Covid-19 + wedding season

View quoted message Hey Diana. I did the same thing what date will you be postponing too?

View quoted message Another fellow bridal shower on May 3 here!! We aren’t going to contact our venue about postponing until we know what’s happening in Toronto after March 31.


If they lift the state of emergency - all good. If not, we’ll keep waiting probably.
Fingers crossed!!!

I feel incredibly heartbroken for all the brides who have had to cancel/reschedule their weddings!
I have my engagement party booked for May 3rd, and we are debating on if we should postpone it. Invitations are already out, so it’s going to suck if it comes to that.
The schools shut down until April 6th with talk about them being out until September! If that happens, we may have to postpone our wedding in 2021 because of the loss of income! It’s so scary right now and we all definitely don’t deserve more stress! Planning a wedding is stressful enough!

View quoted message Congratulations to you too! I’m feeling the exact same. I was thinking, “it’s still 3 months away” however as days goes by no matter how positive I try to be, I have to understand that it’s also important to be realistic. At this time I still believe it’s a bit too soon, I’m going to wait another 2-3 weeks before making a decision. Extremely overwhelmed as I’m sure everyone else is during this time! Have you made any decisions?

View quoted message I know! I have my wedding date on a few things already! We are going to reach out to our venue tonight and see what they suggest! It would crush me to have to cancel it, but postponing would be our best option if something absolutely has to be done! I will keep you posted!

View quoted message My wedding is May 30th and we had to cancel my bachelorette and bridal shower too. (April 4/5) 😔
Are you concerned with the actual wedding date? I’m in Alberta, and like Ontario they put a ban of under 50 people. Just not sure if we should wait it out or postpone..... sure sucks though when you have a lot of things engraved/etched with your wedding date on them already!

Postponed my April 04th wedding. We had no choice, borders closed and all his family was international

May 30th here in Ontario. Just had to cancel my April 5th bridal shower and that just broke my heart. Fingers crossed and sending a big hug to all the brides out there. So many people are telling me to take it day by day, but this has been over a year of planning. Not the easiest thing to do.

Yup, literally feeling so bummed out today even though my wedding isn't until August 21st. The thing I'm worried about as well is that I work in a daycare and there's been talk for at least a week about closing. I have worked here a month as of tomorrow, so I don't even qualify for EI..

Our wedding isn’t until the end of August so I am not worried, yet. My heart goes out to those who have weddings now and within the next month or so. That must be so stressful and heartbreaking. We’d reschedule ours if need be but man will I be so depressed lol

I've noticed a significant slow down in response time from vendors. I hope they're okay health wise. I can also imagine a ton of people asking them about cancellations and re-bookings that they have to deal with first before even getting back to anyone booked for the latter half of the year.

We were supposed to get married on March 27th. We have officially postponed until June 5th. Luckily all of our vendors were available for that day and didn't have to pick new rentals. It is what it is. I still get my husband, weve waited two years so what is a couple months

View quoted message I'm also getting married on June 20th. Congratulations . Question though as I wasnt really feeling concerned at this point, but now in starting to. Are you looking to change your date or waiting to see what's going to happen?

View quoted message I completely agree being in health care while also dealing with the wedding side of it is eye opening, but you just have to take it one day at a time

I have had to cancel my bachelorette and buck and doe due to covoid-19... I’m not too concerned about the wedding at this point but come mid April if things have not let up I will be implementing a back up plan for the wedding

Our wedding was supposed to be April 18, 2020 but unfortunately due to this outbreak we postponed our wedding until August of this year.


We were lucky enough to have moved it right before the government announced the travel ban, restaurants closing etc.
We are truly devastated as we were pretty much a month away from our wedding, and now we have to wait longer. We know this is for the best and by having it in August, hopefully this virus can run its course. Our venue was more than understanding and they’re not going to charge us anything extra since we now have a summer wedding. Unfortunately all saturdays we’re gone and our wedding is now on a Friday, but we can now have that summer wedding we always wanted.
Our vendors have also been super accommodating and that I’m thankful for.
Now we have the tough decision as to whether to postpone what we are calling our mini-moon. It’s going to be within Canada, but with airlines scaling back service and places closing, we might be forced to postpone that as well. We were originally thinking of going on that trip anyways as a vacation, but now I’m not so sure

Our wedding is April 26th, 2020 and apparently just heard that our venue is closed indefinitely.. unless this ban uplifts.. that means my ceremony and reception is cancelled. Have to move it to another date. So much time and stress and money went into this. I totally understand why it’s needed.. but it really sucks. I’ve purchased favours and wedding guest book with the date published. It’s unfortunate but it’s a bump in the road..

