Wedding Cancelation or Postponement?????

We aren't planning on cancelling or postponing ours. We are 45 days away and at this point, I can't even imagine postponing.

We're getting married in April, come Hell or high water. We had to make vendor payments already, so there's nothing for it but to ride it out. Honestly, I'd rather have a smaller wedding with less people than postpone. So long as we're still allowed to have gatherings were going forward.

Not postponing or cancelling. Some guests may not be able to attend and that's understandable if they have to travel or have health issues. I am expecting a few last minute no shows.

I think in terms of risk, a wedding is pretty low risk in my opinion.

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All of our guests are from out of town. We are asking if people's plans are still the same so that we will know how to plan for the guest count/food.

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Agreed. Look at your vendor event venue contract to see what your options are. If we DID have to cancel or postpone. we'd do everything later but get married with our officiant the same day. We've paid a BOAT load of money too and I do not want to lose any myself.

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Neither can I. We are 24 days out!!

View Quoted Comment Basically what we would do probably. We're hoping we won't have to cancel our honeymoon plans, but who knows. Flights to hawaii might be dirt cheap right now, and tourist spots might be empty.

View Quoted Comment Yeah I think that's a good idea. I am waiting to see if people contact me regarding a change of plans

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This is how we feel about it too. I refuse to cancel, and lose all that money! As for postponing, we did that once already because of finances and job changes, so not doing that again either.

Most of my guests are local. The ones who aren't, some of them are driving, so Covid-19 isn't really an issue. There are a few flying in from Idaho and So. CA (I'm in No. CA), but none of us are really concerned about being at risk. None of us (wedding party or guests) have had any recent international travel, and although there are cases here in CA, most of them were quarantined the minute they got here, so no real exposure threat at this time.

I think it's great to be prepared, and to take precautions. But some of the talk I've been reading is just ridiculous. I mean, if I had tickets to a concert, or some other event where there will be a large number of people (strangers), and no way to tell if any of them have been exposed, and no way to tell who is taking precautions and who is not, then yes, I might consider cancelling that. But, having said that, this is my wedding, my guests (not strangers), my precautions, and a promise from the venue that the reception room is being scrubbed and sanitized after every event. So, I'm not worried at all. I'm also putting on my wedding website that as much as I want everyone to attend, if you are feeling ill, or showing any signs of sickness, I would prefer it if you stayed home, rather than exposing everyone to sickness (this goes for the flu, common cold, any illness). Hopefully that will keep us all safe. I'm really not worried. There is no reason to panic. I'm not buying into all of the hysteria over this virus.

Ours isn’t until late May, but we are getting married that day whether everyone shows or no one shows! Not changing my date or cancelling, never even crossed my mind. We’ve put in so much work I can’t imagine cancelling!

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Same here. I'm moving forward. The only blocker is if the city shuts down.

Guys - airports have tons of people with protections or lack thereof that you have no insight about. This isn't just about our plans - my wedding is in June and I posted about this too. I don't want my mom in an airport. Or major hub for transportation. I'll get married either way also. But this isn't about what we're doing. It's about what everyone else is or isn't doing.

I'm freaking out now - my wedding is in 26 days and NY/NJ are in states of emergency.

I was supposed to run the NYC half marathon on Sunday but that's been cancelled now!

In terms of the wedding, I have 4 people coming from South America, 1 from Texas, a couple from Connecticut, a few more from the Washington DC area, New Hampshire, and the rest are in NY and NJ.

Aaaaahhhh! Totally flipping out.

View Quoted Comment Yeah, we're not cancelling unless they make us. I just got an email from our coordinator, so it seems that things are going forward. Wash your hands, take normal precautions. But I think everyone needs to tske a deep breath and see what happens.

I’m 50 / 50 right now.


Of course I would love to have everyone there including my HS best friends who live in Asia. So far we have about 30 cancellations relating to coronavirus. We sent an email to all of our guests confirming their RSVP since final final head count is due in a week.
But postponing isn’t really an option. I will be starting the busiest two years of my surgical residency and just won’t have time.

My wedding is in August I’m hoping it will be over way before that. Hoping soon. My job is crazy busy from the fears of this 😕


With all the payments to all these vendors it will be a mess to reschedule and honestly I’m sure the days all your ladies/gentlemen picked means something to you. So if my wedding was closer I wouldn’t change it.
Best of luck!

My wedding is in two weeks. I was in your shoes before about not postponing and cancelling and not wanting to deal with planning another wedding. However, since we are down to the wire, a lot of guests are actually cancelling. Our parents are worried about traveling too and we'd be too selfish to risk their health if we have this wedding. At this point, I don't think the wedding will be fun anymore because 1) not all of our friends & family can make it and 2) we'd all be worried the whole time if people do come. I've started plan B with the major vendors and vendors are being a little more flexible about moving the date.

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I feel the same way! The money is already spent so we are having this wedding by any means necessary! Good LUCK!

Yeah...we both fly for a living and so do most of our wedding party and guests. COVID-19 is the last of my worries. This is all MEDIA OVER HYPE. This thing is literally a COLD with a 98% recovery rate.............unless you are elderly or have a compromised immune system due to an auto immune disease or recovering from cancer, you'll be fine. We understand that this may mean a lower guest count for us and that is fine, we understand why some people might not be able to attend. However, everyone will be mingling with FH and myself WHO LITERALLY travel FOR A LIVING with NO CHOICE.

We are not moving or post-poning our June wedding nor the event's leading up to it. We are washing our hands (as we ALWAYS have) and if we come down with flu like symptom's staying home until we are well (as we ALWAYS have). Don't let media over hype (that is likely a cover up for something else) ruin your wedding/life.

My wedding is in 2 weeks and i think i will tell older individuals to stay home if they dont feel safe but like everyone else said everything is paid for at this point. There is no way I am planning to cancel I just hope things don't get bad or worse until after the wedding is done and over. It would be a waste to see everything fall apart after all this planning.