Still having your wedding

Do you have a backup plan if the beach and banquet hall are closed at that time? I know it's difficult, but you should probably start considering other options at this point. The safety of your guests is more important than cake toppers or champagne flutes. Most vendors would allow you to postpone with no extra fee, they don't want to risk their life for your wedding either. Not to mention, if things don't improve, holding a gathering could even be illegal depending on the state.

View Quoted Comment All of this.

You Should Definitely Have A Back Up Plan To Be Safe.

Hey!
I'm a June 6th bride and I'm still having my wedding, unless something drastically happens before then.
We as a state, are on stay at home orders until April 29th.I honestly think that the apex will be within the next two weeks, then things will slowly get back to normal.
The weather is heating up, which is a plus, flu season fades out in warm weather, and since this is a form of flu, I'm truly hoping it will too.
I think alot of people have panicked and cancelled far in advance without knowing what the future holds.
I'm hopeful that my wedding will go forward, and I'm hoping yours does too.
I think the coming weeks hold all of the answers and I'm going to access the situation on May 1st.
My venue is having a May 23rd wedding , as of today. A local amusement park, is hoping for a May first opening.
I don't think there is anything wrong with waiting to see what is actually happening in the world, before jumping the gun.
I know that you and I would never put ourselves or guests at risk. In the same token, cancelling prematurely isn't the answer either.
I'm praying for you! I'm hoping May, will bring a big change in this virus.Don't give up hope❤

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I agree with Caytlyn! I would definitely have a backup plan in place. Depending on where you are located, holding a wedding with more than 10 people on May 16th may very well be illegal

We just postponed our May 30 wedding to August 16. Our local news has been saying July 4 “may” be the first time our city has an event again (I live in a big, touristy city). I would definitely have a back up plan. It sucks, but keeping you and your loved ones safe and healthy is most important right now.

View Quoted Comment Yeah, seriously — you’re willing to put people’s lives at risk so your champagne flutes have the correct date? You’re not just risking the health of your guests, but of their families and the essential workers in your area. For your champagne flutes and cake topper.


A hairstylist would have to sit within inches of you and it’s clearly not at all safe for you or for them.

I have a May 16th wedding and it breaks my heart to have to have a backup plan because everything seemed so set one month ago. My best advice for a backup would be to either have an elopement style ceremony with friends and family on a stream like Zoom, or do something special just the two of you to celebrate on your initial date.

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This is not a form of the flu. Scientists honestly don't know if it'll go away in warmer weather-- it wreaked havoc in Iran, which has VERY high temperatures all year long. I hope that it eases up over the summer, but we can't depend on it. HAVE A BACKUP PLAN.

I'm currently planning my wedding for June 2021, and I'm honestly thinking of postponing it because it's gonna be at least 18 months before we have a vaccine, and I have a bunch of immunocompromised family members and friends. I hope I'm wrong (and that all the experts are wrong), but we need to plan on this changing our lives in a serious way for an extended period of time. I might do a small ceremony and share via Zoom, and then have a big party when life is normal again.

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What state are you in? I am a June 27th bride with over 250 guests in NY... still freaking out but the news today that we are at the Apex/leveling out has me more optimistic than the past week weeks.

View Quoted Comment I'm in North Carolina. I'm optimistic right along with you❤

May 23 in Wisconsin and The wedding is still on!

The sentimental value of a particular date is neither the reason the OP gave for keeping her date, nor is it a legitimate reason to risk other people’s lives.

View Quoted Comment You clearly missed the entire point. But God bless 💕

If everyone MUST know, it's the date we got together back in 2017

Yes, I would encourage you to direct that time and effort toward arranging to reschedule your wedding, in order to avoid making people sick. That would be the ideal use of your time and effort.

Honestly, especially where your FH is in a profession where he’s exposed, why are you willing to risk exposing all your guests when you’re already worried about you and your children? If you think this will be done by mid-May, you’re wrong. We may be past the peak in most states by then (if the models are actually correct) but there’s no way we’ll be fully out of the woods by then. Knowing your FH has possibly been exposed and hosting guests at a wedding 5 weeks from now is socially irresponsible, even if the date is important to you.

It looks like you deleted the comment in which you disclosed your fiancé’s profession. and your concern that both he and you had been exposed to the virus. I would hope that you are sharing those concerns with your guests and vendors. It’s really the very, very least you could do.

View Quoted Comment Actually wedding wire deleted it, I got the email if you'd like me to prove it

View Quoted Comment My wedding date is my father's birthday and he died when I was 8 years old.
It doesn't matter the reason, all that matters is the day you've planned on, and hoped for, and dreamed of, may be shattered, and that sucks so much. I agree with all of Apryl's post. Its not fair for people to be so mean when you were just asking a question. I do think its important for you to start considering a back up plan because this may keep things locked down longer than your date, or that several of your guests may not be comfortable coming even if it's not banned. For us, we are still doing a ceremony on April 25th to be legally married with a handful of people, and have rescheduled our big wedding To June 27th.
Happy planning, I hope it all works out for you.