Couples getting married on July 3, 2020 in Ontario

View quoted message Thanks for sharing, Jessica! It’s tough for those of us who are can not anticipate what the decisions will be and what will be safe in 8 weeks... definitely hard for venues too. Mine has been great, I’m still keeping hope alive... but have a back up date secured too. I hope all goes well in October or whenever you are scheduled to celebrate 13+ years. #LoveIsNotCancelled

Hi everyone,


I was a June 6th bride, obviously we postponed our wedding. Right now we have it set for October 2 2020 ... but I’m even nervous about that! I’m so close to just calling it and getting married at a court house as soon as we can. We’ve been together for 13 years and I just want to be married and stop stressing about this.
The best part is I’m actually a event coordinator for the venue I’m getting married at so not only am I dealing with my own stresses but the stresses of many other couples. It’s not fun situation to be in on either end.
I just wanted to come on here and say I know how your all feeling and also to be patient with your venues. This is such a unique situation for them as well and they are really dealing with it as things come. I know no one wants to think about it but these places are likely going to lose a years worth of income so it’s tough on them to.
The venue I work for is a not for profit and we’re doing the best we can given the circumstances. We are postponing dates, holding multiple back up dates for couples, transferring deposits and not giving penalty fees. Every venues situation is different but hopefully most of yours are being as accommodating as possible!

Hi all, July 25 here. Incredibly unsure. I spoke to the venue and they're waiting until the 60 day mark. We are completely unprepared and it seems as though everything will be last minute. My biggest concern right now is the health of all those that attend as we have individuals who are older and some that are in detrimental health conditions should they contract covid. I am hoping to speak to the venue soon and outright cancelling if they don't support a change of date that suits us. We are very limited to what we can do as most of our guest list is out of town. Its a tough situation for all.

Hello ladies,

I promised I would check in after we had a conversation with our vendor about postponing our July 3rd wedding - so here it is. Generally, the conversation went fairly well, the coordinator we spoke with said that the decision to postpone weddings was being made on a case by case basis. When we indicated that we wanted to postpone our wedding to next year she told us she'd have a manager contact us in the next few weeks. The whole conversation was a bit vague, she didn't give us any push back on postponing the wedding but it was unclear whether they will allow us to postpone or require a new deposit, etc, hopefully when we touch base with the manager things will be clearer. I have to say I'd be very surprised if they gave us a hard time about postponing - it certainly wouldn't be good PR for them. Hope you're all doing well - as well as you can in the circumstances.

View quoted message My date is July 10. I’m holding tight but the province opening is so unclear. They done give numbers for small gatherings for phase 2. Realistically we will be in phase 2 by our wedding depending on when we start phase 1. Hopefully please 3 but unlikely.

View quoted message I have about 3-4 scenarios that could play out depending on the what is announced in Ontario in the next week to 10 days. Cried a bit too. It’s definitely not going to be what we’d hoped, just don’t know the extent. We’re a bit older (in our 40s) so our priorities & situation will be different than if we were 15-20 years younger.

What have you guys decided? Our date is July 11 and we're on the fence about postponing. I would love to hear about your plans!

Hey all,

It's nice to hear from others in the same boat. We've been very lucky - our venue was superb about setting up a backup date (we have June 11, 2021 on hold) and coordinating with the in-house vendors to do the same, after they had helped the May and June couples. They are still ready to go ahead with July 3 this year, assuming we can have it that day. Since my fiance and I both have one parent who would be considered high risk (and very nervous), we're almost 100% sure we will be using the back-up date. We're trying to look at it positively, this will let us have a wedding day that is most similar to how we envisioned it, even if we have to wait the extra year, but part of me is mourning the loss of our 2020 wedding. I hope your venue and vendors are all understanding, it's a hard time for them as well, I've found that showing kindness and understanding goes a long way. While I'm sad to hear it's been a struggle, at least we're all in this together. Sending you all love and support in these difficult times

