Hi everyone,
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give. My fiance and I have been through a really rough couple of months financially and are not only back to $0 in our wedding savings, but also trying to get ourselves out of the situation we're in. In short, there is absolutely no way we can pay for the wedding we were planning in the time we have. We were planning a budget wedding, but an unexpected move put a big obstacle in our way, making even a cheap day too expensive for us.
We've paid deposits for the location, photographer, and florist. I have my dress and plan on still wearing it, whatever we do (it's not super formal). Our friend who was to marry us is still coming out and will still be our officiant, however we're married. At this point, we plan on finding a beautiful place in our city and being married on the same day we'd already planned.
We're in the process of telling our families that financially, we just won't be able to swing it, and they can still come up and share our day, but we cannot have a wedding like we'd all been planning. So far, it's gone fine and they knew of our circumstances, so are understanding of our decision. We've reached a point now though, that we need to let the 80-100 people we'd invited that they is no longer an event for them to come to. Our wedding day is Saturday, November 2 and StDs have already been sent out. We did make a wedding website and have registry information, but I plan on updating that as soon as all of our family knows.
How do we let everyone else know? I'm fine with making a written announcement, but am unsure how to word it and what is appropriate to put in it. Like I said, I'll also be updating our wedding website, but I don't know how many people actually look at it. We need to do this relatively soon and I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings or cause them to lose money on plans.