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Chelsea
Savvy November 2020

November 2020

Chelsea, on June 29, 2020 at 6:02 PM Posted in Community Conversations 0 6

OK.... we have our wedding planned in Michigan for November 8, 2020. We live in Colorado. We have contacted our venue regarding the current situation with COVID and weddings being postponed or cancelled- still waiting to hear back from them.

In our contract, it states that we would get a refund in the event we could not have our event due to "Acts of God" or mother nature, or government regulations.

We chose this date because it is our 10th anniversary and is a really special day for us. We are considering cancelling the wedding completely and eloping here in CO due to the uncertainty of COVID, how flights will be, what government regulations will be, etc. in the event we go through a second wave.

We don't want to get to a month out and have things be cancelled and us be left without any plans for an elopement, which is why we're discussing this now.

Has anyone dealt with this? If so, how did your venue/vendors handle the situation?

Do you have plans to elope!

I'm sorry we're all going through this!

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Latest activity by Gabby, on July 16, 2020 at 1:01 PM
  • Renee
    Super June 2020
    Renee ·
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    I think it comes down to deciding whether or not you want to postpone/cancel in advanced. Both have their consequences. We already postponed from June to September and have decided that we will go through with the wedding in September with whatever restrictions our county/state has in place. If we can’t then we have decided that we are okay with losing our deposit for cake, venue, dj, florals and catering which were all 50% deposits totaling tens of thousands of dollars. It sucks but we are ready to move on with our lives. If we can get a venue contract that says we can postpone to next year without paying another deposit we will talk about that route. But as for now that is not the case.



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  • Renee
    Super June 2020
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    Yes we got married in our backyard on our original date. So like I said we are ready to start our lives.
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  • Lynnie
    WeddingWire Administrator October 2016
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    Hi Chelsea! It's definitely a tough decision and you'll need to weigh out all of the pros and cons! That "acts of god and government regulations" clause will probably only apply if the venue is completely closed and legally unable to host your wedding, which they wouldn't know for certain until a few weeks before your wedding date.

    Because of the pandemic a lot of vendors are being really flexible with postponing and rescheduling celebrations, but if you decide to cancel your contracts you'll still be on the hook for any non-refundable deposits or cancellation fees detailed in your original contract!

    Here are a few discussions where you can connect with other November & fall brides about their concerns and updates: November Brides, 137 day left, and Any brides that have not canceled their fall weddings???

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  • Kristin
    Devoted October 2020
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    I think of all us with wedding plans this year are feeling the same. Ours is scheduled for 10/10/20 with about 30-35 guests in my fiance's parents' backyard. At this point we're moving forward with it and in the event things get even worse and travel isn't possible, we'll postpone. We were originally planning on getting married in September in CA however, we relocated to Texas and canceled those plans since it no later made sense to have it there. If we do have to postpone it again, I'll push for an elopement. It was an emotional decision having to cancel our original plans and I can see myself not wanting to do any more planning if we do indeed need to postpone again.

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  • Sarah
    Savvy October 2021
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    We were originally 10/3/20 and recently postponed to 10/16/21. Our wedding is in California and things are just not looking good with their daily case count continuing to rise. Most of our vendors (venue, band, florist, caterer) were willing to move our deposit to the new date and everyone was okay with us postponing a few months in advance . The only vendor who wouldn't budge was our photographer, so we lost an $1800 deposit with her. We feel the loss was worth the relief of knowing that we wouldn't be putting our friends & family in danger of contracting a potentially life-threatening illness on our wedding day. And we couldn't imaging having a reception where dancing wasn't allowed and everyone had to wear a mask. Now that we've postponed and have plans set in place with our vendors for Fall 2021 we feel so much stress relief!


    We are strongly considering eloping just the 2 of us on our original wedding date because we are ready to be legally married. Regardless of whether or not we elope, we will still have a wedding ceremony next year. We joked about how we love each other so much we might as well get married twice! I know a lot of couples are eloping this year and still having a wedding ceremony+celebration with friends and family next year. There are no rules anymore. Do whatever makes you and your SO feel the least stressed Smiley smile

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  • Gabby
    Beginner October 2021
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    Hey Sarah, my fiance and I are in the same boat here in CA. Were in northern CA and just don't feel confident planning anything else for this year. We are planning to postpone until 2021 as well. Such a bummer, but honestly the thought of postponing feels like so much weight lifted off of our shoulders. Best of luck with everything! It'll be such an amazing celebration when it happens Smiley smile

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