#Coronabrides, Postponing or Cancelling?

View Quoted Comment I am completely with you.
Dont worry you are not alone in this... we will get through it one way or another as safe as possible 😊

View Quoted Comment Our wedding was scheduled for July 18th if this year but we moved it to May 8th, 2021. It was a hard decision but I reached out to my family who all like out of town to see if they would make it still and most of them were worried about financial issues that have been caused by the virus and my mom also had some health issues come up so with all of it together it just didn’t make sense to have a big wedding with none of my family here. But it’s definitely hard knowing I have a whole year again especially since we were pretty much done with all of our planning.

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That must have been such a hard and heart-wrenching decision, but I think we will make the same 1 year leap (Sep 2020 to Sep 2021) for the same reasons. I like how you said you don't want your wedding to have anything but joy associated with it. I feel the same way and I wouldn't want to put any of our guests at risk.

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I'm glad to see someone else with a fall wedding has made this preemptive decision. Our date is 9/19/20 and we are in serious discussions over whether we should push it to 2021. I just can't imagine there won't be any restrictions that would affect a wedding then. Your post helps me to feel like I'm making the right decision!

View Quoted Comment I’m getting married the same day as you and I agree!! I want to continue planning but just don’t know how things will end up!!

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Hi Katie! Have you considered waiting until July to make a decision? We had postponed our 04/18 wedding to 08/30, but we have 99% of our wedding planning done. The only thing left to do is for us to get married! We've been reading some pretty positive articles over the last two days, so we're waiting until July to make any additional calls. Dr.Fauci believes that schools will open in the fall, and that he does predict a normal summer will happen with BBQs, people at beaches, etc. The death rate prediection is now at 60,000 vs. 200,000, as social distancing has been effective. This news has been encouraging for us! Something you may want to consider is reaching out to all of your vendors to ask them if things do get worst, can you have a 2021 backup date on a soft hold for you? And you would make that final decision come July. But if you're concerned about the financial standing of your guests, I totally see why you'd rather wait until next year to get married. Just thought I'd give you some additional perspective from a fellow late summer bride! Good luck to you girl, I know you'll make the right decision for you and your fiance!

We were suppose to get married June 27th in Aruba but by the looks of things we postponed it to June 27, 2021. I am very sad about it but I completely understand that its the best decision to make given all the uncertainties. Good luck to all of you, sending positive vibes your way!!

Hi everyone,

First of all, my hopes, prayers, and wishes are with all of you!! I truly feel for every bride who is dealing with all of this. It's truly heartbreaking and stressful. My fiance and I were planning to get married on May 30th, but have decided to move it to November 7th. For me personally, I feel like no date is truly "safe" right now, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that everything clears up by summer! Luckily the change of date was a pretty seamless process for us and our vendors/guests, but I've heard horror stories for other couples and I feel terrible. It makes me sick to my stomach that so many couples are feeling how we are right now. Trying to not let this ruin the rest of our wedding planning, even though we lost our nonrefundable honeymoon, ugh! However, I'm just trying to keep things in perspective (we're both healthy, our families are healthy, and everyone still has jobs). If we can make it through this, we can make it through most everything! Again, I'm thinking of all of you, and hope everyone is staying healthy and safe!

Also, did anyone else tear up when they were changing their date here on WeddingWire to update all the timelines and everything? I know I did!

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Hi Caroline! I really appreciate your reply. It's so hard to know what the right decision is and how to weigh these impossible choices. We were planning to wait until June/July to make a decision, but today I started worrying what if we do need to reschedule and all the good dates are taken early! And then I went in a bit of a tailspin. Our wedding is completely planned. All vendors arranged, I have my dress, and the bachelorette planned, etc. I think there's a possibility that we could have the wedding in September, but if we don't postpone, we would definitely be giving up the June bridal shower, July bachelorette, and the joyful planning ramp-up of the last 6 months. And I want all of that, I want the bride experience. That's the part of my heart that's pushing for the reschedule. I don't mind the date change, and we're not family planning, but I want the lead-up. Thank you for your perspective, I will reach out to my venue to see if i can soft hold a 2021 date like you said, and then talk with my fiance about keeping our decision date to June/July. Talking this out with other brides in the same predicament is SO helpful! I think I'd go crazy without it.

