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Maria
Savvy June 2020

Decision time - advice appreciated

Maria, on April 20, 2020 at 10:49 AM Posted in Community Conversations 0 8
Our wedding is planned for June 27, 2020 with about 150 people from Wisconsin and Upper Michigan invited. As you know, this date is shaky at best during the Covid situation. The venue allowed us to put a soft hold on October 31, 2020 as a backup date. The invitations are all set (just need to add the postage) and I did include a note that we are going forward with 6/27 as of now and will notify our guests if we need to cancel per guidelines. We do plan to get married regardless on 6/27 with just our kids (we have 7 in our blended family) if we can get a marriage license. I’m a teacher, so summer is much easier for planning purposes. Anyway, I need to make a decision and would love some advice:

A. Send invitations as is for 6/27 and see what happens.
B. Cut the guest list to 50 with the anticipation that group gatherings will be limited. It would be awkward to un-invite people after they receive invites. C. Just cancel for the June date and order new invites for October 31st.
Thank you!

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Latest activity by Maria, on April 20, 2020 at 9:59 PM
  • T
    Super October 2020
    Trisha ·
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    I Think You Should Plan On The October Date.

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  • Chelsea
    Expert September 2021
    Chelsea ·
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    October is definitely the best idea
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  • J
    Expert May 2021
    Jaime ·
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    Oh this is so hard. WI bride here about a month after yours on July 25th. We have already contacted the venue for a Plan B or postponement but they aren't doing that for July brides yet. My confidence has gone down for my date, but I think we will send invites with a COVID-19 note as LATE as possible unless we hear otherwise from the venue. I think if you have the ability to change your date you may want to strongly consider it. Sorry, I know it is heartbreaking. My heart goes out to you.

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  • Kelsey
    VIP September 2020
    Kelsey ·
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    Also a WI bride here, I'm considering myself lucky that I don't think I will have to make this decision since mine is in September; but my heart goes out to you. Honestly with everything here in our state; I do think that some of the restrictions will be done by June. But having a larger gathering of more than 50 might not be doable. I think to be safe I would move it to October since you do have that option; I think by then larger gatherings can happen. I think by August things will more or less be normal; maybe more hand sanitizer at places, no hand shaking.

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  • S
    Beginner June 2020
    Spenser ·
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    My wedding was planned for June 6th. We moved our date for December (it was either summer or winter). Invitations were already printed for june. So far I had sent some invitations before this pandemic ocurred. The rest of the invitations will go as they are, will take a pen and cross out the old date and put the new one.

    Better plan for the october, this whole pandemic will be a while, and even towards fall/winter, who knows what will happen.

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  • Jess
    Devoted May 2021
    Jess ·
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    I think C is your best option.

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  • Angie
    Dedicated June 2021
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    Date twin here in Wisconsin! I just sent out our invites along with a note about the back up date. What we end up doing will totally depend on the mandate by the governor. I'm hoping they will announce the next step the week before the current order ends. I am totally willing to pare down our guest list so we can still have it the same day, otherwise we will go with our back up date. We will be able to decide before June and can contact everyone by phone. Our guest list is currently at 125, so it's not a very big wedding to begin with. I know it may be awkward to un-invite people, but that is something I am willing to do and I know people will understand. But it's so hard to say if that will even be an option at this point. So I chose to send out the invites and hope for the best.

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  • Maria
    Savvy June 2020
    Maria ·
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    Hi Angie! We just decided to tonight to do the same thing. I plan to send the invites with a note, including the back up date. I’m also requesting they write their email addresses on the RSVP cards to make contacting everyone easier. Good luck with your wedding!
    Maria
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