July 2020 Weddings

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This is exactly the reasons I just postponed a second time. We were originally July, then September. And honestly, this is going to come back in the fall likely with a vengeance. Once we get a vaccine then we will be really out of the woods. We are still going to legally marry this year, but theres not way we are doing a huge party with people wearing masks. Not at all how I want to remember the big day. You made the right choice!

View Quoted Comment Thanks for making that post, Emily! The only thing keeping me sane throughout all of this is knowing that we aren’t going through this alone. I hope you guys find ways to make the rest of the year waiting for the new date a lot of fun!

We are holding out to June. I feel like we are one of the few now. Our venue really wants to work with us in every way. We will plan for a phase 2 wedding but hope maybe we will succeed that phase. Of course we are very nervous about how our guests will feel, so that’s why we want to know how they will feel in a month and what is the trend of the virus in a month. Right now the answer is not a good feeling but we don’t want to base it off of today, we will be patient and base it off of the future feeling, whatever that is...we accept it. There is potential hope on the rise with one of the Oxford groups. Of course we don’t know yet how their trials will go but there is hope. I know it wont be in time for July weddings but still feeling positivity. I understand what you all are saying about the masks. We feel that too. But again, we’ll wait out another 4 weeks and see what’s ahead before rescheduling.

View Quoted Comment You aren't the only one holding out! Our church just updated guidelines saying we can have immediate and extended family as long as they social distance. That is as of May 1st. I think time will tell and I'm hoping for some positive news by June. If not we will find a way to adjust. 🤷‍♀️

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We are also in early July 4th. Have you change your decision since you last posted?

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I've scheduled a family meeting for May 15th to discuss the current situation here in the States, in the UK (where my sister and extended family are located), and in Uganda (where my parents are located).

We will likely send out invites with an insert informing people of our backup date (August 22) and where to find further information.

The wedding will be in Maryland, so as long as the venue is allowed to open, we are allowed to meet in groups of at least 50, and my sister and parents can get here (which means the US will have to re-open its borders to foreign nationals, as my dad is not a US citizen), then we'll go forward will a smaller wedding than originally planned. If my family in Ireland is unable to attend the wedding in July, then we're going to do another reception in Ireland in August in order to celebrate with them.

It really depends on where you're located. Some states (like Texas, I believe) are planning on opening back up this week. States like MD are being cautious (which I appreciate). I think by mid-may we'll have more information on what the Government going to do.

There are concerns of another flare-up in the fall, so we're not going to push any further back than the end of August.

We've essentially given up on planning our honeymoon (it was all planned and then everything got cancelled) and are just focusing on making the wedding happen.

July 25th Wisconsin wedding here.

My wedding is continuing as planned. All family that is traveling have booked and plan on coming hell or highwater. Everyone I've spoken to thinks we will be at the phase of allowing 150 person weddings. As long as the government allows it to happen, its happening. We have planned with the venue to have hand sanitizer and heavy duty cleaner at every entry and exit. Those who feel uncomfortable attending will be given a link for our ceremony zoom stream and if people feel they need to. No one in the bridal party is overly concerned so we wont need to worry about those photos, but anyone that feels the need to is welcome to wear masks/gloves (obviously all depends on what the government here says). This is what we have as of today. Obviously with such a fluid situation, we will go wherever the wind takes us.

Trust me when I say... I've been freaking out about this since this all hit so... nightmares have been had!

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We're the 3rd... we haven't changed anything and are proceeding as normal.

View Quoted Comment @laura and @LaVonne MY GIRLS!! We got this you guys

We're July 18th...holding out & feeling positive. Central NY's numbers continue to be low (very small % of the state's cases) so we're hoping the roll out post-NYpause considers our region as a starting point & separate from NYC.

View Quoted Comment Yes we do! Stay prayed up and optimistic... if anything, some of this can be looked at as a blessing in disguise.

July 3, 2020 wedding here too! We are in Des Moines, Iowa. So far we have cut the guest list from 320 to 120 but are still planning on having reception even if only in phase 2 and allowed max of 50 guests. We will get married that day regardless. ❤️

View Quoted Comment Wisconsin bride here too, and I have the same wedding date!

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This is what I keep coming back to whenever I get discouraged that I made the wrong choice to postpone. We were July 4th, 2020, and became July 24, 2021 a few weeks ago. I feel very anxious when I see all the brides who are getting married in July as is, I worry that I jumped the gun and made the wrong choice. But I am fortunate enough to be able to wait a year in order to have all my friends and family safely travel to be with us, hopefully without masks or gloves. Thank you for sharing your story!

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I 100% relate. We changed VERY early on- actually 3rd week of March we made the call.. I was the first July bride to call all my vendors about this and for a couple of weeks my friends/family thought I was crazy (we've had a very long engagement) and I had some regret that I jumped the gun. I am a manhatten bride with family on Long Island, and at the time we made the call we had three different family households that were all positive for the virus, including my father. We're so lucky that everyone recovered. This put a lot of things into perspective, instead of feeling sad that I have to wait another year to get married I am grateful I didn't have to plan a 10 person funeral. Girls/boys I know this sucks but we're all going to get through it and it will be a dinner story time we all tell our kids about.

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Wow Katharine, thank you for sharing too! I'm glad to hear your family have all recovered. I'm thankful that no one in our families has gotten the virus, but we do have family and friends who intended to travel in, from all over the country, many of whom are in vulnerable populations.

View Quoted Comment Hi Katherine, thank you for sharing. We have the exact same story and happy to know there is another bride out there that shared the same sentiment! Thank you and God Bless you and your family. Next year will be worth the wait!

I wasn't terribly stressed a month ago about re-scheduling but I am starting to get worried now. We are scheduled for 7/28. Our wedding is small, only 14 people total including us (possibly 11, one person and their children is still a maybe) and it is just a ceremony and dinner.

But now I am starting to - I haven't been able to meet my officiant and I haven't been able to get my dress into a seamstress yet (our state shut down the week my first fitting was scheduled). My venue has been closed (and I believe still is) with all employees temporarily furloughed. I'm not sure if there will be travel restrictions for military family members, either. I guess we will see what this month holds.

View Quoted Comment Same wedding date as you guys only we are in North Dakota. We are also hoping to make it past phase 2! Our church is starting services this coming weekend at half capacity so hopefully by July it will be more? If not I'm okay with half capacity.

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Are you getting reimbursed?