to enjoy the party - the reception that HE'S paying for. I am not risking getting married and then celebrating next year with a big crowd of family and friends and not have my dad there. So I'm staying quiet about his cancer while taking all the backlash from my friends who don't know anything.

Those who are moving along - we need to just enjoy our day and move on with our lives.

We are planning on having around 70-80 guests in October. Our guests are family, friends, coworkers we are close with, and family friends. So far, all of them are excited to come and happy that we haven’t postponed!

We already postponed once to August 16th. We have chosen though to just have our immediate family and wedding party, which comes out to about 45 people. We weren't comfortable with having the planned 150 to 200 personal wedding during this time, but we didn't want to postpone again. So this is the compromise. We will probably though a big reception in the future for all the people that didn't get to come.

View Quoted Comment Exactly. I’ve gone to other boards and I feel attacked. I was looking for support but I just felt worse being told I’m irresponsible, selfish, and I don’t care if people die and that money was important to me than their health.

I’ve literally been racked with guilt because of that and making myself sick. But I see brides on here moving forward and it makes me feel a little better that we are doing the best we can of this situation and everyone’s different. I can’t afford to lose this money and have a wedding I want next year, I want to start a family by next year, next year is never promised and I want my parents with me on my day, and who knows...what if the virus is still present next year? Do we just keep waiting for two years to have our celebration?? What about schools opening up? The world is moving forward to try to live with it by taking precaution.

View Quoted Comment I agree with all of that. We’ve already been engaged over a year and are 30 and want to start our lives. And that’s my main thing about moving to next year. I don’t want to be in the same situation next year because this has added so much unnecessary anxiety to my life. I can’t be this stressed out for another 8 months. It made us feel a little better because two couples we know personally are having their weddings with more attendees than we will before ours. It’s nice to know we’re not the first ones doing it.

I am having an outdoor reception in September of 100 people!