Should we cancel or postpone July 25, 2020 wedding?-covid-19

View Quoted Comment Hi Julia! That’s a great suggestion! Thank you I will actually do that.

View Quoted Comment Yay! Glad I could help ♥️

View Quoted Comment Our vendors actually are only letting March / April / May weddings reschedule right now, so this is a very valid point!

Hi there, so sorry you are going through this too, you're not alone! I've just posted a lengthy message regarding this issue. I think it would really help you to read it.

https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-forums/june-couples-postponing-due-to-covid-19-encouragement/e2e6a03e5635af33.html

All the best,

Natalie

View Quoted Comment Hi Natalie, thank you for sharing the link to your article. I will check it out.

Hi Jakia,

I'm in the exact same situation and so glad you posted. My wedding is in North Carolina on July 25, 2020 but many of my guests are coming from New York, DC, west coast for the weekend. My venue is focused on April and May brides. We are trying to determine if we should wait it out until May or so or if we need to think about postponing in the new few weeks. We also will probably look at Spring or Fall 2021 (when we wanted to get married) because the outdoor venue only has Winter 2020 dates. I am thinking we will send an update to guests in April and may a final call by May before we have to send out invites.

What are you all thinking given everything happening now?

View Quoted Comment Hi Jessica,
I am getting married in NC as well. I have completely came to a stopping point with any further wedding planning. 1/2 of our guests are local and many of our other guests will be traveling from NY, NJ, Philly, GA and FL. Our venue and my planner are still saying we should reassess around the end of April and make a final decision in May.

I contacted the venue regarding a Plan B date and they are still rescheduling for April-May weddings. The venue did say they could pencil us in for a later date this year. But the problem with that is they do not have many open dates left. Many of the Spring weddings and events are rescheduling for September and beyond. As of now, Sept and Oct are completely booked. They have 1 date that could be a possibility for Nov. and Dec. I honestly do not know what to do. In a way I feel like my FH and I should start looking at 2021 dates possibly. If we do have to change our date, my FH and I decided we will go to the courthouse on our original date to have it legal and have the full ceremony and reception later.
My planner threw out a suggestion about having it on a Thursday if we still want to have something in the fall of this year. FH and I are not too keen about the idea of having it on a Thursday due to people that’s traveling. Plus, by so many people being layed off I don’t think it would be appropriate to ask people to travel for a Thursday wedding. That means they would have to take Wednesday, Thursday and a Friday off. I think that might be a little unfair to those guests.
Not to mention, if I keep our July 25th date it’s a possibility I may not be able to have my bridal shower or bachelorette weekend. Not unless we move the dates for the shower and bachelorette. But even doing that it’s hard to say when we could move it due to our wedding party schedules and the potential of this pandemic go through the summer.
None of my guests have booked their travel arrangements yet as many are waiting to hear what we’re going to do. You make a good point about reaching out to guests. If you do that, what exactly will you tell your guests? I’m wondering if I should do that as well.
The bridal store contacted me today and informed me the shipment for my dress will be delayed and since all businesses are closed I won’t be able to go try in the dress until May. Which means I may have a hard time squeezing in a fitting appointment with the seamstress for alterations. FH and the guys are suppose to go order their suits on May 1st. When he scheduled that appt he was told that is the latest date the suits can be ordered in order for them to get back in time before the wedding. If this chaos go through May it’s now way they will be able to order their suits in time.
It’s really a mess and has affected a lot of people. On Monday I started turning my tv away from any news station. Every time I was listening to the news it just made me depressed. I haven’t watched the news all week. I’ve even took a break from this forum on Wedding Wire b/c between the discussions and the news it was becoming too much for me to handle.
One of my cousins best friend was suppose to got married on March 28, 2020 but of course they had to reschedule their wedding. They moved their wedding date to July 31st.
Keep me posted with what you guys decide.

I am happy to read some of the comments. I am trying not to stress about it,my wedding is July 24, 2020 and was thinking should we postpone also. After reading the comments I will wait until May to make a decision.

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We are almost in the exact situation. I did the same thing with cutting off the news last week and that helps. I also just told all my guests who kept asking that I would give an update by April 25th or at least more information (but hoping I will be able to by then). It is stressful and I'm wishing you the best. I've stopped planning for now and got 2021 dates but I just realized I can't really know how this will all turn out -- so going to try to just not think about it for the next week or two.

Ours was set for June 6th. Our venue said they are hoping to be operational by the end of may. One week into June was just too close for "hopes" and my parents non-stop flight was already pushed to 3 layovers, so we postponed.

