November 7th wedding concerns

My wedding is September 6 in Minneapolis, but I live in Chicago and most of my friends are in Chicago. Sooo stressful! My second installment payments are closer to July, but I also plan to contact my vendors to see if my deposit can be transferred if I need to postpone. So far I’ve put down about $12k with deposits, and all of my vendors have worked out a plan where the deposits can be transferred should I need to postpone. Fingers crossed that we won’t have to deal with this, and that you won’t lose any money on the deposits! Where in Chicago are you getting married? Congrats!

We are paying them as usual, if no one pays them they have a higher chance of going bankrupt, we are still paying everyone and if all goes wrong that’s why we have wedding insurance. We created a plan b with our vendors with a date in spring so that if we have to postpone we can and won’t lose any money or our vendors or deposits. We have a 90 day hold with them all and in 90 days we will either send out invites or send out postponments Depending on how everything is going. Making a plan b made me feel so much better and way less stressed. Good luck!

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We tried to get wedding insurance, but it was after this whole pandemic started. Did you get yours prior to? We are unable to get it now. If you have purchased it recently do you mind telling me where its from so I can look into it as well?

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I just spoke with my venue, which is Victoria in the Park, we live in the city and its like 25 minutes away in Mount Prospect. They extended my payment by a month. They said they would contact me May 25th and put a hold on a date for me. If someone wants that date in the future they will call me and ask me if I want to keep 11/07 or if I want the new date. They will do that with no additional cost. She also assured me that they are not closing, and that no one is canceling. Everyone is just postponing. They are also booking new weddings for next year. The call gave me a little more reassurance on everything. I hope you have the same outcomes! This is not what i ever expected wedding planning to be like! Hoping for the best for all of us!

November 2020 bride in Illinois here. We have decided to postpone our wedding until November 2021. So far, all of our vendors, aside from the bakery that is supposed to bake our cake, has been incredibly accommodating. Nobody has required us to put down any more money, and our videographer actually very graciously extended the date to put down our first deposit!! Our baker has refused to move the date for us. She was really honest about it too- she basically said I don’t even know if we will be in business November 2020 with the way things are going right now. I have a feeling there are going to be A LOT of vendors going out of business/filing bankruptcy amid this pandemic. There have already been a few brides here on WeddingWire that have had this happen to them. Personally, I am not giving our vendors another cent until I contractually have to (which, all of them are 2 weeks-2 months prior to the wedding date). We are just putting that money aside in a separate savings account, and will pay everything off at the last minute when it is due. Unfortunately, when businesses are going under and know they are going to file bankruptcy, they try to get as much money out of their customers as possible!

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I am also a November 7th bride in Chicago. As of right now not worried but also I understand the possibility that if this continues then we might have to postpone. I’m bummed about all the bridal activities also that may have to be cancelled.

Also a November 7th bride, but in Iowa. As of right now, we aren't making any decisions about postponing or cancelling and have discussed not doing so until September or October unless it becomes an obvious decision. We don't have anything else due for vendors until early October, so we're just putting what we can into a savings fund. I've talked to a few of our vendors and seen what a few others are doing, and I feel confident that if we had to postpone we would be able to with little issue. I can see both arguments on whether or not to pay at the moment, and if I had to make a payment now I can't say what I would truly do. I do have to say, FH is a lot more confident that we'll have our wedding than I am. Hitting the six month out mark is really making me stress and I've shed a few tears because I'm scared of what might happen.

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Are you continuing to pay your vendors and venue?

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Same, also a lot of pressure from family and outside opinions which are driving me crazy! future MIL has a lot to say about it, and I don't know what to think or say. As if the stress was not enough adding all these opinions to it is driving me crazy!!!

View Quoted Comment Yeah we are still paying them. Everything is still in full swing unless otherwise

My fiance and I are going through the same thing for our November 27th wedding. Our venue will not postpone any payments, and they will not move our date or give us a backup date unless we're willing to lose over $4,000 in deposits. If Governor Pritzker says no weddings over 50 people by the end of September, we can move our date for free, but there will be very limited spots left for 2021. My fiance is willing to wait it out to avoid losing the deposit, but I am so upset and ready to just find another venue and walk away from the $4,000 😔. Good luck to everyone, and I hope your venue is treating you better than ours!!