Hey guys - really need some advice please!!! Sorry for the long post but really need some help.
My wedding is 6/5/21 in FL. We expect less than 100 guests. I reached out to my reception venue a few weeks just to check in and see if they have any regulations we have to follow for COVID and found out they have been closed for parties since we booked back in September!!! The manager told me they are closed at least through February for parties but they have a board meeting 1/26 to assess. It seems that they hold monthly board meetings to discuss the situation. I reached out on 1/27 to see the resolution from the meeting and she responded with “I spoke to our general manager and he said that the Board is probably not going to have us open for private parties through March at this point. We are hopeful for an April opening. I will keep in touch as I learn more.”
I’m really sooooo torn for many reasons and don’t know what to do because it’s up in the air with the venue and I’m not getting concrete answers. The thing I don’t understand is that most venues are open and operating at 100% capacity in FL (whether or not I think they should be doing that is a different story) but then this place just extended their shut down another month and doesn’t even give me a definitive answer as to how they’re basing their decisions, even though I asked. The space is big enough for 300 guests so we were told that social distancing the tables for 100 people should be no problem. I’m not sure what metrics they are looking for as to when they will decide to reopen since people are getting vaccinated now.
I LOVE this venue, it’s my dream venue and we got a good deal but its just really scary because if I wait out until April and they say they’re shut down, that will give me 2 months to see if I can replan EVERYTHING.
What would you do??? Do I just start now and plan it all over again to have something secure or do I wait?
