July ( or Summer) 2020 Brides!

Here in Arizona, we have started to reopen. Our venue said we are still good to go June 19. And most of our guests have confirmed their attendance. So, we are good at this point.

These are all great suggestions and things to think about. So sorry for everyone else going through the same situation. We will get through this, whether it be downsizing, private ceremonies, or rescheduling.

Hi all! July 18 wedding here in VA and at the beach (semi-destination wedding, 3 hour drive, although some guests live out of state). Our governor has a ban till June 10th, but elective surgeries are opening now, and looks like we will start May 8th into Phase 1. The hope is we will be at least in phase 2 by July. We told guests we will let them know by June what we plan to do, but in the background we are planning a 50 person wedding to meet the potential guidelines. If the bans lift then we might just invite maybe like 10 more people but we won’t go back to the 150 unless the virus is gone by June which seems unlikely at this moment. We are holding on and hoping for the best. We can’t imagine our wedding being at the beach, and the beaches are all closed for the summer and hard to imagine restaurants at half capacity, but who knows. We got 2 1/2 months to go.

View Quoted Comment I had the same thoughts...we are in IL but have been closely watching the Indiana announcement where if things go smoothly 250 people or less will be allowed after July 4th BUT with social distancing protocol still in place. Not sure how that would work at a wedding besides people sitting 6ft apart during the ceremony. Does that just mean no reception - can’t imagine having to social distance for a dinner and dancing?? Hoping us brides get some more clarity around that sooner rather than later!

View Quoted Comment Hi Aprestin, that is such interesting questions you pose about social distancing a large group of people. For 50 people it’s doable for sure. We will have less people at each table and less people near each other and staggered at the ceremony. Families that live together can sit together, so that helps! Love more clarity please do share is your gear anything!

View Quoted Comment Lauren, we are date twins!!! And we are doing the same, planning for 50 but invited 150 originally. And a drive by shower! How cool! Curious to more about you ideas!? We were going to maybe have 10 guests spread out in our backyard for our shower with no food but some beverages lol but have no idea how that would work. We will have to cancel our full co-Ed shower, it was at a brewery with cool outside area and would have been so much fun.

View Quoted Comment Sasha, I’m in agreement with you. Our date was scheduled for July 25, 2020 but due to so much uncertainty with this thing and so many factors to consider we postponed to next year. Honestly, I feel so relieved that we decided to postpone it. I don’t want to risk putting anyone’s health at sake on the count of our wedding. My heart and conscious wouldn’t be able to live with it. Im in NC and over half of our guests are coming from NY, NJ, Philly and ATL. That’s too many people wanting to celebrate with us but scared to travel and take that risk.

View Quoted Comment I have a good friend in Mount Juliet.


Yes, Memphis has their own phases. Of course it’s all very confusing. We want to make sure we are protecting our guest and vendors.
I think this month is going to very telling. If we have another spike then we have to postpone.

View Quoted Comment We contacted our photographer to see her comfort level too. I don’t mind a tiny 50 person crowd but I still would like to have a reception. If we have to then we will postpone.


Fingers crossed for you that by July you can have your day.

Hey! I’m also a July 11th bride. We are still holding our wedding and just sent out our invites on Thursday. We live in Indiana and have guests coming from many states. Here in Indiana based on the timeline that our governor gave by July most social distances will be off and a group of 250 will be allowed. We figured our guests that now show may be limited but we will understand any that can’t or don’t feel comfortable coming. Looking forward to everything opening so I can finally finish putting everything together. Good Luck!!!

Hello my wedding is aug 22, in California. Apparently from what the governor says shelter in place should end July. Which is very close to my wedding month. I’m very nervous to postpone. If I change my date I pay 2k fee to change the date and if I don’t I wait and see what happens. But if I wait I might have to get married during the week in 2021 or if I want a specific date I will have to get married 2022. Such a hard decision. Not knowing what to do.

We live in Florida and ate keeping our wedding date. The only part of Florida that has been affected the most in South Florida and that's because New Yorkers flew down! We do have guests traveling but are planning on cutting our list down to just family. Our original list was 97. Plus I doubt everyone would come anyway. Places here open back up tomorrow, but I'm sure it won't change much because people were still out even with places being shut down... Our venue opens back in two weeks and they aren't concerned about our guest count so technically we are able to have how ever many we want but just want to cut it down so our guests feel safe and financial reasons. I'm not sure if places/states will be able to have gatherings of a 100 by July. Do you think all of your guests would really come?

We are in Texas and phase 1 of reopening started Friday. We are set for 7/25 and as it stands we plan to have the wedding unless it's not allowed. If they will allow 50 total we will move forward. If it's the 10 rule we'll get married with our parents and kids and have the party next year. I would skip the party in that case but we can't get out of the contract and I hate to see the $16k we gave the vendor, $2k for photographer, the $2800 for my dress with alterations (ridiculous, I know! I bought it as a sample in my size, the alterations are almost $1300!!) , and all of the other incidentals. And then I worry that the venue could go out of business......We wait. I say move forward if at all possible. I'm guessing the guest limit will be 50, maybe 100 if we are all lucky.

I’m also planning on a July 11th wedding. Mines in NC though. They will start phase one on May 8th. All of our guests will be traveling from at least South Carolina. Most of our bridal party is traveling at least 6 hours.
I want to reschedule but my parents are trying to ride it out and I don’t want to cause any drama. They’re refusing to make any changes or cut down on guests because they don’t believe the virus is that serious.

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I do not think it is ridiculous at all to be upset and feel this is not fair! Trust me, I have my moments of feeling like that as well. Yes, our weddings are "small" in the grand scheme of things, but being upset and stressed that our wedding may not go as planned is okay and not selfish. This is something most of us have dreamed of since little girls...finally finding our princes...all of the planning that takes place for OUR day! So frustrating.

View Quoted Comment Thank you. I keep seeing people referring to brides as selfish for wanting to get married like it isn’t a huge, life changing event. It takes so much to plan a wedding and to have it taken from you with little notice is devastating.

View Quoted Comment We are also in CA, getting married in August. Governor just announced today that Phase 2 will begin end of this week. We are hopeful by end of June Phase 3 (weddings allowed) will begin. Saying our prayers and remaining hopeful!

View Quoted Comment Jill,
Let’s cross our fingers that this counties to get better and we can have our weddings. Thanks for sharing with me.

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That's because they don't get it--it is easy for them to say when they aren't in this situation. Trust me, though, you aren't alone!

View Quoted Comment July 18th also! We kept our wedding date. We are just downsizing too.