Summer weddings in Ca-still moving forward?

I think I would postpone. I mean sure things are slowly reopening but I don’t feel like by then you’d have the wedding you ideally want where you’d have dancing or no masks or can socialize

If you don't want masks and do want to dance I would suggest postponing. I think otherwise you will be disappointed. We have seen that a lot of people have not been following guidelines leading to resurgence in many areas which will likely slow openings further.

I'm ordering masks for everyone. Im still getting married in a month. NBD for me, just trekking

Personally, I would postpone. I'm on the East Coast and friends have already postponed their October wedding. Another friend of mine is getting married in November, and we (bridesmaids) are already planning out masks to match our dresses. If I wasn't in the wedding, I would not be planning to attend. As it is, I am very concerned and uncomfortable with the whole thing...

I would postpone (in CA but already married). Masks, no dancing? Nope.

I would postpone

I’m in CA to still planning for our September wedding. Our venue said they are already open at half capacity and should get clearance for the dance floor within the next 2 weeks. If masks are still required, then I’ll probably order something to match the bridesmaids dresses.

My wedding is scheduled for October 3 in Santa Cruz and I am pretty sure we will postpone at this point. My FH and I just don’t think we will be able to have the celebration we envisioned with social distancing in place. You only get married once (hopefully) so I would suggest postponing so that you can have the wedding of your dreams.


Another option is to elope on your original day and renew vows / have a big reception next year. We are considering that. Best of luck girl it’s such a stressful time to be a bride!

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Ashley, where on the east coast are you? I'm in Jersey and my coordinator said everything is looking good.

Ugh I don't know what to do either. I'm getting married in northern CA on 10/10/20. I was fine with no dancing (we would just have our first dance and then play the shoe game) and and small gatherings (I'm only inviting about 40 people), but this whole mask topic is really getting to me. I honestly don't want to wear one at my wedding. I'm okay if guests want to wear them, I want them to feel as comfortable as possible. Four months ago, masks weren't even on my mind, now I have to add them into my budget so I can buy cute matching ones for the guests/wedding party. I've thought about just postponing the reception and eloping with just close family, but even with that I think I still won't be happy. I just don't want masks to be the thing that ruins this wedding. I'm trying to think of them as a positive symbol and that they're just part of our love story and what we overcame this year. Maybe I'm making these masks seem like such a big deal when they're really not? Maybe it'll all work out okay? So I think I'm still going to stick it out, plan as usual and see what happens...

I think it really depends on what county you are in. I believe most of northern CA will be fine by then but I would consider postponing if you are in southern CA

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I'm in Pennsylvania. One of the couples who postponed their October wedding is located in South Jersey, though. I think it depends a lot on the county and also what the venue and couples are comfortable with. Some are being more cautious than others!

We were 10.10.20 and postponed to 02.27.21, we're having both our ceremony and reception in San Bernardino County. I am hoping we will be able to have our reception by then.
I would postpone, you don't want to compromise on your dream day....

I wouldn't postpone yet, things change just about every week. I would say wait a little bit.


We are still planning to wed on September 25th. If we cant have it comfortably at our venue we will just have to do it in our backyard with a very small count.
Originally our date was April 24, 2020 & unfortunately we had to postpone to September 25, 2020 and honestly I cannot mentally handle having to postpone it again.

View Quoted Comment Where are you ordering masks from?

View Quoted Comment From a small business in my town, Sir Logo. I think its gonna a be 7-8 bucks per mask, but I'm adding imprint so more expensive.

If I were you I’d postpone

I am getting married in October and am having so much anxiety! Obviously I would love to have all our guests to celebrate but it gives me so much anxiety worrying that someone could get sick after attending our wedding. We have decided to postpone our reception for a year, so we will have a wedding reception/1 year anniversary party with everyone (hopefully)! Now that got that figured it out, the worry is who and how many can we invite to the ceremony and intimate ceremony this year. With our numbers climbing it seems that it will be very small and we are okay with this because it is for everyone’s safety

We were scheduled to get married on 9/5/20 but postponed to 9/4/21. Our venue is in Lodi, CA and thankfully was really great about us rescheduling. I'm not sure how I would feel if they weren't but what I will say is the amount of relief I experienced after postponing was HUGE. Things seem to be getting worse not better and until there is a vaccine it just didnt seem safe to have friends and family from different areas in one place. We are planning to make things official in my parents' backyard on 9/5/20 with immediate family and bridal party (about 20 people).

Another friend getting married this year (10.17) was asking what my final decider was and so I thought that might be helpful to share here...

I was starting to think of the backup plan (before the official postponement) and talk through the people I would want for the backyard ceremony and I heard the concern in my dad's voice (he is in his 70s/high risk). He was clearly worried about COVID but was attempting to hide it. This was concern he had for backyard celebration of 30-40 people. If that was how he felt about that, how many of our guests had concern about the 150 list for the wedding? How many friends and families were willing to put their health at risk because they wanted to celebrate our love. How could I live with myself for asking them to do so?