It may not be today, it may not be tomorrow but it will happen ...

My wedding is june 2021 and after 2 years of planning we are just pushing ahead. No one knows what will be by then but at this point we are refusing to put our lifes on hold any longer. My family is coming from abroad so if there is a travel ban that would be the only reason to reschedule for us. Our original plan was 80 day/120 night guests but if we have to do 50 we can, friends and family will understand. Anything less would be challenging but tbh I marry the man I love so if its 30 then its 30 with a smile and the knowledge that its just one day in our amazing life together. And that we are lucky to be healthy and got each other. No one knows at this point what will be in 8/12 or even 24 months(if the ban persist many more venues/caterers/bands.. will go out of business too). If people are worried about next year and thinking about rescheduling I get it. But then I would think rescheduling well into 2022 is the only thing that makes sense. Because autumn/winter 21 with colder weather might just be another wave like this year..... not better than summer 21 after all

I got engaged in January 2018 we booked our wedding for may 2021 and were planing a big disney themed wedding, tried to stay hopeful but with our venue being so expensive and very popular and our guest list was already as small as possible with 50 day guests and 100 in the evening which is already very small for our venue and to reduce that to 30 then again to 15 when the venue space is massive for up to 1000 people we decided that although we hope it's over by next year we felt it was best to postpone to August 2022 and pray that we can have the wedding we both dream of

I'm panicking now as we're booked for end of March 2021 - since lockdown I can't book anything so if it does go ahead it'll be a rush job. We've told everyone the date but have held off sending invites - what if they reduce numbers again to 15-20?

Happy to move the date but Groom wants to stick to what we've booked.

Hi girls,

So glad to have found this thread. I'm in the same situation and don't know anyone else IRL who is (all my friends got married in the past few years with normal big weddings - lucky them!). I totally sympathise with all your worries and uncertainty.

We're due to get married in early May 2021 with circa 100 guests. We've booked almost everything and paid deposits, and almost all suppliers have agreed to be flexible if we are forced to postpone due to Covid restrictions.... I think that's the best we can do for now. Make sure our contracts/terms with suppliers offer flexibility in the case of postponement, and be open to the idea of postponing the party. I can't get insurance in any case so hoping the suppliers don't go bankrupt in the meantime .

I think if covid restrictions are still in place, we'd still do the small legal/religious ceremony in May 2021, then have the party when it's possible... but not put life on hold! Like some of you, I'm in my mid 30s and keen to start a family soon, so I don't want to postpone life forever!! We'll probably make a decision on postponement around March 2021.

Sorry for the long message!!

Would be good if we could keep each other updates as to plans, tips, coping strategies etc

xx

Hiya,
I’m so glad people have responded to this post as it has definitely bought a lot of us together with similar questions/worries.

We have made the decision - today- to postpone for 5th June to 24th July 2021. Now there are only 6 weeks between them but that could be a big period of time in terms of numbers/circumstances so we’ve taken the jump. We have also decided that IF we are unable to have the amount of people we want, we will still go through with it in July.
Please do keep us all updated whilst we go through this journey together ! X

View quoted message Ah that's good! We have visited the venue in Cornwall today and booked that in and the photographer so we are now having champagne to celebrate as it feels really real now x

View quoted message Ah congratulations!
I had the same ‘it is real!!’ moment yesterday.
What is your ‘next step’ in organising/planning ? X

View quoted message Well we also met with/booked out photographer today, ceremony is booked with registrar, I have my dress which I just need to get altered so just getting rings & finding him a suit really!

View quoted message Awww you have sorted so many of your ‘important’ elements !
How did you pick your photographer ? We are finding it hard lol c

View quoted message I reseached a few in the local area, liked her style of photos, was in budget and will provide exactly what we want, we don't want overly posed photos, just natural shots which she does. Met with her today and her and her partner were just so lovely, really down to earth so we know we've made the right choice x

Hey Amy,


My story is a little bit different due to get married spring next year but my fiancé family and friends from Australia and we don’t know if they will be able to fly end of this year.. we may have to postpone till 2023 which is so sad as didn’t really want a long engagement ( got engaged last year)