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Postponement Issues ? Help !

Violetta, on April 29, 2020 at 22:14 Posted in Plan a wedding 0 8

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I want to apologize in advance if my thoughts are all over the place throughout this message as I am writing this with flooding emotions. I am too stuck between a rock and hard place when deciding if we should postpone our September wedding till next year. Unfortunately, I have seen what this pandemic has caused .. I am a nurse and work in a hospital so I am aware of the numbers of cases and the seriousness of this pandemic. My fiance and I have decided to postpone our wedding, however in order to do so, you must first contact your venue..well that's the issue, they don't seem to be responding to our messages or sticking to their word when they say they will call. When I have spoken to future brides they have told me that their venues have ACTUALLY contacted them to postpone. Is anyone else having difficulty postponing their wedding, if so..what are you both doing? Also, we want a traditional wedding, if we do get marrried then we would like to do everything all at once, I know some individuals have opted out for other things but this isn't an interest to us both at this time. Some other information..Our wedding is September 19 2020 and we are having +350 guests. Interested to know other individuals comments.

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Latest activity by Violetta, on May 15, 2020 at 18:42

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Violetta · On May 15, 2020 at 18:42
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Thank you everyone for your comments, I definitely took everyone's suggestions into consideration and my venue did reach back to me which they were super apologetic about everything..this is definitely a stressful time for everyone! I wish everyone good luck with all their future plans and please stay safe !
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Ashley · On May 4, 2020 at 21:01
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Im holding on for my date. i hope it can go ahead. i would keep calling your venue and tell them how disappointed you are with them. they also might be busy rescheduling all their may and june weddings. i heard that venues are going month by month to reschedule
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Vinod · On April 30, 2020 at 14:57
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You are on the right thought and thinking one step ahead to be safe. Your venue should be getting back to you as well as other couples that are in the same boat to know what is happening to postpone your date as desired. No response would be a bad sign and for your guests waiting until the last minute to know what's going on.
By June, the venue should be notifying or sending an email to let you know of any updates and what action can be done on their end. Keep on emailing them and calling so they know you are wanting answers.
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Breanna · On April 30, 2020 at 10:27
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First of all, don't apologize. There are so many of us going through this right now and I know for me I've been so flustered and disorganized because of all the stress.

My wedding date is also Sept 19th and we are in the process of contacting our vendors to postpone. The stress of waiting and wondering has just been too much for us. We have some important people coming from the UK (who knows what the border restrictions will be) and other than marrying my best friend one of the most important aspects of my day is being able to dance with and hug my closest friends and family.

My venue (or any of my other vendors) did not contact me first, I contacted them but they have been fairly communicative so far so I can't complain. Keep reaching out to your venue. There are a lot of August and September brides postponing now so it should be expected that you'd want to communicate with them.
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Kl · On April 30, 2020 at 06:57
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Also - thank you for the important work you are doing and stay healthy/safe!
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Kl · On April 30, 2020 at 06:57
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Hi Violetta! I would echo Hank - definitely contact them (repeatedly, if necessary) by any means possible, whether that’s by phone, email, on social media, etc. and emphasize that time is of the essence. It’s really all you can do for now. They’ll obviously have no choice to deal with you eventually but I totally understand that you may want to get the ball rolling while there are still desirable back up dates available.

I decided to postpone my August wedding back in March. I had to initiate that discussion with my venue, but once I did they were absolute superstars an let us postpone free of charge. One point that may have some bearing on your situation. When I contacted my venue coordinator about changing plans, I got an auto-reply indicating that she was “out of the office” (which I interpreted to mean temporarily laid off). So I had to hunt down another person to speak with. I guess my point is that your usual contact may be working an irregular/reduced schedule these days which could explain their erratic behaviour. Maybe go “up the ladder” if necessary/possible.
Good luck!
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Hank · On April 29, 2020 at 23:41
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Are you only contacting via email? Do you have a office or cell number you can try calling? Or perhaps message them via social media like their Facebook page if they're still not getting back to you.
Unfortunately, you can only try to keep at it for the time being. One thing to consider though, because you're choosing to move the date and not mandated by the government, you may lose your deposit. I know a lot of people are waiting for the venue to initialize these conversations because of that.
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Kelsie · On April 29, 2020 at 22:17
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We’ve reached out to our venue twice to see what other dates they had available and our venue got back to us I would say within a few hours at most.

Perhaps your venue is dealing with brides who have weddings upcoming in May through August? That may be the reason for delay?
In any case - id keep reaching out to them, until they lift the restrictions we can’t go to our venue in any case so the best advice I can give unfortunately is keep reaching out.
I’m so sorry this happening and I hope it’s just a misunderstanding or a result of the venue having to correspond with a lot of people at once. I hope it gets resolved quickly!
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