Have you picked a date “just in case”?

We dont have a backup plan.... im hoping by june this will all be done with.... but my the end of may we will have to decide.

View quoted message That’s exactly how my venue handled it to. I started feeling nervous we may lose out on the remaining dates so we postponed to September 6. We didn’t get a discount because it’s now on a Sunday and they wouldn’t really accommodate in any way. Oh well. Like you said, I sympathize with them as well.

Our venue is not cancelling- they’re just “rescheduling”, which is kind of garbage because we paid premium June Saturday prices to potentially move our date to a Friday in the Winter. They also won’t do a soft hold- we either wait it out or reschedule now. I’m not terrribly impressed at the moment- but I sympathize with them too.... so frustrating. We really want to wait- but my gut is now telling me to jump on one of the only two available dates left for 2020. Luckily my photographer and reverend are both available. We will decide in the next 3-4 weeks if we move our June 20 date to October 30. 😷

View quoted message I haven't been able to bring myself to do any planning the last month. I still work full time and find trying to do school work with the kids just doesn't leave me any time for anything really. I hope that things can return to normal fairly soon. Every weekend that goes by I find myself thinking about a couple that may not be able to have their day...yet any way. Thank goodness we can always try again. Thinking positive thoughts for all our couples who have weddings coming up.

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My wedding is March 2021 and I am thinking the same thing. We will be engaged for 2 years so I am OK if I have to wait a little longer as long as I don't have to pay extra! Have you been continuing with your wedding planning? My heart goes out to all the 2020 brides! Whether you have built up the courage to postpone your date after years of planning, or decided on a new creative way to get married during this time.. you all are amazing, strong, and positive people and I admire you all!

We are scrambling to plan a whole new event as ours got cancelled outright. We are looking to re-book something in August, our original plan was next Friday. We figure, based on the stats that August will be safe for us to try again.

I think all of us are starting to feel our own anxiety getting higher the more time goes on and seeing the increase in Covid cases. All we can do is try our best to weather out the storm by planning on, have a back up plan, or like a lot of us are doing, thinking of keeping our date and having a celebration later if it comes down to it. Who knows what the future may hold and we need to remember that we have an amazing partner that we are with paperwork or not!

We have a backup plan in the works for May 22 2021. If we have to move the date from June 27th we figured we should change it so we are less likely to have to change it again if things go on for months and months. We are making the final decision at the end of April if thing aren't getting better.

We're getting married in August, and if by then things are still the same, I'd hope to postpone for sometime in the fall. Winter doesn't work for his schedule as he works more in the winter with furnace installs and repairs so if fall doesn't work either we would be looking at spring or summer the following year.

Our wedding is in October so we haven't discussed a back up date, but we have decided a date when we will need to address postponing. I figure until then I can't bother worrying about what I can't change.

Hello ladies!,


These are certainly unsure times of when things will go back to normal, we were in the middle of sending out our invitations..for early august. We had 90 percent planned and made all deposits, I'm giving it until June before I start making phone calls but for now we decided to stop the process for now, I guess we still have a while to go but keeping our fingers crossed! And also praying for you ladies including my self that no matter what day our wedding will fall on.... it will be a beautiful day.

We are still going to get married on July 25th no matter what. If need be we will postpone the reception til next summer. And have a one year anniversary party

Our wedding is in the middle of August. We haven't thought about cancelling/postponing anything as of yet. I'm optimistic that in the next couple of months when the weather starts to warm up, that things will start to get back to normal. So I wouldn't worry too much about it for now.

I have a long way to go. Not till next February though who knows at this point what will happen. If we have to we can work with our venue for a new date. We've waited this long what's a bit more time.... as long as I don't have to pay more for having my wedding "in season".

We’re in AB and supposed to be getting married Aug 8 in NB. If we do need to cancel, our plan/hope is for just us to legally get married here on Aug 8, have photos done (I already have my dress), and have a “reception” at some point in the future with our families.

Its good that the venue did offer to allow the date change and have a back up plan given the circumstances given at the time. Your vendors will do the same to accommodate you as well since they don't want to lose you as a client. Making the changes on the paper is also a good idea with no penalty would be proof to show your contract is verified. One step ahead is smart to know your not waiting until the month before or the last minute to panic.

View quoted message Thank you! The good thing is pretty much everything was set on before all this happened, now we just have to wait and see.
Good luck with your day! I hope this clears up soon so we can all get back to our weddings.

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Yikes, I can't imagine going through this with out of province planning. Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

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Oh I hear you but that's really the only thing holding me to our current plans lol

View quoted message We’re doing the same thing if it’s not resolved in time for our late September wedding too. Especially adding the fact that we’re out of province, it doesn’t make waiting and rebooking sound too appealing for our needs.

View quoted message I honestly wish we could go this route. We’ve invested too much with decor and stuff as I planned very early on. Eloping sounds great right now lol

We're not til the end of September so we have some time still. We don't want to wait any longer though so if worst comes to worst, we'll cancel our venue and elope with just immediate family instead. In all honesty, I'm so done with all the guest list and financial stress at this point that that would make me so happy.

Yeah... ours is Aug.8.... were waiting until June to see what happens... if not much changes we are considering same time next year but may have to be near the middle of Aug. as opposed to first week. 😢

We are getting married Oct 24th so hoping everything is under control then. We do have a back up date of April 3rd though if things don't get turned around.

If things go south, I think we may push our reception to late September or early October. I really do not want to push it all the way to next year. Either way, we’ll probably get our ceremony done for when we planned.

View quoted message I’m guessing more often than not deposits will have to be forfeited unless another arrangement is reached. Vendors will be pushing for you to reschedule versus flat out cancel.

Yes, my fiancé and I are booked for the middle of August. We are having a tough time processing all of this. We've already spent thousands, hired all the *main vendors. At the end of the day, we have each other and we are both healthy - thank goodness - but it just sucks. I just wish we knew if the end was in sight - how long this is all going to last - because I'm worried about multiple postponements, not just one.

View quoted message Kelsie, I'm in the exact same position as you. Considering circumstances remain the same, do you think we would be able to get our deposit back from the venue? Or from our vendors in general? I havent even emailed them yet.


Just like you, I wanted a summer wedding and holding it off another year is too long for me. I'm going to keep the photographer for the ceremony though. I want to get married this June regardless even if it's just a small amount of people.
(Keeping you ladies in my thoughts. Hoping for the best. We are in this together x.)

If we can't get married on our date - we'll get civilly married as soon as we are able but we won't reschedule our reception. We wanted a summer wedding and putting it off another year isn't what we want to do.

Plus we're soon to be living an hour and a half away from either our church and reception venue, so it wouldn't make sense for us in terms of meeting vendors, etc.

Its really sad - but what can we do? We don't want to put our family, friends and guests in a situation where they may get sick.