Coronavirus=pure Panic

View Quoted Comment We’re in Montgomery’s County Pennsylvania. All our schools, malls and non essential places are closed down for two weeks. It’s so scary and frustrating. My biggest concern is having my grandparents there and if this is still going on it won’t happen. I couldn’t have them come and then get sick. We reached out to our venue and vendors and most places are willing to work with us. If we postpone we’re going to the courthouse this May and postponing the wedding until next year, such a bummer.

View Quoted Comment Good luck to you too! We all need it, I foresee a few more wine in the bathtub nights in my future lol.

My wedding planner would say not to panic. You’ll get through it. You have options. Talk to your venue to see what they’re doing. Talk to your wedding planner for advice and most importantly talk to you fiancé. It’s really about the two of you. Move forward with your plans. You’re marrying the person you love and want to spend the rest of your life with, it’s about the love you share with that person. That’s a that matters.

Our wedding date is the 21st of May in Temecula, CA. 40% of our guests are flying in from Europe, South America and within the US.
I’m living in the a Netherlands and my fiancé in LA. We’ve contacted all our vendors and wedding venue, they are all understanding the situation. We might postpone to September/October 2020. Were waiting until the travel ban is lifted for Europe, and make a decision latest end of April. Stay calm, there will be a party anyways, maybe just a little later!

So sorry to everyone having to worry and stress about this right now. I am right here with you in solidarity! Our wedding is 4/25 and we are trying to think through every contingency plan right now. We plan to get married no matter what on that date, even if we end up just having to have an intimate little ceremony with whoever is here or local and postpone the reception, but we are really hoping it won't come to that. Our city just restricted public and private gatherings including weddings to fewer than 250 people and I expect that number will decrease more before our big day. Already reached out to all of our vendors to find out if they have any modified cancellation or postponement policies but we have no intention of cancelling or postponing unless the government tells us we have no option. Over half of our guests would be flying in so we're concerned about people traveling and those who are more at risk. We're also concerned that we may have to postpone our honeymoon to Hawaii if there are travel restrictions but all we can do at this point is keep rolling along and take the punches as they come. I will cry SO hard if we have to postpone, but at the end of the day if we get married that's all that will matter.

Just also try and remember that this is hurting small wedding businesses too and we're all human and dealing with this crisis in our own way. I work in the wedding industry at an event rental company, and the cancellations and postponements have been UNREAL. Our business is hurting a lot right now and there are so many small businesses who are struggling to pay bills right now because of this. They understand that it's the biggest day of your life and they know how hard you have been planning this whole time and how stressed out you are, and they feel for you. If any of them are being strict about cancellation policies, they may be operating on really thin profit margins as it is, and it's probably so they can continue to feed their families, pay their mortgage/rent, and not have to close their business. I've found that many of them are doing their absolute best to be flexible and understanding, but just something to keep in mind here. Things could ALWAYS be worse. Good luck to everyone with your decisions, tough as they may be.

View Quoted Comment We were early May and also postponed to Sept. but we are considering getting legally/officially married on our original date either and just doing a celebration and renewal of vows in the fall. Can’t quite decide between that or just postponing everything though...I keep worrying if even September will be bad, in which case better just marry first...

View Quoted Comment Can I just ❤️ this response 5,000 times?!

Don't stress bout it. I know it's a tad bit crazy everywhere. Maybe continue with the Wedding and have it Video recorded for the folks that can't come IF your Venue doesn't offer a Refund or if it can't be Rescheduled. Just an idea. I pray that every thing will run smoothly for your big day.

Definitely feel your pain. My wedding is 6/26 in Costa Rica. I'm just concerned about travel bans. I know its a few months away and I should try to relax but it almost makes it worse because it could be blown over or 10x more chaotic. Final payments for our rooms are due next month and I don't want my family to get charged penalties if there are travel bans and we are forced to cancel. I'm a nurse and medically I'm not too concerned, but the panic has really blown this all out of proportion.

Yes! My wedding is May 30th and supposed to go honeymoon in Greece in mid June. I’ve had guests asking if we are still moving forward with the wedding as planned and it is really stressing me out. I’m like I can’t see the future, but I’m really hoping things will deescalate next month. Almost all of my guests are from out of state with a fair portion being from out of country. I didn’t purchase wedding insurance because my venue has a contingency plan for rain and we don’t have any other natural disasters. The thought of a pandemic never crossed my mind! Does anybody have any thoughts or tips about looking into wedding insurance now?

My date is/was(?) May 2nd as well. Finally had a discussion today about rescheduling. I feel like this will be a logistical nightmare but the reality is we are both frontline healthcare workers and could very well quarantined and this pandemic is going to get worse before it gets better. I messaged my planner today, in tears, asking to look into switching dates with vendors. I’m so thankful for her. We will see what the future brings...

This might not be ideal, but there is the option to get married and have the ceremony at the time you have planned, maybe just with a smaller crowd, and have a big party/ceremony when things calm down.

I get married May 9th and I am also freaking out. Just keep pushing forward and get stuff done. Get in contact with your vendor team about what their postponing or cancellation policies are with the pandemic just in case. Keeping our fingers crossed for everyone.

My wedding is April 11th in Key West...20-25 guest are flying in...absolutely stressed out. Plus 2 trips to Chicago for dress fitting/pick ups...WHYYYY???

Mine is 4/18 in Northern Virginia. Luckily it is not in a metropolitan area but I've definitely been freaking out. I'm trying to keep it together as much as I can and trying to stay off social media. I've contacted my church and reception venues to ask if they have any concerns that they will need to cancel and what our options are for worst-case scenarios. I have 11 guests that were going to fly in for the wedding. Time will tell if they will still be able to/feel comfortable enough to do so. Praying for everyone. We'll get through it.

For me, I would elope on our day and then later plan either another wedding or reception. I would feel horrible if someone came to my wedding and got sick.

We waited 8 years to tie the knot and what do we get? The Eight Plagues of Egypt! Lol. We are in AZ with the ceremony in 4/26. We have a lot of peeps flying in, including our parents. Just gonna try to chill and hope it all works out. Picked the wrong week to quit drinkkn'.

I postponed our wedding date today. It wasn’t worth the anxiety for me, plus we have our elderly grandparents that will be there and I don’t want to endanger them.

View Quoted Comment Also May 2nd here and having nightmares too! This stress is crazy!

I’m glad other were thinking the same thing. My wedding is June 6,2020 we have our honeymoon booked for Europe including Italy and all of these updates are crushing my soul right now. Our venue is closed to the public as of Friday, but I’m hoping some warm weather and bit of time will clear things up. Day by day is all we can do for now