Anyone else moving their 2021 dates to 2022. Or thinking about it? Here is our thought process for why we moved our date.
I had everything booked by April of this year for our 2021 date. I am now rebooking everyone for 2022. I would say the process is going really well. Only the venue and planner had fees, and they were reasonable. Everyone has been so understanding and for that I am thankful.
Our reasons for postponing:
1) 90% of our guest would have to travel for our wedding. Most of our guest list is in Spain/France and we are getting married in Seattle (where we live). We did not want to put people in the tough spot of having to choose between their health/comfort and our wedding.
2) I am seeing in our state/county that weddings have a ton of restrictions right now. I did not want my 2021 date to come around and pay $$$ for a wedding that was nowhere close to what I was planning. We talked about canceling all together and I felt instantly bummed. I want a nice wedding, so I will wait. I realize my day will not be 100% what I envision, but if its close, that would be wonderful.
3) We've been together 7 years....what's another 2 engaged. LOL.
4) Rebooking vendors now, before sending any save dates, and giving our vendors nearly a year of heads up seemed right. It's been pretty stress-less all things considered. This way our vendors can easily rebook our original date. I think that is why so many are waiving re-booking fees.
5) I see a lot of people saying they will reassess in January on whether they will move their 2021 dates...I wanted to be ahead of that curve.
6) We now have an extra year to save and add some things we originally cut from the budget. We are planning on going all out now! And I'm really excited about that. I am looking at this party as something everyone can really look forward to.
We've decided that if restrictions are still in place in 2022 we will go ahead with the wedding and deal with whatever is happening. We will not postpone past 2022.
I feel confident in our choice. I hate making decisions but this one had too many valid reasons not to do it.
What are your reasons to postpone?