Covid-19 and Wedding

View Quoted Comment Our county just closed for 2 weeks.......

Hi all! We're getting married April 18 in Santa Clara County, CA, where there have been lots of cases! We have no plans to cancel, though we expect some guests will bow out. We are taking the view that we'll have a great party with those who can make it/choose to come, and that we will celebrate with others once things calm down.

A Practical Wedding had a great post (and Instagram story) on this yesterday: https://apracticalwedding.com/coronavirus-wedding/

Required reading!

But our strategy is just to be calm and communicative for the time being!

It really is a tough time for everyone - y'all, the country, the world, just everyone.


I just canceled all social events for the next 4 weeks, and then I'll reassess and talk with my venue. I won't have the event if it's still a risk - I can't imagine how horrible I'd feel if any of our guests became sick or died because of our wedding. That would just overshadow any happiness. So I'll just assess and breathe day by day, from a safe social distance.
Sending best wishes to everyone.

View Quoted Comment 4/25 here as well! So far everything is still happening as planned. We have had one cancellation from a guest who lives in Israel. At this point I’m not overly worried since it’s still like a month and a half away. But I would definitely understand if we have a lot less guests because of all this and that’s fine. We have discussed the possibility of postponing and just having a small family ceremony and then having the reception at a later point since flat out canceling vendors would be a crazy loss of money for my parents. But here’s hoping to everything calming down by then!!

My wedding is on March 20th, we have had 3 guests cancel done they were flying for the wedding and are considered high risk with age range. Majority of our guests are from out of town, so I'm sure we'll have more cancellations... My in-laws want to sit down and talk about it tomorrow, but I feel like it's too late to cancel and insurance doesn't cover this situation. We've already paid for everything at this point...

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I really think that is all we can do. I don't think I'll postpone at this point. I just hope it all get's better in the next 6 weeks.

View Quoted Comment Same! Same date same panic with over half of guests flying in😩

Girl my wedding is April 24th and I’m in the same exact boat. We just have to take it a day at a time and try to remember what it’s all about - us marrying our best friends. Trust me i know it’s easier said than done haha

Our wedding date was supposed to be 5/17/2020, and we are postponing to August. All the key people are available since it’s still going to be a Sunday wedding. Our honeymoon is planned for beginning of June. We are considering still getting officially married in May, taking our honeymoon, and having the big celebration in August. My parents are 70, and all of their older friends are relieved we are postponing. I can’t blame them.

We’re on 4/18. We are proceeding as usual but opting out of honeymooning for now. We got insurance just Incase the venue or government shuts down. But it is what it is at this point 🤷🏽‍♀️. My
Fiancé and mom also called my venue and asked to commit to only 100 guest just Incase which might help if people no show as we were planning on 125 and expecting 135

View Quoted Comment This is my date as well. I've been so nervous.


I contacted my venues (chapel and reception) and they both assured me that so far they are not cancelling anything. I still have to reach out to a few vendors but my thoughts are as long as we have the venues and some people are still willing to come, I will still have my wedding.
Have a plan b ready is all I can say.Good luck to all ❤️

I'm April 7th.... right now the idea is to just keep on keepin on. My fiancés family is in Germany and we are not sure they will even be able to get here anymore. But we are forging ahead until someone tells us we can't!

Our wedding is May 31 in CO. We have family all over. CO, CA, NE, SD, and NY. I have no idea what to do. I’m a travel nurse. I am %100 in belief that everyone is in panic mode and overreacting but now a lot of our family doesn’t know if they are coming. I’ve spent over a year planning and spent so much money and I’m devastated right now

View Quoted Comment Oh my gosh I am so glad that I not the only one that had a blow up with their future spouse. It is so stressful. Our big day is 4/4! If it helps at all we (and our poor parents) have two brides with all these emotions. So think of that when FH is not distraught it could be FW.


We are having a destination wedding in Orlando, FL. Our venue is not canceling or rescheduling anything yet though they have left the door open with communicating We sent out an email update to our guests along the lines of we understand if you can’t make it but please let us know. We have had about 10 out of 150 (including FW’s brother) cancel due to health and travel reasons. We are playing it by ear and hoping for the best.
Even if we only have 20 people there, as long as our family is around us, we are forging ahead.
Cheers to us brides planning and keep it together through a pandemic!

Keeping positive vibes for everyone in March and April events. My wedding isnt til 5/31, but I'm wondering if to put an additional note on my invitation will keep everyone posted via the wedding website. I already got then printed and already sealed half of them.

So glad you brought this up. I just started to worry today and our wedding is April 26th with our entire families coming from out of town. We are supposed to go to Belize afterwards. I’m really hoping this all calms down before that. I’m starting to make backup plans in my head. All I can focus on is we are getting married no matter what and that makes me happy. 🤷🏻‍♀️

My wedding is March 28th and for some reason it never even crossed my mind how much COVID-19 could effect everything until recently. I think it just felt so removed from my community until the last couple of days. Everything is so up in the air and I’m struggling to find the motivation to keep planning last minute details as if everything is still going according to plan. Right now I’m just trying not to watch the news as well, as I feel that I shut down every time I hear reports about it. I’m so sad for all the other brides that are in this boat as well right now but it is a comfort to see that I’m not alone.

My husband and I got married in India in Nov 2019 and on April 4, 2020 we planned to have our reception in Santa Barbara, California. We had some close family coming from India and Norway that had to cancel due to the current world situation. We also have elderly guests who are local but also have compromised immune systems. After much thought and consideration, we reached out to the venue and they let us reschedule within the next 1 year. So we decided to postpone. I think it was an easier decision because it was our reception and not actual wedding ceremony but if it helps, all vendors are willing to reschedule. I am not saying you should reschedule as well but just stay positive. Whatever happens, it will all work out for the best and people you love will support you no matter what.

View Quoted Comment We just postponed our wedding this morning. Though we are sad, it was 100% the right choice for us. It was supposed to be March 21, now we are moved to June 13. Our venue and all but one of our vendors it has been so kind and accommodating, empowering and allowing us to make the best decisions for ourselves and our guests in this bizarre situation. And by some bizarrely wonderful luck, our band and photographer are both available and are just moving to the new date for us. Having a little issue with the florist, because the flowers have already been purchased but I think it will work out. The hotel where we are having the brunch and our block of rooms is being very, very kind too. Oh, and the space where we are having rehearsal dinner, the lease is on by the same caterer for a wedding venue. So they’re also being really kind and just moving it to the Friday before. It might be an anomaly, but we are facing way less financial repercussions than we initially expected when we made this decision this morning. Good luck, I’ll be thinking of you and everyone on this thread!

Mine is set for March 21st and I am totally freaking out. I have to contact my venue and see what they have to say about it. I am so uneasy with it being only 9 days away.