Super worried, What to Do?

Stay positive and with all things happening, the venue is hopefully allowing you to postpone the wedding date until all is clear to go and guests will make their drive as expected. Other things to consider is talking to the LCBO manager to see what can happen about the returns of the unused bottles if the time isn't happening now and will accept when the time occurs of your wedding. The time of this pandemic isn't great though its affecting a lot of people and travel plans, stay calm and push the date for later in the summer time.

View quoted message Girl you are keeping your positivity so well!! I don't know what but I'm sure something is going to work for you, I can feel it 🤗🤗🤗

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Hopefully you get an answer either way soon, so then you can have a clear direction of what you have to do next. Absolutely, you absolutely should get your deposits back if there's a strike. He has a good idea, and guests may be upset, but I don't think they'll be upset at you directly! It's totally beyond your control. Once you have a definitive answer, I think you have to decide if you want to organize something last minute (not exactly what you wanted), or if you want to reschedule to have the day exactly as you want it in the future.

Is the wedding coordinator tied to the venue? If she's not, she should be doing everything in her power to make this happen somewhere else.

I wish I knew more places close to you. I know a fitness studio/boutique gym up in Newmarket that rents their space on the weekends. Maybe someone does that in Scarborough? If it was an AirBnB, maybe your caterer could change the style of food and help you out with discounted rented tables. Honestly, if the strike goes ahead and you still want to have a wedding, I think people would be willing to help you out if you explain the full situation.

Omggggg so so sorry to hear this. i personally would change venues if this was me. i would find open or green space or even halls have rooms you can rent for ceremonies as well and then call all my vendors and then call all my guests and also send them a text as well with the new address!! call your guests last once you have confirmed a new space. good luck!!!!!!!!!

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Hey Megan,

Thank you so much for your kind words. It's a really depressing time actually. I've called a few places in Pickering and Markham (only places I can afford, honestly) and not surprisingly, a lot of them are booked already or have certain conditions that we simply cannot meet in this very short time frame. An airbnb would be a possibility but then that would mean us renting a bunch of chairs and tables and we literally have no money for that at all. My fiance suggested that if it does come to a strike, we may have to get our deposits back and have a heart to heart with our guests, explain the situation, and then go to the courthouse with immediate family and have a reception at a later date... I just don't think this will go over with our guests. I mean, this circumstance with the strike isn't our fault but guests would still be upset.

I'm so sorry that's happening! I had no idea. I'm also getting married April 4, and I can't imagine what you're going through.
If it was me, I would start calling alternative venues just to have a backup in your pocket. I would call curling clubs, community centres just north (Markham) or east (Pickering), possibly an AirBnB, or local cafe or restaurant. If they do end up striking, maybe one of your guests would know of an alternative.

Crossing my fingers for you that it's resolved!

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Hi Steph,

Thank you kindly for your input. I will look into some alternative community centres and no one I know has a huge house!! It's just a frustrating situation. I'm trying to stay positive, I really am. Thank you so much!!

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Hey Lindsay,

Thank you so much for your input. I really do hope that they reach a deal before the deadline. I suppose I could look for another community centre but it's sad because a lot don't even have that day available anymore and I don't want to push the wedding back... it's really just a bad situation. I hope it doesn't end in a strike.

Hi Andrea! So sorry to hear about this, definitely not what you want to be dealing with in your wedding planning journey and especially not at the 11th hour. Maybe your wedding planner would be able to look into alternate locations? Maybe somewhere you wouldn't originally think of that might fit the budget. There are botanical gardens, conservation centres, maybe even another community centre that might be able to hold your wedding. I know they can get pricey, but your planner might have some connections or might know of some places. If not, do you know anyone with a particularly large home that you could set up canopy tents in the backyard? I wish I had more ideas to help, if I think of anything I'll let you know. In the meantime, try to stay positive while you come up with your backup plan. Sometimes things have a way of working out 🤗

I think there's a pretty good chance the contract will get resolved at the deadline, try not to stress yourself out too badly until you need to!

Usually the threat of a strike/hard deadline is enough to get the two sides seriously talking. I can guarantee the mayor doesn't want to deal with Toronto parents if their kids no longer have daycare!

If it really does go to the worst case scenario, could you look for another community centre just outside of Toronto? Like Pickering/Ajax/Markham? Also, if you know anyone in a union see if they have access to renting a union hall? They're usually really inexpensive.

The good news is you're not quite in peak wedding season yet, and you don't have hundreds of guests.

Could you ask your wedding planner to look into some alternate locations for you to relieve some of your stress?

I'm sorry you're going through this and I hope it all works out!