What if wedding is cancelled because of coronavirus?

View Quoted Comment That's the problem: people who are asymptomatic can spread, and it can live on surfaces for a long time.


Wedding venues are not going to be disinfected after every party, and they are staffed by service workers who don't usually get sick days. Given that weddings frequently have medically fragile people attending (grandparents/older relatives), in small spaces, with a lot of service sector contact... I would definitely be thinking about it.
Add in the travel and supply chain disruptions we are already experiencing...
I don't think there's need to cancel. But I do think having Plan B or C is a smart idea.

I'm all about a Plan B for rain at an outdoor wedding, etc. Heck, I pretty much live my whole life with multiple contingency plans for everything, but I'm just not sure what kind of Plan B or Plan C a bride, getting married in a month, is going to have regarding a seemingly highly contagious virus that the CDC is trying to figure out on a minute-by-minute basis. On the national news last night, the sum total of the "best advice" of experts was: wash your hands, stay home if you're sick, and think about, maybe, stockpiling a couple weeks of food and supplies in case you need to self-quarantine.... I've read the CDC website and there just isn't much concrete information yet, except use common sense and try to be as mindful as you can of what's going on. I don't really know what that translates to for a bride except try to stay as calm as she can and, for now, go about planning her wedding the way she intended. Until something happens, I don't know what wedding plan contingencies there are. I guess the couple or their guests can cancel their plans immediately, but at this point that's probably not going to do them any more good than just waiting to see what happens in the next couple of weeks. If the situation worsens and/or travel bans/quarantines are extended, the decisions may be made for them. Till then, to OP, I stick by my original wish that you can try not to worry until you know if you have decisions to make. Good luck to you!

View Quoted Comment Where did you get your info? There will be no vaccine in the next coming weeks. Maybe a trial, but not for everyone. They said the soonest would be six months to a year.

View Quoted Comment I said a vaccine trial. Not a full vaccine.

I totally understand that this would be a concern. Our wedding is in Thailand in September and we are thinking about it as well but we're hoping it's far away enough that it won't be a problem. We were supposed to attend a wedding in Phuket Thailand last month. Two weeks before the wedding, the couple decided that it was best to postpone the wedding in light of the virus. Since it's a destination wedding, ALL the guests would have had to travel to Asia. It was very tough for the couple and the bride had been very stressed out for weeks. They ended up making that call to give everyone a peace of mind and not worry. My FH is actually a groomsman in the wedding as well. At the end, I think they made the right decision since things in Asia got worse since. They ended up having to pay some fees but overall were able to postpone to a later date with all the vendors. Under special circumstances, you probably would be able to do that as well. I'm not saying this is what you'd end up having to do but there are options if things do get worse. At the end of the day, all you really should be worried about on your wedding is the weather not the health and safety of your guests.

I am in the same situation, though my wedding is a little later than your (August). Also a norcal bride and planning to spend about 40K, which already seemed insane. Starting to seem like much of our guest list may not want to travel for the wedding, and I worry about even our VIPs like my bridesmaids and his older (80+) parents/brother's family with small kids. Trying to not to stress, but our venue has a clause about still having to pay for everything (100 person minimum on food, venue fee, and lodging for 20 guests minimum for the weekend) - so a huge amount of money. The money for the wedding isn't mine, and I doubt our parents would be willing to fork up that much cash for a second wedding if I wanted to postpone. My fiance wants to go on as is and is less worried, but the way things are going - esp the rapidly growing number of cases locally to us - I am super stressed too. All that to say, I feel you and don't know what to do either unfortunately. It is so sad to think my dream wedding may never happen as I'd imagined.

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I know having a wedding coming up in light of all of this Corona madness is not ideal– I'm in Norcal but our wedding is in Spain in June so I can relate to the uncertainty and worries about money and guests cancelling or it not going how I imagined. Trying to not feed into the panic the media is bombarding us all with and also trying to think positive as so much of this is out of our control. I've noticed my anxiety level going up lately so going to try to do more yoga and stress relief as well. It's kind of nice to remember we're not alone in this situation, and whatever happens, it will be okay. Sending positive vibes!