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Savvy June 2021

2021 Brides - Has anyone considered altering plans/limiting guests this far out?

Kyna, on July 12, 2020 at 3:46 PM

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We are only 6 months away from 2021, and we get married June 4, 2021. That gives us plenty of time for things to change or improve, but lately, I've just had no motivation to plan anymore and we have decided to full stop on planning. No more vendor payments, no more vendor research, we've come to a...

We are only 6 months away from 2021, and we get married June 4, 2021. That gives us plenty of time for things to change or improve, but lately, I've just had no motivation to plan anymore and we have decided to full stop on planning. No more vendor payments, no more vendor research, we've come to a full stop for now. I'm afraid to even plan a large event at all for next year (which could pose health or comfort issues for guests), or spend money toward the venue just to be out that money or feel obligated to postpone to not lose that money if there are still rising cases next year. We've considered now planning for a "Plan B" already, which could be a backyard wedding with 30-40 people instead of our original 150-170 people. Knowing that a Plan B with that many guests in a private backyard would 1. Make people more comfortable, 2. Save us some money, and 3. Most likely will happen vs. us just planning for an uncertain large gathering would make me feel better, but we've made no decisions yet.

I'm wondering if any 2021 brides have started to have second thoughts on the large wedding for next year and might be altering plans. Postponing to 2022 is really out of the question for me, things just feel so uncertain and I'd rather plan something that I know IS certain and safe even next year so I don't have to drag out postponing a wedding forever, but still just sleeping on the idea for now.

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  • Tori
    Savvy May 2021
    Tori ·
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    Getting married May 2021. We have about 50 people who are planning to go/will go. Our max is 75 people. I am still planning like it’s going to happen. we are going to be sending Save the Dates coming up in 1-2 months to get a feel about how people are planning to come. We are going to probably zoom it for people to watch it even though it won’t be the same.
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  • Hilary
    Just Said Yes July 2021
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    I am getting a little nervous for my July 31, 2021 wedding based on the fact Dr Fauci has said we shouldn’t expect a vaccine to be widely distributed until mid-2021 earliest. That being said, and as my fiancé keeps pointing out, it’s too early to make any sort of call. Our big payment is due in January and I am thinking that by December, we will have more clarity on the vaccine timeline and be able to make an informed decision. To postpone now would be making a decision based on incomplete info.
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  • K
    Savvy June 2021
    Kyna ·
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    I definitely agree with this! I was getting very nervous back in May and June about this, but have since come to the conclusion that there is not much we can do but pause and wait. Right now, it would be hard to have our wedding because there are still guests from states that require a quarantine order, and if that continues for another 6 months, we will go in another direction. I can't justify gambling that our wedding will happen if this continues, but we aren't making any decisions now, and said probably December that we will also have more information. We've halted all vendor research and payments (we have quite a few secured just in case), and have just simply put a pause on thinking about the wedding at all. Thinking about it was consuming me and I just can't let it control my life. Instead, I have just settled into the idea that we may have to do a Plan B or Plan C... which is fine by me at this point.

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