October brides

My wedding is also in October and a lot of my family is traveling out of state. Right now I am just thinking of postponing or canceling because the risk is too high for my guests and family. I would rather elope and have a celebration later when I have a better hope that it's safe for larger gatherings.

80% of my guest are out of town. We are not postponing again. The next decision will be to cancel if COVID comes up again. We’ve already had 15-20 people inform us that they will not be in attendance. I’m sure that number will multiply in the coming weeks.

I'm getting married in TN in September with a guest list of 160. We've decided that we're not going to cancel. Most of our guest will be flying in from a variety of places (CA, WA, NE, etc). We sent out our invitations last month and everyone that's responded so far has said yes (about 50 people). I say go for it because I was so stressed about what to do, but as soon as we knew our families were on board and said eff it we're not changing I've been able to just focus on being excited about getting married

Have you had this discussion with your fiance? We are getting married in October in Florida with about 120 guests. Most of my family live in FL, but some in Canada. However, my fiance's family are from Northeast, and California. People have told us they will not be attending which is understandable. We talked to our venue about an option of postponing, but they do not allow us to make that decision at the moment. I am still planning as like it's going to happen.

I am 10/10 in Texas and well my state is just kind of ignoring that COVID is still a thing. About a month ago we sat down with my parents, both of whom give really good advice and think pretty logically. We decided to go ahead and move forward with our wedding, but in July when I am supposed to be sending out invites we will sit down and determine if we should reduce the guest list. With almost half our guest list being out of state, we will decide to just go ahead and let them know we have chosen to reduce the guest list, which I know for a fact they will understand. When I spoke to my Dad about postponing till next year, he brought up that a lot of these vendors and small businesses may be in worse shape that time next year than they are now. Our economy will sadly really see the effects of all of this. He also brought up a lot of other good points. Personally, I am just so ready to be married and move on from planning this wedding. So even if that means some people I love may miss out, then it sadly will have to be this way. I can't imagine prolonging all this stress and what ifs another year and a half. Plus we plan on live streaming the wedding for those that can't come. I know it's not the same, but still. Sorry for the long reply! lol

Meeee! In the pretty much exact same boat but in NC. At least 50% of our 175 guest list is out of state. We are still moving forward as planned at the moment for 10/31/2020. Pretty much the only way we will change plans is if our venue requires us to OR there were still pretty drastic restrictions in place that would seriously impact our wedding vision (i.e. no dance floor allowed...). It stresses me out more and more every day, but we have so much $$ in non-refundable deposits. Having everyone there is really important to me (i.e. don't want to elope now and party later). It's so tough. We are basically expecting quite a bit smaller crowd than we would have had pre-pandemic. I am sure some people won't be comfortable travelling or attending a large event still in the Fall.

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Amen to all of this!!! Who knows where the world will be a year from now. I am so with you on moving on from wedding planning. Don't get me wrong, it's been a true BLESSING and a lot of fun, but I can't imagine having a never ending to-do list in the back of my mind for a whole additional year... meh.

Getting married in Atlanta on 10/25/20. My family is from Florida and his is from New Jersey, we're inviting 150 thinking 100-120 will show. Our venue currently has a 90 guest limit for June but I'm positive this will change by October. We have no intention of postponing or cancelling. Just sent our invites out and we're charging ahead, full steam! A lot of our guests have responded yes so I'm optimistic. We're giving out homemade hand sanitizer as favors. "Spread Love, Not Germs."

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Same!! I definitely feel you on that so glad someone else does!

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It's a lot! The date isn't super sacred to us, I believe we're going to postpone all together!

View Quoted Comment Ugh that’s what I was thinking of doing, asking to lower my count from 100 min to 50, i assume it will be a no too.

View Quoted Comment If we had to reschedule I wouldn’t care, the not knowing is the hardest part of all this. Fingers crossed!!