Postponing July wedding

I think it depends on where you are/what state your in how much 2nd waves will lead to similar restrictions as now. But I definitely agree with your thoughts that events 100+ will be strongly discouraged for at least a few more months and even if not, many guests may not wish to attend. We cancelled our reception entirely not wanting to run the financial burden of such an iffy situation. But hopefully postponing to the fall will give you several months to see how the early summer plays out once the restrictions are lifted.

I'm July 25th too. I was feeling less confident about our wedding date, so reached out to the venue late last week. I received a response that they are confident about July and are currently only rescheduling brides who are affected by our stay at home order and then a bit later, so early June. I'm feeling a bit uneasy waiting to long for the determination on whether our wedding can go on or be postponed, but I guess we are just going to wait and see. I think the biggest thing for me is that if the wedding does go on, the COVID-19 cloud will be hanging over it. Sure, people may be happy to come to an event, but will probably keep their distance. Probably less joyful an carefree.

View Quoted Comment I live in AR and right now our state is doing fairly well but they are predicting our state to get really bad within the next two weeks which worries me. Plus, even if our state does lift most restrictions by July we have family coming from Florida, California and Mexico. Last time I heard Mexico was about a month behind the United States.
I’m starting to come around to the fact that we’ll have a separate ceremony/reception with our family and friends. We’ll have more time to save up money which is nice!

View Quoted Comment Girl I can’t imagine having to wait another two months...our venue said they aren’t making it mandatory, it’s optional thank goodness. Best wishes to you!

Oh gosh I totally empathize with you! Our wedding is May 30th, probably not going to happen, and our alternate dates for our venue are either July or October. I don't really want an October wedding, and I'm hoping things will be better by July but I just don't know. I'm worried about timing our wedding in between waves and its so hard to predict what will happen. I think you still have some time to decide and would probably wait until at least mid-May to make a decision if I had a July wedding, but it's really impossible to know what will happen.

I’m in NY and I’m also a July bride so I switched to October hardest decision as I truly am I summer bride all the way but I’m still legally getting married on my original date and just switching the party my decision was made solely on where I live we’re hit the worst and I don’t see us even getting to phase 1 until June so July is way to close for comfort but it really depends on where you live to be able to make those tough decisions.

Hi Katelin,

That's really a tough spot. Are you hoping to reschedule to a time when you're more confident your guests will be able to attend, or do you plan to go ahead in June if you can? Would you consider doing a live stream online for any guests who can't attend in person? Or are you reviewing your contracts to see what your postponement options might be?

It seems like a lot of July brides are waiting a few more weeks before making postponement decisions, but everyone's situation is different and it never hurts to be proactive about plan b!

It may help you make your decision if you can connect with other couples planning July weddings - July 2020 Weddings!

Good luck

View Quoted Comment So my wedding was set for 7/3/20. My venue was actually stating the same thing your venue is about holding off and it was making me for very uneasy and anxious waiting so long. We decided to get with the venue again and advise them of military family who were banned from traveling domestically and older family members that of course we would not let get on a plane due to the pandemic. They finally agreed without anymore hassle and let us choose a date yesterday so we decided to be extra cautious and postpone till next year 7/23/21. If I were you I’d reach out to the venue again to see if they will budge. I honestly feel so much better now that it’s postponed. Hopefully it works out in your favor regardless of how it goes! Keep me updated!