Covid precautions - vaccination, test, masks etc

We are vaccine mandatory. Partially because my fiance's sister is getting married a few weeks after us and she has guests from 9 countries coming. They are requiring vaccination (bc of all the international travel, it wouldn't be fair to have people travel and have unvaccinated at the event) and since our wedding are so close we find it wouldn't be fair for us to say vaccination wasn't mandatory.

We are also hoping that having both weddings be vaccinated might motivate some extended family who isn't vaccinated to get vaccinated

We're doing vaccinated only. We don't want our wedding to turn into a super spreader event!

Already married but if I had to do it again now, I would vaccine mandate.


I recently attending a wedding that was : be vaccinated OR have a negative test within 72hours that I felt comfortable with.We declined another wedding that is not taking any precautions as that is a bit out of my personal comfort zone

View Quoted Comment Already married as well and I agree with you, we would have mandated vaccines too.


We got married pre-vaccines and did all outdoors, masks required. Everyone was happy to follow the rules.

We are telling everyone to be safe and mindful of others' health. Just sent out an email this week saying we expect our guests to respect the decisions of others (mask, no mask) and we are encouraging our guests to be vaccinated.

For our upcoming reception next month we definitely aren't requiring vaccinations. My husband and I are vaccinated but we respect everyone's wishes if they choose not to get vaccinated - that's their right!

In Australia we've been in lockdown for the past 3 months (they're announcing today that it'll lift on 18 October after 4 months of lockdown) and the government is only opening things back up to people who are fully vaccinated, so legally, our guests must be vaccinated to attend our wedding.

We included the following in our details card:

COVID-19

In line with government mandates, all guests are required to be fully immunised against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

I would insist on vaccination. Hands down.

We requested everyone be vaccinated or wear a mask. We had a question about it on the RSVP, and everyone (other than the ringbearer and flower girl) who RSVP'd are fully vaccinated. We elected not to request proof of vaccination or COVID tests because our guest list is very small and all very liberal, so unlikely to lie about being vaccinated. Our wedding is entirely outdoors and we're encouraging guests to wear masks even if they're vaccinated if that feels more comfortable for them.

Nothing at all. Our guest's medical history isn't my business and it's not like the shot is actually doing anything. Since the only thing it's good for is MAYBE lighter symptoms for those with the shot, those with and without are adults and can act based on their own comfort/ risk level.

My wedding is 10/16/21. I’ve mandated vaccines for all adults and most of my vendors (though not all) are vaccinated. I did a survey on the save the date and the only people who said no are not coming. My guest list is half MDs and PhDs so a very compliant bunch but even so
Lots of people are still too scared to come. The whole situation sucks but hopefully all goes well!

We’re requiring vaccines or a negative test within 48 hours of the event. Our venue put this requirement in place, and we’re more comfortable leaning on the venue requiring it than putting up our own requirement that everyone get vaccinated.


As it is, I think everyone except maybe 2 people will be fully vaccinated.

We decided to require vaccines. My fiance is considered high risk, so we chose what we believe is the best choice for us and our loved ones. Thankfully 99% of the people we KNEW were coming are already vaccinated. Plus, aside from 1 person who I didn't want at the wedding anyway, no one else has said anything negative about us requiring vaccines. Everyone has been very supportive/understanding.

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I agree 100%! We won't be mentioning Covid on our invitations or website.

We've asked that everyone have a negative Covid test or are vaccinated but we will be providing and insisting on masks and hand sanitizers. We have quite a few anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists invited so they may decline but we basically just asked that everyone be safe and mindful of others' health and not bring a deadly virus to our nuptials. Mostly everyone is vaccinated and some of us have already Covid so we'd rather be safe than sorry.

Definitely made this decision based off the guests coming and the location (Georgia).

View Quoted Comment While I am not in any way arguing or admonishing you for your choice about not requiring precautions at your wedding, the statement “it’s not like the shot is actually doing anything” is completely inaccurate. Science has actually proven it IS doing something, as have the numbers of those becoming hospitalized. I am actually living proof that it is working. Unfortunately, myself and 23 other members of my family attended an event where there ended up being a Delta positive case. That individual is still hospitalized. Just two members of our family became ill with Covid after that event- they were the only two members who had not been vaccinated. Literally every individual who had been vaccinated did not contract the virus. So to say the shot is not actually doing anything is definitely misguided and minimizing other brides’ safety precautions.

View Quoted Comment It's not my job to pat y'all on the back for dictating other's medical decisions.

View Quoted Comment No one said you should sweetheart. While it is perfectly ok for you to do whatever you want with your own wedding, it is also important to respect other’s choices by not minimizing or mocking other brides’ efforts to keep their guests safe.

View Quoted Comment I'm not disrespecting or mocking your decisions, I'm just stating mine. There's a difference.

View Quoted Comment You’re not JUST stating your decision though. You’re spreading misinformation that the vaccine is not actually doing anything, which like Cece pointed out is not true at all.