Postponing April Wedding?

We are getting married April 10th, 2021. My fiance is finishing up med school and will start residency in June (in who knows what city!) so we won't postpone. We'll cut the guest list later if we have to, but hoping now to carry on as planned with social distancing & masks. Hopefully an outdoor ceremony & cocktail hour too (weather permitting).

I like the idea of asking everyone to get tested! I was planning for at least bridal party & family, but everyone is better!

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I agree that 140 guests in April seems ambitious and having a "plan B" of either fewer guests or a postponed date in mind is a very good idea. Our wedding is scheduled for April 3, 2021 and we've been engaged for almost two years; we picked that date in 2019 and have grown pretty attached to it (4/3/21!) but a couple of months ago when it was clear the pandemic won't slow down until there's a vaccine, my fiancé and I came up with a backup plan that includes our 20 "core" loved ones (immediate family, officiant friend, and our small wedding party only). It's disappointing that we'll probably be unable to proceed with our original 90-person guest count, but we'd rather be safe than sorry (it's not worth the health of your friends and family to host a gathering of that size right now, nor do you want your wedding to be one of those super-spreader events on the news!). If you have a "plan B" that you're comfortable with, it feels less scary and you can make a decision in January-ish as we watch the vaccine rollout and see how it goes. Once my fiancé and I had a backup plan in place, my anxiety about the wedding diminished somewhat, so it does help to have multiple options depending on how the next couple of months will look. THAT SAID, if you want a date for the second half of 2021, don't wait too long, because vendors are booking up SO fast (if they're not booked already). Since your wedding is on a Friday it seems like you're flexible for another Friday, which I highly recommend -- being flexible on the day of the week will be super helpful moving forward.

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@Sarah how many guests are you having and what state are you in?

Hello all! My wedding is set for April 10th, 2021. We going the mircomony route, with a total of 21 guest including my fiance and I. I'm not too worried, April is after flu and cold season so hopefully things will be open again. To all those worried, take it day by day. It'll be okay!

We are going to get married regardless since it's on our 10 year dating anniversary so it's a special day for us, and I've been waiting to get married long enough :p As of now, we've trimmed our guest list to the bare min, which is 100 (big families with many kids!), and keeping our ear out for our venue and back-up venues. His cousin has private property we could use if need be, so that's our last resort. But it is such an anxious time waiting for any kind of certainty!

Our original wedding date was October 24, 2021. We will go through our wedding in April. If we have to cut down the guests - we will choose family and entourage first before friends. Covid cases ate rising in our area and its giving too much stress in our end.

Our wedding date is 4-21-2021 and since I’m from Germany and my fiancé from MD we talked to the venue from the start and if there should be any travel restrictions for me or my family we can postpone with no cost and also if there should be gathering restrictions we can postpone too.
If either one should happen we’re still getting married with his immediate family on our date and postpone the big wedding party to later that year or the next year.
Good luck to every bride-to-be!

We canceled our wedding and are eloping early. Too much of our family would have to travel from all over the world. There was no way to be certain of everyone’s health and safety and continue with plans as they were, it felt morally wrong. We didn’t want to put people in an uncomfortable position to have to choose between their own comfort level of health risk and an obligation to go to a wedding. I am quite bitter about feeling like I have no choice in going to our friends wedding in Jan, where I know people will not follow guidelines. I’m so uncomfortable going but don’t want to hurt our friendship and feel like I have too. Obviously that’s each couples choice, but I don’t want to make someone feel that way, so we are just doing our own thing. Wait and have a party when all this is said and done. Just not worth the risk. Yes there is a vaccine but it will be this time next year at a minimum for it to reach gen pop. Plus current national numbers are at an all time high, so I just don’t see how all of that improves drastically by April.

We were originally thinking April or May for about 100 people. I'm debating on what to do. On one hand, you can't wait until the last minute to book vendors and let guests know but you never know what's going to happen in the next few months, especially when most require a deposit. I hate to have money just out there not knowing if this is going to pass in the next few months or if this a year thing or longer. I think we may just try to plan for late May and have a back-up elopement plan just in case. At least that way, we could go ahead and get married and then just have the reception part later. Although, I hate missing out on some of the traditional ceremony things.....It's such a hard thing to try to navigate. Although I guess in the scheme of things, we should be grateful that we are still healthy as of yet.

My wedding was actually supposed to be 11.29.20 but we postponed until next April. Most of our bridal party aren't even sure if they'll be able to attend for various reasons. We're already married but we were hoping to have a small event where our families and friends could meet (we're from 2 different countries) and celebrate with us. Not to mention I have a custom made dress sitting in my closet dying to be worn.

So far, we are still having our wedding April 17th. We are in NC, even if things change we will still have a wedding, but we will just make the guest list smaller. (so far 115 people are invited, including kids)

We are holding the date and going with the flow until further notice. Our wedding is happening in Austin, Tx on April 17th and we are hopeful that since our guest list of 80 is already 50% capacity for the venue , that we will be able to carry on as planned. We will give out masks as party favors, space out cocktail tables and be as socially distant as possible...Unless the city/ state says otherwise ! At which point, our venue will allow us to reschedule.

My wedding was to be April 17, 2021 with 150 guest but with the uncertainty of covid and everything going on. I canceled the church got our deposit back and we are now getting married on Friday December 18, 2020. We are having a big party/reception in May of 2021 due to not getting our deposit back from our DJ we will still use him.

We were 4.25.2020 and had rescheduled for 4.10.21, I already pulled the plug and we rather wait till 2022... we just got married this weekend with a small ceremony though.

We are actually considering postponing what a crazy situation!

We are moving forward with April 10th, 2021. We're going to make a final decision on guest list size and safety restrictions in late January. We'll be offering a livestream of the ceremony for any guests that are cut or would prefer to participate virtually. Right now we anticipate significantly cutting our guest list, requiring masks at all times when not eating, and having no dancing at the reception.

I'm hoping to keep my date but with all of this covid 19 stuff going on in not sure. Im hoping to have my wedding on April 24th and no more than 50 guests in camas valley OR

We are having ours on April 17th no matter what. Our venue said he would credit us back if less people showed and everyone we have invited we know the status of their health we also are going to set out masks so people can wear them if they feel comfortable to. We also already planned on having less people there because they wouldn’t feel comfortable going to an event with quite a few people during these times.

We’re planning for no more than 50 guests total, not including the wedding party, for 4/25

I was originally supposed to get married October 2nd just outside Buffalo but had to either cut the guest list from 160 to 50 or reschedule. We rescheduled for April 23rd, 2021 and I’m not being very hopeful it’s going to be okay.