Coronavirus Effect

I’m getting married April 18th in Miami and I have the same concern. At this time, our elderly family and those with health issues have decided not to attend.


If it gets to the point where workers are quarantined, there is a clause in our vendor contract that says they would have to let us reschedule or cancel, since we were unable to get insurance.

Best wishes! Hopefully everything goes well and it’s better under control by your wedding. Heck, our wedding is 10/10/20 and I’ve even been thinking about the Plan B “what if’s”.


FH and I had to cancel our group cruise this week which was a bummer because we were really looking forward to relaxing on vacay with our group of friends. But we were all able to postpone it without penalty to December. So I guess it’s like a post-honeymoon trip now 😉
Speaking of honeymoon, we keep changing our minds, but I think we’re going to book something soon while prices are lower (may as well take advantage of the craziness) 🤷🏽‍♀️

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My fh and I said the same too. We are going to be world travelers since no one else is flying!

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I’m getting really sad that I spent so much money on my dress that it’s possible no one will see.

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Awww, Rachel, I'm so sorry! That is especially tough since you're right there in the middle of it where it's actually impacting daily life. I feel for ya. Whether you're in the camp that believes this is way too hyped up or in the camp that feels this is a legitimately dangerous issue, there's not much we can do to reassure nervous guests, and all of us want each of our loved ones there--that's why we invited them in the first place!

I kind of need an early headcount (hence my April 10th RSVP date) because we're doing a day-after-the-wedding event that involved renting buses and boats; my actual headcount isn't due to the venue/rentals company until a little later. Are you able to push out your RSVP date a little? You should give yourself at least a week between your RSVP date and the due date of your headcount to vendors to track down missing RSVPS, but if you could push it back It would at least give things a chance to calm down...

View Quoted Comment Awww. Don’t be sad. You bought the dress for YOU and not for others (Plus your FH will see you in the dress). Actually that goes for everything regarding the entire wedding. There isn’t a single thing I planned thinking about whether another person would like it or not. It was all based on what FH and I want, since we’re spending the money. I didn’t dress shop with anyone because I didn’t want their opinions. All of the wedding planning ideas are only discussed with FH. Everything else will be a surprise to our guests, which I think makes it so much better. I don’t want them to know anything about the venue, flowers, colors, dress, decor, entertainment etc. until they get there. The only hint they’re getting right now is via the save the dates we sent. Then the next hint will be our invitation style. It will all come together once they walk through the doors of our venue. I love it! 😆

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My fh said that he wouldn't mind if only our parents were able to come just as long as he gets to see my in my dress. I know I didn't choose my dress for other people but I want them to see if because it wasn't cheap. At this point, I almost want to buy an amazon wedding dress and postpone the actual wedding ceremony to a later date to be able to show it off. Hopefully everyone will be ok and it stops getting out of hand. Really this is just a flu and the media is hyping it up to make is worst.

View Quoted Comment I agree! I think the hype will die down.

View Quoted Comment I wish I could push it out...we already have it printed on the invites though!!! Maybe we could put up a note on our wedding website that says it’s okay to rsvp later than that?

View Quoted Comment I truly hope you ladies are 100% right on that!!

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Yes, you could put it there, and then as RSVP's come in maybe you can reach out via text to missing RSVPs or guests who you know will be concerned at your printed deadline, and let them know that you were able to push back the RSVP date if they need another week to mull it over? Start by reaching out to all your vendors first and getting their headcount deadline. (Sorry to sound bossy, former wedding coordinator here LOL).

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No I would probably wait a few weeks to see who has not given back an answer.

My wedding is May 2nd and I had just sent out my invites as I do not plan on cancelling. I live in Florida where we do have some people in the state that have it. There is still time before we know more on how it will affect the wedding so I am not ready to call it quits. If there are reasons beyond my control to cancel then I will. At that time I will have think about how we will handle things such as move the wedding to a different time or still get married at a court house and have a reception at a later date.

I do worry though about others getting scared and backing out of coming to the wedding even though I plan on still going through with it for now. However that will have to be their choice on what they feel comfortable with. I will be sad if I get a lot of cancellations but a low guest count will not be the cause of me cancelling my wedding. I want my life to continue as is as best it can.

This really sucks for so many couples. But best to try to focus on the fact that we cannot predict the future and there is hope everything will be fine by the time the the wedding date is. Stay focused on continually getting the things done for the wedding like favors, escort cards, decorations, whatever it takes to keep looking forward and excited or the wedding.

View Quoted Comment 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽 I do empathize with all of the upcoming couples. Our wedding isn’t until October, but Plan B options are already on my mind.

Hi date twins!

I am also getting married on 5/23/20 and in New Rochelle, NY of all places!! Small town in New York outside of the NYC suburbs which apparently has been hit hard. I spoke with the venue the other day, and they are not impacted by what is happening (they are not in the "containment area") but I am still very concerned. Got a lot of texts from guests the other day. Mostly worried that people will decide to decline and not come since it is all over the news. Reading everyone's posts made me feel better - it seems like the general consensus is the show must go on and full steam ahead! I do hope everything quiets down. Nothing like additional stress and anxiety for the bride!

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This makes me really upset because the news seems to be hyping it up to scare more and more people. His family is from up north and while I think, hope, and pray that they will be ok. I am nervous that they will say that they don't want to come because of it.

Reading through this has been like group therapy for me. We are set to be married May 24 in Long Island. FH's whole family is from the west coast: California/Seattle area. His father isn't in the best health and just brought up the possibility of postponement. My dad is trying to keep me calm. Says after we discuss with caterer their thoughts, let's ride this out/business as usual and make a final call 2 weeks before. I feel awful for those with international travel plans and even worse in my area with weddings this weekend. The airports and airlines are empty right now. Probably safer to travel now health wise than it ever was!

My wedding is 2 weeks away in CA! My family is trying to convince me to postpone or cancel. FH wants to wait and see. This is so stressful. I'd rather not plan another wedding, but it would suck if even our parents don't travel to the wedding.

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I think about that too. I am still nervous that no one will come to my wedding but if all else fails at least me and hubby can travel and know that our planes were sanitized.

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I wouldn't want to plan another wedding either and go through that whole process but I will be devastated if no one comes so much so that it will probably send me in a tail spin and I wont be able to go to other weddings out of "jealousy"