Should i Postpone !?

It really depends on your situation. We were June 27th and postponed to December 12th of this year. We postponed due to our wedding being 100% travel as no one (including ourselves) live near the wedding location and we are having 150+ in attendance. If your wedding is local and somewhat small and most of your guests do not have to travel, then I would wait it out and see. We would still be holding out hope for our original day if it was a local event with little to no traveling for us or anyone else.

I’m in the same boat. Our original wedding date was today but we postponed to June 20th. Our wedding will have less than 50 people but we are 100% a domestic destination wedding. If we don’t get married in June, we probably will not get married this year because hurricane season in New Orleans starts and I can’t deal with COVID and a natural disaster threatening the wedding. But I really, really do NOT want to wait until summer 2021.

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Im sorry you had to postpone. For my wedding, I can't imagine going from a spring/summer wedding to a winter wedding in New York. My bridesmaids already have their dresses and they're not NY winter wedding friendly lol. My colors aren't either so I'm trying to pick a month that's still seasonally appropriate to compliment my colors and dresses. Most of my family will be traveling to NY from all over the country some as far as California.

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I feel your pain! I don't want yo wsit until next year I already planned our life after marriage. Lol we'd be moved out of New York City by September get settled in our new state and start a family. Waiting until next year just puts all of plans on hold.

A part of me just wants to move it to next year because this anxiety of the unknown is really getting to me.

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We luckily were going with gem tones for the wedding colors anyway and I bought shawl's on Etsy for my Bridesmaids. It's honestly not too difficult to rearrange the decor for us as our floral's were mostly greenery and large white magnolia's. I am just adding burgundy flowers, holly branches, and things like that to add a wintry feel.

I'll forewarn you....we both work for the airlines and right now...people are NOT traveling. The airline union's are actually working with congress to require essential travel documentation to the traveling public and we have documentation that states us as essential employee's through the end of September. You MIGHT have a large portion of your guest list unable to fly....I'm not trying to scare you, I'm just being honest.

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Amanda. Your wedding is going to be beautiful the theme and the colors sound amazing. The date changed but the people didn't. It'll be filled with love and laughter. Thank you for your honesty. That really put things into perspective.

As long as your other vendors are OK with it, I would move it. In the grand scheme of things, $500 is not that much and even if you plan it as a destination wedding for yourself because of the move, you'll already have a lot of the stuff lined up. Most of the time, the difficulty is finding the vendors since meeting in person is harder, but you'd already have all that. Plus, unless you're moving to another major metro area, chances are you'll be saving more money the sooner you move (my husband and I are itching to get out of this metro area as soon as I finish school so I get it lol).

View Quoted Comment Lol. Yrs were itching to get out of New York. Wanted to leave when our apartment lease ends in September. So I think I've decided to move the wedding and plan to still move if we can considering all the pandemic. None of bridal party lives in my state,

We were originally June 14th, key largo and all our guests were flying in from New York and Maryland. We live in Florida. We’re now a go for December 20. I think you’re dreaming if you think things will be okay for June in NYC. I’m just being realistic.

I hate that this is the situation we are in. How many people did you invite? If its not a super small wedding, I don't think you'll be able to have it in June. And if you were, I don't know if people would feel comfortable going by then. Everyone's situation is different, like I really feel for the ladies on here who have been dreaming of this day and want/need to start families ASAP, but when we moved our wedding from 2020 to 2021 it was like a huge weight was lifted off our shoulders. Of course, our circumstances are different, but I couldn't imagine the stress you're going through right now. Is it worth it? Or are their other options that would make this time more joyous and less stressful? Go for that!

If I were you I will be postpone it. I know some people said on June the situation is going to be better but to be safe I want everything be sooooo much better if you know what I mean.
Mine is also June and we postpone it to September. However, we will going to legally married in the courthouse on June.

I'm July 19 , and we are waiting but we are in Florida and the area we are in hasn't hit badly. We too are trying to move after the wedding, so I definitely understand! Being that you're in NY , my suggestion would be maybe moving it to September. We still don't even know what next year would hold if you did move it to spring or winter so I personally, wouldn't take that chance. Would you be able to do maybe early September then move after the wedding? Then depending how things go , still have your bridal shower and bachelorette in the summer time?

View Quoted Comment I definitely understand this! It sure makes it harder trying to plan when you're ready to move out the state you're living in and start a life especially with leases ending. And I can't imagine waiting a WHOLE extra year to just get married. Neither of us want to wait that long. We had a short engagement for that very reason lol. I think you may be okay in September.

Hi Alicia, I‘m also live in Manhattan and initially planned to get married on July 3rd 2020. Based on the advice of my parents, sister and friends all front line medical staff for the city, we decided to postpone three weeks ago to September 3rd, 2021. It’s highly unlikely New York will be in shape to allow for weddings this summer of any size and if they are allowed there will be so many restrictions and requirements in place that will make it less enjoyable. Not to mention if you have folks travelling in from other cities and countries like we do. Travel bans may still be in place and folks may not feel comfortable travelling. Additionally, folks are losing their jobs and running out of savings etc. You may have low attendance due to these safety concerns, parameters and economic losses. Unless you have an intimate wedding with less than 50 or so in attendance (assuming the best possible outcome with enough testing, slowing or stopping the spread etc)if I were you, I’d postpone the wedding to next year and focus on moving in the fall September/October before another wave of the virus emerges.

I am from NY and my fiance and I are planning to move also after our September 5th wedding. I think moving to next year might be a good back up...we are also considering moving ours to 2021. Same weekend. Ive heard they cancelled the labor day parade so that's enough to say that social distancing may last all year. Besides having all your pre wedding events ...your full wedding ..plus getting to save more and move into your dream place before your wedding may be way better than you imagined...

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Sorry about your wedding. New York is definitely a though place to live in right now with the virus going on. I beleive there will be many restrictions well into the rest of 2020 I'd not for the rest of the country. Definitely for us. Some people are saying what if the virus comes back next year and it made me question my choice to move it but I need to worry about now and move it before all dates are taken. My mom made a similar point about people's finanical situation so I definitely agree on that as well. Thank you for your input.

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New York is definitely a though place to live in right now with the virus going on. I didn't know they thinking of cancelling the parade. It would be in the best interest if public safety. I wouldn't even be mad if they did. This situation is the worst. Pushing back my wedding is also pushing back moving plans and plan to start a family. I'm just trying to think on the positive side, we get more rime to plan so does my bridal party and we can make things bigger and better. Thank you for showing the silver lining in the cloud. Good luck with everything and thank you for your input.

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This situation is very stressful. I been asking around to guests and my bridal party to see if they would feel comfortable but September because my venue is not giving money back for people who don't show lol all those plates wasted I can't fathom. People feel better about having it next year. If the courts are open we'll still try to get married on our date.

View Quoted Comment Yes I agree. Thanks dear best of luck to you also and your wedding will be beautiful!

I’m in NY Rockland area we were July 17 just moved to October 25 praying it will be a little bit better then but it is still a gamble I think it’s up to you how you want to do things are you ok with having events after the wedding? I know for me I’m not to worried about having a bachelorette or bridal shower after the wedding nothing is normal at this point so people will understand and I’m sure still want to celebrate with you no matter what! You can even call it a Mrs shower but for me the wedding is what matters the most but like I said it’s all about your situation and what you feel like will be the best for you and your fiancé.