Reception Completely Canceled?

This is how I’m feeling. Possibly ceremony only with immediate family.

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That's what I'm thinking. And just playing music from Spotify and getting pizza afterwards or something haha. Like I'll just use the money saved for anything else.

We are doing a small ceremony and dinner/mini reception with just first dance and cake with just family. And we were thinking of postponing the reception but we are now considering not having one at all. We didn’t want to schedule something till after covid.... just too much unknown. We are leaning towards not even having one at all.

Hi Jacquelyn! I’m in PA and currently not a hot spot location due to marry in August. We are moving forward with reception and have implemented every precaution (cut list, masks ordered, moved as much outdoors as possible, etc). For our situation, we are ready to move forward and get married and put this behind us. We will take our Caribbean honeymoon when it is safe. Hang in there!! We are all here with you no matter what you decide!! ❤️

Right now I’m planning to go on with my 8/9 reception with every precaution possible. I’m in VA which was slow to reopen and so far has remained steady. If things do great crazy I would rather just cancel the reception part. I agree with what you said. I originally postponed from May and the past few months have been nothing but anxiety filled and obsessively checking the news about VA corona cases. I can’t go another 6 months or year of doing that so I’d rather cancel. My venue has been pretty lenient, but some of the smaller vendors have not. For example, my dj said since were in phase 3 and can legally have a wedding, I am liable for the balance, or I could postpone (but as I said, I’d rather not).

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Yeah I'm thinking of doing this as well for the ceremony and mini reception! We were thinking of postponing the reception and are still kinda discussing it, but I'd rather do it when there's at least a vaccine and who knows when that will be, so it seems easier just to not have one.

You are not alone. We are having a small ceremony with close friends and family (less than 40 people) and will do a small cocktail hour afterwards. Then our reception will be next year with the original guest list of 150. Under the circumstances I think a lot of brides have did this or are considering it. Good luck ❤️❤️

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Hi Katie! Thank you so much! That's so good that your state isn't a hot spot and I hope everyone stays healthy and is happy for your wedding! It's great that you're working to keep you and your guests safe with all the precautions! My FH and I are getting married on the day of no matter what and are trying to figure out how to have it happen with immediate family because my mom has an autoimmune disease, so she has to be six feet from everyone at the very least. But the reception we had planned pre-covid is the biggest question mark. No decisions need to be made until August, but as of now I'm leaning towards only having a mini reception with immediate family if we can make it happen.

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I'm so sorry you had to postpone already and can only imagine that stress of looking at COVID updates. But that's a good sign that your state has been handling things correctly! I hope the best for you and my fingers are crossed that you get to have your wedding and reception this year! I haven't even checked with our photographer or dj about possibly moving the date or what flexibility they have for adjusted needs, but I need to get on that this month. Thank you for reminding me haha cause I would have forgotten to do that. But best of luck to you and your partner!

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My main reason for wanting to keep the original reception was to bring our families together, but it might be a hassle because of both states being hotspots right now. So annoying!! Lol I'm sending my bill for my lost deposits to the governor hahaha. The small cocktail hour is such a great idea! Thank you, Chastity, I hope you have the most amazing small ceremony and that everything goes well for your reception next year!

I moved my reception to July 2021 but I’m having a micro wedding this year with just my parents his parents and sibs. Honestly I don’t know what 2021 is going to look like and I’ve thought about tossing in the towel on my reception BUT I’m waiting until January 2021 to make any decisions on the reception.

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We're either doing just us or immediate family. Just have to figure out how to do it, but we're definitely getting married on our original date. That's a smart idea about postponing, but also giving yourself time to change your mind on it in case things aren't better. Maybe I'll do that! Thank you!

We currently have our reception and vow renewal postponed to June 25, 2021. I really truly want it to happen, but if things aren’t more normal, it probably won’t. My husband gave me the super unfair “ultimatum” (kind of a strong word, but best way to describe it) that if we can’t have it the way we originally planned next summer, he doesn’t want to have it at all and that we should “take the money and run” and that if we don’t have the big celebration as planned, we can start trying for a baby sooner, which really makes me almost want to agree with him!

We will cancel and do a destination elopement if we have to postpone or cancel.

We're getting married on 10/10 and my Fh and I have been strongly considering this. We are in the process of talking to our parents, getting their opinions then we will make a final decision soon. We're thinking about just canceling our venue, before our final payment, and then do a destination elopement ceremony with close family and few friends. We might go to a restaurant afterwards if they're open, or maybe bring a bottle of champagne to celebrate. Just something simple, beautiful, and intimate. That's all we wanted from the beginning. I'm also just too stressed not knowing what could happen.

My FH and I are getting married next weekend and we have had to move everything outside. We have done the best we could so it’s just up to the guests wether they feel safe or not to show up.

I personally haven't. I'm going forward with my wedding, but my cousin just cancelled her wedding and is now just having a very small ceremony at a family cabin.

View Quoted Comment Absolutely we are doing the same thing small ceremony with less than 20 close family and mini dinner with cake and champagne toast 💛💛

View Quoted Comment I’m glad your doing something intimate ! I would go all out. I found so much joy in making my intimate wedding more about be then pleasing my hundreds guest and my mom lol. My original wedding was going to be so much glitz and glam but this intimate thing I’m doing is more rustic, simple, vintage and that’s more me lol so my advice is all is brides have lemons right now, so we gatta make some sweet lemonade! It will be a beautiful day because Itis YOUR day !

View Quoted Comment We are thinking small ceremony and dinner maybe