October 2020

Hey! Ours Is Oct. 17th, In Virginia With 60 Guests. We Are Moving Forward The Only Thing To Change So Far is That Masks Will Be Required.

We’re former date twins. But in June we decided to postpone to 10/30/21 instead. However, that was the best decision for us for a number of reasons, many had to do with it being a destination wedding. But many 10/10/20 brides are still moving forward this year. Best wishes!!

View Quoted Comment Hey! Okay thank you! Did you have to cut down on guests or was that your original count?
Thanks!

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Congratulations!

10/10/2020 and we are moving forward without any thoughts of postponing. I’m sending out invites this week. 135 invited but only expecting 75-100 to actually show. We haven’t cut our guest list at all. We are in rural Missouri, which has no restrictions but lately numbers have started going up dramatically. The closer we get, the more nervous I get about it actually happening.

View Quoted Comment Thanks for sharing, that’s how I’m feeling too, we are in New Mexico where restrictions are pretty bad, that’s why we are so nervous.

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It Is Our Original Count.

Our wedding is 10/10/2020. We won't cancel. It is small to begin with, about 25 people. We are getting married on the beach. About a month ago, my son told me he can't come, he's going to Japan for 3 months for the Navy. I was going to postpone, but there was no guarantee he or my daughter, also in the Navy, could make a different date. The date is significant for us, it's the 41st anniversary of when FH enlisted in the Navy.
It's hard to say when life will go back to normal. I say be flexible, and do what you feel is best.

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Just a forewarning - We invited 50 with hopes of a final count of 35ish, expecting a lot of "no's" and everyone has told us they are coming. Fortunately mass gatherings are at 50 so we should be OK

We're getting married on 10/10/20 in FL (Beach) where it's currently a hotspot. We've invited 50 and are expecting all to show (as they've already verbally said yes). But additionally, we have no plans to postpone or cancel and gatherings in FL are remaining strong at 50.

Originally planned for 10/02/20 and postponed. We were originally keeping it intimate with 25-30 guests. However due to rising cases and FMIL’s health we decided to just elope on 10/02/20 and postpone our larger celebration until next year.

This 100% depends upon the area you live in and whether there is a surge of cases.

Our wedding date is 10/3/2020. Here, the cases seem to be remaining steady. FH and I have been together almost 7 years and do not want to wait longer no matter what our wedding day will end up looking like. We will be proceeding as planned.

Who knows how long COVID will be around before things will go back to normal. Obviously, if there is a massive surge of cases, we will re-assess and cut it down to just immediate family and very close friends, which would be about 25 guests. However, our guest list has been small from the beginning (78 invited.) So far, we have had 26 accepted invites, none declined, and 52 pending responses.

We are planning on seating guests by social circles (my family, his family, his coworkers, my coworkers, etc) to not have them seated near those they never interact with. It is all about your level of comfort with being able to keep you and your guests as safe as possible. Do what feels right for the two of you!

We ended up postponing last month we are located in Illinois. Our original date was 10/3/20 and changed it to 10/23/21. Our vendors were very easy to work with with rescheduling and didn’t have to deal with any additional fees.

Our original date was 10/3/2020, but we postponed the big wedding to 10/9/2021. We will still get married on our original date with a minimony and have catered dinner at FILs house, since indoor dining is still not a thing here. Our guest list had about 120 people, with many traveling out of state, so we decided to postpone, as we really want everyone to be able to come and dance and enjoy themselves. Our minimony will only be immediate families plus a couple close relatives on both sides, no more than 15 people.

10/03/20 here. We are going forward. We have had very good communication with our venue and they seem certain we will be okay with the safety precautions they have set in place. We will be at half capacity, mandatory mask, and hand sanitizers at the tables

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View Quoted Comment Thanks for sharing, we have about the same number of people, we may have to do the same!

10/10/20 bride here! We are also going forward and not postponing. Our venue has been positive we'll be okay with the safety precautions too. Our guest list was small from the beginning (about 50 people) but we recently decided to cut it down to about 22 people, immediate families and wedding party. We are going to live stream for those guests that can't join us in person. So far everyone has been very understanding and excited to watch our wedding virtually!

We postponed our October wedding to April next year but will still be getting married on our anniversary this year. There was too much unknown and back and forth that I got tired of stressing about it. I now get to be excited about our very small intimate backyard wedding with just our parents there.

View Quoted Comment We only expected 100 guest to show even before the pandemic. We already had an idea of who wouldn’t show based on those that never show up to anything and others who won’t want to travel. I would be okay if 100 showed up but if over 100 rsvp then we will have to start doing outdoor seating.