Has anyone actually postponed/cancelled there wedding due to coronavirus?

We're in June and definitely looking at our options. The concern is whether we've seen the worst yet and we're not sure we have...

View Quoted Comment I agree with that. I feel that in the next 2-4 weeks, the cases will absolutely skyrocket (using historical data from other countries) and more restrictions will be put in place.


I have 6 days to make a decision as the caterer and florist (60% of our budget) agreed to wave rescheduling fees which is great. I feel so bad for our guests, half are out of town, who will probably lose some money from travel! Ugh I really don’t know what to do.

I agree with you. Wet have.our chapel and officiant payments coming up and invitations ready to go out. Have you sent invites yet???

As of now I'm moving forward with ours its may 23rd. .. im just watching out to see how much more this virus will go...i hope it settles down.

I agree with early posters- if we rely on data, it is likely the number of cases are just going to continue to rise. The number of confirmed cases has basically doubled every day in China for 4 months, and it’s still crazy over there. I have a feeling things have just begun here 😕 Our wedding isn’t until November, so we are waiting it out for awhile. But we have definitely decided to postpone the honeymoon for a year.

I am not postponing the wedding unless the venue requires us too. I understand some guests may not be able to make it out of concern of the virus and I respect their decision. While we will lose out on some of that money I’d rather them feel safe. We are however postponing our honeymoon until after all this clears up and will just take a mini-moon to a destination closer to home.

View Quoted Comment Invites were sent 3 months ago and we received all RSVPs back a couple of weeks ago. Then we had 30 cancellations due to coronavirus this week (majority with infants or living in Asia)

View Quoted Comment Yeah I agree that we are seeing the beginning of this right now. So my fear is than in a month it will be full-blown, which is about the length of time it took other countries. This is why I am leaning towards postponing. I don’t think I could take the stress of worrying about it everyday for the next 4 weeks then having things change even more last minute.



I will still be civilly married and go on honeymoon to Hawaii, so still something to look forward to in April.

If this helps: my FH is an epidemiologist and this is tracking very similar to the flu. If you notice there are no cases in Africa, it is assumed that this disease cannot strife in hotter climates. It’s predicted to get worse the next few weeks but then fizzle out in May. Of course there will be cases here and there and it may be an annual disease like the flu but there won’t be any deaths to this magnitude as we’re in its virgin soil moment where people are responding worse due to it being new.


With this being said, if you have elderly or people with lunch issues such as asthma, COPD, or are immuniteit compromised, it is best if they not attend weddings. Hope this helps

Really a source of relief to see people posting here. We've gotten news of Trump's travel ban that will impact our wedding celebration in mid-April in the NY/NJ area. We live in Europe and a good chunk of our friends are planning to come from here, but worry that as the situation evolves, we won't even be able to enter the USA to attend our own wedding reception! We're going to talk to the venue. Unbelievably stressed, but hoping we can find out more options, because that's the only way to feel less like we're "stuck".

View Quoted Comment Seeing this always helps remind me to not focus on what the media is saying haha. But I totally agree, it doesnt seem to be surving in warmer climates, much like the flu. And also we have to remember that China didnt use precautions until it was too late. In the United states we are already quarantining and shutting down travel into the country. This will end up helping us prevent further outside infections. This being said the coronavirus is not shown to be affecting children from age newborn to 9 years of age. And basic handwashing, staying indoors if you feel ill and watching for fevers you should be ok and not affected as heavily as Europe was. But also at the end of the day if you dont feel comfortable having your wedding and you want to postpone you should! This virus is a big concern but I dont think we should be freaking out as much as we are lol

View Quoted Comment This should be posted everywhere lol. I agree that we may lose some guests if not all to the virus, but we still plan to go ahead. I just hope the vendors don't panic and cancel, but they need to pay Bill's and we already paid most of them.

We get married next Saturday and at this time are moving ahead with the wedding.

We are, however, probably going to postpone our honeymoon as we were planning to go to Iceland at the end of this month. With the travel restrictions in place now, we won't be able to (or we'd be able to get there but have a hard time getting back into the US). Thinking of doing just a minimoon until we can reasonably plan a new trip or select new dates.

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Thank you for posting this. Not only for accurate information but to also give peace of mind to some.

I think it's safe to say you will continue to get more cancellations My husband and I are probably going to change our RSVP for a friend's wedding that is the same date as yours and tell them we're not coming because it's a large event in another state and I'm pregnant. If you have the opportunity to change your date and not incur massive financial penalties (as it seems you do!) that might be the best option. People who paid for travel might end up having their flights cancelled (depending on what is happening in a month's time) or may be able to change their dates free of charge. Things are so unusual at the moment that anything is possible! It sounds like you have a great attitude and are approaching this with a lot of equanimity Best of luck!

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I agree with what another pp said: this should be everywhere! We are planning that the virus will have less impact during our late May wedding due to likely summer-ish temps (low - mid 80's).

At this point we have not had many impacts of in regards to the virus where we live and are just counting on our vendors to not cancel anything prematurely. We're anticipating that the warm temps at the wedding will help the few guests we have that are older or immunocompromised.

My wedding is on April 5th

I am not postponing - so far no one has changed their rsvp either. I have 63 guests so it's not a huge gathering and it's mostly my family and some of our close friends. However, I do think I will lose my guests from CA, TX and possibly family from South America which adds up to 7 guests. Maybe another 2-4 with health issues may bow out.

None of my vendors have mentioned anything to me (yet) either, but I am sending messages to the venue and caterer....

Disappointing, yes, but I just want everyone to be well.

We just postponed our April wedding due to coronavirus. with elderly family having Dr's tell them that cant attend due to health and the virus, and the new UK travel bans, it took a lot of family out of attendance. It is very sad, but it will happen in a few months and pretty much all will be in place when new date is chosen. I will speak with vendors tomorrow but honestly I am anticipating a lot of understanding, Ours was only 60 people so not as difficult to redo as a larger affair.

We are considering a civil ceremony on our original date, with vow renewal and big party in a few months. Have a lot of favors with dates I would still like to use.

We are still going ahead with our April 18th wedding. We lost about half our guests who were all coming in to Michigan either from Asia/Europe or from the west coast of USA. Its going to be extremely intimate with less than 30 guests, but we are going forward with it.

View Quoted Comment My wedding is in November and I’m still concerned if I should be thing to postpone. I have to decide by May *my cutoff* but venue cutoff I need to let them know if I’m postponing by July 14. I’m so lost on what I should do already and we haven’t got our grooms suits or bridesmaids dresses yet and with Azazie they are taking like 9 weeks to make they’d have to order no later than July