Covid-19 + wedding season

View quoted message Our wedding is also on April 11th and it's a destination wedding. This is such an awful time for all the couples that have put so much time, money and effort into planning a wedding or honeymoon and could have it taken away! I hope everything turns out for you!

My wedding is May 30th in Montreal and we are having guests from Australia and Vancouver. Really hoping things calm down before then! My fiancé and I are both in health care and are hearing about COVD-19 constantly. Quebec is taking some good preventive measures, but not sure when travel will be fully up and running again. Of course the wedding is of little importance compared to what the world is facing, but still, I can’t help hoping that it won’t be affected! I’ve held off on signing one of my vendor contracts for now to see how things progress in the coming days. Fingers crossed for all!

I haven’t been panicking but I do have concerns. There are no confirmed cases in Nova Scotia and I have a fall wedding but I am worried about the bridal shower we have in June and travelling back to Ontario for it or the borders closing and losing our honeymoon. All the hysteria isn’t helping my nerves either.
I’ve been keeping an eye on WHO https://www.who.int/ and Health Canada https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html to get the most factual updates I can. Also, I’ve been watching the provincial and Hawaiian state government pages as well. Social media is not helpful I find and only makes me feel worse, especially when my fw is really worried and we’re worried about our immunocompromised relatives.

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Thanks for your kind words! It's nice to know that there's people in the same boat as me. Glad to hear that her wedding is still on!

*goes just as fast as it comes. Wow. I wonder if there’s such a thing as delusional bride brain lol.

View quoted message I feel the situation has definitely amped up after last nights confirmation of Sophie being infected + schools closing. However I really hope it comes just as fast as it goes. So long as everyone continues to practice good hygiene. Also maybe the 2 weeks of school closure is good for those that have/will travel during March break. Gives everyone 2 weeks to self isolate. I’m praying that your wedding will carry on! At the end of the day it’s about you and your FH. My best friends wedding is tomorrow and she’s had a few cancellations. Whatever happens I wish you the best! Keeping my fingers crossed that all us brides can continue to have the weddings we planned so hard on!!

I haven't booked a honeymoon yet.. and I'm wondering if we should wait that out. We were planning a nice week in Quebec City (which we can drive to), but depending on how bad this virus gets, I might rather wait and get a hotel settled later, once we see how serious things are with this. I'm not worried about my wedding itself. It's small, simple July 25 ceremony at my church, so planning around the virus will be very flexible.

We should all take a deep breath and relax... remember, this virus is more than likely going to come and go before we know it... once it infects enough people in the area, it will soon dissipate. Let's hope it's quick, and anyone vulnerable who needs hospital care is able to get it. I do feel for you all who have international honeymoons planned. Keep your heads up and keep calm.

I'm trying not to, but I'm freaking out about our April 4 wedding. As long as we're not forced to cancel it, I don't think we will. I can understand if some people can't make it. We'll still get married, but if we can't have the reception, then we'll postpone it. We're supposed to go directly to Costa Rica afterwards, but I know things will change by then. I think we'll just have to roll with it and adapt as things change.
People are freaking out in Ontario. The grocery stores are insanity right now.

Just a heads up if anyone was looking into getting wedding insurance. I spoke with PAL Insurance and they said that as Covid-19 is a known issue, nothing is covered. Even if you are forced into quarantine.

Our wedding is August 22,2020.Its crazy but Im not worried at all;I believe that this virus will vanish as quickly as it started.Hopefully by April😊😊

Our wedding is April 11th and we are worried. I tried to connect with the venue today but I haven’t heard anything back yet. Most of our family and friends are local but some are supposed to be flying in from Nova Scotia and Ontario. Some have cancelled already. We are supposed to be going to Mexico right after the wedding which we will need to try get cancelled.

I just cancelled my wedding. I should say postponed for next year. It was June 20th but because a lot of people were from out of town and out of country and all the flying issues and not knowing where we will be in a few months we said better be safe and cancel now when we can then have people purchase tickets and be screwed. I'm so sad honestly but I don't want anyone to get sick or have this ruin our big day so I'm glad we did cancel.

Our wedding will be on August 16th in Toronto and I'm a bit worried. I have family in Italy and I doubt they will be able to come. Not sure what to think at this point but I hope it subsides soon.

My wedding is at the end of August. Most of our family is local so not need to fly etc, but I’m hoping that things aren’t cancelled on us. I’m more worried for my friends wedding that’s supposed to be May 19th in Greece

We cancelled our honeymoon from right after, to celebrating our first anniversary on it instead! We're planning on being homebodies & updating paperwork to the new last name, unpacking etc.

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We were planning to go to Italy for our honeymoon! Luckily we didn´t buy the tickets in January like we were going to and decided to wait...

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I feel you
On the same boat.

Yes, yes, yes!

Our wedding is in less than a month (April 8) and most of my guests are flying from Europe (or should I say are supposed to fly?). 7 of them already cancelled
I´m so stressed and sad with the possibility of not even having my mom and sister at my wedding...

We have spoke to the venue and due to the circumstances they were very flexible about postponing and are accommodating all last minute cancellations.
We decided not to postpone it and are considering live stream, but I´m still pretty sad that my side of the guest list, which was already smaller than my fiance´s, is disappearing by the day.

