Wedding in Greece in May

[Hope4theBestPlan4theWorst]

So my friend was meant to be getting married in May 2020 in Greece

Obviously that didn't happen

She's rescheduled for May 2021 and everyone has paid a bit more as prices had increased

She desperately wants us to go however my dp is reluctant to pay out £3000 due second week of January for 4 of us to go to something that probably won't happen and then have the hassle of claiming it back.

I don't want to upset her or rain on her already drenched parade but I see where my partner is coming from and it all seems a bit pointless if we aren't going to be able to go anyway!!!!

What do people think?

I wouldn't bank on it.
We've been invited to a UK wedding at the end of April. Having worked out when we might get vaccines and who we'll be mixing with it is extremely likely we won't be going.

I agree with your partner and would hold off for now. I feel sorry for your friend but things are still as clear as mud at the moment.

I think it is possible that things could have significantly improved by May, but you probably won't know whether it's possible to go until the last minute, so you should only pay if you're prepared to live with that level of uncertainty.

Dependant on who you have booked with some companies have been very quick at refunding (tui/jet2)
I would only not pay any further instalments if you have no intention of going should the holiday still go ahead. If it does go ahead you may need to pay for PCR tests before you go and possibly isolate when you come back which you need to factor into your decision if you want to go or not.
If you cancel you lose everything you have paid, if the holiday operator cancels you are entitled to a full refund

We are due to go to a rescheduled UK wedding in may. I don’t think it will be going ahead, we’ll certainly not with100 guests. I’m with your partner.

I’m not booking anything for 2021 and that would include a wedding abroad. N

At the moment, you'd be wise to commit only the £££ which you wouldn't be gutted to lose.

Based on the expected rate of vaccination manufacture and administration in reality, I'd be really surprised if things are anywhere near normal in May.

Knowing things we know now about the virus, the new varient and how long likely for vaccination numbers to be significant enough - I’d suggest you don’t go

It’s just a bad situation. Even a wedding in UK is likely to be small in May due to covid

You don’t be the only reasonable person to make this decision which is not about your friend, but about your health, health if your family and your jobs because you’d likely still need to quarantine then if we are allowed to travel then (and if you’re comfortable travelling then too).

It'd be crazy to spend the money, especially as you might have really legitimate reasons not to go nearer the time (eg. Local travel ban, one of you has symptoms etc) but that your insurers/airline wouldn't pay out for.

Impossible to say at the moment OP. I do feel for your friend, it must be so disappointing to have to rearrange your wedding. We have a U.K. holiday booked in May (same county, perhaps an hour and a half to travel) and we’re not banking on being able to go 🤷‍♀️

We'r le not booking or planning thing next year either.

I was called an unhinged, hysterical and told I was living a pathetic existence in March when I said we weren't planning anything for the rest of 2020.

Nobody knows how the year is going to go. I'd rather not get my hopes looking forward to things that continuously get cancelled and just play things by ear. So I won't be booking holidays abroad until I know there's no risk of it being cancelled at the last minute for to increase in numbers or scrambling to get back.

I agree with your partner. I wouldn’t book anything unless I was confident of being able to get all or most of my money back.

Thanks everyone
We've discussed it all day and decided we are going to say that at the moment we can't commit owing to the uncertainty however if things change nearer the time we will reconsider If there's availability for us to go

We didn't originally book last year as I was on maternity leave and we didn't have the money

She's
Booked the whole thing with travel counsellors