Rapid covid testing for weddings??

Thanks for this post, I was looking into the Abbott Covid test for my wedding in August. I was thinking of sending them with invites if that's even possible and having them test day of. Love the idea of onsite testing too.

View Quoted Comment Yes, the Abbott BinaxNow rapid tests are the ones they will be using at my wedding. The guests will be given the tests at their cars by a covid test person and then they wait for the results. I am only going to allow the rapid testing at my wedding if the state is willing to trade off for things like dancing and cake cutting and standing and passed hors d’oeuvres etc. If there is no trade off then I will refuse to have the testing at my wedding.
Initially we were working with our state and we were going to pay for the tests, but my state has now implemented this as a thing for all weddings and will be covering the cost from what we’ve heard thus far.
I don’t know how some of my guests will feel about this… Pretty much everyone that I’ve spoken to about this is definitely on board and they’ve said whatever needs to be done is fine. If anyone does have a problem with it they simply don’t have to go to my wedding. But I certainly will not wear a mask walking down the aisle

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What was your experience like contacting your state's health department?

View Quoted Comment HAHA! A complete and utter joke for the most part. Recently there have been changes with our administration in our state and they’ve been a little bit better as far as speaking with us on this matter. But it is frustrating dealing with them because when I initially spoke to them testing was supposed to be a trade off to have things like dancing and standing etc. obviously with social distancing in place, but just not such harsh strict rules that other states don’t have.Now they are saying that everyone has to get rapid testing but they have yet to say that they will allow a trade off of dancing etc. as far as contacting the health department, don’t bother. They are completely useless. You would need to contact either your lieutenant governor or the Director of business for your state.That’s the route we had to take when our health department was a complete and utter waste

Caution. COVID-19 tests for guests?. If I was a guest of a bride that is testing before the wedding I would decline. They are painful and not accurate.

View Quoted Comment Which works out perfectly as we wouldn’t want you to attend anyway.

View Quoted Comment Yup. As long as you keep feeding into this false positive narrative it will continue to go on and on and on.

View Quoted Comment And I’m totally OK with that. I’m assuming that you’re eloping on March 18?

View Quoted Comment Lol i’ll take that as a no/yes… haha.

View Quoted Comment Ha ha , yeah no.

View Quoted Comment No. We are having our wedding as planned. We don’t buy into all of the hysteria. Both of us are not stupidly following the masses and were done with it. Actually, I have a doctors note that I cannot wear one, due to medical complications.


We are independent thinkers that have researched what to take to prevent the virus which is a unique strain of the flu. We are older and not willing to let the junk science dictate our lives. Our guests are like minded as well. Some will probably wear masks but we are not. Our wedding party knows we are not allowing masks in family photos.
Good luck playing the game of rescheduling again and again and the testing game. It’s so much fun, wink wink. Oh and by the way, germs are good. It’s healthy to get germs from others. It’s funny how the so called experts have flipped the switch into convincing everyone that germs are dangerous. In one year they have changed everyone’s thinking. It’s quite extraordinary to say the least.,

View Quoted Comment Lol! What are you even talking about?! The “rescheduling game?” I haven’t rescheduled my wedding at all and don’t plan on it. It’s been scheduled on the same date that it was before coronavirus hit which was two weeks before it hit. I’m assuming that you live in a state that doesn’t have restrictions which is awesome. I however don’t live in a state like that. Therefore I have to try to figure out ways around the restrictions. Which I have. I’m not sure why that bothers you so much. Your response by the way has nothing to even do with my post. I have supportive and loving friends/family who are also very much so against the restrictions but they CARE about us And have already said they’ll do whatever they have to do as long as we can dance and have a good time and celebrate our wedding. “We are older and not willing to let the science junk dictate our minds.” With that said, I’m assuming you’re not having your wedding in a real venue, depending on the state you live in. We are having our wedding at our dream venue, No we are not wearing masks. Unfortunately when things like this happen you have to try to make it work somehow. So your stab comment about playing the rescheduling game doesn’t make any sense as that’s what we’ve been trying to avoid this whole time. How to have a real wedding without rescheduling. if people don’t like it they don’t have to show up. I don’t want them there anyway. And we’ve already clearly stated that on our wedding website and invitations. I don’t need people like you there crying the whole night. And this goes on both sides of the aisle too. If people are anti-restrictions and anti-testing that’s great because for the most part we are too. But I don’t need to hear them crying about taking a rapid test. Also if people are overly scared and buy into the hype, it is what it is, but we don’t want either of these groups attending our wedding because that’s not what our wedding day is going to be about. But sometimes in order to make life happen you have to compromise and do things you typically wouldn’t want to do in order to have your dream wedding day. I hope this makes you able to sleep at night now.

View Quoted Comment I am very happy that you are not rescheduling your wedding. So many are and it’s sad to watch. Our state has some restrictions but most is relaxed. The ones who are concerned are not coming, which I am fine with.


I hope you have a fabulous day full of love and support from those you hold dear to you