July 2020 Weddings

View Quoted Comment I agree with you! I’ve posted on several threads and get backlash when I say things like this. Unfortunately, we are in a place where we have to be realistic at this point. I don’t want to put anyone at risk by having a large wedding. I’m been trying to postpone my 200 person wedding in August, but my venue insists they will be able to have 250 people without social distancing. Yea right..I live in Maryland and my county is shut down despite the state moving into phase i.

View Quoted Comment Thanks for your comment. I’m not trying to argue on a wedding board. I have my own reasons as you do yours. I agreed with another poster and now two people have directly responded that my comment is negative. I’m glad you haven’t been personally affected by this virus. I have in my family. Some have been extremely sick. Many have lost their jobs and are struggling to make ends meet. I also am a nurse. Therefore my reasons are backed by that. Some of us come from less fortunate situations than others.

View Quoted Comment That’s insane they won’t work with you. My venue has been beyond understanding. I’m so fortunate for that. I live in the northeast too and you are so right. A 250 wedding by August ain’t happening. You’re right. It’s not realistic. I don’t get how people keeping refusing to understand the science of it all. It doesn’t go away with the snap of a finger. I hope your venue understands this soon and you can eventually postpone to a later date. Good vibes to you and stay safe!

View Quoted Comment Emily, trust me, I understand. My parents, sister and sister and law all work in hospitals or nursing homes. We actually have been affected by the virus in terms of it affecting family members but it has also taught us that life is short. I believe that everybody has a different perspective though based on their own experiences. Not to mention, everywhere in the country isn’t necessarily affected the same. It all just sucks but we can turn lemons into lemonade.


Good luck to you with everything though! I’m sure your decision is for the best and that you will have the wedding of your dreams when it’s time.

View Quoted Comment I live in MD too and my county is still shut down. My friend is set to wed in PG county on 7/10 and the venue is just dragging her along telling her that 250 will be okay. That’s definitely not right and I can’t believe they’re even entertaining her with that thought. Smh.

View Quoted Comment That’s absurd! PG isn’t even in Phase I. I know how your friend feels. Did they tell her when they will decide? I’m not even sending invitations for my August wedding. If anything my fiancé’s best friend is a lawyer, he offered to write something up for us if by the middle of June they are still refusing to let us postpone or cancel.

View Quoted Comment It’s crazy! But no, they haven’t told her when they will decide because they said themselves that they are uncertain. I get that we’re all uncertain but we all know and understand that any large event is not possible at the moment... probably until next year honestly. I just want these venues to be realistic. I’m doing a walk through at my venue next week for my wedding on 7/3 (in VA). We’re wondering if we can get a partial refund for the other 100+ guests that can’t attend. It’s a reach, but my venue has been very accommodating and amazing throughout all of this.


You’re doing the right thing though!

View Quoted Comment Wow. That’s unbelievable. I hope they let her know soon. Absolutely, I think it’s safe to say maybe anything over 50 won’t be allowed for quite some time. I mean I understand venues want business but it’s just not safe. Is your wedding still happening? How many people? I hope you can get a refund, it would make sense.

View Quoted Comment Hey Teresa!
We postponed our big party July 25th 2020 to July 24th 2021 But will still be having the small ceremony at my parents house in NJ this July, with however many people the governor allows. I decided I want to wear my dress when Chris and I get married, no matter the scenario. So I’ll wear it for the ceremony, very quickly change and then greet drive-by guests and enjoy our backyard celebration in a different dress. And hey, 2 wears for a very expensive piece of clothing!!! Just going to be suuuuuper careful with putting it on & changing, etc. Hope my own thought process helps, good luck!!

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Can I ask how you’re planning to live stream your wedding?! I was hoping to do it through our knot website but I don’t think that will be doable, if you have any tips lmk!!! And I agree with you, compassion is key rn. Best of luck with everything ❤️

View Quoted Comment My wedding planner has expressed that a lot of venues are dragging brides along with this because they need money too. It’s just an unfortunate situation for everyone involved. My wedding is still happening. We’re not sure of how many people we’re allowed to have but I’m we’re planning for in between 10-50. Hopefully 50, but whoever needs to be there will be there. Some venues are also operating under a percentage of capacity from my understanding.

