Hi everyone! My fiancé and I are hoping to get married in August 2022. We have a venue we’re ready to book that has a good COVID policy (no fees if we need to postpone, $1000 fee if we cancel altogether). We really want our wedding to have 120-150 guests and we’re hesitant to wait much longer than 2022 because we’ll be together for 10 years that year. Although we love wedding planning, we’re honestly just ready to have our wedding in a year and a half and move on with the next step of our lives. But, we’re also on the cautious end with COVID and wouldn’t dare put any of our family and friends who are traveling from out of state/out of the country, or have weak immune systems, at risk. I’d just love to hear how the rest of you are planning around or after COVID?
We’ve thrown out the idea of getting married in 2021 because we wanted more time to plan and we know that weddings of 100-150 people simply won’t happen this year, at least not safely. But, we’re wondering if it’s really going to be safe to plan in 2022.
How are the rest of you making your decisions? We’re keeping an eye on what the experts are saying and can’t find a lot of info about 2022. Most sources say that weddings are a no-go in 2021. Of course every source is unsure because everything depends on vaccine effectiveness and whether new strains pop up.
For more background, we’re planning to get married in Portland, OR. While some people we know in Oregon have been vaccinated, we’re now hearing that teachers and 65+ seniors won’t finish getting vaccinated until May 2021, which makes me think that everyone else won’t have the chance until the fall. About 75% of our guests live outside of Portland, about 50% would need to drive from out of state or fly, and about 10% live in Europe.
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