July Brides

July 23rd here. I will decide around mid June.

View Quoted Comment Me too. Are you sending out your invitations as normal?

Hey Brides!


I’m July 24th and let me just say this entire thing sucks lol I’m still remaining hopeful have no plans to cancel. Will only post pone if needed. We’re stuck somewhere between, “we’ve put so much time and money into our wedding we really want to have to our day” and “we don’t want to put anyone at risk”. It’s definitely a tough time for brides. I hope everyone still gets the wedding of their dreams.

View Quoted Comment That's exactly where we stand! So confused on what the right thing to do is. 🤦‍♀️

View Quoted Comment Hi Elizabeth! Yes I’m in VA!

I’m July 26, we’re waiting till end of May/early June to see how things are. I am very hopeful that us July brides we’ll be okay. The next 30 days will be a good test on what our outcome might be for either having the wedding or moving it. Got to keep positive at a time like this we’re in this together. I wish everyone a beautiful wedding day. Stay healthy and safe

View Quoted Comment Your mandatory shelter in place is until June 10?! What state are you in? I’m a July 18 wedding as well and debating options.

I talked to my wedding planner today and she gave some good advice that may be helpful to others. For reference, I'm a July 11th bride.


1. Those in the industry are operating as if we will return to "normal" in July. 2. Continue to move forward, but let guests know that you are monitoring the situation. (We will be adding that to our detail cards in our invitations.) 3. Start thinking of alternative dates. There's not a reason to act on an alternate date yet, but at least start getting comfortable with a potential Plan B so you're not caught off guard. If you start thinking about it now, you'll be more prepared to make the decision to reschedule if it comes to that. 4. If you are considering an alternate date in 2020, you may only have weekday dates available. Couples that had to postpone their March, April, and May weddings have most likely already reserved any available Friday-Sunday dates. 5. Most vendors are willing to make the switch with you if they're available for your alternate date. They understand that it's an unusual situation and will do their best to work with you.
I hope that helps someone put together a plan of action and settle some of your worries. For me, knowing that a Plan B is doable if we have to take that route helps a lot. And I think keeping our guests in the loop will help, too. Good luck, all!

View Quoted Comment Thank you!

View Quoted Comment Date twin!! We’re holding on to hope as well that our date will work!

I am July 11 as well! It has been very hard to stay positive and glad to come across this forum with you all in the same boat. I am finding it hard to believe these conditions will be continuing in July and really trying to stay optimistic. It is so hard with all the media. Also- been told many April/May weddings have postponed to July, so that is making me feel a little more hopeful! Love my date and would be absolutely devastated to lose the date!

Hi All! We are July 11th here. At this point we are starting to seriously consider postponing. We will make a final decision early May. Unfortunately I dont think we would get a great turn out. Its only about 3 months out now and we don't think people will feel comfortable going to a large social event after coming off of a health pandemic. We want to be considerate of the health of our guests and want them to have fun and feel comfortable. Our venue doesn't have any other 2020 dates available and they only have Friday and Sunday dates for 2021 so this whole thing is turning out to be a real mess. We have been engaged for almost 2 years so we would hate to move it out another year. We are unsure of what to do right now. I feel for all you 2020 brides! Thinking of you all and hoping for the best. We are in this together stay safe & healthy!

We postponed from May 24th to July 11th and are definitely waiting it out. It’s too early too tell. Sending good vibes ❤️

I'm July 19! Definitely waiting this thing out. Our save the dates went out a month ago so our guests already know when our wedding is. We may not even do physical invites depending on how late we have to wait this out. Maybe just send out our website and do a online RSVP. I think it's too much early to decide whether or not to postpone. Who knows the most we may have to do is just reduce our guest size . Our venue has been super supportive and said our wedding is still a go at this point. So we will wait and see at least until May

Along with this , the media is mainly going to post BAD news .They rarely talk about the people that get better. So we have to stay hopeful.

I’m also a July 11th bride. We are waiting it out for right now. According to the pandemic task force estimates that I’ve seen it looks like we will start to flatten the curve and see the other side in a few weeks. We will be on the decline in May and it looks like we will be out of it by end of June. I’m feeling pretty good that we will be able to move forward. We will continue to monitor the situation. I’ve had many people tell me they plan to still be there. We weren’t having a large wedding anyway. I haven’t sent out invites yet because I’m worried it’s still “too soon” for many people. Either way, we will monitor and make the best decision based on the situation at the time and for our friends and family.

Hey! We are July 11th as well. We are waiting it out cause we are praying it’ll be fine by then. We have so many things dated for that date already and the date is significant to us 💕

View Quoted Comment Same here! Love our date! We too have so many things with the date and it'll crush me to have to buy everything new

I’m going to add on that we already had to downsize our wedding by canceling our original venue due to financial setbacks and had to downsize our guests health wise. The ones we originally invited will get to see our wedding live via fb in a group, so it’s not too public. At first I wasn’t too happy about having to make changes, but this gives me a peace at mind knowing my guests still get to enjoy our wedding and we at least get our money back that we paid out to the other venue. With this said though we are most likely canceling our honeymoon since we aren’t able to pay the rest off in time 😢 if we do it’ll be postponed til the Fall.

View Quoted Comment Same. I would hate to buy anything new. I think if it came down to it we would just still get married on our date then postponed our reception to Fall. I probably wouldn’t buy anything new with the new date... they would still get the gifts with the original date and it would be something to laugh back on. Hoping this won’t have to happen though 🙏🏻 Lol