Virus+wedding=bittersweet emotions🤦🙍🤷👰

We were hoping to reschedule from May 2nd to a fall Saturday date. The venue has no other Saturday available. Only Fridays and that is something I never wanted to do. We might not have our celebration this year. We have been waiting 18 months for this and it really stinks.

As of now no changes, but we are taking it day by day. Our wedding is in Gatlinburg April 4th. We got an email last weekend that our venue was not closing. Since they are not open to the public they don't have people just walking around the grounds. We only have 5 guest, our cabin is secluded so they have refused to give us a refund. They said the only way they would is if a federal travel ban is implemented. They offered a credit bit didn't say how much. We would be out quite a bit of money. I told my FH last night that I don't care about the attractions in Gatlinburg I just want to marry him on the date we picked.

We are May 23 in a state park in New York and the venue was supposed to open April 9th, but is now not even opening until May 1. All our vendors are still willing to work with us if we still have it. We are looking into a tiny wedding with 27 people and then receptions with family around the country over the summer.

If we go that route, we will be hiring a videographer to take high quality videos so we can share those with family who cannot be there.

View Quoted Comment Being so close🤞hopefully you can stick to your plans & remain safe aswell

View Quoted Comment 🙌it works out originally as planned

View Quoted Comment Im sorry to hear that, it do stink, hopefully things ease up so yawl can keep May 2nd

View Quoted Comment Thank you ...all we can really do is wait.

My state has said no events larger than 50 people for the next eight weeks so I'm somewhat nervous. My wedding is in 10 but until I hear anything from the venue I can't really make any changes since they'll charge you if you move the date and they cannot fill it. I'm hoping this all blows over by then though...

Thanks for sharing your love and support with the WeddingWire Community!!

A lot of people have been sharing their personal stories in this convo: Covid-19 and Wedding, and you can connect with other June brides here: June 2020 brides: freaking out?

View Quoted Comment Best wishes!

View Quoted Comment Just basically a waiting game now for us all🤦

View Quoted Comment Weddings are already a stressful & delicate time & to be in the mist of this is added stress. Hard to focus on happy things when we dont know what we should do next. So Thank you, I feel having a forum like this help us know we aren't alone in how we may feel & be able to reach out/ vent to someone in the same boat as you. 💫bless it be all

Hi there, so sorry you are going through this too, you're not alone! I've just posted a lengthy message regarding this issue. I think it would really help you to read it.

https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-forums/june-couples-postponing-due-to-covid-19-encouragement/e2e6a03e5635af33.html

All the best,

Natalie

View Quoted Comment Thx definitely will check it out🤗