Should I postpone/cancel my August wedding?

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Just wondering if anyone else is in the same boat, due to get married in August but with all the uncertainty I don't know what to think whether to postpone or just wait and see what happens?

We are July and are going to hold out another few weeks before we make a decision, will go ahead with the ceremony if possible and postpone the reception if we have too

My friend was getting married in June and the venue cancelled today

I’d postpone

Our local hotel has cancelled all ceremonies until October

DH plays in a wedding band and everything up to end of Oct has been cancelled/rescheduled, mostly by the venues.

My wedding is supposed to be 1 July. We are going to postpone the party bit but are hoping we can still do the legal registry office bit, even if it's only us and the Registrar. Does anyone think that they might reopen the Registry Offices by this summer and allow minimal weddings?

@Willowcat77 ours is was 3rd July, hoping to do the same as you. I'm going to contact the reg office and see what's going on this week as we've got our declaration of intent to marry appointment coming up at the end of April

@islandislandisland Good luck! Could you give us an update after you've spoken to them? I've already had my declaration appointment but nobody seems to have a clue how long the offices will be closed...

I'm 8th august and currently holding out hope, our venue isnt postponing july onwards yet and you never know...

Hate to be the voice of doom but the office I work in is not taking notice appointments for the foreseeable future, nor are the neighbouring districts. Also if you've given notice for a hotel or other venue we cant marry you in the office without you giving notice again. Many venues are closed indefinitely and others have fixed closures to the end of June/July which may be continued.

@Willowcat77 they have put the notice appointment back to end of May which is the latest we can do before the proposed reg office day, with the proviso that obviously things might not be ok by the end of May nor the 3rd July.

We're waiting for our venue to confirm that we can move to the same time next year. Even if lockdown is over by May, I think we can expect this to go on for sometime and we've got some very vulnerable people so don't want to risk it. We were meant to get married on August 1st.

Our wedding is supposed to be Aug 14th I'm just waiting to hear back from the venue but we are holding out taking one month at a time

Yes, general feeling is that we will restrict lockdown in end May, to then repeat it again end July, over the school holidays.

I would postpone based on the fact it is unlikely to be the magical day you were hoping for, and compromised in any way. Personally I would not want to spend that kind of money on a day that was hanging in the balance, and the stress if things go wrong/people can't make/lockdown happens a few days before. Sorry. It must be horrible for you to deal with this.

I'm in the same position. We are due to marry in August. My venue has closed until the end of June so we are in limbo until then but before they closed, they said they intend for it to go ahead, unless the government has another lockdown. I'm trying to stay positive despite all the texts from people apologising that my wedding won't be going ahead 😑 Hope it all works out for you all!

My friend is getting married in August and the marquee she was planning to use to hold her reception has cancelled it's difficult to know if it is economic difficulties that has caused this or whether they are anticipating that they still wouldn't be able to hold a wedding at that time. Every other supplier is planning on continuing though so they are still holding out hope at the moment. I would wait and see, you don't know whether there will be a second peak and amidst all the uncertainty it is difficult to know when would be best to rearrange.

I don't think I'd cancel, but I'd keep it to close family.

It's possible that measures are relaxed or that there's a new lockdown. There's no knowing. Either way, I don't think it's advisable to have a small crowd that could spread coronavirus.
Unless all of you had it by then...

If you have to have a big party, and the timing for getting married doesn't matter to you, then I'd postpone.

We're due to get married on 17 July and our venue currently are insisting that we'll be going ahead and not even considering postponement. The uncertainty is driving me absolutely bananas!

We're already on attempt 2 after our first venue went bust (after everything was organised) and had to rearrange it all. The thought of starting again again is soul destroying.

Hoping for a miracle and it goes ahead, but not holding my breath

We are due to get married early August and whilst we've not made any final decision yet, are assuming that it probably won't go ahead at this point. The venue is currently closed, of course.

We have discussed maybe just having a registry office ceremony anyway, as soon as possible, and then have a big party later in the year / next year. It's the getting married bit that matters after all, not the 'wedding day'.

Think our planned honeymoon to northern Italy is definitely a no-go, though