Venting Zone - Covid

Aw I’m sorry to hear !
What’s the cancellation policy at your venue then ? Lots of vendors say if you cancel x amount of days before your date then it’s fine, is there anything in your contract that says that

I feel you and I think venting helps! I'm hoping you find some peace in dealing with this situation. I already postponed once so my venue won't let me postpone again without a government shutdown so I would lose all the money I've put down which was 100% because I was only 4 weeks away when I postponed the first time.

As we get closer to the date and if there is another shutdown then your venue may allow you to cancel/postpone and that's what I'm hoping for. For now, I am going on as usual with covid measures at our venue and knowing mostly family will come and not many others including half of my bridesmaids. It's hard but I"m focusing on being able to marry my man and that's all that matters.

I feel you. I'm also planning during Covid. I had a 3 hours conversation with my sister about my bridal shower last night. Family issues are going on right now. My best friend and bridesmaid doesn't want to come to my shower. I'm too tired to go into great detail right now. I'm just sick of it all. I just wanted to tell you that I understand.

It’s a very difficult time right now. It’s unfortunate that vendors are not as willing to make things work in a time like this. Have there been a lot of people so far that have told you they can’t make it aside from the ones you’ve mentioned?

I am so sorry you are dealing with this. I agree with checking the cancellation policy on your venue, they should be understanding with everything that is going on. It's ridiculous that many places aren't.

Maybe stay up to date with COVID updates from all those locations to gauge how things are daily ( we are hoping things get better soon) to give your guest more security

Ask your venue if you may be able to trim your guest list. I know it's difficult because we all want all the people we invite to attend but some pros can be guests feeling more secure because there will be fewer people attending, you save money and can allocate those funds toward a nicer honeymoon or somethings else geared towards you and your FH needs

Ugh I totally hear you. I’m in a similar situation; been with FH for 5.5 years and have been planning our wedding for October 24, 2020 for almost 2 years now (or longer since I too had some fun planning before he proposed). We have family and friends all over the country and internationally who we would love to attend. While our venue is allowing us the option to postpone, the options they’re giving us aren’t great at all. This is supposed to be such an exciting time, but feels awful having so much uncertainty and anxiety around it with just a few months away. I can tell you that I feel angry and disappointed that the fun parts of anticipating our wedding feel like they’ve been taken away. People not feeling comfortable coming is understandable, but it’s also understandable to be really upset about that. It’s all just so crappy and I feel you

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Exactly! I was so excited about the party with the girls, and now I don't even know if we will have one. I dreamed of getting married being a princess since I was a little girl. Good luck everyone!

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I only asked about postponing as we don't plan to cancel it. I booked every vendors and bought my dress as well. The problem is venue said it's too early to decide at the moment. However, I am supposed to send out my invitations next month. I am at lost on what to do.

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Thanks for the support! Yes, it is important to marry the love of my life.

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Hi Trinity! Invitations are typically sent out 6-8 weeks before your wedding date, so you could wait until mid/late August to send them out. That definitely buys some time for you to keep talking with your venue!

Also where is your wedding planned to take place? If you could pick somewhere near NY/NJ it would be drive-able from both Mass & DC!

View Quoted Comment Our wedding is in FL. The worse place right now. For some states, there’s a 14 days quarantine.