June 27th 2020: when to decide?

Hi Allison! Our date is actually in July but we are waiting until May to make a decision. Supposedly our governor is going to make an announcement about when large gathering (church, weddings, concerts, etc) will be allowed on May 4th so that’s when we will make our decision. I would recommend making a decision by the last week of May? I know that’s cutting it close BUT I think we will make so much progress throughout May, or we will see a second wave of infections...but at least you have a backup date! Best wishes!

Hi!!! July 17th Bride here! I feel you pain, worry, and anger! This whole situation is just stressful because it is so unknown and seems to change day by day. I am still moving forward as planned for now. I am live in Florida and I am having the wedding here, but 100% of my guests will be coming from out of state (worries me the most), my guest list is already under 50 which is a positive thing at this point, but still has me wondering what can happen before then and will these re-opening phases work and make it worse. My fiance is completely positive we are having our wedding on our date, which makes me feel good, but sometimes the news and everything I read gets me down. I am trying to place all my faith in God and just know he has a plan of how my day should go. Currently my venue along with all my vendors has been a blessing. My venue has a hold date on November 1st as a back up if need be without any extra charges. Only thing is if another bride is looking at that date I will have to make an immediate decision, so it can happen anytime. I am trying to wait and see what May and the beginning of June looks like and how things are progressing before I need to make an ultimate decision for my guest. Everyone seems ok with coming as long as they can travel. I am praying for everyone going through this and my suggestion is to keep the faith and try and see what May brings at least!! I believe with so many states issuing announcements and trial phases, we might be able to see how well the next few months may play out! Sending lots of love!

I think it depends where you’re from and your guest count. We were suppose to be July 4th in New England with up to 200 guests. We made the call to postpone last week as there’s no way New England will be allowing large gatherings by then.

Hogan has been making good, conservative decisions regarding quarantine (so far). If your wedding had more than 50 people (including wedding party and you two) I would just go full steam ahead for November. The problem is, we'll likely see a resurgence of infection in the fall (sooner if Trump keeps pushing). If I were you, I would honestly postpone it to latter half of 2021. I know that's not what you want to hear, but knowing what I do about vaccine development, antivirals, and the poor decision-making to this point, I'd rather have assurance of a later date than the added stress of one you may have to cancel last minute.

View Quoted Comment Unfortunately our venue has restricted us and said we have to get married in 2020 unless more restrictions are passed! So we are either June or November at this point. We do have a slightly larger wedding. I agree Hogan has been making strong choices, and his press conference today gave me some hope! We are holding out for a few more weeks!

View Quoted Comment That suuucks about your venue! Where in Maryland are you getting married?

View Quoted Comment Yeah they have not been super accommodating. We were originally told it would have to be a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday in 2020. Fortunately we got a Friday in 2020 as a back up. It is Springfield Manor in Thurmont.

View Quoted Comment Ooh! Well hit me up if you need any vendor recommendations. I just got married in Baltimore, and with one exception, I had an awesome team. Good luck! Thurmont, luckily, is beautiful year-round. I think my SiL was a bridesmaid there!

View Quoted Comment Thank you! We love Baltimore (live here!!). Congrats on your wedding I am hopeful this will all work out. Postponing to next year and just doing a courthouse wedding this year was our first choice. But now that we have a back up, I pray at least one of our dates works out. Fingers crossed!

We just made the decision today to cancel our wedding 😫. We’re still getting married on the 27th of June however, it’ll likely be just us two and a photographer. Nice thing about CO is couples can marry each other legally and are not required to have witnesses or an officiant (not our ideal situation but for right now it helps us). Our original plan was to get married in MN (where I’m from) with close to 250-300 guests. We couldn’t see MN opening up large gatherings with that many people at the end of June so we made the safe decision to cancel it as 75% of our guests were coming from out of state. We didn’t want to risk anyone traveling or attending a large gathering at that time and get exposed to anything. It’s a difficult decision and so many emotions right now however, we are not alone, we will ALL get through this together and I strongly believe that even if you are planning on a reception at a later date (which is what we will do) that will be one bada$$ party of the year when it is safe to do so!! Everyone will be looking for any excuse to celebrate us awesome couples who couldn’t have the wedding of our dreams in 2020. We deserve to have this celebration even if it means postponing it to a later date. Cheers to you all!!

I'm holding out hope for you as well Allison!!

Make sure to check out these discussions as well where a ton of June brides are sharing their Covid19 concerns:

June Brides... how many are holding on?

June 2020 brides: freaking out?

June 27, 2020 brides?