Covid-19 and Wedding

View Quoted Comment Im in the same situation here i totally understand everything i have cried today like a baby this was shocking.. i went to the church and we are going to do the ceremony but the venue cancelled and we are desperate looking for another venue . 3 more days until the big day lets see how everything turns out.. good luck for you and your fiance 🥰

My bachelorette party was supposed to be in two days, my bridal shower on April 19th, and the wedding on May 16th... Honestly, up until this past Saturday I was still certain everything would go on as planned.
However, as my bachelorette party fell apart over the weekend, I immediately realized that this was more than I could handle. I literally have gone through the seven stages of grief in the last three days! I knew I couldn’t leave it up to chance, watching the news every day as things get worse. The stress, anxiety and panic, I literally would have self imploded.
So, today we called all our vendors and ultimately pulled the trigger to postpone everything. Miraculously we were able to get a new date on 10/10 which worked for the venue, caterer, florist, and most shockingly, the band. I did lose my photographer who I loved, and my hair and makeup team. With that being said, I feel such a huge wave of relief getting this off our shoulders. I didn’t want to go into our wedding with a huge black cloud over the day. I am of course sad and disappointed... I am 34 years old and not trying to waste anymore time! But I can wait five more months for the happy day that we deserve.I highly recommend sparing yourself the pain and stress if you have the option to reschedule!

My wedding is in 10 days and everything has to be shut down if there is more then 50 people including events or meetings. My venue says that they wont issue me a refund because its ‘out of their control’. But I wanted to still go ahead, but when the PRESIDENT and the GOVERNOR OF THE STATE say you can’t I should be entitled to my money back right? I talked to all my vendors and they issued me full refunds no problem. I think everything will go okay though because my mother will do anything for me. I already had 10 people cancel due to not flying out and also them being too old. The my wedding count was 67 with most of the guests over 50. Only a few under 45 and some are currently pregnant which I dont want to get them ill.

View Quoted Comment Shame on them, Hyatt is willing to work on refunds and cancellations. Sheraton has no excuse. I’m sorry they’re being such a pain. Hopefully the company rethinks their position and help you and other in the situation out!

View Quoted Comment I’m so sorry! I’ll be sending y’all good thoughts and hope you can find another venue soon. I’m sure there’s someone out there willing to help you!! Thank you for your well wishes. I hope you still get to have yalls dream wedding. ❤️

Well after I had my meltdown, I spoke with my fiancé and we decided we wanted the wedding we’ve planned, so if we have to move it we will! Fingers and toes crossed this doesn’t last long!

I'm rescheduling to a new date that I know would be safe. My vendors understand and know we can't help a world plague that has no cure and kills. With cities shut down there is nothing to be done except reschedule. My city if fining anyone that has a group of 50 or more people. I didn't want to get myself or my family sick as we all have medical issues. Better to be safe than sorry

Im supposed to get married April 25th with 150 guests. It’s definitely been confusing and heartbreaking not knowing wether or not this important and joyful day ive been looking forward to will come. Anything can happen. Just taking it day by day and staying in contact with the venue. The other worrisome part is me and my fiancé are in a long distance relationship. We live in different cities hours away from eachother. Its hard to imagine that something we worked so hard for might not happen. Im concerned for our families and want us all to be together but only time will tell what our next move will be. Hoping for the best but definitely worried. I feel as though the problems we are currently experiencing is partly caused by the paranoia of most people. it is terrible that other people are going through this as well but im grateful for the forum. I hope knowing im not alone in this means we can each bring eachother comfort in this situation and maybe even help eachother find solutions.

We are 4/18. Spoke with our venue today and they said they are not planning on closing, only obviously pending any new CDC recommendations. We must provide hand sanitizer though per our venue for our event to occur...no idea where we will get it as its like gold right now! Our day isn't until after the 15 day ban of gatherings of 10 or more and we were only expecting about 65 to begin with, most in public safety who are around germy people and places all the time. My brother is immuno-compromised, but would still come, so that is where my heart is having a hard time.

We are lucky that if our venue cancels, our family has massive acreage so we have a backup location, it just wont be what we have planned for so long.

My FH and I talked at lunch and decided one way or another we are getting married on our day, it may just be the two of us, or just close family under a tree on our property but its still us getting married. We lost our caterer 45 days until the wedding due to a fire at their business, and I thought that was going to be our biggest obstacle....ha! Was I wrong!

