Postponing April Wedding?

Mine is April 10, 2021, and I am having mine then no matter what. My ceremony and reception are both outside, and we are having masks and hand sanitizer available. We are trying to keep sitting socially distanced as well. I would say at least ask and see what your vendors are willing to do with COVID and the precautions that they take if you were to keep it then. Good luck!!

Our date is 4/3/21. We're keeping the date and will get married that day regardless of what that ends up looking like. We've decided on a small 25 person guest list and will adjust according to local guidelines at that time.

How does eloping work exactly? Vegas? Are you still going to wear your gown? The thought of no one seeing me in my beautiful gown makes me so sad and it was $$$ too.

But how do you plan around that when you pay for food for a certain number? And chairs at the ceremony, etc.? Did you invite extra people to possibly fill in the ones who won't come?

Supposed to get married 5 days ago :-/, but pushed it to April 24th and all vendors and venue were able to accommodate and all had that date available. Really not looking to postpone again considering my fiancé and I want to start a family very soon. We'll either have a group of 30 or 50 for an outside gathering depending on gathering restrictions by then. Fingers crossed!

Hi there! My April 23 date is more of an elopement / micro wedding. I'm having my bestie act as officiant for the ceremony, bridesmaid for the getting ready shots, and coordinator during the setup phase. Will have a videographer and photographer to capture the getting ready scenes, first look, and ceremony, but I'm not planning on having any guests. I thought about maybe doing a zoom, but there's beauty having it being an elopement. Plus, the venue provided a 50% discount and there's no reception costs. I'll plan for a reception at later time - probably in 2022. My fiancé is a healthcare worker, so he'll probably get the vaccine, but I'm not and majority of our to be guests wouldn't be vaccinated either.

I was trying to plan a full blown wedding in the fall of 2021, but all the dates were booked out and pushing it back to Spring 2022 seemed like I was holding off on life plans (and putting a lot of stress on myself to plan with so much uncertainty) just to have a wedding, so we decided to go with the earlier date.

Perhaps you can do a church ceremony with just family and an outdoor reception with everyone? I would be extra cautious if there are 65+ family members attending. My dad recently caught pneumonia (we had a scare because the symptoms were similar to covid), but recovered after a week in the ICU, so we're being extra careful not to put our elderly family members at risk.

Best of luck with planning. Hope everything works out in the end!

It depends. Some people do vegas, but there are also elopement packages elsewhere (where the venue provides the videographer and photographer for 1-2 hours). Some people have destination elopements. I'm doing more of a micro wedding / private ceremony where I still wear my wedding gown (I had it custom made with a local tailor) and still go through the motions, but just without any guests and no reception. I reserved the venue (50% discount due to no guests), going to have a videographer and photographer there to capture the moment. Also, fitting in a few hours of wedding portraiture prior to the event. The only other guest is my best friend, who will be officiating and acting as bridesmaid.