August and September weddings 2020

September 18 bride here and we decided today to postpone our wedding to next year. What it came down to was priority. I was not willing to budge on my guest count or have guests only sit with families of their household. Other factors include travel and financial situations for our guests. We want this to be a day of celebration and not a day of worry. Lastly, planning has been at a halt with everything still closed. Planning is already stressful and with only four months to finish everything gave me anxiety. To ease our minds we wanted to give ourselves more time and hopefully by then our world will be back to “normal”

Im in Ny. as of today my venue told me they are only moving weddings 60 days from now. if they are in same situation in 60 days they will contact for postponement date

I’m getting married at the end of September and I have been planning as normal (as much as I can) but the uncertainty of everything is really stressful! My shower is supposed to be next month and I am not sure that is going to happen as scheduled!

8/9/2020 Was is my original date. I ended up pushing my day back to 8/8/2021. My wedding is on a college campus. I am super relieved to know that I don’t have to rush everything because California is still not open.

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Yea we are in New York not the city but upstate it’s not as terrible here but the state is still on lockdown until the 15 of May. Hopefully more things are open and things are manageable by August. Most of my guest are excited about attending. My in-laws I know they want us to postpone or reschedule. I wanted a summer wedding my dream wedding. I’m sure you can agree that you don’t want to have to settle for anything less! If it doesn’t get to happen this year I hope our venue will agree on next year or give us a full refund!

View Quoted Comment Same another reason I can’t postpone it!😕

View Quoted Comment It is refreshing to hear you’re moving forward too! I am also in Michigan and our venue and vendors all seem optimistic about our wedding August 29. I have high hopes that things will be open again, even if the wedding has to be smaller than we anticipated

View Quoted Comment True exactly thanks good luck to you as well!

View Quoted Comment Yes me too, that’s very reassuring😊

Hey! I have been trying to remain positive through everything that’s been going on. I can admit it has been difficult due to the coronavirus. Our wedding is scheduled for Aug 29th and our venue is also allowing us to keep moving forward with our wedding. I’ve been relying heavily on my bridesmaids and fiancé to keep me in good spirits. I’m concerned about my older aunts and uncles attending my wedding. I just want to make sure everyone is in good health. I know I want to share my wedding day with those closest to me while also being aware that I don’t want anyone to get sick. I’m asking venue for hand sanitizer stations and that anyone who feels sick to please stay home. Me and my fiancé also decided to film the ceremony and to do a live stream during the reception for those who won’t be able to make it. Hang in there if things are getting challenging, I’m sure your wedding will be beautiful!

My wedding is scheduled for 9/18 of this year in Philadelphia. I’m getting increasingly nervous as our Stay at Home order was just extended to June 4th. In addition, even in our next phase of “opening” no restaurants/venues are allowed to open at all, so we might not see anything opening until July at the earliest. My major worry is that even if we are about to have a gathering of our guest count (130 ppl) will the venue force major restrictions? Our venue is not currently rescheduling September weddings. Curious if anyone else has a sept wedding in Philly and what your thoughts are.

We changed our wedding from June to August 1. We decided to give everyone a "wellness wedding bag" as they enter the church. It has a mask, hand sanitizer wipe, and Kleenex. We believe the "perception" may still be there that there is a concern. So...we are trying to eliminate any objections to not come. They can sit 6 feet apart in the church. Also putting on our reply card, "wedding only" so we can plan better (hopefully) how many people would be attending afterwards.

We moved Aug 7, 2020 to June 19, 2021 ... Everyone was traveling - even us. Just to Arkansas, but still. Different states, different airlines (and now Delta is shutting those down), people out of work... I just couldn't do it. I also wasn't sure if maids would have their dresses - 1 is missing. And I didn't know about hair, makeup, nails, etc.

However, we're doing a civil wedding end of summer early fall - with 5 people. That should allow everyone to be present. And we have a photographer, florist, etc. Why? In case something blows up in 2021. I want to be married with photos... I'm ready to be done being engaged.

8/8 wedding date here. Also upstate NY and our region is looking in jeopardy of not being able to start reopening by Friday. We are getting increasingly nervous and have started inquiring with our vendors as to possibility of postponment if it becomes necessary. We picked some alternate dates to work with but haven't made the decision yet. It's added stress on an already stressful time. We should be having excited countdowns right now. Trying to stay positive and do what we can to move forward if the planets align, but you are absolutely NOT alone in this. What part of upstate NY, if you don't mind me asking?

My date is 9/26/2020. We are 90% sure we will postpone and it breaks my heart. We cannot see how we can have our dream wedding this coming fall. Plus, we want to experience all the pre-wedding activities that would not be possible. I want to be optimistic but with the peak in IL not occurring until mid-summer, I don’t see a way. We are also getting married at a University chapel, so I don’t see a way they will let us have 175 people in September.


My heart goes out to everyone during this time. I hope we can support one another as we all make tough decisions whether to postpone, decrease the guest list, or cancel. ❤️❤️

My wedding was supposed to be on September 26, 2020 but due to uncertainty of the virus and to make sure people are comfortable enough to gather and celebrate in large group, we decided to move the ceremony and party to June 26, 2021. We will be getting civil marriage at the city hall on June 26, 2020. So next year it will feel like a 1 year anniversary celebration.

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Cynthia, we are in the same situation. I am also live in IL and the unable to move forward with my planning is driving me crazy, the unknown if everything will go well by September also driving me crazy. I cant meet up with vendors because they are still close. I think postponing is for the better at this moment. I wanna enjoy and celebrate my wedding without people worrying about getting sick.

My wedding is schedule for August 1, 2020. We have decided to keep that day but our ceremony is going to look very different. We are only going to have our parents and photographer there. We are planning to do a zoom for our friends and family for the ceremony and plan to do a "drive by toast" if people want to come by to say hey. We are going to do another photo shoot later in August and it just be me and my new hubby in our full wedding attire (I want some good photos). We hope that maybe in a year we will plan to celebrate in a huge way. The end goal for us has always been the marriage which we are so excited about. We feel the party can wait. We want everyone to be safe and feel its just to great of a risk right now. It has taken a lot of stress off everything for me personally. My vendors have been very understanding. Im ready to be a Mrs. and Covid-19 is not going to stop that!!! Good luck with your decision!

View Quoted Comment OMG, Our Wedding is the end of September as well. I’m still planning, not sure if I’m going to have a Bridal Shower or Bachelorette party. Covid Sucks!!

I’m praying that I don’t have to move my September 2020 Wedding. Not so sure on rather to have a Bridal Shower, or Bachelorette party.