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COVID19 May 30th Wedding

knottief88fb8931b0da1f8knottief88fb8931b0da1f8 member
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Anyone else out there with a May 30th wedding date that has made any decisions yet? We will be getting married in Ohio and I am just having a really hard time deciding what to do and exactly WHEN to make that hard decision. Also if you are rescheduling, when are you moving it to? Ahhhh...so much stress, and the knot just sent an email that made me stress more! :(
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  • charlotte989875charlotte989875 member
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    knottief88fb8931b0da1f8 said:
    Anyone else out there with a May 30th wedding date that has made any decisions yet? We will be getting married in Ohio and I am just having a really hard time deciding what to do and exactly WHEN to make that hard decision. Also if you are rescheduling, when are you moving it to? Ahhhh...so much stress, and the knot just sent an email that made me stress more! :(
    Not in the same boat but I really feel for you. When do you have to make a decision by? Is there a date your venue needs to know by in order to reschedule? I would say to start there so you know how long you have to decide. If you have a lot of people traveling in from other areas it could impact whether they can attend depending on restrictions in their areas as wel. 
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  • biancaraexpbiancaraexp member
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    That is the same date that we have. I’m also so torn and don’t know if we should reschedule. My plan as of now is to keep the date but we also reserved a back up date in June. It’s just hard because you don’t know what’s going to happen in the next month but still have to get invitations out. I think we’re going to send the invites as accordingly but add in a note with the alternative date and tell people to continue following up with our website and provide the link. 
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  • summer2020summer2020 member
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    @biancaraexp if you don't mind me asking, what is your backup date in June? Our wedding is scheduled for June 20th, and as of right now, we are continuing as normal. We have a lot of guests traveling in from out of state but the "force majeure" clause doesn't kick into effect for our contracts until Mid May, locking us into our contracts until then. We are monitoring sites and are hoping for some resolve come mid-June, but its hard to tell what the best decision is for not only us, but for our guests as well.
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  • biancaraexpbiancaraexp member
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    hello! Our back up date is June 19th. Yeah my venue isn’t making us lock in our date they’ve been very flexible this just sucks because of all the uncertainty. I’m hearing that all of this could even go into late summer so it’s stressing me out and I don’t know what to do.
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  • biancaraexpbiancaraexp member
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    We our hoping by mid April we have more answers but we are planning to send out the invites and by May 1st hopefully being able to make up the decision. I think our venue has been pretty understanding I just hope all our other vendors are as well
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  • knottief88fb8931b0da1f8knottief88fb8931b0da1f8 member
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    Haven't talked to my venue yet, I figured they are probably going crazy rescheduling from March and April. We do not have many out of town guests. We have sent out our invitations (I've been married before and it took forever to get them all back). We are hoping to make our final decision by May 1st as well...it's just very stressful with not knowing. I may call to get a backup date. Are you still going to get married on the original date? We have ordered gifts and received gifts with our date on it already. ugh.
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  • knottiec06a58816adc5d9bknottiec06a58816adc5d9b member
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    May 31st bride here. Thankfully, our venue has let us choose two backup dates and all of our vendors have been super accommodating. We originally planned a Sunday morning wedding with brunch reception as its less expensive- and more available when rescheduling now. We have backup dates of June 28th and September 27th. Our only financial loss will be buying new invitations. Given that our state has been pretty hard hit with virus cases (New Jersey), it is going to be rather difficult at this point to continue with the planning process for May 31st, and potentially June 28th given the projections for the virus. We're leaning towards just moving everything to September just to be less stressed and rushed in getting everything done. Sadly, as of right now, none of our municipal offices are open and we won't be able to just have a ceremony first and party later. So-- my advice-- if your municipal offices are still open, get yourself a license while you can!
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  • biancaraexpbiancaraexp member
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    This is all just so crazy and I have no idea what to do. That is a good idea moving it to September I just really wanted a May wedding. I haven’t sent out invitations yet and I’m just going to use the same ones and make little cards with the back up date. We want to have the ceremony and reception the same day so either it’ll be the original date which I’m thinking not like you guys said it’s a lot more stress waiting on moving it. I might just move it as well. I’m in upstate New York and New York is getting hit pretty bad. But I like your idea of having two dates I think I’m going to call and do a back up date in September too 
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  • jubileepinkjubileepink member
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    I'm in the same boat. My wedding is June 10th, and I have so many things to do that require me going places, and I'm just not sure how it's going to get done. That being said, we're waiting till May to make that decision. 
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  • jubileepinkjubileepink member
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    Oh, and also we can't push our wedding back any further than late July. We have lots of nieces and nephews on both sides who we want to be able to come, but since a lot of schools start back up as early as mid-August, we have to make sure they're available to attend.
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  • biancaraexpbiancaraexp member
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    Ahh this is so crazy and stressful. It’s the uncertainty I’m the kind of person who likes to know what is going on etc. 
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  • biancaraexpbiancaraexp member
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    Update just moved our wedding to September 25th because that way we know this won’t be as bad hopefully. It’s sucks but all our vendors worked with us luckily and it gives us more time to make it perfect. 
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  • knottie6db897104b28d755knottie6db897104b28d755 member
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    My wedding is scheduled for May 24th, however, we have decided to postpone until October 3rd, 2020. I'm praying everything will be good by then.
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  • knottie761e2a2232067a94knottie761e2a2232067a94 member
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    Our wedding is also scheduled for May 24th and we are struggling with the "right" decision to make. Will we have a small ceremony and a large reception later? Should we move everything? Unfortunately the first back-up date available to us is Jan 2, 2021! 
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  • banana468banana468 member
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    Right now the only thing you can plan on is change.

    Can you call vendors to see what they'll allow for rescheduling and how far out you can postpone?  
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