Stuck in Destination Wedding Uncertainty

Have you thought about legally getting married here and using that as a reception venue for the future?

YES!! Girl, I feel your pain on this. We were supposed to have our destination wedding November 2020. We were over a year into planning when we postponed (and will have been engaged 2 years this December). We postponed to November 2021 (which means we will have been engaged 3 years by that time). I know some couples are choosing to reschedule their 2021 weddings to 2022, and it’s completely understandable after everything the United States has been through with this pandemic during the last year. However, I think it’s too early to panic at this point. It is still a year away, and A LOT can happen in a year! That being said, it may be advantageous for you and your fiancé to sit down and discuss the “what if’s”. What if you still can’t travel next fall? What if you can travel, but your wedding will have a lot of restrictions? Or what if you can travel, but you have to quarantine 2 weeks when you get there? There is a certain peace of mind that comes with having a plan in place & knowing what you are going to do; rather than just waiting idly by & stressing the unknown. My fiancé and I sat down and asked ourselves all the “what if’s” and came up with a game plan for every scenario. Since then, I have not been stressed about what is going to happen.
It’s absolutely rotten that us covid brides have to deal with all this added stress and uncertainty around planning our weddings 😠 Just try to focus on what you can control, and don’t even worry this early on about what you can’t. Sending lots of positive vibes your way girl!!

I'm kind of planning a destination wedding, too. I'm getting married in my hometown (Chicago) but my fiancé is from Spain (where we live), so we're subject to basically the same restrictions at the moment. We're planning our wedding for July 2022, so there's more time for things to calm down, but I do occasionally wonder "what if." Honestly though, with a situation like yours and mine, the strict travel restrictions almost make postponement decisions easier. While it would be a huge bummer to have to postpone, the decision will probably be out of your hands. I'd rather postpone because the wedding literally can't take place if one or both parts of the couple can't be there, than agonize over whether to postpone a local wedding that could technically still take place but would have to be majorly scaled down.
Unless you guys absolutely want to be married by a certain point, I'd continue holding out hope for next year or push back to 2022 if necessary. It would be such a shame to lose all your deposits, and Italy is such a beautiful place to get married! 😍 I'm sure the wait will be worth it! And you have time before you need to decide. Waiting is the worst part for sure.

Hello we are planning a Destination wedding to Riviera Maya Mexico. Our original date was June 2020 and we postponed it to November 2020. We are 26 days away and couldn't be more excited! Me and my fiance said if everything stays opened airline's and hotel we will be moving forward with everything. I wouldn't cancel anything you gotta remember this day is all about you and your fiance there will be people canceling which we had and mostly was all of my finances family which was very heartbreaking 💔. But you can't do anything about it. Who would have thought 2 1/2 years ago when we got engaged that there would be a pandemic and our world would be turned upside down. You just gotta hope for the best and stay positive! 😊

My FH and I are planning a destination wedding for June 2021 in Jamaica. Its way to early to panic. Just breath and take it day by day. So much can happen in a years time. Stay positive and continue planning your big day. I am a little confused on why your venue won't refund your money though? 🤔 It's not like you are canceling, you literally can not get there due to a band that you didn't create. I can see them saying that if travel was possible and you still choose to cancel, but something completely out of your control like that makes it seem crazy that they won't refund and/or reschedule your event. The resort we are staying at will allow us to fully reschedule everything if the pandemic affects travel or if the resort isn't open at the time do to any covid restrictions. Stay positive and somehow things will work out no matter where or when your wedding occurs!

My fiancé and I will be getting married in Cartagena, Colombia. While his family has been insisting from the beginning to get married here, we will do it there.
I was born and raised in Colombia.
We are visiting Cartagena in a month to book the venue and some vendors. Our wedding date is February 2022. At this point, I’ve already dealt with tons of anxiety and depression during the quarantine, so we decide we will move forward with the date and make it happen.We will love to see our loved ones there, and whoever decides to join us and share that special day with us, awesome, but if people don’t feel like traveling, great too. It’s about you and your future husband. We Can’t please everyone.