Guests hugging/kissing bride and groom during Covid.

I agree with Sarah, even if you posted it on your wedding website, or included it in the details cards with invites, you're bound to have guests that want to hug you.

I've seen weddings that had different colored bracelets for guests to wear and each color signified your comfort level. Red was no touching, 6 ft away from me please. Yellow for fine with close distance speaking but no touching, Green was good for everything, close distance and touching. It would be an added expense, but could possibly help?

Hello ! I think I wouldn't openly "negate" the hugging.. I would say in the speech something aboute the idea in general - that you would love to hug and kiss everybody, unfortunately there's covid, etc... I went to a wedding yesterday and there wasn't any person who wouldn't be aware of the fact that it's normal not to show affection in the time of pandemic... I would trust my guests I think.

I think the only way to get people to not hug you is to come right out and say that you aren't accepting hugs. Hinting and hoping are not going to make a dent in the people who are excited to celebrate with you. And many guests will definitely not feel that a thank you speech is a good substitute for table visits/some other way of actually interacting with you.

Our reception was yesterday. We were also outside, in a low risk area, and most of our guests were vaccinated. I walked around with my bouquet during cocktail hour, which made it easier to kind of block people. To anyone who was really trying to hug me or shake my hand, I said, "I'm not touching people. It's nothing personal, I just don't want to touch 140 people." Most people understood, a few did air kisses. I did hug a few close friends before they left at the end of the night.