We are getting married in 37 days in Charlotte, NC. Our bachelor/bachelorette parties are both coming up. Mine is next weekend in Nashville, TN and his is the weekend after in Miami. I am so excited and stressed at the same time. I am excited because we have been planning for over 1 year now and stressed because of in light of recent events a lot of emphasis has been placed on travel (will it happen, is it safe, where are you going, etc). We have over 240 guest who have RSVP'd to attend my FH family will all be travelling either by plane or car from TX and MA. We live in California and will be travelling to the wedding ad for our HM in Hawaii. Most of my family will be local, but we have guests coming internationally from Europe who have already booked flight and hotel. My concern with all the travelers and safety precaution around this current pandemic. We are getting some people approach us about the virus headlines saying they don't feel safe travelling. We have so much to travel for between the parties, wedding and honeymoon. I cannot rest thinking about what will happen next.
So far, our wedding planning is still full steam ahead and we will have the wedding regardless(if I can help it). I just hope there is no ban on events in Charlotte, NC or anything governmental that may limit our chances of having our wedding as planned. If people do not want to travel we respect their decisions not to. Their health being the absolute most important thing, but this wedding is happening. We are too far down the rabbit hole now. Our entire wedding party has their dresses/tux, money has been spent for flights and accommodations (in most cases with those that are travelling).
We never thought about a pandemic as we were planning so most of the money is already spent. Not to mention the emotional toll it's taking on us as we want to be excited about the next few weeks but every day it is something else going on with the news and its not looking good for any large events.
I think everything will be okay even if our total guest counts decreases due to this, I really want to have my wedding regardless. Here's to hoping all the other April brides are okay right now!