Same scene here wedding for May 30 this year and just received the news today that Canada is reinforcing travel restrictions from visitors abroad,at the same time my family who's suppoae to come here next month is affected by Lockdown in our country back home. And since they're my parents and siblings, I cannot see myself having a big wedding without them..its a very upsetting moment but just believe that God is always in control...

View quoted message I am getting married June 20th of this year and also work in healthcare. The feeling of uncertainty is what makes this difficult for all brides getting married over the next few months. Deep breaths, take each day as it comes and know that you’re not alone.

View quoted message We are the same day as you! My international guests have already cancelled and I'm praying things calm down so that my immunocompromised family members can safely attend. Hang in there!

View quoted message We are almost right in line with you! Wedding May 23, and bridal shower April 5th. We are looking into moving the bridal shower into May just to be safe but who knows where the world will be by then. Stay strong!!

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I agree Megan, take it day by day, see how things progress. We have no idea what this is going to look like a month from now! Bottles of wine, bubble baths and deep breaths! (I'm freaking out too, don't worry)

-L

I am getting so nervous as well. Our wedding is June 13th, and I am hoping and praying that things settle down by then. We are not making any decisions yet. None of our guests are outside of Canada, but we have people that need to fly in from all over the country (aka. 4/6 groomsmen...) Deep breaths ladies! We will cry and our hearts will break, but I am trying to remind myself that our families and fiances love us, and will be there whenever it happens!

I work in healthcare and have no inclination on how long this will last. If we are successful with the self isolation and not spreading things around, things will be better before we know it.

Lisa

View quoted message I feel ya! My fiance and I are both laid off in the middle of us planning everything when we need the money. I never expected to have such unavoidable/unexpected obstacles like this! It really puts a damper on the excitement of planning your wedding- but trying to stay positive and focus on the fun part of things without letting the news and media get in the way. It's so tough, but I don't want to let these moments pass by or let stress and worry override the joy and excitement! We got this!

I'm honestly freaking out. The stress of going back and forth to canceling/proceeding with the events is stressing me out. We just had my bridal shower yesterday and almost canceled it quite a few times over the last week due to everything! I've had some family members suggest we postpone our May 30th 2020 wedding to next year because of all this... I personally don't want to and hope everything will be sorted out or at least a bit better by the end of May! Also our Stag and Doe is April 4th, another event to possibly cancel! It just makes me so sad to think about canceling everything after all the hard work and money put into this. Not to mention having to remember the year of our marriage as the COVID-19 year! Normal wedding stress is hard to deal with on it's own, then when you add this to the mix!?!?! It's a whole new level of stress I've discovered- I'm going to have grey hair for the wedding (that hopefully will still be happening) 😪 It's comforting to know that there are other brides out there trying to stay strong like me, we'll get through it ladies ❤

I am concerned. My wedding in july 5 but who knows how long this will last. What happens...I.dont know

My wedding is in June so that is a ways away, but my fiancee and I have both talked that if by chance it still can't happen, then we'll just elope. so either way we're getting married! I think if anything, I'm more concerned about the poor vendors who may struggle to survive through this season. So if they need my deposits, it's not the end of the world to me.

View quoted message No gatgerings over 50 now..
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If you're buying insurance now, guarantee it will not cover anything covid-19 related.

April 4 wedding. We're going to reassess at the end of this week. If you keep watching the news and updates it really causes extra anxiety. My parents are coming back from Florida and have to self isolate, as do my caterers. I'm at a loss of where to go from here. I've gotten both ends of the spectrum when it comes to reactions from guests.

"What do you mean you're thinking of cancelling?!" vs "Be socially responsible and postpone it!"

The timing of the pandemic virus is terrible for this time of year of couples getting married. Venues are cancelling based on their decision for the best and giving the money back without fault. Others may allow you to postpone for another day without penalty. A wedding insurance would be a good thing right now considering half the world has closed its border for travelling and 2 weeks of being quarantined to miss the wedding shouldn't be the way to have a vacation.

Our wedding is 27 days away, April 27 and I'm still planning full steam ahead. My only concern at this point is if my mom misses our wedding. She has to fly in and can't miss it. We're prepared at this point to postpone for 2 weeks, at least 1 week prior. My vendors are very flexible and understanding. This too shall pass....