Concerned about effects of pandemic on upcoming wedding?

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View quoted message Exactly! I am telling myself that we are getting married no matter what date. It will work out

We were supposed to be May 23rd, but postponed to August. We are staying optimistic and hoping that this will all be over with by then. Our wedding is on the smaller side to begin so we are keeping hopeful that we will be able to get by with our guest count. On the plus side majority of the wedding planning etc was already taken care of before this turn of events so it won’t be difficult to pick back up where we left off. We’re just taking it day by day and hoping for the best outcome!

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Ugh this is so frustrating!

Just remember you've found the love of your life and you two will have an amazing future together

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Wow that's awesome of your venue!

Ours is pissing me off lol. They haven't been the best with communication and it's been US e-mailing them instead of them trying to even reach out. They're taking this month by month, and honestly I'd rather just postpone SOON because dates will be and probably have been booked fast! I'm not a fan of fall or winter weddings and have always wanted a summer wedding with an outdoor ceremony so we will most likely postpone to next summer again! I WILL have my dream wedding and what we visioned!

View quoted message We're in the same boat too. We were told to wait till the end of June to postpone. We have our back up date already blocked off.

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Bridal shower and bachelorette are already out of the picture My bride tribe told me they were all gonna meet up and plan everything literally the weekend all the closures started.

And same! Before COVID we planned to send out invitations in May, and our engagement shoot was supposed to be in May as well

When will you guys officially postpone?

View quoted message I'm getting married the same day and we are leaning towards postponing as well. We haven't even had the chance to send out or invitations yet and I still need my dress fitted and the guys need their suits as well. At this point we already made up our minds to postpone to next June so we aren't rushing to get things done and rush my bridal party and such.

View quoted message Totally free of charge they just hung on to the deposits we had paid to date and rebooked us for next summer. They were also willing to let us wait it out until May and either reschedule then or receive a full refund if it was clear we couldn’t go forward this summer. Ultimately we decided to just bite the bullet in March because available 2021 dates were dwindling.


I hope your venue is just as accommodating if you and your FH do decide to postpone!! Let us know how things work out!

View quoted message This is exactly what my fiancé and I have been feeling + other reasons why we should just go ahead and postpone. Our wedding is on August 8 and we are leaning more towards the postponement. Was your venue accomodating when you decided to postpone or you were charged a certain fee?
I'm sorry your wedding won't happen this year but like you said -- an extra year to plan and save!

Another August 2020 bride here. A couple of weeks ago, my FH and I made the difficult choice to postpone until August 28, 2021. At the time I felt we were being overly cautious but each day I become more and more confident that we made the right call. As hard and sad as it was, I felt an instant sense of relief. For me, the uncertainty was unbearable. We are also taking advantage of the additional time to save, splurge for a couple cute extras, re-evaluate our priorities, etc. There is a silver lining.

In terms of the "why" of it all, concern for our guests was obviously a huge motivating factor. A fair number of our ~170 person guest list are seniors and/or traveling from out of province or country. We just couldn't justify asking them to sacrifice their personal comfort or safety to travel/attend a large gathering, deal with the financial pressure of traveling to attend a wedding, etc. All of the predictable reasons basically. We also wanted to get a head start on the inevitable wave of 2020 rebookings still to come (we came in just under the wire - we snagged the last available Saturday at our venue next summer. Surprisingly there was also only one Sunday left). Selfishly, I also didn't want the current state of affairs to taint the lead up to our special day!

All that said, our venue and the majority of our vendors were absolute heroes and agreed to the date change with no financial penalty. I would probably be singing a different tune if we were dealing with less empathetic people. We were definitely fortunate in this regard and I know everyone's situation is different.

TL;DR, if it's a possibility for you, you may make peace with postponing more quickly than you think. For everybody still holding out (for whatever reason), I'm sending you lots of good vibes and truly hope things take a 180.

August 8! I think we're leaning more and more towards postponing. Tired of people suggesting to "wait and see". Even if things get lifted around summer time we wouldn't have had finalizations done and wouldn't even be ready for the wedding. Our plans have completely been derailed

View quoted message I’m on the same boat as you. Original date was April 4 and postponed to July 3 and now I’m still wondering if the new date is a no go ;(

Yes, we are getting married on July 😔😔

View quoted message Omg our wedding is August 8!

