July Predictions

I am August 14th and I’ve started to work with my vendors to postpone until next year. I think waiting and not knowing is worse (practically torture!) than going through the heartbreak of postponing. We are in NY very close to new Rochelle so I think a lot of family and friends would be nervous to come. Wish you the best!!

I’m in wv, so case numbers may be different. By May 11th we are starting the reopening phases. Even though things will be reopened I am still extremely nervous for my July wedding as well. They are speaking of no gatherings of 25 or more and that’s hard to do with a big family on both sides. My vendors told me to wait it out until June

We are feeling the same. Some hope but a lot of nerves. Our governor plans us to go into phase 1 around May 8th. Our stay at home order is until June 10th. My wedding planner has asked me to think about rescheduling or making a plan B other then our venue which is a hotel. I was also told to plan like we are in phase 2 (50 people or less). I honestly don’t know if we will make it to phase 3 by mid July but also worry about our guests being uncomfortable coming if we do. We told everyone we will wait till June/mid June to make the final decision. I don’t know how much clarity 4-6 weeks will bring. I’m also worried on the flip side we won’t get the date we want next summer and we also have to pay a new deposit. Our wedding is at the beach so we feel we have to have it in the summer but I don’t know maybe we don’t but then I worry also about a second wave or virus.

We were suppose to get married in Mass July 4th. We postponed until July 2021- there’s no way Mass will be past Phase II by our date meaning max we’d be able to have 50 guests. Our guest list is currently 200 so that’s what led us to postpone.

I am thinking positively.


1st, we can’t stay home for months. We have to go back to work, and I have tons of things to do I can’t do from home. Those work I need to do just keep pilling up.
2nd, Europe and Asia decided to reopen, with caution of course. Let’s see how to curve goes.
Either way, worsening or getting better, I am preparing everything I need for my wedding. Buying stuff, making stuff, etc.
My date is July 23rd. I will decide 4-5 weeks before, and before that I am moving forward with my planning.
🥂

Btw, mine is a destination wedding. A party of 6. So, my case is “lighter” 😉

The best course of action seems to be have a Plan B, be flexible, and try not to make decisions until you *have* to...

Which is all really hard!

We in the northeast got hit particularly hard, but also earlier than a lot of the rest of the country. I'm in NJ, and our governor just released a "guideline" to reopen - which sounds great! Until you realize we haven't even hit the first milestones. Still. A roadmap helps, and if MA has one, keep an eye on it.

It's likely to depend on how big your wedding is, and if your venue can maintain cleanliness/distancing guidelines.

Good luck!

Also July 25th and I'm getting quite nervous about what the summer holds. Our venue is confident things will be better by our date and thus is not offering us any Plan B until they deal with the earlier brides. In ideal circumstances I really want the wedding to go on because I just don't want to wait another year to do this, but of course we will do what is advised. Mostly everything is planned and we are just working on little details. I received my wedding shoes in the mail, ordering the cake topper, etc. We are just plugging along as though we are still having our original wedding and waiting to be told otherwise, which we mentally know may happen. Gotta be prepared.

I'm in WA with wedding in OR July 18th, and I'm getting the same vibe after reading up on the most recent updates for phased re-openings out here. I just reached out to our venue to find out options with them since we have a big deposit due May 15th. If they're not going to be flexible with post-poning, or offering a refund (since they wouldn't be able to honor their contract) if we can't work out a new date, or if the next available date is 2 years out (our venue gets booked out up to 18 months ahead under normal circumstances), then FH and I need to consider cutting our losses with the deposits we've already paid and just get married locally (we'll find a new, cheap or free venue) with whomever is able to attend under what the restrictions are at that time.