June 2020 bride considering postponing 😔

We postponed from May to August. At the time I felt confident that it would be fine, but at this point, I am just not sure. It’s definitely a waiting game. I snatched the only date the venue offered that would work. Because of my fiancé’s work schedule, we couldn’t do the fall. Now we are remaining hopeful because that’s pretty much all we can do right now. I’d take what you can get and even though it really sucks to move things around, reassess again once that date gets closer. Sending positive vibes that August will work out!

I feel your pain! It is a frustrating situation to be in and the what ifs are the worst. I was originally June 20 and switched to late August. Like you, I don’t know if that is realistic and it kept me up and anxious this past week amidst everything else happening.


Best piece of advice I can give that really helped me is to have a plan with everyone involved. What started bothering me was getting ridiculous opinions and questions from people (friends, siblings, some other family) about what we’d do, are we postponing, etc. It can drive you nuts. My fiancé and I sat down and decided that we will make a decision mid-June, giving us plenty of time to see what transpires in the next two months and allowing us time to inform people. My Mom and wedding planner are also in agreement. If it is looking not good, we will postpone to Spring 2021, which I already gave my vendors the heads up and we will get legally married in a courthouse in June/July. Just knowing that we had a concrete plan that would work and give us room to breathe if things aren’t what we want them to be made me sleep easier.
Lastly, remember that this is about your safety and peace of mind too. I’ve really had to set boundaries with talking to people about it because everyone’s questions and opinions alone can drive you up the wall. My fiancé and I have told everyone that we will have a decision by early to mid-June and that is what we are sticking with. This thing is bigger than any wedding and is something we have zero control over. But have a plan that you all agree on in case your backup doesn’t hold up.

Sorry you're going through this Our wedding was originally planned for June 6, 2020 and this past week we postponed until June 19, 2021. We considered doing it in late summer/fall, but there is still a lot of uncertainty and we didn't want to take the risk. Luckily all of our vendors have been understanding, and they were available for the new date. Now that we have postponed I feel a little sad about how far away the date is, but I know that it was the right choice for us.

View Quoted Comment Yes, I’m leaning towards that option - just pick that date for now and if it STILL doesn’t work, then we’ll reassess when it gets closer...
Sending positive vibes right back to you!

View Quoted Comment Thank you for the advice!
Luckily we don’t have a ton of people asking us right now (although my family members are apparently asking my parents all about what our “plans” are in regards to the virus)
For our June date, we are waiting until the end of this month/beginning of next month to make the decision - waiting to see if restrictions will ease or not. I think we are going to pick the August date as our backup plan and if it still doesn’t work out, we’ll do something on our own and have the reception/celebration sometime next year. I’m just anxious for everything to play out already - I hate the uncertainty 😞

Our California wedding was originally planned for June 20th and now it's rescheduled to August. I think our state would be lucky to be in Phase 2 by June (less than 50 people allowed) , but hoping we're at least there by August. This waiting game really sucks and is so stressful. I know we all wish definitive dates could be given for opening the country back up so at least we could make concrete plans.

I was suppose to be getting married on June 13th, 2020 too. Decided to postpone to Oct. 3 2020. We have been engaged since Nov. 2018. We both agreed that no matter what we will still be getting married on Oct. 3rd no matter what. We realized that starting our lives together is way more important than postponing even longer just to have a big fancy party. If we are only allowed to have a small ceremony on 10.03 we might have a vow renewal and reception for our 1 year anniversary next oct.

We were set for June 13th, this past week we decided to have a small intimate ceremony at our house and will host the reception in a year for our friends and family for our one year anniversary. We are in Washington state and there were too many unknowns to proceed with the original plan. Luckily the venue and vendors have been great!

View Quoted Comment Yes it totally sucks!
I finally got in contact with the last vendor (our ceremony venue) this week - was very nervous because they’re a county park and all county parks have extended their closures through the month of May 😔
Turns out they are not available August 30 (like ALL of the other vendors) - in fact they weren’t available for ANY of the other dates we came up with. I’m really bummed because the Japanese Garden was like a dream ceremony location for me because my family is Japanese and it’s really pretty! So now I’m faced with the decision to give up the gardens in order to get married on August 30 or push the wedding & reception until next summer to get the wedding I imagined 😔I think if we do push it out to next year, we will still get married in a small ceremony this year and just do a vow renewal next year. As we get closer even to our original June date, I’m realizing there are a lot of things we still need to get done that we haven’t been able to because of all the closures! So maybe postponing until next year is the best thing - but I don’t know 😞

View Quoted Comment October 3 was on our backup dates, but NONE of the vendors were available! Not surprising at this point in the year though.
I’m considering that same thing - married this year is a must - but I suppose the big celebration isn’t 😞

View Quoted Comment That’s so great the venue and vendors have all been great to work with and that they were all available!
We live in an apartment so I’m worried about where we could have a small intimate ceremony like that if things don’t open back up.
We have considered the courthouse, but I really just wanted somewhere nicer/cozier..I suppose at this point though, beggars can’t be choosers 🤷🏻‍♀️

We were also June 13, 2020 but we postponed this week to September 26, 2020. We are reallllly hoping that things are okay by then! I’m a medical student so this is the only other date we can do for the next few years. Unfortunately we lost our photographer and my makeup artist, but everything else shifted over pretty seamlessly. I’m looking for new vendors and scrambling a little to find some 😬


We’re still going to get married in a small ceremony in June with just our parents, grandparents, and bridal party as long as the stare of Ohio allows. It would be under 25 people, but right now restrictions are still 10 or less. Ultimately we decided to postpone because we stood to lose a lot more money/vendors if we waited and the government restrictions wouldn’t allow us to have our event anyways. Our governor is discussing a very very slow reopening of things, so there was no way we’d be able to have the 140 people we were expecting in June.

I completely understand! We postponed from March to June. We rescheduled at the very beginning of all this craziness, and felt that June was far enough away that we'd be in the clear. It was also one of the only dates that our venue offered to us. Now I'm not so sure that it'll be feasible. We're still waiting a week or so to make our final decision, but it's so hard to tell right now. We live in Florida, and our governor seems pretty dead-set on reopening the state but only time will tell. Hoping that your date still works out!