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I completely understand, girl! Because my wedding was supposed to be next weekend, we did the bachelorette party back in February and I am *so* grateful that we did. My bridal shower had to be postponed, but with all that's going on, I honestly forgot about it lol! But it is extremely frustrating that COVID is taking away the joy of our wedding festivities. It is so unfair. I have to remind myself that right now, we're in the very thick of it. We're almost done with week 1 of 2 of the "worst" of this virus, and our social distancing is working! Here is an article I read this morning that gave me so positive vibes: https://www.yahoo.com/news/fauci-lowers-u-coronavirus-death-171213765.html At this point, the way I see it is that anything can happen. This virus can get worst, or, it can get better, and things will start to resume back to normal in the near future. I, too, can't help but worry, but lately I've been shifting my mindset to exude positivity and more hope/faith. I want to manifest my positive thoughts!! I personally don't think your plans are completely demolished yet-- I think once we enter May, we'll gather more insights for you to feel confident in making your decision. If Dr.Fauci predicts we'll be having backyard BBQs and picnics at the beach this summer, and kids back in school by the fall, then there's still very much a chance you can have your bridal shower, bachelorette party, *and* your wedding! Honestly Katie, I was EXACTLY in your shoes last week. I started to panic and worry about our wedding and was reading this forum religiously second guessing every decision I had made. But then I took a step back and thought-- how can I worry about something that I don't know will happen three months from now?? Why am I wasting my energy on this? I'm not a psychic, and I can't predict the future! So I've decided to take it day by day, pray, and practice positivity :-) If come July things get worst, I'll reschedule! But if things have settled down and the world is more safe, happy, and controlled, I know I'll be so grateful that I waited it out than to have instantly assumed the worst. Wishing you all the good vibes girl and know that I am thinking and praying of/for you!!

We had to cancel 10 days before the wedding and we postponed it July 3rd, but it is looking like we will have to cancel that as well. If that is the case we are going to try and get a refund and use that money to put a down payment on a house.

We are September 19th and I’m leaning towards postponing. 90% of our guest list is in NYC/ northern NJ which is being hit the most. The other 10% are family traveling domestically or internationally. I can’t imagine that family being able to book flights anytime soon and I don’t want to have a different wedding than what I planned, especially with how much we are spending. It would break my heart to get married without certain family members there.


I can’t imagine people being comfortable to be at a 150+ person event & I don’t want any uncomfortable or uncertainty surrounding it. My sister has COVID, a lot of people are out of work and it just seems like such a heavy time.
I don’t see how we will be able to plan for a bachelor or bachelorette party this summer or bridal shower and I want all of that.
I’m afraid if we don’t change it soon we won’t get a date where all our vendors line up and would lose a lot of money. I’d love to be able to make a decision so I could just know what I’m doing and can stop thinking about it
I’m okay rescheduling it. Lot to think about and everyone is in different situations. sending positive thoughts to all brides this year ❤️

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Congrats for tomorrow!

View Quoted Comment I hope your sister feels better soon! We just postponed ours from 9/18/20 to 6/18/21...the venue is an hour north of nyc.. honestly it is such a relief... waiting through the next few months would have been too much. I’d rather play is safe! So glad we found a new date that worked with all my vendors. Good luck ladies!

Hi I went from June 20,2020 to October 24 , 2020. Did you make new invitations?

View Quoted Comment Just moved my 6/20/20 to 10/24/20

View Quoted Comment I completely get where your coming from. I am in the same exact boat as you and my wedding is on September 5th, I live in NYC but my wedding in Atlanta with international guests. It's a very unpredictable time..Im wishing a speedy recovery for your sister. It will take a miracle for all things surrounding weddings to be perfect on top of the fact that wedding have normal hiccups in 2020. It's really a day by day situation.

My wedding was suppose to be June 6th. But because of everything going on I dont want to risk it. Even if everything is back to normal end of may I dont think people will want to be in a room of 100+ people when covid is still happening. So were getting married June 6th with 10 people with us. Then having a celebration blessing and reception sept 5th. Honestly I just want to marry my fiance and I dont care whose there. I just care about him and our future. It wont change the outcome of your futures together. 😊❤ just staying positive!

Our wedding was scheduled for May 16th. Our venue is making us reschedule. We plan on eloping with our parents present, then doing a vow renewal once I am able to find a new date that works with our venue and vendors. I'm just not sure how I am going to word our new invitations for the rescheduled wedding being we will be married already.😭