April brides - are you rescheduling?

We are 4/3/21 and so far we are not cancelling. There are a few people that will not be showing up and we understand. We will have an outdoor ceremony and have put multiple measures in place for reception. There will be waiters wearing gloves and masks serving everyone. The tables will be spaced out, and even a section for those who would like to stay away from everyone and wear their masks. ( They can still see everything but feel a lot more comfortable.) We cannot get our money back from the venue, so we will continue to push forward and hope things happen. Good luck!

Since you have people coming from abroad I would look into postponing.
Maybe wait to see what position Biden wants to take in regards to re-opening borders or not but I would think there’s a slim chance that it will change by April.

We are 4/25 in the outerbanks and have not had any discussions about moving it. We only have 60 people, with ceremony on the beach and reception outside under a veranda so I don’t see any problem with it. As it gets closer hopefully things don’t change! I can see allowing people to wear masks, and some of the older family members maybe not coming but I’m perfectly okay with that. Fingers crossed vaccines start being distributed faster!

Our big wedding is in March (not April) & right now we are planning to continue as normal.

Hi Candace! We are April 9, 2021. We are eloping now to the Caribbean. We'll plan a very large wedding reception ( about 250-300 guests) hopefully in November. We, too, have people coming from all over, including Alaska and Europe. We've not booked our reception yet. May have to postpone it until January 2022, but time will tell. I wish you all the best!!❤

We were supposed to get married in June of 2021, we postponed last April until May of 2022. Best decision we could have made at the time to allow things to get back to normal or a somewhat new normal. Our families and friends were also happy that we postponed as it reduced their worry. Whatever decision you decide, I wish all the happiness.

We decided last week to postpone our 4/3/21 wedding. We live in illinois and the restrictions are still extremely strict and it's very unlikely we w would be able to have more than 50 by the time April rolls around. We're going to elope alone because we love the date 4/3/21 and we'll have a big celebration next year on 4/2/22

We recently postponed our wedding from 5/1/21 to 7/30/21. Last summer, our state allowed weddings up to 250 people, so we took that into consideration along with buying more time for vaccination and a drop in case counts once warm weather comes. We switched to a Friday to keep our vendors. Since it was only a three month postponement, I’m not feeling sad about it at all, although I’m still a bit worried. But I’d definitely recommend looking into late summer dates if you can!

We have the same date 4/17/21, postponed from 10/17/20 and we have no plans to postpone. We reduced our guest list down to 50, will have our ceremony outdoors, and precautions in place for our reception. We are doing “destination” in Vegas so we know that some people will not be able to come, like our grandparents and I already had a bridesmaid drop bc she’s not comfortable and we are accepting of all that. In your situation, I recommend sitting with your fiancé and weighing what’s most important to you. With you having guests out of the country, if you would not want to proceed without them physically there, I recommend looking at postponing. There’s no right answer, just what will make you all the happiest (in this crazy COVID environment)! Good luck!

View Quoted Comment Hey Shae!
Wes the having an outdoor ceremony as well in April, and I’m racking my brain on how to safely gather 30 people. What kind of precautions have you put in place? Any advice welcomed

We are 4/24/21 and thinking of postponing. In Northern MI we dont have an outdoor option in April with snow. Even our immediate families are too large to do a smaller event and our venue offers no discount if we have the allowed 25 people as opposed to the 285 we were supposed to have. I don't want to look back in 20 years and everyone has a mask on in photos either. I just don't want to make the wrong decision!😭

View Quoted Comment That's exactly how I'm feeling! Our immediate families and closest friends brings our guest list to 100. We have decided to postpone, but now we're deciding between October 2021 and February of next year 😭 We just can't imagine spending all this time and money to have a wedding that our grandparents can't attend and where we can't even dance or hug our loved ones.

Hi, nurse here! If you want the bigger guest list and no masks then you should reschedule. The vaccine is only projected to supply heard immunity at best in the late summer/early fall. We pushed ours to 2022 because I simply don’t want to put a risk on my vendors and guests. I also never dreamed of a wedding in masks and not inviting everyone that means so much in our lives. Either way, good luck and I hope marrying your love in any way is the best day ever.

View Quoted Comment Thank you! We have decided to postpone. We're deciding between October 2021 and Feb. 2022

View Quoted Comment Thats where we are at. We both come from large immediate families and just like you said its important for grand parents to be there. Imo its not very often tou can have everyone you love under one roof to celebrate something and I don't want to miss that. We are looking at April 2022 just bc I refuse to postpone twice!

View Quoted Comment Sure! We are starting with our wedding website before people get there so they know what we will have in place and what we expect of them. We are encouraging people who cannot abide by these guidelines or develop symptoms to stay home and we will send our wedding video when available. WeddingWire has a really good COVID email template which I will find and share as well. We are using the CDC & state department of health’s guidelines for Nevada and planning for things to still be the same as they are now. For the ceremony, we are requiring face masks even outdoors, except for bride and groom (us) or for pictures if guests choose. My FH and I will be getting the COVID RT-PCR test prior to the wedding as well. We also will be providing our guests face masks and sanitizer in welcome bags and temperature checks are required upon arrival. For the reception, masks are required unless seated at your table, tables will be six feet apart, only 4 people by household to a table, and a seated dinner. We will be having dancing and games but still working on those guidelines. I suggest looking at the state’s guidelines for large gatherings where your wedding will be and start there! I also follow a bunch of wedding planners and WeddingWire and such on Instagram so I can see what other couples are doing during this time. I’m hopeful but also being realistic and taking precautions while showing people grace during this difficult time. I hope this helps! Just hit me up anytime for suggestions!

View Quoted Comment Here’s the WeddingWire article I mentioned
https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-ideas/covid-wedding-safety-email

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Thank you for the detailed information! it's refreshing to see that other people are moving forward with their weddings in a responsible way. You give me faith that this will all work out. Thank you, I might take you up on that as we get closer to our big day!

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Thank you for the detailed information! it's refreshing to see that other people are moving forward with their weddings in a responsible way. You give me faith that this will all work out. Thank you, I might take you up on that as we get closer to our big day!

View Quoted Comment You’re so welcome!