Hey everyone,
We are in a difficult position as well. Also planning for July 3. My venue is refusing to offer us alternative dates now stating that they’re going in order of month to month (working on May events now). Our deposit is completely non refundable but thankfully it’s only about 2K. My other vendors have all been understanding and are just waiting on me to give them alternative dates when the venue allows. I’m guessing that we will probably know at the 60 day mark as someone else here mentioned. It’s so stressful because we haven’t even sent our invites and can’t do that until we know what will happen. This likely means only giving 3-4 weeks notice if things do miraculously get better in June. Our venue also originally stipulated a 200 person minimum but said they would lower it to 100 people considering the situation. We don’t have anyone travelling from abroad thankfully and I’m more than happy to do 100 guests but It all depends on what the provincial government has to say by then. It’s just so hard not knowing. My fiancé and I also don’t want to push our reception later than September, so we’ll see what happens 🤷🏻‍♀️

I’m having no luck postponing our July 10 wedding without paying $15k+


It sounds like they won’t have options for us until mid May but half our guest list can’t make it now so we won’t even hit the minimum guest count, at a complete loss as to what to do.

View quoted message I am so glad... I don’t know why I decided to ask the group, so glad I did!!! I feel better as well. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Hi everyone. It's very comforting to read this thread. It makes me feel like we're not alone and we all have similar thoughts. We have not decided to postpone anything until mid may as well.

My fiancé thinks that the venues and most venders will all be working with 60 days timeframes so that’s what we’re holding as our decision deadline... so around May 4. Thinking we will know if May 12 has been extended. Then we will be in for some fun...😣😣😣

I think this is going to be a personal decision for everyone.

I feel optimistic as the days go on and different levels of government begin to discuss opening. Ontario is supposed to "open" after May 12 but who knows what "open" will look like.

I think there's going to be stringent things in place, i.e. venues will need hand sanitizer stations throughout the grounds, if they don't have them already.

We're July 18, and I've heard through the grapevine many city halls in Ontario are going to open around mid June - so I'm preparing to race myself to city hall to get our license.

For many reasons, we made the decision that we won't be postponing. If our day doesn't happen, its unfortunate but we'll be cancelling - still getting married of course, but no party.

I'm like an eternal optimist over here hoping June and July brides will get their special days!

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Hi Chelsey,

Thank you and please do! Good luck

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Oh my! What an insensitive response. My fiance and I will be reaching out to our venue this week - I'll update and let everyone know how that discussion goes. Good luck Bianca!

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Hi Cassandra and Chelsey,

Well first of all, I reached out to them to inquire if they had plans in place for COVID and they said I would have to wait til 60 days before my original wedding date to be given alternate dates but that there would be no refunds, partial or otherwise. They also said they aimed to be up and running by end of June (?!) The kicker for me was that they said there was no proof that social distancing was even effective. At this point they have left me with a bad taste in my mouth. How is your venue?

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Hi Bianca,

I'm curious to ear about your venue too - that's the one service provider we have yet to reach out to. And I will add has yet to reach out to us with any reassuring messages - can't say I'm impressed.

Hi Cassandra,

What a rough ride this has been! We were also scheduled July 3, 2020 but have made the decision to postpone the reception - we will still get legally married but likely only with immediate family to witness it. For us, we have lots of family coming from elsewhere in the world and the reality is that it just won't be safe for them to travel by then. It was an incredibly tough decision to make, but the reality is those that we have invited to our wedding are our favorite people, they are people we love the most and we just don't want to put them in danger. Those vendors that we have talked to so far have been incredibly understanding and all of them have agreed to honour the deposits for later dates. I know this is a difficult decision for all of us - but I do have faith that God is in control despite the vast uncertainty we face. If any of you feels like talking to a complete stranger that understands your situation - I'm happy to lend a listening ear.

View quoted message Hi Bianca,
I am hearing so many different stories... we have not started the process of postponing at this point though. What’s been the issue with your venue?

This is crazy!! It was my plan to reach out today as well! Cassandra, how has your experience been? I am getting frustrated with our venue and am also rethinking postponing, etc...