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Dayna
Expert September 2021

Covid Postponement

Dayna, on November 13, 2020 at 4:19 PM Posted in Planning 0 4

We have made the really tough decision to postpone our big March wedding. The covid numbers are looking worse and our all-indoor wedding with 120+ people creates a high risk environment. Fortunately our venue and most of our vendors are willing to work with us to reschedule, although we will have to reschedule for a weekday.


Anyway, we are trying to look on the bright side that now we will have two weddings! We are going to do a smaller, local event on our original date, followed by a bigger event most likely on our one year anniversary. I have some random questions floating around for anyone in the same situation or anyone else who has ideas/input!

-is it weird to have ring bearers for the bigger event since we will already be married? I’m thinking we could have them do rings for our small ceremony and then some other job for the bigger one.

-similar question regarding being walked down the aisle. I was planning to have both parents walk me but that feels a little odd if I've been married for a year already. I'm thinking to have them walk me the first time, and walk alone the second time?

-when do people buy/send gifts? Obviously it’s their choice in the end, but I expect people are going to ask me this question.

-should we have videographers for both? I’m leaning toward photo only for the smaller ceremony to cut costs (we already contracted a big photo/vid package that will go to our new date)

-are you doing anything creative/fun to make your postponed wedding feel special or tie it to your first wedding?

4 Comments

Latest activity by Monica, on November 14, 2020 at 12:10 AM
  • Yasmine
    Master October 2020
    Yasmine ·
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    My husband and I are in the same situation. We had our minimony on our original anniversary date in October and our big wedding is scheduled for March.


    We had ring bearers and a flower girl for our minimony but we didn't do a bridal party. However, we will be having our bridal party at our big wedding. We will also have the same ring bearers and flower girl for the big wedding.
    My dad walked me into the minimony and he will also walk me in to the big wedding as well.
    For us, we received cards and 1 couple gave us money because they couldn't make it last minute. Everyone else is doing gifts for the big wedding even though we will already be married already.
    We had only a photographer at our minimony (it was only 35 guests) but we will have a photographer, videographer, and a photo booth as our big wedding.
    Our big wedding is completely different colors and it's where I will be wearing my big dress. I wore a simple white dress for our minimony.
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  • Mrs. Spring
    Master April 2021
    Mrs. Spring ·
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    We decided to cancel the traditional wedding completely. Not willing to risk all that planning and money for several regulations we have to follow.
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  • A
    Super September 2020
    Alli ·
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    If you’re planning on a year later, this would be considered a vow renewal celebration and you would skip the bridal party / ring bearer, etc... it’s not meant to be a second wedding. I would go all out on your minimony with all the vendors - hair make up artist, florist, photographer/ videographer, you name it and have a blast!
    Gifts / cards usually come when the couple get married.
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  • Monica
    Devoted August 2021
    Monica ·
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    I think you can do whatever you want! We ended up doing the same thing and at our big wedding next year we will do the whole thing like a real wedding except not sign the papers since we are already married. In terms of gifts, our guests were confused too. Some sent gifts/cards this year and I imagine some will next year instead. So be prepared for both ways!
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