May weddings

My wedding was scheduled for the same day. We decided to postpone to September 5. My main concern with waiting was that guests may be booking their travel plans and would potentially not be able to get refunds if we were forced to postpone.

I also didn't want to put anyone in an uncomfortable position if they didn't feel like it was safe for them to travel.

If most of your guests wouldn't need to fly, it probably wouldn't hurt to wait to make the call. It would maybe be a good idea to send your guests an update with your plan (whether it's to postpone or wait it out).

Best of luck!!

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I also have May 30th booked. That date was chosen because I am about to graduate (actually graduation is cancelled) and I wanted to have our wedding perfectly timed in between graduation and not having to request time off when I start looking for jobs.

I am SUPER STRESSED about this whole virus thing... my wedding party and guests said they are happy to do whatever we need, and my venue has said we can postpone. I'm holding out but I'm also wondering if the stress will just go away if I rebook.... But if I rebook and learn later that I didn't have to that would also be frustrating. Oh well. I'm probably going to wait until April before I make a move... Good luck ladies

My wedding was scheduled for May 22 and we've been waiting for a year and a half. We reached out to our venue and vendor asking what the plan was and they said they're postponing all weddings from March to May. We chose a new date and postponed til August..

Since we've been waiting and love our wedding date we are thinking of doing a small intimate wedding with just our immediate family for May 22 hoping that we can get our marriage license in April if the municipal offices open again.

Hello!

We're the end of May for our wedding (May 30). We are getting married in Indiana. Right now we are waiting to see what happens.

That being said, our venue wants us to postpone, but is willing to wait and see. They did offer to let us do a small 15 person wedding on our scheduled date and then postpone the reception and full ceremony to another date without an additional cost. So that's a possibility.

Just keep in mind, that I think A LOT of people are going through the same fears, anxiety, sadness, disappointment, etc. right now when it comes to wedding planning. I AM. Don't feel bad about having those feelings. It's natural and I suggest sharing those feelings with someone close to you. I talked to my fiance about all of it and feel way better.

Hope this helps! Good luck!

Our wedding was scheduled for May 8th but we postponed to July 17th. As sad as it was to have the change the date, we felt like we had no choice.

I'm May 10th - were still trying to hold out. Our venue emailed us a week ago saying that they as postponing all weddings until May 31st. They only gave us an option of Monday or Thursday postponed date from Sept-Dec. We were upset, angry, literally every emotion possible. They emailed us the next day saying they are still holding our original date in May, but we have a date in September saved.

I just don't know what to do. All of our guests are traveling to us. We aren't ready to cancel yet because we have no idea what could happen. I don't want to cancel and it be fine, and our venue open up our date at a discounted rate to couples. I will be SO upset.

For those of you that are getting married on May 16 or before, I keep reading about people waiting to pull the plug. My question is how long are you waiting to pull the plug? What about your vendors that have month out pay in full dates? Would you sufficiently be able to pull together the rest of your wedding let's say May 1-May 15? I just feel like spending all of this time in limbo does't allow me to plan the wedding that I want. I can't move forward with vendors or guests without knowing if the wedding will happen or not, and waiting until early May is really late. Many of my vendors said they would work with me to postpone, but the longer you wait the less of a chance you have of their dates still being open. It is a horrible situation!!!

Hi! We're from New York and unfortunately had to make the difficult decision to postpone because of the ban. Our wedding was scheduled for May 8th and now we are getting married on July 17th. I'm still stressed out because I don't know what it's going to be like by then but am trying to remain as positive and optimistic as I can be! To all my fellow brides to be...stay safe and healthy!

I'm not personally going through this, but I've had a few of my vendors contact me to verify things for my date because LOTS of people are rescheduling already. That just makes it harder for you to reschedule if you wait too long because all the dates are being filled by people getting married on their original, first-choice dates along with everyone rescheduling. Booking is going to get harder and harder the longer you wait, and none of the scientists with professional training on the matter think this is going away anytime soon. I'd stay on the side of caution here and reschedule sooner rather than later!

Andrea my wedding was scheduled for May 9th and we had to postpone until June 20, 2020; this past week has been horrible but by His grace we were able to work with all vendors and all worked out in our favor but I understand how you're feeling whole heartily and hope that everything work out for you guys. Be safe and hope you and your FH will be able to celebrate your special day with friends and family and everyone is safe.

Hi there, so sorry you are going through this too, you're not alone! I've just posted a lengthy message regarding this issue. I think it would really help you to read it.

https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-forums/june-couples-postponing-due-to-covid-19-encouragement/e2e6a03e5635af33.html

All the best,

Natalie

May 30th wedding, and I rescheduled mine for September 5th, 2020. I wanted to make sure my guests were safe for my wedding. Also the ban in my state for 50 or less is a week before my wedding and there are rumors that they are extending it. So I figured, why stress about it, I'll just postpone.

Date Twins! We are still getting married on the 16th with a few family members and moving the reception to August! Good Luck!

We were scheduled for 5/30 and made the difficult decision this week to postpone until next spring. Our state banned gatherings of >10 people until at least 4/30 and has closed public schools through 5/15. There is no way we would be allowed to have a 150 person wedding by then. They aren't go to lift bans on large gatherings all at once. Plus a large portion of our guest list is elderly or from out of town. After being engaged for two years our hearts are set on our original date, so we will have a very small ceremony with just family that day. Next spring we will have the ceremony and reception we had planned for this year when it is hopefully safe for everyone! Lots of tears were shed...LOTS, but now that everything is rescheduled my anxiety has gone way down.

View Quoted Comment Thank you to everyone for your replies, as much as this hurts me, FH and I have decided to postpone until November 😥 hopefully by then this will all be over. I feel like if I keep waiting my anxiety and stressing will only get worst. I wish nothing more than to marry my best friend and It will happen even if i have to wait a couple more months 😊 Good luck to anyone still waiting to make this decision, it's hard but unfortunately one we all have to make.

Today, we officially postponed our May 30 wedding to August 16. I already feel extremely relieved (after crying and stressing for several weeks). I am just praying things are at least better by August.