July 2020 Weddings

View Quoted Comment Go for it girl! If they gave you the go then do it. Your guests are adults and can make their own conscious decisions!

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We're in the same boat. We want our venue to cancel but they are holding out saying they will be able to have 250 people by August. I think that's absolutely not happening. Has your venue communicated when they would make a decision by?

View Quoted Comment They have not communicated when they’ll make a decision by. I spoke to them yesterday and they said they’ll be opening in phase 4 (I’m in NY) but they don’t have a date and they’re unaware of what the restrictions will look like by then so they don’t have any safety plan or measures put in place. It’s a crappy position to be in because at this point, my family doesn’t exactly feel comfortable being part of a large gathering and plenty of my guests are considered high risk. I don’t want to put anyone in danger and also be the first weddings to be held as an experiment and then people end up getting sick. I also don’t want to be held liable for the contract. Right now, they’re relaxing the minimum requirement and monitoring the situation. We will see what happens

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That's crazy..I'm in Maryland and I'm dealing with similar issues. Despite my state reopening and moving into Phase I, my county and where my venue is has decided they are not ready to move into Phase I, the Governor is leaving it up to the individual county's. My fiance's family is from NJ/NY so we have been following that region closely as well. They also made it clear they are not comfortable coming to a wedding of 200 people in August. But as of right now group sizes are still limited to no more than 10 in Maryland (not sure about NY), but if it's only 10..and it's almost the end of May, I don't see large gatherings being allowed anytime soon.

Absolutely, you shouldn't be an experiment. Your day should be absolutely amazing and what you want it do be. Just that thought about "what if" someone is sick or infects people shouldn't be worried about. I hope for you that they cancel on you. Our venue is currently giving weddings through June the option to postpone or cancel without penalty.

NJ just outlined its phased re-opening but with no timeline posted - we're in phase one.

I wish there was more specific information, i.e., dates!

The good news is that as long as health indicators continue to improve (the infection/attack rate , hospitalizations, icu/ventilator use all drop) testing expands, and people comply with safeguards we can progress through the stages.

But the question looms - will that happen by July?????

fingers crossed.

View Quoted Comment We decided 2 weeks ago to postpone our July 25 wedding to next year... heart broken and in mourning. We are still doing a ceremony but this isn’t how it was supposed to be (in WI and 2 days before the state opened 🙈)

View Quoted Comment I decided on Monday to postpone the entire thing until July 24, 2021. Extremely heart broken as well, but trying to look at the positives.

Hi Edith! We’re having a destination wedding as well (sort of). It’s in VA but we have a lot of people coming from out of town with different rates of infection in their areas. We posted a notice for my guests that highlighted reasons for them to consider if they wanted to attend. I even addressed some questions in an FAQ section on our website. We made it clear that we don’t want anyone to feel obligated to come out and that we are excited to celebrate with them again after all of this blows over.

Iowa is opening wedding venues Friday at 50% capacity! ❤️

We have decided to postpone our July wedding. We are thinking this October. I’m kind of scared to pick a new date and have to cancel it again. We live in Florida, but in the Panhandle. Honestly, things are opening back up fairly quickly. Beaches, restaurants, most retail, and even gyms are open with some restrictions though. This gives me some sort of hope than maybe we will be ok in October? One of the reasons why we don’t want to or can’t really push it out to next year is because my fiancé is in the military and it’s nearly impossible to plan that far ahead, like a wedding next July. We don’t know if he will be around then. So we are trying to stay positive and hope we will be able to have our ceremony and reception this fall.


For you whoever is postponing your wedding, are you choosing a new date that is meaningful to you guys or is it a random day? July 3rd was very special and meaningful to us, so I’m having a hard time just choosing some random weekend in October/November.

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So I don't live in Iowa but read through that. Despite being open at 50% capacity, they still have to require 6 feet of Social Distancing...which to me just doesn't seem realistic. But that's just my opinion. We are inviting 200 people to our wedding..and I just can't see how my venue would be able to make the accommodation. Does Iowa still not have a 10 person limit? Although my state is starting to reopen, we still have a maximum group size of 10 and even that is discouraged.

View Quoted Comment Yes, it’ll still requires 6 feet social distancing and no more than 6 per table and no buffets. We cut our guest list from 320 to 120 and the dinner is now plated instead of buffet. The 10 person limit doesn’t apply for the wedding venue. Our venue is large enough to accommodate the social distancing. We will still offer the wedding guests who aren’t comfortable coming to watch via zoom.

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That's interesting. I live in Maryland, so my governor seems to be very cautious in opening and limiting the size of groups. Your state is also allowing gatherings of that size already? That seems so crazy. Again, I don't know anything about Iowa and what has been going on there as far as cases. But it's nice you are offering that over Zoom. My wedding is at the end of August and I am anxious to postpone. I just don't feel comfortable having that many people together, even if they were to say they could social distance everything. Best of luck to you and I hope your day is everything you want it to be!

View Quoted Comment I know, we were fully expecting to have to guest list down to 50 or even 10. But I guess this could all be the same in a year or two years and we decided to just move ahead taking all the recommended precautions. Postponing really wasn’t an option for us so it was now or just cancel (which our venue was allowing us to do up until then Wednesday before for a full refund). As of now, we are proceeding. It’s such a hard decision and I hate that we are even having to worry about all this. Good luck with your big day, it will be beautiful no matter what. ❤️

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Absolutely, you never know what things will be like over the next couple years without a vaccine. It's just interesting to see how other states are handling it. Being in a densely populated area for myself, also plays into it I assume. I totally get it, if you aren't able to postpone then you do what you can. It really is such a hard decision..crazy so many of us are having to make it. But best of luck to you and I'm excited for you that your day gets to go on.

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Hi Taylor

I absolutely understand your heartache.

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Same date and we postponed to next year as well. I'm in Milwaukee but it seems there is just no clear guideline with what will happen with gatherings. It's heartbreaking, but I have felt so much relief to just make the decision and stop worrying about it. Hugs to you!

I was also a 7/18 bride but have now postponed to 7/17/21. I was trying to hold out but my fiancé convinced me that being in Northern NJ, it was probably easier to postpone. I was pretty torn up about it but I am finding the bright side. I was able to hire a snack truck that I wouldn't have been able to book this year. I also have more time to improve my DIY'd centerpieces.

I hope things improve for anyone still holding out. I keep wondering if I really made the right decision.

I'm from Ohio and it was announced today that as of June 1st you can have wedding receptions up to 300 people, they just need to follow restaurant orders. We're July 11th, so we're super excited to still have our wedding We're inviting 200 but are expecting around 150 since we don't think people from out of state are coming.

Hey, I live in Miami and we are going forward with our July 11th wedding. We are in phase 1 of reopening. Our original plan was to invite 140 guests, but worst case scenario we would just have our family and closest friends, which would be around 50 or 60. I think everything would be better by July. Good luck!