Mass brides 2021

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Thank you! I hope everything works out for you as well!
You're right, we need weddings and celebrations and gatherings of love more than ever.

Covid brides gotta stick together!

View Quoted Comment I’m in Salisbury on beach also 8/21/21 they seem to be flexible she said flexible with payments but didn’t state exactly what was expected so I’m hoping I don’t have to pay for it until we are in the clear but that’s doubtful I’ll have backyard wedding if still no dancing or cocktail hour I can’t give that up without the dancing it’s not a wedding celebration it’s just an expensive gathering and all vendors booked and payments started so don’t want to lose that too
they are willing to give second date as plan c but I’m not sure I want that

View Quoted Comment Thank you yes we do! Baker needs to open things up sooner than later

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Yes!!! We traveled up two weeks ago to celebrate what should've been our wedding day (even though we weren't supposed to cause we were supposed to quarantine for 2 weeks)

It's annoying cause I'm from MA and that's where my whole family is, but now I live in Pittsburgh with my FH and that's where his family is from so we have a lot of people traveling. Praying everything is better by the spring!

@Coutney you venue closed? For good? I have not booked anything yet bc my fiancé and I are nervous too. We are trying to next Sept or Oct hopefully things are better and restrictions are loosened. I did trim my guest list a bit in anticipation of needing a smaller crowd. I think your best bet is trying to do an outdoor wedding. You can always look into NH or CT to see what restrictions they have.

View Quoted Comment Are you in MA? If you haven’t booked anything for next late summer/fall you might have some trouble finding available vendors. We ran into some real issues finding a venue & a photographer for September 2021, & we were looking in June. Granted, we were looking at traditional venues in popular areas! But just a heads up.

View Quoted Comment Yes we are in mass I have venue and all vendors booked except cake and transportation but venue is in MA at beach and indoors so it’s not doing weddings right now I’m praying opens up by spring

View Quoted Comment I know I have to book things soon. I am talking to a venue now who had availability, and i do need to hit up some photographers soon

View Quoted Comment If you need any recommendations I have all vendors booked if you need ideas

I'm right they're with you! July 16th 2021 is our date and I'm very nervous that it won't happen. Just keeping my fingers crossed for the best I guess!

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I know girl I’m feeling the same way. Wanted to have my wedding in Bermuda but due to Covid I think it’s better to just stay in MA. I heard all different things from vendors in regards to rescheduling due to covid. At least we are all in the same position!

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I feel like I'm in the same boat as you! I need to dance and celebrate! If feels like a domino at this point, and I don't want to keep planning for back up dates . Very stressful. I think the winter/spring will be telling for us!

View Quoted Comment Yes exactly it has to get better then right!?! Let’s go spring!

View Quoted Comment Yes definitely not alone and it’s nice to be able to talk get advice and hear from others in the same position it makes it a little easier

We were supposed to be married last month but have push to June 2021. Thankfully my
Venue and vendors could reschedule and I didn’t lose any deposits! We made the call and are cutting our reception down from 90 to 40 just because current MA regulations are 50 max outside(including vendors!). We didn’t want the stress of a moving target with how many people our venue can have. We already decided post pandemic and vaccine we can have a big party at a bar with friends/family we won’t be able to invite to the wedding 2.0.
Definitely take some time to figure out your plan. Also let your guests know that it may be touch and go. It’s not easy but we found that it helped us once we told everyone what situation was facing, everyone was understanding!

I'm in Massachusetts. I actually got married in August 2020, but because of covid we rescheduled the reception we planned to have to July 2021. July felt really far away when we chose it. I know things will change between now and then, and we could be in a much better place, but at this point I feel like we'll be very lucky if that event goes on as planned.

We sent our save the dates in late December and officially rescheduled in May after the initial reopening plans were announced and our venue gave the option to postpone. We got married in my parents' backyard on our original date with only our immediate families, officiant, and photographer present.
We had signed contracts with all of our vendors by January, which felt great until March, when everything kind of fell apart.
We made lists of everything that we thought could happen, and decided what we'd do in each scenario (if we're only allowed to have 10/25/100 people, if our venue had canceled on us, etc). It made it a lot easier to make a decision when it was time to, which was around the time we planned to order the invitations.
Things are obviously different now, but it might be helpful for you to think of those things, plus how important having a bar and/or dancing are to you, and whether or not you think requiring your guests to wear masks is a problem.
I think the fact that we decided early on that we were going to get married 8/8/20 no matter what else was going on made it easier to handle making changes when we had to, and I know it's made it easier not to stress about whether our 2021 reception will happen. Since we're already married, even if we have to postpone the celebration again (or romaine what, exactly, it looks like) we're not putting our lives on hold for it, so it doesn't come with nearly enough pressure.
Since you haven't sent your save the dates yet, I'd recommend only sending them to the people you would never cut from your list because that will leave you with more options for changing your plans.
That was I longer response than I planned to write, but basically, it will help lower your stress levels if you make back up plans that you know you can be happy with, get married on the day you planned to (or sooner?), and involve as few people as possible.
Also, it seems like you have all of your vendors, but if anyone else in Massachusetts needs recommendations, I love mine and would be happy to share their information!

View Quoted Comment Thank you so much we have a lot to discuss in the up coming weeks so we are prepared for February appointment for next venue payment so fingers crossed it stops in spring and we can celebrate like We always dreamed to
my fiancé and I are ok with backyard wedding just have to figure out food and alcohol all over again and rent a lot of stuff not ideal but it’s something

We have an outdoor venue (Glen Magna Farms) and right now they are doing 50 guest weddings. We’re planning for a backup and cutting our guest list to the top 50, only sending invitations to those guests unless we hear restrictions loosen up.


Does anyone know if open bar and dancing is allowed? From what I gather on the internet, it doesn’t seem like it we are trying to think of other ways we might entertain guests if there can’t be dancing.