Ladies and Gentlemen,
Our venue at Berlin, NJ just announced that they are rescheduling all weddings that were supposed to take place before May 11th. We were lucky enough to be one of the few first people to call and got a really good date instead of the one we had. Here are a few tips on how you can go about this if you find yourself in a similar situation.
1. Venue:
This is probably your most expensive line item, so it should take priority when it comes to picking a new date. First check your calendar and avoid any dates your friends are getting married on or would not work for you. Then call the hall and try to get about 5 dates available from them that are currently available.
2. Vendors:
Make a list of your vendors where the most important ones should take first place, then the most expensive. For me the DJ and the photographer were what mattered the most to me so those were the first ones I talked to. The rest didn't matter as much to me. Unfortunately my DJ was booked solid on all the days that we were offered by the venue. The Photographer on the other hand had some availability which was very helpful. We wrote down the days he's available and eliminated a few of the days we got from the venue. When that's good move on to the next vendor on your list... and so on and so forth. At some point you need to make the sacrifice and cut off the vendors that can't accommodate the new date that you pick. Fear not - you will find others. Don't let the anxiety get the best of you here.
3. The Guests:
Before you tell your guests make sure you get your closest family and bridal party and friends on board. Don't surprise them when they randomly see the post on Facebook or group chat that you changed things. Let them know that they're special. They will be your support system in this hard time - so treat them like it.
I'm still trying to figure out if there's a way with Wedding Wire where i can reset all my guests to say "Pending" again instead of doing it by hand one by one. I'll keep you posted on this one.
Make sure that before you break the news on any group chat or social media that you have updated your website and had your friends audit it for any mistakes. If you'd like to see ours check out www.marina-hani.com (and let me know if I can word anything a little better).
4. The Honeymoon:
I haven't crossed this bridge yet so I don't have much insight to give you at this point. I can only say that me and my fiance decided that we don't necessarily need to go on our honeymoon right away after the wedding. We're still trying to reschedule it at the end of the summer. Hopefully this will be globally contained by then.
5. Over-all Advice:
An over-all advice is that staying organized and positive is key. Have a list of tasks and if someone offers help, take them up for their word and assign them a task that you think is appropriate for them. As much as today has been so stressful for us, having friends help out with making calls with vendors and churches made things 10 times easier for us. At the end of the day you will get such a cool story about your wedding that will beat anyone else's in your family 
Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns. I may be able to help if I went through it already.
