Just being honest

Hi Steph, we're Sept 4 and also still have a lot of the planning left too (running behind due to cross-country relocation a couple months ago). We have booked the venue, photographer, flowers, and HMUA. I agree completely that things probably won't return to normal-normal for quite some time, especially with a vaccine not expected until early next year. For us, it makes sense to postpone and/or abandon our original vision/venue altogether and host something more intimate at home when travel restrictions have lifted (all of my guests would have to fly to our venue or home). We've already contacted our venue to see about refunds/postponement.

We change our whole plans , we decided to do a elopement. My original date for Oct. 24th, 2020 but we change it to May 15th, 2021. I have a strong feeling that will be too hectic when this thing is over. With everyone making appointments, booking dates, and shopping, I feel that somethings might get confusing for vendors. Like you said, some people still may be too nervous to come out. That's why we decided to just have a planned elopement.

Good Luck and Best Wishes

View Quoted Comment Yea exactly. We barely have anything planned just the DJ and my hair and makeup were the only down payments. We are getting married in a church and need special classes so that will take a while as well

View Quoted Comment Yes that sounds like a good plan !

We're doing our reception in September in Sacramento and our DW in Jamaica in October. We're keeping everything as planned. But, we also had our vendors locked in last year for the reception and already paid off the DW in January. We started planning over 3 years ago. Both my wedding and reception dresses and shoes were already purchased. The only thing left is alterations and the wedding party attire. We'll be done paying our vendors all off by June, so we're just coasting.

My wedding was supposed to be yesterday. We were forced to cancel/postpone and finally received our new date of October 3rd. I sincerely hope that things will be okay by October and if we are forced to postpone again we will outright cancel because I dont want to go through this all over again.

Hi Steph,

I think it's great that you've set a deadline to postpone. Very proactive! The previous comments on this thread are also helpful.

As you may have seen already, WeddingWire recently published an article on How to Pivot Your Wedding Planning Amid the Coronavirus Crisis. There are additional resources that may be helpful in Our COVID-19 Weddings Advice Guide, such as:

Wedding Planning Guilt Is Real Right Now—Here's How to Avoid It

How to Use Quarantine to Your Wedding-Planning Advantage

I hope everything works out for your October (or June '21) wedding!