October 2020 Weddings

My wedding is in September of 2020, I am not worried at all. The peak is coming it depends on your state. Our state was just updated to occur April 17th. The 2nd wave everyone is going to be more prepared for. I just read the Dr. Fauci doesn't anticipate us needing to do mitigation efforts that we currently have to occur again. Yes there will be changes in how we live a normal life. Maybe we shouldn't have been living how we were living; it took stores this long to start wiping down carts and self checkouts? Maybe that should be just something that they do no matter what after each person checks out. I would try to stop watching the news, I only watch a little in the AM to catch the weather. If you are concerned about traveling, I would suggest going somewhere locally. We have always planned to do a long weekend in a resort town north of us; we have our hotel booked. It's up to you if you want to postpone, I think it's too early to make any type of decision like that. Have some faith that things will get better. Good luck

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Thank you for the information and positive out look! Yes, we are doing our best to stay positive that things will get better and we can continue as planned. I'm mostly worried about others getting here and back home safely. No decisions are being made at this point, just trying to stay informed and prepared to make changes, if needed. We have some 'local' ideas for a honeymoon...FH doesn't like flying anyhow. So ideally, the closer the better.

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I don't like flying either due issues of not doing well in enclosed spaces like airplanes. I would try to find some place that has something interesting to do in. For us, we picked a town that I have gone to religiously for my family vacations. We are staying at a place downtown by restaurants, shopping and bars. I totally understand putting safety and health first, a lot of my FH's family works in health care in upstate New York (by the Canadian border) but I talked to his aunt the other day and things are looking better for them. They aren't in the thick of it obviously, but she feels good and so does the rest of the family about traveling. We live in Wisconsin so it's a long drive or plane ride to us. Maybe reach out to some who are traveling to see how they are feeling about the situation and if they would feel comfortable traveling.

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That sounds fun. Are you at all nervous (for lack of better word) that going to place you are so familiar with won't make your honeymoon feel like a honeymoon? We are in Vegas so we may explore Tahoe or somewhere in Northern California since I'm from San Diego, we won't go there. We really wanted to go to Seattle, or Portland. We'll see. I was going to start reaching out to them in a week or so to get their thoughts. Most of them are my FH's cousins who are like his siblings (he's an only child). He and his family would be upset if they weren't able to come.

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Honestly no. Because even though I have been going there since I was a young child, I think that things are different when you travel with your spouse or SO compared to your family. Plus I always feel like I find something new when I go there. Another thing is my FH has only been there 2 times probably 3 by the time we go there in October for our honeymoon; so for him it's a new experience every time. For me it's enjoyable to see him have that experience so it's like I am too. (I am so not sure if that makes any sense). I totally understand where your FH is coming from as far as his cousins are concerned; only child here too. So I understand the significance of wanting them there.

Hello! I live in Florida and our wedding is in October, so far we haven’t changed any plans but we have our options open, just because a lot of family members including our selves have been laid off from work. We want all our family & friends there but we know things can be a little difficult during this time.

We are getting married October 16th and as of right now I’m not worried. We are still plugging away at wedding planning while keeping an eye on the news and what’s happening in our state. We didn’t plan on doing a honeymoon this year so we still aren’t going to do one until later on 🤞🏼. Just trying to keep the faith and stay positive!

View Quoted Comment I understand what you mean with your FH. I think my FH feels that way when we go to Chicago. He’s done it all. But I’m still learning the ropes. Good luck to you!! Thank you for your comments and suggestions!

View Quoted Comment Totally understand that! It may be hard for others to travel with all these layoffs and such. Good luck!

View Quoted Comment Thank you!! You too!!

NYC, September 19th here. Definitely thinking of a Plan B, but to be honest, it's kind of too early to take any action (which is tough for me).

Obviously we're in the thick of it here, and peaking very soon if not now. That still does nothing to help us understand how long social distancing will be, if there will be any bans on gatherings over 100 or 200... or how people will feel about coming to our wedding in September. I'm kind of kicking myself because we were so close to choosing 10/10, but as the evening reception is outside, we thought the warmer weather would be nicer in September. Even so, like you said, who knows if this will come back when the weather gets colder. There's just so many unknowns.

We are holding tight until mid-May, and then will start making some decisions. I've told everyone who is invited to the wedding to save the date (and we had an engagement party last October when the date was announced) so I don't think we will be sending out traditional Save The Dates because there's a 50/50 chance (in my mind) that the date will need to be changed anyway...

Wild times. Especially here in NY. Stay safe, everyone!

View Quoted Comment Being in NY must be difficult!! Hope everything works out. Stay safe!

My wedding is in October and in Mexico. We’re proceeding with planning but also watching news to stay informed. So far none of our guests has expressed concern with going and have actually continued with booking their flights since they’re super cheap right now. We’ll make a decision to reschedule by July if we have to.

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That's great that people are continuing to move forward with planning their trip. I hope it works out for you!

View Quoted Comment Thanks! Wishing you the best of luck as well. Don’t stress too much.