Spring 2021 Philadelphia Brides Covid

View Quoted Comment We’re getting married at Devon also! Terrain actually just emailed me tonight and said they should have more news by February 1st, but as of right now only 25 people allowed. I’m really not sure what I’m going to do

We're getting married July 3, 2021 in Old City. We're moving forward with it no matter what. We have a guest count of 175, but we're prepared to decrease if necessary. Just hoping that won't be the case. Our ceremony and cocktail hour will be outside, but the reception will be inside.

View Quoted Comment Is your venue open? That’s are biggest issue, ours isn’t. Even if they went to 50 ppl, it’s just not feasible for us. So frustrating! Lol

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Great question.. not currently because of the governor's latest guidelines. I'm really hoping that Philadelphia will reopen in the next two weeks like the suburbs have. We live 15 minutes outside of Philadelphia and things reopened today. There are announcements of different historical buildings and museums opening throughout the city within the next 4 weeks. I am staying hopeful that things will look different in March/April and May. But like everyone else, I have no clue and will be stressed until I walk down the aisle.. whatever that may look like

View Quoted Comment Ugh I’m so sorry- I’d be super upset. Let’s hope the news Feb 1 is good. Positive vibes!!

My wedding is in April 2021. I have no plans on cancelling unless the state forces another shutdown. I will leave it up to my guests whether they want to attend but the show will go on.

I am getting married June 19th and 🙈 far still going through with it. We have not heard anything from our Venue that we can't although they do have outdoor area also just in case. Fingers crossed that it all works out as planned.

We are planning for a June 13th wedding in Philly. Our guest list is at 105, and we are hoping all can go as planned. Our ceremony venue is outdoors, so that should be fine. We are having a brunch instead of full reception, but that is still indoors, so we are kinda freaking out that that might not happen. But we are getting married that day (it’s of significance) and we will deal with everything else after, if need be! Good luck, Philly spring brides! We got this!

View Quoted Comment I’m June 2021 in Philly as well. My venue is fine with my 100 guest so I’m doing it. I’m not pushing it back again

At this point, I will marry my man regardless. I cancelled last year but now I regret it. Life is so short and I’m not waiting another year to say “I Do”. I was more focused on the ceremony instead of the actual marriage. As long as the venue lets my fiancé and I into the building with a witness and an officiant, I’m wearing my dress and walking out a wife.

We are June 27th 2021 we have moved our date three times. And I completely agree with everyone else I’m not moving it again and I’m tired of planning my life around this wedding. We got engaged December 2018 not how we envisioned this going. We have been super flexible and resilient but we decided we are going through with it no matter what. Fingers crossed our venue will allow us to have indoor /outdoor. If not we have a plan B! Sending all the good vibes for everyone going through the same thing!

View Quoted Comment Our original date was June 19th and we are pushing it to July 2022. I also believe masks will be needed and no one will want to come because of covid.

My husband and I decided to do a self uniting ceremony during the early days of the pandemic. I was overseas on a work trip right as lockdown was happening around the world. We both felt, being thousands of miles apart, that as soon as we were reunited we needed to make this official! We drove to the court house, got the marriage certificate and had a small ceremony with our closest loved ones and friends on Zoom. We thought eff it, all we have is now. Did I want an internet wedding? No. But it felt right and we did it. Getting to math myself and my partner was the best feeling in the world- it felt like we had complete control over our lives, and we needed that during the early days of pandemic life.


My father unexpectedly passed away 10 days after our little zoom ceremony. I was so grateful we did what we did when we did it. Thought I didn’t get to hug my dad on my wedding day, I got to tell him I love him and thank him for his love and support. Both my husband and I included our parent’s in the ceremony...I haven’t had the heart to go back and watch it. I am glad I have the recording to go back to when I am ready.
Our wedding was supposed to be September 5, 2020 with a 180-200 head count. We pushed it to June 19, 2021 in April of last year. I’m not optimistic it will happen without restrictions in place. My husband and I are willing to push it one more time before we start to see if we can claw back any money and just cancel the party altogether.
It’s been such a rough 8 months. I can’t even imagine what my party would be like without my father there. It brings me to tears every time I think about it. I just want it to go away and use the money to fix up our house. I know this feeling will pass. Right now is the hard part. Though my Dad died in May, the grief feels as fresh as it did that day. It gets easier, yes. But the feelings stay the same.
I am sorry we all have an unusual shared experience. I wish you all the best of luck and do what you need to do for yourselves.

We’re getting married June 5th in Philly suburbs and that date won’t change no matter what. First just want to off topic say don’t feel guilty for being stressed or upset about your wedding day because it is really important and special!! There are days I have been really hard on myself. We’ve been pushing back our tasting (when our deposit is due which is half of our final payment). Our venue is working with us as far as only holding us to the headcount they’re allowed to have but like many venues they don’t have many answers as far as what spring is going to look like. We were supposed to have outdoor ceremony/indoor reception. They said they may try to get a tent but (and not to sound any type of way) we’re not sure how we feel about paying the full amount to have our reception in a tent in a parking lot compared to inside the beautiful venue we chose. It’s also on a golf course which means there will be other people walking around that aren’t part of our wedding. We are writing down absolutely all of our questions before we put any more $ down at ALL and if it doesn’t seem like it’s working out we may try to find somewhere else and have a much different event. Our original contract is very vague so we are certainly learning a lot.

I’m having my wedding in 6/6/2021 hopefully it’s good by then we have to stay positive

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It sucks for sure but we an have a dream wedding safely in 2022! Are you doing something small this year?

We're scheduled for 6/20/21 in the suburbs. We have invited 125 but expect less than 100. Ceremony and cocktail hour will be outside. Our venue has stated that if they aren't allowed to operate at 100% capacity indoors, they will erect a tent outside, which we are okay with. Our biggest issue is that my fiancée is from India and we are concerned that his family and friends won't be able to travel safely. We currently have no plans to postpone, but we would consider it if his family couldn't come.

View Quoted Comment Totally understand! Unfortunately, if we postponed .. the only dates available are in 2022. We were originally scheduled for 2020. I’m just not able to move the wedding two years out from the original date.

View Quoted Comment Is your venue open and at what capacity? We would be moving forward, but venue is still closed and the venue is way to large to only have 50ppl if that’s the limit.

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I feel the exact same way!!! I am 6/19/21 in Philly and we already are postponing til summer 2022 for the same reasons like you said. Why spend so much money when people might not feel comfortable coming and if they do come they have to wear a mask? No thank you!! Plus I don't want to look back on all of my wedding pictures and see people with masks on! 2022 seems like the best option- plus Philly is a mess!!