And this is not even considering those in Canada who might be afraid of coming too!

Hi new member here. I'm currently looking for venues since our wedding is less than 5 months away. Long distance relationship here, my fiance lives in Japan and her family is coming over in August. I'm hoping that there aren't any cancellation flights from Japan to Canada in the summer.

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I’m getting married April 25 in Mississauga. Spoke to the venue and they are saying, as of right now things are a go. Didn’t really mention options to move the wedding, considering other vendors are also booked. It’s a smallish wedding - about 60 people. I’m still stressing.

No back up plan. If the venue closes its doors it’s because this is what they should be doing- and crowds shouldn’t be gathering...
we’re slightly concerned at this point, but, I’m a nurse- so I understand that if this needs to happen it’s in our best interest and the interest of our guests. Regardless of travel, you’re still asking people to gather for a non-necessary event- which at this time is Now starting to be advised against.... we need to wait it out and see.... it’s stressful- but- a bit out of my control right now.

Our wedding is local at the end of August and I’m getting nervous about vendors bailing.We only plan on 150 people max including vendors and if nobody shows up or we have to cut back on guests that’s fine with me.Regardless of what happens I will walk down the aisle with my oldest son and marry my best friend.I would even be willing to get married in a friends back yard or my dining room if we had to as long as everyone we know is ok nothing else matters.

View quoted message I can’t imagine how stressed you must be I’m really hoping and praying that you and every other couple getting married soon have a happy ending to their plans.

May 16th is my wedding. I just started getting nervous. My city had it first confirmed case yesterday and today our school boards announced they are shutting down for two weeks after March break. To help control the spread. We have about 120 guests. 8 from across the US who have all booked flights. It’ll be awful if they are quarantined etc. If guests want to back out that’s okay by me ... I’m more concerned about a ban on gatherings all together which we have no choice. Other side note - I work for my venue and our cleaning supplier is out of sanitizer and toilet paper so that’s been fun. We also had two events for this weekend cancel ( a salsa dance class of about 70-80 people and a group of 100 for a corporate training session)

I personally am not worried. ours is in aug and we dont have any family from china or europe. i mean i will see when our wedding is close what is going on. The only thing we canceled was our honeymoon to japan

Our wedding is May 9th and we just started really worrying yesterday when it was declared a pandemic. It's a small wedding (60ish) and most guests are in Ontario but a few of those people (parents) are considered high risk so we don't know what to do. I can't imagine having to cancel an event that we have spent 18 months planning and stressing over. Not to mention lost deposits as I'm sure it will be very difficult to just switch dates this far into the year.

Our honeymoon will likely need to be cancelled at the very least. Super annoying but out of our control.

My wedding is local-Mississauga-and no one is flying in so I’m pretty sure my wedding is safe. I’m getting married May 23. Were supposed to leave on our honeymoon May 25 and have a layover for 2 days to chill in LA on our way to Hawaii for the rest of the honeymoon. I feel LA would be the threat for us. We put down over 20k on this honeymoon and didn’t get cancellation insurance or anything. ( because it’s not like a crazy pandemic was going to happen this year of all years? ) I’m trying to stay positive but that’s a lot of money wasted. We got it as a gift from his moms will as well so it would be awful if it was thrown away. Fingers crossed for all of us.

I'm super stressed because my fiancés parents are supposed to be flying in from India for our April 11th wedding and now I don't even know how many of his friends and family will get to be there, not to mention my family. I don't have a back-up plan because we can't move the wedding so it's looking like a lot of our guest may not be able to come which is really upsetting. I've also heard that a lot of insurance companies aren't covering issues related to the virus, so I don't know what to do.

I’m worried too, we’ll have a small wedding in August and thank goodness we opt for a smaller civil ceremony with only 1 vendor...i have already paid down payment for the Cafe where we’ll have our ceremony, reception and dinner. If worst comes to worse we can set the date at a later one or postpones it until this virus slows down. Im most worried about the outcome, if we can’t go to work how are we going to pay off all our bills and rent etc. for now I think its best to save as much money we can survive with that. Let’s all hope for the best and be prepared when the worst comes.

Yes!! I am very concerned and my wedding isn't until October. That being said, we have a Stag & Doe booked for May 2 and where I am from Toronto (and work in Toronto - I believe there has been 19 confirmed cases in Toronto alone), my fiance is from Hamilton and our Stag & Doe is in Hamilton, we have people planning on coming in from all over Ontario. Our Stag & Doe is not for money raised (as we have bought most prizes), but it is for all those that aren't attending our small(ish) wedding.

Also, my first grandchild is due to be born June 1st (baby shower April 26). We are hoping that people will be still willing to attend her shower! There's so many blessings for us this year and we all are keeping our fingers crossed that Covid-19 blows over quickly!

We're having a December wedding, which is comforting because we're hoping this will blow over by then (even though it's another flu season by that time). Thankfully no one is flying in from anywhere.

If people are thinking about buying insurance, pretty much everyone has said they will not cover any payouts related to COVID-19. I suggest discussing cancellation policies directly with your vendors.

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I am also getting married on May 30th and am slightly concerned. Hopefully since it isn't over the 250 gathering number that it will go as planned.