Postponed Wedding? Here’s What to Do

Covid-19 got your wedding plan cancelled? Here are some pointers on how to handle postponing a wedding.

Everyone expected this to be the happiest day of your life. Then the pandemic arrived and changed everything. The virus disrupted so many areas of life. Weddings — usually joyful occasions — faced sudden cancellations and delays. 

Acknowledge Your Feelings

Health and safety come first. Still, acknowledge your feelings and disappointment. Your wedding day represents months of planning every little detail. Suddenly, nothing goes as planned. That feeling is completely valid.

Talking to Your Vendors

When you address postponing your venue, it is important to let your vendors know as soon as possible. Your vendors are business owners too. They deal with uncertainty just like you. Stay patient and share all the details you have. Remember, you are probably not the only one rescheduling. They understand.

What to Do With Your Ring

Also, you may want to know if they are available to secure a future date.

Tips for Rescheduling

When you reschedule, keep an open mind. While your original date may have been a spring May Saturday wedding, the alternative date may not be exactly what you imagined. A winter wedding or getting married on a Monday, might not be the exact vision you had, but there is no reason the venue won’t be as amazing and romantic as you imagined. Flexibility is the key to recover from this change with a positive approach.

After letting your vendors know, and just as you rushed to ask your guests to save your wedding date, it is a common courtesy that you will let your guests know you are changing your plans. 

Tell them about your new plans and give them enough time to make the arrangements needed for them to be able to attend your happy day. Don’t take their response too hard, some will be disappointed with cancelling plans they made or just won’t be as sensitive as you wish. COVID-19 has fundamentally changed the way we go about our daily lives and we’re all learning how to live in these new times.

By the way- If you purchased a wedding insurance, first of all- Wow. You rock. Seriously.

Consult with your agent and check what is covered by the insurance in case of a pandemic. Unfortunately, we are in doubt how helpful it will be, but every plan is different, so who knows. it’s worth checking.

Now take a minute for yourself and your partner. Use your cancelled-wedding-day to do something together and mark this day. Maybe even go on a mini-moon or have a small ceremony with close friends and family. It can be your cancelversary!

We know it’s not easy. You dreamed of this moment for so long and it is just bad luck that the pandemic has affected you like this. But hey, are you healthy? Are your beloved ones safe? There are so many changes around us, so many lives have been affected by this virus, we personally think we should bless on our good fortune and be thankful for what we have. 

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