i just postponed my April wedding

Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear it, but I'm glad that you're feeling less stressed. Be sure to take some time for yourself.

I am sorry to hear you had to postpone your wedding and are dealing with all the stresses that come with that! It sounds like you have managed to look at the bright side which is great. I just had to change my venue after everything (all vendors) were planned and booked and with 6 months until my date I was freaking out. When the idea of pushing back the wedding a year was mentioned as a possible solution, I was so upset. So I can imagine how you feel having to wait until next year to get married. But family is most important! Having family and friends able to come is so much more important than location. Best of luck!

Yes! Luckily I found a venue only an hour and a half away that had just had my date open up. I was able to pay my vendors travel fees to have them move to the new venue and that was easier than finding all new vendors. I was relieved not to have to move my date. We will have been engaged for 22 months by the time we marry so I am very very ready to be married!

I've had to reschedule an Airbnb vacation before without any issue. I actually got some money back because the new dates were listed less expensive than the original dates. So I would think if you go in with the plan to postpone the airbnb, not cancel you may get better results. I hope.

I'm sorry you had to postpone your wedding, but I am glad that it has taken some of the stress off of you. Enjoy your Hawaii vacation and take the time to relax.

I'm glad most of everything worked out for you! Air Bnb is normally pretty good about making things right in my experience. I hope it's the same for you. Good Luck!

That must be so devastating for you. I am truly sorry.

May I suggest that you contact your local state representative's office about the business practices of those corporations who will not work with you. It is amazing how a little pressure from higher up can get your problem solved. I also suggest you contact an attorney to send them a letter stating that they will be sued if they refuse to recognize this national emergency as reasonable grounds for your changes. Some people are just heartless and greedy. As an aside, to encourage you... my daughter postponed her wedding from 2010 to 2011 for family and financial reasons and when we finally had the ceremony, it was far more beautiful than the 2010 one could ever have been. One more year to rethink, save money and plan little extras. One more year to add a few pre-wedding parties and celebrations. It's a once in a lifetime event, you should never compromise. Make sure your friends and family can attend. Next year your wedding will be perfect.

Sommerlynn

I think you should go to Jamaica. It's a lovely vacation spot and with travel down you will probably not run into very many people. Just exercise caution and remember we have had pandemics before. The media is trying to create panic. SARS was MUCH worse and we didn't close anything. See if you can get someone to do a live stream of your wedding so your dad can watch online. Set up facetime so you can talk to him right after the ceremony and during the events. The beauty of the 21st century is that we have these technologies to aid in unforeseen circumstances.

You're getting MARRIED!!! Don't let a little bug ruin it for you!

Hang in there everyone.

Good for you for taking this step! It was a mature decision, though painful. We are supposed to get married on June 21st, and we are already pretty sure that we, too, will have to postpone, although will not make that decision until late April. I don't think most folks understand the epidemiological profile of this virus. It is unprecedented that the testing is still largely unavailable for those people who already have the virus and they (we) are not all sequestered in our homes. Sadly, it will get very bad in the next three weeks and probably for quite awhile afterwards. It is a new reality, but, following the example of WW II, 9/11, and Sandy, we are capable of pulling together as a country for the best of all. Wishing you all good health and safety during this time.

This is so difficult for you and in Jamaica you can get lots of air and space from others. I do have to respond, however, as a health care practitioner, that this is not less serious than SARS and if we don't all socially isolate, it will be much, much worse. Listen to epidemiologists, not the media and the TV, and they will tell you it is potentially worse than what the media is sayings. I have, and will likely postpone our June wedding as I don't think this will be over by then.