June 2021

View Quoted Comment We talked with our venue just to feel out postponement policies and they seem pretty flexible. I want to wait to see if we can have our wedding reception this year but don’t want to wait too long and lose out on dates. Our venue said that they actually don’t have many booked summer Saturdays in 2022. Our venue is mostly inside and we’re at capacity with our list. It’s just all so stressful especially since we don’t want to cut down our list. Thanks for the words of support!

6 or my 167 guests are already vaccinated and it’s only the first week of January. I’m hopeful that by then most people will have had the opportunity to get the vaccine. So yes moving forward and willing to downsize.

I’m a June Illinois bride too! Monday, June 28, 2021. Were still planning ahead full steam. We’ve planned for only 50 guests maximum however. We’ve invited 50 and we’ll see who all shows up. Our ceremony is currently outside and reception inside at the same place. My venue can convert our reception to outside too if needed. No matter what we’re getting married June 28th regardless of who shows up.

I’ve had the same inner turmoil since the new year hit! Same date, outside ceremony inside reception. Currently waiting to see how things will play out but both of our families need to fly from various coasts and I just don’t want to pay for it all if we can’t have all of our loved ones there. Hang in there!

View Quoted Comment We’ve been together for 11 years this April so our friends and family have been waiting for this for so long. We also can’t imagine not having our people around us so we don’t want to downsize. But like you said, we don’t want to inconvenience anyone. We’re thinking we’ll make the decision about postponing by February-March. April at the latest. Best of luck to you date twin!

Hi Everyone!!!

Yes our date is set for June 19th, 2021 and we still do plan to move forward with our wedding. We've discussed different options with our venue in accomating the 175 people we have set and are also coming up with plan B. But regarldess there will be a wedding this year for us too!

Hi Sydney!
First off congrats on your upcoming wedding!
Second, I also live in IL, and my original wedding was set for 11-22-20, moved to 01-03-21, then finally 08-22-21 due to the increasing restrictions in our region. I have friends and family that are getting married in April 21 and May 21 and still chugging along. As someone who has gone through postponing twice now, all I can suggest is to have Plan B and Plan C, just in case. We decided to postpone one month out from each date, because that was when a lot of final payments were due. We have almost everything paid for, but I didn't feel comfortable making the very large final payments with so much uncertainty. In regards of when to postpone, I think 4-6 weeks out is plenty of time to notify all vendors and quests, and with everything going on, everyone will be understanding I'm sure.

I have a June 12 wedding in Illinois as well. I hope Vaccines will make things safe enough to have people at the wedding

We're end of June this year and we're leaning toward rescheduling to early summer 2022. We've place a back up date with all of our vendors just this week and will make the final call in March. We're in Virginia where things are OK - but we don't want a climate where things are just "ok." We don't want to put anyone in an uncomforable situation putting their safety in jeopardy or questioning attending. However, this was our original date, so I totally understand folks who already rescheduled once and don't want to do it a second time!

Hey Sydney, I am also an Illinois bride with June 12th for our date. And my fiance and I have had several conversations on canceling the reception and just getting married in the church with immediate family attending. As we are new homeowners, its hard for me to imagine spending more money planning different parts of the reception and all when it can all be canceled at any time. I just dont know how its going to go over with our vendors if we go to tell them we are canceling because of covid. If we will get our deposit refunded or not. We still want to do something after with immediate family and a few friends maybe in our backyard or just outside in general. Its definitely become a hard pill to swallow that our day won't be what we initially wanted it to be. But I want to sit down and figure out what's important to us for our wedding day and find ways to incorporate those important things in our small scale day.

June 20th wedding here, outdoor ceremony, indoor reception. I have days of optimism thinking it's totally possible and if people aren't comfortable they won't come. Masks will probably be an unfortunate part of the party and we'll have to switch to plated dinners instead of buffet but it'll be great. More often than not though I'm fairly certain we'll have to postpone again because making a decision in April when vaccines are only just starting to be distributed to the general public (as in not essential workers or high risk people) is rough. I'm not ready for a repeat of the emotional rollercoaster of deciding to postpone last spring. Trying really hard to avoid making decisions until we have to.

I hope the spring weddings work out for all of us this year!

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I feel the same way! Some days I keep planning and feel optimistic that we will be okay with masks as one of the only adjustments we'll have to make. Other days (most days) I feel incredibly overwhelmed, sad, angry, and frustrated that our wedding plans just won't happen. Like you, I am starting to feel less and less optimistic. My family and my fiance's family are very close as well as our groups of friends. We just can't imagine cutting down our guests lists. We've also been together since high school so many of our friends and family have been waiting to celebrate with us (as well as us with them!) I think that we'll make our postponement decision in March but am hoping that gives us enough time to actually secure a date for 2022. I'm hoping all of you are holding up okay because I'm sure not (it is stressful but I know everything will be okay).

We had a tiny wedding with just me, him, and our parents in June 2020. We moved our wedding celebration from June 2020 to September 2021. Hoping most of our guests (85 ppl) will have the opportunity to be vaccinated by then. It’s something I will be requiring, as my husband’s grandparents are both in their 90s and I don’t think risking their lives is ok.

I’m getting married June 5th, 2021 and I live in WA State. We have had pretty tight restrictions this whole time during covid and I hope with all the vaccinations and being out of “flu” season that it will be enough to lift some restrictions so I can have more than 30 people at my wedding. I’m hopeful, but also just rolling with it as time goes on. It sucks but at the end of the day I’ll be marrying my person! Can’t wait forever ya know!

June 13th bride in NC. I was feeling the same back in January, but we are to still have our wedding and reception!

How about you?

View Quoted Comment Illinois has come out with a Bridged Reopening Plan before reopening completely which is projected to begin by next week! In this phase, social events like weddings can be held indoors up to 250 people! We should be good now! A lot of our guests are also going to be fully vaccinated.

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NC just went to 100 indoors and 200 outdoors. Although, technically, since it's a religious ceremony, we can have as many as we want for the outdoor ceremony. He said he doesn't anticipate for there to be any mass gathering restrictions after June 1, so we went through and invited our total 120. We'll see!

But that's great! A good portion of us will be vaccinated too. I was able to get mine at the end of January. All my bridesmaids are at least one dose in! My mom can't get vaccinated due to some other health concerns, but she's quarantining!