Oct 3rd Wedding. Unsure of what to do

We postponed, and now canceled until covid is in control. I don’t want to have anyone sick because of me. I don’t think I can get over my guilt feeling in worse case scenario. I don’t even think this spring would be ready either. It’s just depressing 😞

We postponed I’m our April wedding to September. This week in Virginia, and 35 days away, we were mandated back to 50 people social gatherings. Our RSVP deadline was this week, and now we’re cutting the list to 50 from 97. I’m ok with it, but so many people didn’t respond at all this time! And I know it’s because they don’t know what to do.
That being said, I regret postponing the first time and not just doing everything on a super small scale.
We’re doing an outdoor ceremony and indoor reception. We luckily have lots of room to spread dining tables out, switched from buffet to served and plated meals, hand sanitizer, etc.

This was our original date and we postponed. It was too stressful trying to figure out ways to make it safe...there really wasn’t any, and we didn’t want to run the risk of people getting sick.

My date is October 23 and we went back and forth for a while about whether we should cancel the wedding at our original venue and do a backyard wedding or continue with the regular plans. We spoke to our venue and decided to stick with our original plans so as of now we are still a go. I am definitely worried about it all, but our two main vendors said we would get full refunds (thank God) if we had to cancel due to COVID and that was one of the main concerns. Personally, our families and us are comfortable having a wedding and being around other people. We only had 100 people so it was a decently small wedding beforehand and then of course had to cut it in half to 50, so that is disappointing but in all honestly I don’t want to have to plan a wedding next year, especially when I don’t know if anything will necessarily be different next year. People moved their dates to the fall thinking it would be better and there’s still a lot of uncertainty, I’m not trusting that for next year. I think it’s completely up to you and your fiancé, and what you’re comfortable doing! Like I said, we’re comfortable and made the decision due to our own circumstances that we’d move forward. It’s whatever feels right for you two and your family! Also, if someone isn’t comfortable coming, then they shouldn’t come. If you would feel guilty then that doesn’t seem like an enjoyable time for you. Personally, I’m okay and so are our families taking that “risk”. You’ll make the right decision for you, we’re just praying it can be as normal as possible. Best of luck, hope I helped a bit!

We're getting married on 10/10 and moving forward with plans. We live in Texas so things are a little more lax here than other places. My venue told me they're comfortable with whatever I'm comfortable with as far as mask requirements and social distancing. I'm sending out invites this next week (for 250) and are expecting a higher decline rate due to the circumstances but that's completely fine with us. We've had such a long engagement that we don't want to wait anymore.

Unless you are able to have an outside wedding, I don't see a 200 person event being safe this year.

My state is doing better, now, but we were one of the first hotspots, and indoor *anything* is still highly restricted.

I'm sorry.

It’s a tough decision. I would say if you’re worried about people getting sick then I would go ahead and postpone for later when there are no restrictions and you can be more relaxed. But that’s just my mindset.

We were 10/3/20 but we decided to postpone to 3/6/21. Long Island is just up too much in the air. Our venue would only allow us 50 people, no dancing, can’t walk around with a drink in hand, and a bunch of other restrictions. There’s no way we could cut our guest list in half and now we’re more relaxed with it postponed.

We are moving forward with our 10/16 wedding, also trying to have it be as normal as possible and allowed 150 guests. The ceremony is in a church and reception is indoor/outdoor hybrid type space. What has helped me feel ok about the decision is being SUPER transparent on our wedding invites & website about how we feel and the precautions we’re taking. We’re making sure people know we would not be offended AT ALL if they don’t feel comfortable attending. Also, our venue is taking things seriously - requiring all guests to check in and sign a health screen waiver, masks when not eating & drinking, etc. I’ve heard already from my guests that they feel more comfortable knowing the specific precautions ahead of time, however awkward they may be!