Will this go ahead?

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My brother in law is getting married in Italy with 80 guests at the end of June.
He is fully convinced it will be fine. I don't and I don't feel comfortable going if it does so I've cancelled. And now I'm public enemy number 1 in the family especially with his wife.

Do you think it will go ahead in your opinion?

Nope.

Possibly, but hotel quarantine for 10 days either on arrival or return or both is a strong possibility, that or having to pay for multiple covid tests. We didn't stop summer holidays last year without the vaccination, so I can't see them stopping them this year. However I don't think we should be going on holidays, just think we will be able.

Yes with quarantine after.

No and I wouldn’t be going to an event with that many either regardless of the destination.

Which many people will cancel if quarantine due to taking time off work I'd imagine

Mumsnet will be an overwhelming no. In real life you'll probably get more positivity. Truth is no one really knows. It's just as likely to happen as it is not.

I think there’s a slim chance households will be allowed to go on holiday by then but 80 people at a wedding is very unlikely to happen

I dont know how Italy is holding up at the minute.
Its unfair that you're public enemy number 1 though. I'd be surprised if you are the only one out of the 80 who are uncomfortable with the idea of the whole thing.

If Italy’s rules allow I think it will go ahead. But people may have to quarantine on return so guests not able to do that won’t be able to go.

And by then quarantine on return will most likely mean in a hotel with associated costs.

No.

No chance. we’ll be lucky if the under 50s are vaccinated by the summer.. Italy won’t want Tom Dick and Harry coming into their even less vaccinated country.

You are brave to call it though. It’s basically called off their wedding.. it will be a domino effect of cancellations

If rates are low in the summer like they were last year, travel will be allowed. No one knows if a wedding with 80 guests will be allowed to happen (probably not), but you’re well within your rights to cancel if you don’t feel comfortable.

I’m personally not even cancelling things I have in March yet, because the situation is changing every couple of weeks so there’s no way of knowing where we’ll be next month, let alone end of June.

Did they need a definite yes or no already? My cousin got married at the end of August 2020 and we only had to confirm if we were going 2 weeks before. I was leaning towards going in May/June, then as cases started to go up at the wedding destination mid-August, I was glad I waited until then to decide against going. I would personally wait until a couple of weeks before the wedding and decide then, when you have a clearer picture of the situation.

It might with local Italian guests but I cannot see those from the UK being able to go without quarantine.

Hard to know, there may be some practicalities, quarantine, covid tests etc. However ultimately it will be up to the Italian authorities/ local provincies.

I would be surprised though if a wedding party of 80+ will be permitted even by June.

Thank you!!!! Yeah I think this is the issue. I've kinda been the one to say what others are thinking! But I can't afford quarantine after in a hotel and I don't have the work holiday to waste anyway so I didn't want to lead them on as they were asking when I was booking flights etc! It was meant to be last June but moved but obvious reasons!

I imagine his wife is pretty angry, generally.

I don't have to give a definite yes or no.. but I was asked if I had booked the flights which promoted the conversation as I said no

@Doomsdayiscoming that's what I thought!

@Doomsdayiscoming yes she is, and as it was meant to be last year she's even more angry understandably.

There won’t be hotel quarantine in June. Boris is hosting the G7 summit in Cornwall in June so you can be sure international travel will be going ahead by then. People went on holiday last year from July without vaccines so I can’t see why you won’t be able to get out there and get back. The rules on the actual wedding will be down to Italy. And for those going on about variants they existed last year we just didn’t know about them as we weren’t looking for them!

Haha, I’m just messing and being pedantic. I know she meant fiancée.

I’d say you are good to go. Where in Italy? I got married in Ravello. Beaut.

I’d book flights, but leave accom. Unless both have decent cancellation.

@Doomsdayiscoming hahahah oh god it's just clicked what I said yes wife to be!
It's in Capri! I do have accommodation booked for and paid in full (as it was originally in June 2020 so it was just moved by the venue to this year) so it's just flights I haven't got.

Perhaps I should just go with the flow and see what the next few months brings!

When I said I've cancelled I meant like verbally I haven't cancelled the accommodation or anything

Our wedding is in June in this country and even we don't know if we'll be having our full guest list of 18 or having to cut down to 15. Based on that, I really don't think it's likely.

Katie you have a lot more faith in the UK government then I do. They will just change the rules to not effect them.

I cannot see how it can go from now and 2 people can meet up outdoors and a 6pm curfew to "come in your hoards from overseas to have a wedding" by June.