Wedding Day Precautions?

View Quoted Comment Thanks Laura and no worries, we are all in this together 👍

I’ll allow them from guests, but I’m pretty close with my bridal party and I don’t know that we feel the need to wear them for the wedding. My wedding is end of October and I’m really hoping the restrictions will be much more lax by then. I think guests should be allowed to wear them if they want. If you have any from your party that feels they need to wear them, than allow that. But I think it should be a personal choice. I wear a mask only when I have to. I’m a teacher and we did a parade for the kids to drive thru and get their awards yesterday and staff had to wear mask and gloves.

I think first, see what your venue requires and then just let people decide.. if they would like to wear masks they can bring their own.. as for the bridal party.. that’s tough bc I’m with you - I would not want masks in my wedding pictures. Would any of your bridal party be offended if you asked them to take them off for photos? Then they can wear them the rest of the night I guess.. that’s so tough! I didn’t even think of people wearing/not wearing masks at my wedding. Thanks for bringing this up! Something to think about

I too have been obsessing about this lately. I don't think it's narcissistic at all to not want your guests or bridal party to wear masks at a wedding. I'm ok with it being optional if guests only feel comfortable being there wearing a mask but I refuse to walk down the aisle in a mask. I'm in California which has been pretty strict with their mask policy and shelter in place so I'm praying things calm down a bit by September 27th when we're set to get married but I honestly don't know. And I'm wondering about what to do about ordering invitations - we need to order them by the end of June to send them out the end of July but I don't think our restrictions will be released by then, that's only 3 weeks away. I was thinking about restrictions and I'd be ok parting with dancing but masks are where I draw the line.

Mines at the end of August, and we're thinking of getting monogrammed masks from Etsy for the guests. We're also going to sit fewer people per table than the venue normally does, and have hand sanitizer EVERYWHERE!

I've asked my two bridesmaids how they feel about wearing masks. They both said they're fine not wearing one and didn't even think about it.


I feel bad bringing up the issue because I feel like it can get taken the wrong way. Obviously we all care about everyone's health. This is a hard time for brides because we want our dream wedding but can't risk everyone's health. It's okay to still want normal photos. I'd ask your bridal party what they're comfortable with. Are they okay not wearing a mask? Or maybe they want to wear a mask and you can just remove it for photos. Get their opinions!
As for guests, we're leaving that up to the guests to decided. We're in September and I'm hoping things are better by then...We do have a plated dinner. Our ceremony and reception are outdoors. Everything will be at the guests decision. If they feel safer wearing a mask, that's fine. If they don't feel safe in general, they'll decline the invitation.
We'll end up spending more money if we postpone so our wedding will go on with whatever guests show up 😅

View Quoted Comment Hi Charlotte, I agree with you that asking people to remove their masks can be taken the wrong way. I like your idea of leaving it up to your guests to decide what makes them most comfortable. Has your venue talked to you about any restrictions you might face for September? Like will they absolutely require you and your guests to wear masks? Did they mention if dancing will be allowed?

View Quoted Comment They haven't mentioned anything so far! I'm assuming they're waiting to tell us since it seems like restrictions change daily. I did get a seating chart that didn't say tables had to be 6ft apart or families sit with families. They didn't mention masks either. I'm assuming that masks will be up to the guests. We went there for our food tasting last month and lots of people were on the grounds and

View Quoted Comment Ugh stupid phone but continuing:
People were on the grounds and not in masks 🤷‍♀️ We're still planning as if everything is normal. I'm assuming I'll have guests who won't come because of the virus and that's understandable. We just don't want to postpone a reception for various reasons. If it's a smaller wedding, that's okay with me.

Trying to figure out a plan for this as well. I'm worried that if we just leave it up to the guests to decide, those who are vulnerable will be the only ones wearing masks when they really need everyone else to wear one. I'm thinking of maybe asking everyone to bring a mask (and providing some) and then they will be worn for the ceremony and on the dance floor.

I'm not sure, but it seems like a lot could go wrong if you just leave it up to individual guests to decide.

I actually bought 100 paisley bandana face coverings for our guest. I found a cute girly one in 4 different colors so they could still be fashionable. We are requiring ALL of our guests to wear face masks unless at their tables. Even though our event is all outdoors this is the only way I can go forward with this and feel comfortable. Each person will also get a hand sanitizer with a clip to hook it onto things/themselves. We will also have hand sanitizer stations and hand sanitizer available at each table. We talked about postponing, but there’s no guarantee of next year being better. We want to start a family soon due to me being 30 and having endo, so waiting things out also isn’t in the cards, so we’re doing everything we can to make it as safe as we can. For group photos I’ll have bridesmaids take of masks, but most of them want to wear them at all other times.