My heart hurts for the vision I had but at the end of the day, it was just a party, the marriage is what counts.

I'm so sorry your dealing with this too. Our wedding date is 4/19 and I got the call yesterday from the wedding venue that they have to postpone all weddings scheduled from now until May 10th because of the coronavirus.😢😥😢😥😢😥
I want to fall out on the floor and cry! Darn coronavirus!! They were able to give us a new date. The earliest was Aug 9th so I guess that's our new date. Ugh! This sucks!!!

View Quoted Comment Ashlie, I'm so sorry you're going through this, that any of us have to go through this. My wedding date is also 3/20/20 and we have officially postponed our reception until July 12. We are still going to the venue on Fri with our officiant, parents, MOH and Best Man to get married on our day. All of our vendors were able to reschedule to the new July date THANKFULLY and our photographer and videographer are planning to come and capture the moment on Friday. No one could have ever imagined this, but it is devastating, we are heartbroken, but feeling better now that we have a plan, which I'm sure will be the case for you as well. This experience will make for a good story....in like 20 years, and will make you and your fiance's bond stronger, it just sucks at the moment. Good luck through these hard times.

View Quoted Comment We’re making an official decision by the end of the month. However we’re leaning towards going to the courthouse on the original date and then having a vow renewal/celebration a year later. That’s the only way we can retain our deposits and vendors. Not ideal but the best we can come up with for now.

Mine was 3/20/2020. The venue canceled mine due to state and local laws

My Venue reached out 2 days ago and asked us to please move our date. Now California's Bay Area is now Shelter in Place until April 7th and after that who knows it might go on longer. My wedding on May 2nd has been postponed until August 2021. I think if the rest of the country goes into mass Shelter in Place events will be canceled. But read your contracts carefully, be kind to your vendors and ask them to work with you. You can do a google survey type thing to send to your vendors to see which dates might work for then in the future. Lastly have all of the send you a new contract and sign it ASAP with the agreement to keep your deposit as your first payment. Sorry friends... from a bride who has already been there, good luck

View Quoted Comment I'm postponing my wedding on Saturday. Every vendor we have talked to has been extremely accommodating. I'm also in Nashville, Tenn and most of my guests are traveling in. We are still going to get married Saturday, but it will be immediate family only.

My venue cancelled all events until April 13th. My wedding was March 28th, and I was told it HAD to be postponed. I am soo sad, but after situating everything am now feeling much better. All my vendors and guest where very understanding and helpful.

This is so sad my 4/4 wedding is most likely going to be postponed all the way til July 18th! This just sucks I hate the coronavirus.

Update for our 3/29 Wedding -

We talked to our venues yesterday, both ceremony and reception, and since our group was initially and still is under 20 people, they are good to go as planned. There was concern about the groups of 10, but until it's made a legal mandate, both venues want us to have as normal a day as we possibly can. We're getting married in 12 days, so needless we wanted as much info as possible.

They both did agree to no cancellation fees should that be the case that we have to do, and both agreed to work with us on whatever date moves we would need to make should it have to go that route.

Always trying to find the positive...sometimes you can only do the best that anyone else involved can do!

Just got the call yesterday from my venue that we have to reschedule our event due to the 25 ppl limit per event. Unfortunately, it will get worse before it gets better. My anxiety has definitely gotten the best of me, over a year planning and just like that..my wedding was schedule for 4-18-20. I’m devastated but also know that this is nothing in comparison to ppl dealing with the disease 1st hand. Good luck!

I have planned most of my daughter's May 16 wedding because she is in her last year of pharmacy school. As a clinical pharmacist, she will start a two year residency in July. Plus she is supposed to take her boards soon, but no date is set for this.


We have already postponed her bridal shower scheduled for March 29. We were to have 50 guests. When this will occur, I have know idea, but we had to put the health and welfare of our guests first.
Yesterday, the new CDC recommendation is not to gather in groups of more than 10 for the next eight weeks. This would take us to a week before the wedding. At that point, if the growth of the virus levels off, this does not mean to me that COVID-19 will not be an issue on May 16 at a 200 guest wedding.
I would like them to postpone until August and our venue has been cooperative. However, I don't think my daughter will want to contact the director of her new residency program to explain the situation and she does not want to wait to marry in 2021.
I have worked for 18 months on the wedding and shower. Even when you want to do the right thing, it is just so difficult.
Any advice would be much appreciated.