September wedding no more?

Girl, I know how frustrating this is! My wedding was supposed to be next Saturday & we postponed to Aug 23 this year. I also have my dress & have booked several vendors. My venue has been paid in full. I’m struggling on what to do. With all that’s going on, we’ve discussed going to the JP or even having a small backyard wedding. If we got married at the courthouse, we probably wouldn’t tell anyone. I’m sorry you’re going through this! I wish you all the best!

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Hi, Niki!

Thanks for sharing!

Has your venue told you anything about a refund or have your talked to your insurance about getting your money back if you decided to not go through with the venue and instead did a backyard wedding or went to the JP?

We have also already paid in full for our all-inclusive venue and they have strict policies of no refunds. The insurance company is also really unclear about how they will go about claims.

View Quoted Comment We haven’t asked our venue about a refund yet and we didn’t get insurance. Is it too late? Lol.

I am considering same for backup plan but will do small ceremony either on mountain or in my back yard. I still hope things will go as planned but trying to focus on what is important to me.

Cheers girl! I hope things work out for you.

Hey love me and my fiancé doing the same thing.. Original date was September 26, 2020 we change it to June 5, 2021 but we still going to get married at the courthouse on September 26, 2020 and have a big party and celebration on June 5, 2022

I mean june 5 2021

Hi our wedding is schedule for September 6,2020. We are going to do a backyard wedding this year with local family members as most of my family is in Ecuador and things there are bad. Our venue has a non refundable fee of $1,000 and we so far have decided to use the venue next year to celebrate our 1 year anniversary instead. I think doing something small this year will give you peace and you won’t be too stress.

View Quoted Comment I work for insurance and yes companies currently aren’t offering cancellation insurance for weddings due to the demand of claims that are happening because of the pandemic

View Quoted Comment Do you know what happens if our circumstance warrants a cancellation? will we ever see that money?

I'm so sorry to hear about what you've both been going through.

I love your idea to get married on your original wedding date and plan a big party for later! There are a lot of couples doing something similar for various reasons! Here are a few discussions where other brides have shared their plans:

Microwedding + sequel wedding due to Covid...

Covid: How to make 2 weddings special

Last week's wedding pictures from the WeddingWire Community

(and the week before that!)

View Quoted Comment Thanks for letting me know. I wish you all the best!

View Quoted Comment Hi I’m also interested, Shamika, if you’ve reached out to vendors. My fiancé and I are in a similar situation with work hours cut - plus the over all uncertainty with high risk families - we have decided the financial and health aspect aren’t worth the risk and unknown. However even with the Force Majeure clause I was told “that’s for closer to the dates and this is too far in the future” so they are refuse to provide me with a refund.


So I’m curious if you’re ran into the same trouble. I don’t know if this is able to or worth filing a claim with small courts claim.