Im really hoping we dont have to postpone we are aug.

We are getting married August 9 2020, and recently decided to elope in light of the pandemic. It was just too much for us to continue on with the planning. Long story short, we now are trying to get out of our original date with the venue (in Toronto), and figured if anyone is looking to move their date to August we would happily offer our date/venue. Ideally we don't lose our deposit, but even if that's the case we can live with it if someone else can utilize the day for their own.

My fiance and I have decided to post pone our wedding until August 2021. We just feel very unsettled right now trying to continue planning our big day. Not to mention we are worried about how our family from around the world will be able to attend. We do still plan to get married this August, but it will be very small and intimate, no reeption.

View quoted message No it didnt. We postponed until June with no penalties from any vendor nor did we have to change a single rental item. I'm now afraid we didnt postpone far enough away.

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Ours is June 13 and we made the decision today to move to June 2021. We have just been too worried about everything going on in the world to even think about continuing to plan our wedding. Too much uncertainty! We are still going to legally get married on June 13 and are just moving the wedding itself to next year.

I'm getting married Sept 26th at Manning Park in BC...

I'm starting to wonder if we should reschedule in case BC is still under a health advisory. I've been reading and hearing that Canada is expected to be in "social distancing mode" for 4-6 months.

I'm thinking about the safety of our guests. Our wedding requires everyone travel between 2-6 hours and stay overnight (we're covering most accommodations). Also, 80% of the 60 guests will be sleeping in one large cabin. I was thinking about sending out a survey to the guests asking how they feel about committing to wedding in 6 months based on the current global climate. Any suggestions on how to word such a survey/should I even do it?!

Any food for thought welcomed!!! My fiance really doesn't want to change the plan to make a smaller affair, however, he would be up for rescheduling to next year (but we still sign papers and get legally married Sept 26th).

Thank you

Our big day is June 6...still unsure of what things will be like by then but we’re taking it day by day and hoping things soon start to settle down. Very stressful and heartbreaking to think about for sure.

We just made the decision to cancel. It was not fair for our guests to wait much longer to make the decision. We are still getting married but a lot less formal and no reception

View quoted message Hey! If your venue has no intentions of closing (as of now), I say continue with your wedding. The venue I’m sure is taking every precaution as anywhere else is, and if you all continue to wash your hands often then all should be good. However as your guests are coming in from out of the country, they may not be able to fly in at all. I’d say check with them first then contact the venue. Good luck with everything!

Our wedding is May 23, 2020 in Toronto. Our venue has had to close as of today (it's a brewery) and I'm worried about family not being able to travel here from Europe.

Our vendors are very accommodating and have no problems with us postponing at no extra charge. I was thinking of holding a small ceremony at home with local family members and then deciding on a new date for the reception once everything is back to normal.

It's really uncertain times and it's comforting to know that I'm not the only one who has been agonizing over this!

My wedding is April 25, I'm getting a little worried at this point.. we can postpone the wedding but to be honest if it comes down to it and we HAVE to cancel we will probably cancel completely, still get married that day and take the loss of whatever. Save the money. But I hope it does not come to that I wasnt worried until basically everything here in alberta started to shut down. Our venue has been very understanding and has stated there are no plans to cancel any events at this time.

View quoted message I am waiting for the hall to give me dates. Maybe I’ll even do a Friday not to wait that long 😒

I am not too concerned yet, we are having our wedding in September. If for some reason conditions are not cleared up our venue and vendors are very accommodating and we will reschedule.

I was also thinking of going ahead with a small group, if rescheduling is not favorable.

View quoted message So my fiancé and I have decided to move the wedding. We have moved it to August 21 2020. The venue isn’t going to charge us anything extra for now having a “prime wedding season wedding” which is fantastic.


Obviously we’re disappointed but we believe it’s for the best

Postponing my wedding until further notice, unfortunately I may change my dates until next summer considering I want my older family members to take part but not pose a risk to their health. Health over anything, but now I can save and spend more on our special day haha

View quoted message I'm also April 18, we have 58 guests so far. But a few immunocompromised. I'm very worried as things seem to not be getting better. I don't have advice yet, I just see we are in the same boat and I empathize.
We will be speaking with our venue today or tomorrow and deciding soon.