December wedding postpone or not??

Do you have a little more time to make a decision for your december wedding? I know it sucks because we really have NO idea what will happen as far as COVID. If people have to quarantine for 14 days then I would definitely cancel it, but if you can wait a little longer to decide then I honestly would do that.

P.S. Who knows what February will even look like

View Quoted Comment I really do wanna wait longer but the problem is everything is booking out for next year and i really dont want to end up to cancel the entire wedding😭...

Is your contract for a guaranteed amount of people (i.e. 100 guests)? Are most of your guests coming from other countries and would be subject to quarantine?

If your contracted amount is for the minimum required (less than 100, - ideally 50), I'd continue with your plans. Let your guests know that if they opt out there is no hard feelings, perhaps offer a live stream of the event.

The numbers overall are decreasing, we should see / hear some positive news again most likely in the next 3-4 weeks (is my guess). Based on that, can you hold the February date that long and not postpone or cancel?

At the end of the day, I think it really depends on the finances, what your and your mate want, and the most important safety of you and your guests.

I’m really sorry you are looking at the second postponement. I also rescheduled my Jamaica wedding that was booked for November 2020, to May 2021. We were also very limited on availability. Due to the travel, quarantine when home, and immune compromised people, I thought it was best to reschedule. As you may know, Jamaica has been spiking. Parishes are back under Mandatory quarantine. Tourists are limited to specific area of the island and you need to be “approved” to enter Jamaica. Anyone from high risk jobs or countries are subject to testing and self isolation until results arrive. I feel your pain, and I wish I could confidently say winter travel to Jamaica will be just fine. I personally would rebook, February May not be enough time. For my situation, May is even questionable 😔 my mom is immune compromised. We did book a Wednesday wedding but most our guests had already decided to stay for a week and take time off. I wish you all the best!

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I get it, Im sorry This pandemic is just making things so stressful

So sorry you’re having to deal with all of this! As a 2021 bride, my heart breaks for all of the couples dealing with 2020 postponements. I do, however, agree with Michelle. We really don’t know what is going to happen but I really believe things won’t significantly improve by December, especially for a destination wedding. There are already warnings for a bad Fall season in the US if people don’t comply with social distancing and we’re all seeing how that is going so far. I want to remain hopeful but I think it would be worse to have to cancel last minute. I also think it wouldn’t be worth postponing until February since like you said, it’s still very close to December. You know best, but I think it would be less stressful to postpone at least until later on next year. I am an August 2021 NYC bride and I’m worried! And as much as having my wedding on a Saturday was super important for me, I realllly wouldn’t mind attending a weekday wedding abroad. People usually take off more days for destination weddings and sometimes make a vacation out of it so when you’re on vacation, the days all feel like Saturdays! I think a Thursday or Friday wedding would be ideal for a weekday if possible so that people need to take off less time if most guests work Mon-Fri. Best wishes!!

I think a destination wedding in the next few months is going to be difficult because like you said guests have to quarantine. Idk where all your guests are from but they likely would have to quarantine at the destination but also when they return so it could mean more than 14 days off work. You’re understandable concerned that February might be too soon even. I’m wondering what the cold weather/flu season brings. BUT I think that since it’s a destination if you booked a weekday it wouldn’t be a big deal because it’s in a vacation spot so everyday will feel like Saturday!

We postponed our December wedding for next December. It was too much stress worrying so much about the unknown that we decided to just go ahead and play it safe and delay it. We are having a minimony this year anyways. It was a very tough decision!

I’m so so so sorry.

Some ideas:What about you going and doing a virtual wedding wedding for your guest ? I used wedfuly for my wedding and they did a great job
What about getting married courthouse style and then vow renewal when it is safe ?

We are still planning ahead with our December (originally June) wedding but are going ahead and making plans on how to shrink our guest list if we need to do so by that time. We will make our decision to cancel and just elope at that point in November. Good luck!! It's a lot of stress and honestly this whole year has been awful, wouldn't wish any of this on anyone.