Hello! I am also a July 25, 2020 bride in Chicago. First and foremost our guest’s health is number one. That being said we are waiting until July 1st to make final decision. My fiancé is a doctor and we are following COVID19 projections very closely. Although they are only projections, things should hopefully be better by June. Nothing is certain, but I would wait. We have a guest list of 285 and a ton of money and a ton of vendors involved. We don’t really have a plan B because our venue is already fully booked for 2020 and 2021 Saturdays are gone. Definitely check your contracts for Force Majeure clause. Luckily our planner reached out to our vendors and they would accommodate a future date. Read over contracts and if you haven’t signed a contract with certain vendors make sure you add that to the contract so you don’t lose deposit. We will wait and pray and see what happens. Stressful yes, but try to stay positive. Best of luck!

Hi ladies!
As much as I was remaining hopeful about still moving forward with our wedding in July, FH and I now have to reassess and come up with another plan. With all of the uncertainty and now I’ve been impacted with my job due to COVID-19, we’re unable to move forward with our July 25, 2020 wedding. I wasn’t expecting to affected with my job. As much as I wanted to cry I didn’t. I prayed and asked God for good health and strength and to help us through this thing safely.

July is really pushing it with trying to have a large gathering. Plus, with so many people being out of work they will be trying to bounce back when everything fully opens. FH made a good point when he said he doesn’t want anyone trying to celebrate our union with us and end up getting sick. We wouldn’t be able to handle that on our conscious.
Many of the photographers in our area all of their May, June and July weddings have all been cancelled.

We’re not sure when we will reschedule. I will be contacting our venue to see what’s available. The last time I spoke with them a few weeks ago every weekend for the rest of 2020 was already booked. Now the CDC announced people and businesses need to prepare for the 2nd wave of this virus to hit later this year especially after flu season starts and that wave will be worse than the first wave that we’re in right now. Apart of me just want to throw my hands up and say forget about it. SMH!
FH doesn’t want to push it to 2021 but honestly I would feel more comfortable if we did b/c the remainder of 2020 doesn’t seem to positive right now. Worst case we will go to the courthouse on our original date and I was thinking having our big wedding at a later date or just doing everything later. I don’t know what to do at this point. I hope all of you are safe and are able to come up with a good plan to have your special day.

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We choose to do the same thing. We are goin to do a small ceremony at our local church and then a one year vow renewal at our dream venue in 2021.

View Quoted Comment Hi Jessica,
That is a great and safe idea. FH and I are looking at doing the same thing. Either we will do the JOP this year and a one year vow renewal next yet or were considering something destination as well. Our current venue said they will refund us all of our money if we cancel now. Plus, if we do a one year vow renewal I might look at another venue that I really wanted to go with initially anyway.

View Quoted Comment August 1st (formally May 9th) Chicago bride, we are also waiting until early/Mid June! Hang in there!

View Quoted Comment Oh man! The stress is insane! Thanks! Yeah we will most likely make a decision end of June- also depends on restrictions here in Chicago, if any. I’m comfortable cutting my guest list in half if needed, but we’ll see. We decided if we have to postpone we will postpone to 2022. Fiance is an immunologist and we both agree that 2021 isn’t “safe” either due to possible covid. I will try to remember and update our plans here. It’s been a hell of a month. Best of luck to all brides!

View Quoted Comment Hi Bree, what date did you postpone to?

View Quoted Comment Oralia, keep us posted on what you decide to do. We’ve thought about rescheduling for Dec 2020 but the venue doesn’t feel too certain about scheduling events in Dec due to the possibility of the 2nd wave which is why I’m thinking about 2021. I’m so confused at this point.

View Quoted Comment Hi! I thought about this message board today! After hearing the Illinois Governor’s update today, my fiancé and I decide to postpone until 2022. He’s an immunologist and we don’t think 2021 will be “safe” either. We’ll still get married July 25th, but have the wedding celebration July 2022. Best of luck to all brides!!

View Quoted Comment Sorry I just saw this! Unfortunately there were no weekends left at our venue this year except for one Sunday at end of October which is too late for an outdoor wedding in Portland, OR.


There were only two Friday’s left to choose from... July 3rd (Holiday weekend and too close for comfort w/Covid restrictions) and.... of course September 11th was available.
So 9/11 it is! LOL!
We thought about getting married on our original date and pushing the party to next year but honestly, I don’t know how much longer my Dad will be on this Earth and I would be devastated if he wasn’t there to walk me down the aisle. We’ll see how all this plays out because my parents are flying up from Arizona so if we have to postpone again we will, but fingers crossed.