View Quoted Comment We’re trying to figure out the same thing! I’m hoping that The Knot comes up with some kind of creative way to help us out soon, lol. I talked to my videographer and she said that a few brides she knows are looking to stream via Facebook live (free) versus paying another company to stream for you. I’m just a little concerned about the elderly family members who may have trouble accessing the link on their own. One of my friends made sure her family members had “zoom buddies” (met up and made sure family members were able to tune in). I think the idea of a watch party is a cool way to still help people to feel connected.

View Quoted Comment Here is another perspective. This summer is a risk but so is next summer. If next summer is not better are you willing to postpone another year and then another? A vaccine might not be here for years, there is no guarantee. Also with a second wave, brides are nervous and have a very long waiting game ahead of them. I have personally been stuck in the back and forth mind boggle. There is no promise that a wedding next year is more safe. Of course we all hope and wish but the truth is we don’t know for sure. Hopefully therapeutics will be better by then but this we still don’t know yet. So let couples make a choice. Some brides might not want to wait 2-3 years for a wedding. Even the olympics (of course is huge scale) already has talk about not even happening. Scientist warn this might not go away anytime soon and could last many years. Another, also, rolling a vaccine out to millions of people does not happen overnight. people might be financially hurting much more in a years time, so even if it’s safer to go, guests might not want to for financial reasons. There is so much to think about. If you want to get married this year go for it, or next year or the year after. It’s a complicated situation and I am not a fan of people playing fortune teller and shaming other brides for their choices.

View Quoted Comment Thanks for the comment. I’m all set on fighting about this on WeddingWire. Anyone can state their thoughts. But I’m not outwardly looking for comments I don’t agree with and go off. Pretty sure you’re are shaming my measly comment.

I’m also July 25th and we are wondering what a wedding would even look like if we can have it. The waiting game completely sucks and we’d like them to cancel on us because we don’t even feel comfortable having a wedding at this point.

View Quoted Comment I'm in the same position July 25th too and I just don't know what to do. Logically it makes sense to me that a wedding could go on but it won't be what I imagined for the day - guest limits, social distancing, potential of masks... none of which sounds like a good time for me. Our venue has finally reached out to us to pick a back-up date and I feel some sense of relief, but it still sucks.

Things are slowly opening back up... I think you guys may be okay we just have to get accustomed to the new normal...

Hi everyone! I’ve been on this post for the last 2 months stressing out about this entire thing. I’m also July 18th & contemplating postponing for July 10th, 2021. Thing is, our wedding is in Mexico. It’s a small town is Jalisco, where there are no infections there nor the towns surrounding it. President of the town is giving us green light but it’s a tough situation given that it’s our dream wedding, planning it for over a year & a half but we know things are so scary right now, making it a bit uncomfortable. Some advice would be greatly appreciated! Good luck to everyone. ♥️

View Quoted Comment I had to postpone my wedding from March and we moved it to July. It's destination but in the US. Honestly, I don't want to postpone again and if we don't have to we won't. Then again we only have around 35-40 ppl in total so it's not huge like most ppl's weddings and that's why I'm fine with moving forward.


If the area is alright and family and friends are fine with travelling then I would go for it. COVID isn't going away. It'll get to a point where we have a vaccine but it's pretty much the new flu. Caution is major and I'm not saying don't be cautious but I would talk to family and friends to see what their comfort level is then go from there. Good luck!

View Quoted Comment Hi Edith! We were July 4th in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. We decided to postpone because our guests didn’t feel comfortable traveling. We are from the city areas of NY and PA and still quarantined until June. The unknown was killing me; stalking the news and stressing every day over what was going to happen - postponing gave me a little peace of mind. We are postponed to January 17, 2021. If things are still bad in January then we are just skipping the big wedding - I am so upset we have to wait longer to get married, but it felt like the right thing to do. Do what’s right for you and your guests, it’ll be beautiful no matter when it is :-). Best of luck 🧡🤍🧡🤍