July 2020 Weddings

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I'm in Buffalo with the same date, July 18th! We rescheduled from May 30th and I was feeling like things would definitely be better by then at the time I rescheduled but now I am feeling nervous. I just hope, like you said, that Cuomo does not base everything off of NYC.

How many guests do you have?

View Quoted Comment We have 152 invited! But I know I just wish cuomo would let us know what he plans to do. I know it’s probably to soon but just to say if things go as planned I will allow gatherings of x or even if things go as planned I will not allow gatherings of x. Just something for us to plan ya know? We’re waiting until last minute to send out invites and make decision. Hopefully we will have some answers before May 15. I did see something on news that Buffalo was starting a protest
Tomorrow to have cuomo look at us differently than NYC. So who knows!

Hi again! So we talked with our venue yesterday for our 7/17 wedding in Albany NY. I’m starting to feel like we’ll be able to have a wedding on 7/17, but probably not with the 120 guests we anticipate. Our venue said they will likely require guests to have their temps taken upon entry and not allowing those with fevers in, which I have mixed emotions about.

Our venue is letting us put a hold on a future date with no costs for our peace of mind. There are no Fridays or Saturdays left in 2020 at our venue. If we go into 2021, then there’s an additional 2,000. Sadly at this time our venue was not willing to do something much smaller (i.e. 30-50) on our original date.

Regarding invites, our venue said given everything not to send out until mid-June and RSVP by July 3rd. This makes me so nervous, is anyone else waiting that long to send?

View Quoted Comment Did they tell you if they’d have to cut people or just seeing what’s happening? I don’t think the temperature is a big deal your guest would understand! But yes were definitely waiting until we can and I think guest will understand you waiting for what’s going on to! They have your safe the date so they know it’ll be coming!

My wedding is the same day in Virginia. I am starting to loose hope... have you decided anything?

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Yeah lets protest and wipe away all the progress we've made and so none of us will be able to get married until 2022!!! GREAT IDEA!!! Liberate!!!

View Quoted Comment I know!! Ugh it so tough!

View Quoted Comment So far they have said they would want us to meet our minimum guest requirement or stay as close as possible. They said they’d be flexible if we were a little off and meet us halfway which was reasonable.


I feel the same way about the invites and save the date, I’m adding updates to our site and hoping people check for updates in the meantime!

My wedding is in August and I'm trying to just cancel it altogether. The venue is not being very helpful, they want us to wait a month until the actual day to be able to cancel with no penalties. But I live in Maryland, things are not getting better. Honestly, with our wedding being about 200 people, I don't believe the Governor will allow such large gathers in August, there is too much risk. I was at one point very hopeful, but now that I have the mindset of it's not happening I want to move on and find a new venue to host my wedding sometime in 2021.

We just postponed our Wisconsin wedding from 7/10 to 7/9/2021... it was already really small with 45 guests, but WI’s stay at home order was extended until end of May and it’ll take awhile to get back to “normal.” I don’t want people to feel uncomfortable.. blah, this all sucks. We might do a Zoom wedding on or original date though.

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Yes I saw that too! I'm totally with you on that, I wish we just had an idea of when the "phases" of reopening are going to be starting so that would give us an idea of what phase we might be in by July. We are waiting until at least May 15th to make a decision and since we sent out change the date cards already, we decided we just aren't going to be able to give our guests a ton of time to respond to our formal invites due to the circumstances. We need our final count for our venue a week before the date so we are thinking we are going to send the invites out in beginning-mid June, when we hopefully know more about whether or not the wedding is going to happen. Ugh good luck to you!

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We rescheduled our wedding from July to August next year. I live in Philadelphia with no reopening date announced yet and I don't think it will be anytime soon. I agree with you though People are not just going to bounce back from this. Better to have the wedding when people are happy to come not when they just went through distress for months.

View Quoted Comment Yes we feel exact same way! And I know he needs to tell us what he plans to do. I was trying to plan and if he followed the federal guidelines And it worked out then we’d be on a “phase 5” in July so hoping it will be good!! But yes same! We were thinking sending mid June and RSVP by July 4! I think everyone will understand the short notice & most people know yes or no so I don’t think that’s a crazy deal. We’re just waiting until last minute to order them! Ugh good luck to you! We’ll get through this!

View Quoted Comment I know it’s tough and frustrating. Hopefully you guys haven’t put in a lot of money that you would lose out on. If so it might not hurt to wait until the month before to officially cancel and in the meantime reach out to other venues. Once you guys know a knew date just let all your guests know to give them a heads up.

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I'm in Albany on July 3rd. We're staying pretty optimistic right now. I reached out to both my venue and caterer and they seem to think even June weddings should be good so I'm not getting too worried. We're sending out invites as planned and have a back-up plan and a "worst case scenario" plan in mind just in case!

View Quoted Comment Oh wow! That’s great that your venue is being optimistic. Mine honestly is too, but sounds more cautious. Our invites are ready to print, but we’re waiting to see how the next few weeks look and ask for RSVPs for our 7/17 wedding 7/3. I’m watching the #s locally is tests/positives and crossing my fingers work out for us. Good luck!!

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Luckily, so far we've paid only the deposit. But if we cancel now we have to pay 50% of what they would have made from the wedding. This is the main reason I'm hoping the Governor says no weddings over 50 people for the next 4 months or even more. I just have to realistic. Maryland hasn't even reached its peak yet. I know people want to be hopeful for summer weddings, but I think it's time to be realistic about the situation. I'm glad I live in a state where the Governor is making competent decisions, and because of it my wedding probably won't happen but it's okay. I'll find a new date to marry my fiance, and not put any of our guests in danger. I did find a new venue, which I think I actually like more! Yes, great advice about advising guests of a new date. We'd probably send out a new save the date.

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Hey Kendra, I'm in Albany too. July 18 is our date. Hoping for the best!

View Quoted Comment We just gotta stay positive and not worry until the vendors start to worry!! Good luck!

View Quoted Comment We just gotta stay positive and not worry until the vendors start to worry!! Good luck to you too!