September 2020 Brides: What are your plans?

California September 5th bride here. I am sending out invites to 100 people next week. My venue is fully outdoors so I think it will be totally fine!

Depending on where you are, if you're watching the news, doing your research you'll note that the majority of the world is reopening and the majority of our states will be moving into their Phase 3 reopening by late June - mid-July which means that large crowds will be permitted again. Now there may other restrictions in place with face masks, etc. All in all, I feel September should feel pretty normal.

We postponed our September wedding to May 2021. I'm in northern VA near DC and it's still really bad here - we're just now starting to go into Phase 1. We spoke with our venue last week and they are not planning on having weddings of over 50 people at all this year and even then, guests would have to wear masks. I just want a normal experience where everyone can feel safe unmasked and not distanced. I'm happy with our decision to move it further out.

As for your trip, check out the airline that you bought your tickets from. My fiance and I had the same issue (we are going to Mexico) and our airline says that if we decide not to go as planned we will still have "credit" on our tickets and we can go anytime within a year of our purchase.

We live in Wisconsin where most of the businesses are making choices about whether they are going to reopen and what type of capacity they will have. My venue is planning to be operational by June. It is large so they are thinking starting with 25% capacity so 150. Even if it is that way in September we should be fine we have 154 people on our list. I literally had to add 4 more a week ago. My cousin who I haven't spoken with in years is getting married the weekend after us now I feel the need to invite her lol. But we should be good still since we are expecting around 135. I'm kind of bummed though. They just canceled a music fest that I have tickets too and we aren't going to able to go next year since we are going to start trying for a baby right away.

My bride is still going forth with her sept 19 wedding. she did however tell her bridal party that if we aren't comfortable coming to anything including the pre wedding events we were scheduling, that's ok. most of us have to travel to her and so she just felt like it makes sense if we aren't able to come or are comfortable with coming. one of the bridal party member is an essential worker and she did say that although she intends to come to the events, she just wants to give a heads up that there are no guarantees - between now and then so much can happen in general. but i think it's ok to still try to plan for your date because there is hope with everything reopening.

We are postponing -- our new date is FEb 27!

We are considering postponing as my future mother-in-law is immune compromised and not comfortable attending at our September 13th date . We also have others with health issues as well to consider as our state is in phase 2 and may require masks for the remainder of the year with other big events cancelled through September.

Hopefully everything will get better!

I was supposed to attend two weddings in September and both have been postponed. Your decision will likely depend upon where you live. Best of luck whatever you decide

Ours is currently set for Sept 5th but we are looking to postpone to Feb 2021. We live in Hawaii and so 99% of our guests will either be traveling inter-island or from out of state. The 14 day inter-island travel quarantine will end June 16 but no word yet on out of state travel. It's too close for comfort at this point. We're not even sure when hotels will begin to open back up which is a huge issue because we're already competing with travelers looking to vacation during Labor Day weekend. We feel much more at ease moving it to next year. Best wishes everyone!

I'm a Sept. 12 bride as well! We just decided today that we are changing our date to NYE (12.31.2020). We are inviting 300 people and I just don't forsee being able to have that many in one location without some type of distancing guidelines come September. I am from Michigan and we are slow to re-open so that made our decision as well. Good luck with everything!!

Hi Kayla,

It's a tough thing to be going through! What's the guidance from your state in terms of phasing? I think based off of that, you can send your invites accordingly and leave the attendance in the hand of your guests in terms of how comfortable they will be.

I'm in NJ and I believe we are starting Phase 2 on June 15 and Phase 3 possibly in July. For the last few months, my fiance and I had just stopped planning because we weren't sure what were going to do. We had put down a deposit for a venue and for our DJ, and I had my dress but I was in the middle of reaching out to photographers, video, hair and make up when the quarantine started, so I kinda felt helpless. We just decided today that we are going to go ahead with our original date of September 26 and talked to our venue is understanding of the fact that our guestlist might be half of what it was set to be (around 150 people). After all this, we are just so ready to be married and celebrate our love with those that are able to be with us. The implied intimacy does help manage my stress and makes me feel like our wedding can be more low-key and enjoyable. If something crazier happens with COVID post summer, hopefully we're just able to postpone the wedding safely. Sending you happy thoughts and best wishes during your planning and hope that you have a beautiful wedding no matter when it may be!

I'm getting married in Pennsylvania. I received our venues restrictions yesterday. The only one I'm not happy about it is they can't provide chairs during the ceremony for more than immediate family. They're not enforcing masks and they're not enforcing the no dancing suggestions by the CDC. My invite list is 150 which is under the rule of 250 people for PA. Good luck.

View Quoted Comment That’s helpful! I don’t wanna be out the money but I don’t wanna go down there for a week and not have anything to do if nothing is open. Hope your plans go accordingly!

View Quoted Comment Oof that’s the worst! We have tickets for My Chemical Romance a couple days after the wedding and I’m just hoping they don’t cancel. I’m sure if they do cancel it will be rescheduled but still. I hope everything goes well for you two!

View Quoted Comment I hope that everything goes well for you. In Maine, at the first of the month they put it up to a limit of 50 which is kinda a bummer cause I have about 100 people including who I think will be coming for plus ones, but everyone I’ve talked to seems to think that everything will be fine by September but I’m unsure. But my venue is fairy large so I think if we have to social distance it will be easy. But I hope that’s not the case anyway. I’m bittersweet about it all, but my dad and fiancé are getting fitted for their tuxes tomorrow finally (everything has been closed 😭) and I’m just happy to know I’m marrying the man of my dreams very soon.

View Quoted Comment Good luck to you too. Hope everything goes well for you