Postponing to Fall vs 2021?

Unfortunately none of us can predict when it will be safe to have a wedding. I would say it depends on your level of risk aversion and what's important to you. If you can move to next year and be happy with a larger turnout but a longer wait- do it. If you have to pay a change fee to change to next year or don't want to wait and are okay with a smaller wedding then look for the fall.

I might move it to the first half of 2021 to be safe. I'm a fall 2020 bride myself and am obviously hoping that it will be fine to have weddings this September, but I think 2021 would definitely be safer!

It's so unpredictable, but I would personally move it out as far as I could. Without a vaccine we aren't going back to normal any time soon, only a new normal once the economy opens back up and who knows what that even entails. You could still get married on your original date or anytime before your wedding, if that's important to you.

I too was supposed to have my wedding in July. We postponed to April 2021 if this helps at all. Many scientists predict a fall surge. I am still unsure about April due to vaccines. I just want my guests to feel comfortable. Hope this helps.

Whichever feels best for you. This is very much your choice. Personally my wedding is in September, the venue plans to be fully operational by June. Places do need to start reopening soon or places aren't going to make it. In my opinion by mid summer we should be back to somewhat normal. I'm personally tired of not living my life the way I want to.

I am 10/10 and not postponing yet, but if I were in your shoes, I would probably push it to 2021.

We moved our May 24 wedding to January 17. By then, even if there's no vaccine, we should have a better handle on the situation as a whole.

My wedding is 10/3/2020 but we are looking to postpone until fall 2021. My venue only has availability in November 2021 so we will most likely take that date. Its still hard and we don't want to set any changes in stone.

Rachna, I appreciate you posting this question as I am in the same situation. I have been asking myself this exhausting Fall versus 2021 question for the last 3 weeks. My wedding date is this July and we JUST made the decision to move it to Summer 2021. My concern is that by the Fall, our state (CA) will still be ordered to wear masks, maintain social distance and have reduced gatherings. Our guest list is 130 and we very much want everyone, who can, to attend. This was such a hard decision to make, not knowing how the Summer will unfold, however, the social distancing constraints just felt too risky - and would anyone have fun? And waiting another year feels like an eternity at the same time. I wish all you brides the best as you're making these very difficult decisions.

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In the same boat here. Our original date was June 12 and we debated nearly every day for the last few weeks about postponing to August or 2021. I almost wished someone would just decide for me. Clearly waiting until next year offered the best possible outcome, but we've been together over 8 years and engaged for a year and a half so waiting seemed terrible. We just decided the other night to wait until 2021 with the condition that we'll try and take a special trip later in the year, so we still have something fun to look forward to/do this year. I agree this year is so risky- thinking about having to postpone twice, worrying about social distancing and having to wear masks, etc. I don't want our day to be tainted with COVID still on everyone's minds so waiting will be best for us. If you can think of a reward to give yourselves while you wait, it might make make it more appealing. You could start wearing your rings on your original date, or something else special. Best of luck

I was originally supposed to get married 4/18 of this year and then postponed to 8/1. We’ve been planning this for over 1.5 years, so having to wait longer was disappointing. On the other hand, because of the time and effort we put in to planning our wedding, we knew that it wouldn’t be what we wanted in August. People would still have covid in the back of their minds. Instead of postponing to the fall, and having to possibly postpone again, we decided to postpone to next May 2021. We got married legally, but will do the ceremony and reception next year. Hopefully by that point the world will be in a different place and we can really make it what we dreamed of.

Hi! My wedding was supposed to be July 17 this summer — we postponed a full year to the same date in 2021. Do what your gut tells you. We didn’t want to postpone and we definitely didn’t want to wait another year to have our big day, but we decided this was best for us and our families. I’m a teacher so I’d prefer it to be in the summer when I’m off anyway lol. The real stressor is that there is another outbreak predicted to happen in the fall or winter —it would suck to have to postpone again. That was a big reason why we postponed to summer 2021 because things will most likely look better by then. I hope everything works out for you & best of luck!

I'm still holding on to my July date because I have been waiting 3 years to get married. We will see if we are going to postpone by the end of next month. I have all vendors on backup for a date in November if we have to make that call. I'm personally not postponing beyond that.

We are September 2021 now. It is a huge weight lifted off our shoulders. We probably won't be attending any weddings this Fall even if they do happen, especially out of state.

I’d move it til later. I thought fall would be fine! But now, I’m not so sure.

Well I would get married in fall small ceremony just at local church with immediate family smaller group and like go to restaurant. (this way you aren't waiting another year to get married for benefits,moving, etc.)

But postpone the big wedding to Spring 2021.