covid bride - To Elope or Wedding As Planned?

Hey friends!


First I just want to say if your wedding or any wedding related events have been affected by the pandemic, my heart goes out to you 💗.
I in general just want outside opinions on this. We were originally set to say "I Do" on April 25th, 2020 with a group of 60 of our closest loved ones & friends. Obviously due to COVID and event restrictions we made the gut renching decision to postpone to April 2021 back in March. No matter what we decide we will not be holding our ceremony until April 2021 but now I'm EXTREMELY torn about whether we should continue with the wedding we've already planned, or switch to something waaaaay more intimate with only 15 people (this would include parents, siblings, & bridal party).
I'm extremely stressed out because there is just absolutely no guarantee on where we'll be as a country by April 2021. And if we have any hopes of getting ANY refunds (mostly from our venue) I feel like we need to be making the call pretty soon.
On one hand I really love the idea of a super small intimate less stress wedding but I also hold out for the wedding I've dreamt of/planned for two years! HELP!
Also if this helps give any more context we are getting married in LA Jolla, CA and if we switch to eloping we will most likely lose all the $$ we've put down on things we would no longer need (venue, dj, bartender) BUT overall we would still save some money. Also without REALLY diving into it my FH & I both have crazy mothers & family drama and if we eloped we both decided we would not be asking our mothers to attend. [Trust me we have our reasons.]