Worried about 2021 possible Covid-19 restrictions

It is so hard to tell... even if a vaccine comes out by summer at the earliest, that doesn’t mean immunity is going to take effect in 2021...
Personally, I would keep the august date and have an intimate, lovely wedding outdoors! Historically speaking, pandemics last a minimum of 3 years...
Best wishes 🤍

I think mid-2021 is hopeful but possible for a vaccine. I wouldn't change anything just yet.

Realistically, we may not "go back to normal" until 2022 or later so I wouldn't keep putting off marriage indefinitely because of the pandemic. I'd wait until spring 2021 to even think about changing your date, and then consider how long you are willing to wait to get married, and what the most important parts of your wedding are to you. You may opt for a smaller event with fewer restrictions or decide that having a big affair is more important even if that means waiting.

I personally would at least wait until February to decide whether to postpone or not for an August wedding. I think it's too early to decide right now

Unfortunately, no one knows. If you would not be prepared to move forward with a modified version of your wedding in August 2021 (as a contingency), then you should consider another postponement if it would put your mind at ease until there is more certainty around COVID. Sure, people are hopeful (including myself!), and it seems logical that things will better by then, but I'm sure there was also a time when you felt like by December things would be fine. If the vision you have for your day is not flexible, then avoiding 2021 altogether is your safest bet.

Where you live will play a big role in determining whether there are restrictions.

View Quoted Comment I agree with this. Intimate weddings are the way to go for everyone wanting to marry between now and all through 2021.

Totally agree! Just had this discussion with my FMIL. Our wedding is 4/3/21 & we will get married that day. Only thing we don’t know is how many guests will be there.

There’s certainly no guarantee. In June, we postponed from 10/10/20 to 10/30/21. But that’s when this whole pandemic was wildly new and unknown. However, we aren’t postponing again because it’s really not worth it at this point (Plus, it could be forever chasing down the time when things will be “normal“ again). Now that we know more, we’re just going to move forward and take necessary precautions

I m an Aug Bride also Imma play it by air for now til nxt year & then decide...

I'm a scientist at a major biopharma company. Barring any upsetting data from safety, there will be a vaccine out by the end of this year. I don't think it will be widely distributed until probably next spring, but there is a good chance front-line workers and vulnerable populations will begin getting vaccinated this year. There are also many other efficacious treatments and data are surfacing that immunity to covid (once recovered) is lasting at least 6 months. I'm hopeful that restrictions will loosen by next summer. I would keep your date.

We had the same situation. We postponed to May 2021 and were feeling like it was getting less and less likely it would happen. We had planned to wait to January/February to decide but reached out to our venue to get their thoughts. They encouraged us to postpone because even if there was a vaccine/eased restrictions, they as a company were not bringing back their kitchen staff until things were better longer term. They haven’t had a kitchen staff since March even though indoor dining restrictions had been lifted a little. The venue may help at least give some direction so you aren’t scrambling a couple months before the wedding. Plus dates at the end of next year are filling up fast, so if you were still trying to do 2021 and not 2022, I would try and figure it out sooner than later.

View Quoted Comment This so so refreshing to hear thank you

I think you should play it safe and postpone. We were supposed to get married this May but pushed it back to Sept 2021 but we are thinking of just postponing until further notice. We are also having a baby and our baby will be 4 months next Sept and we don’t want to risk anything. Covid has ruined everything!

With the current situation in our country either covid will be in the rear view mirror or we will be locked down as a country. Too soon to call keep your date. Re asses after 1-20-21

I am also in the same situation. Our Wedding was suppose to be August 2020 and because of the Pandemic we postponed it to next year 2021 however we are still worried about if we should postpone again. My babe is awesome and that he has told me if I want to get married now we can. I love that he is going with whatever I want to do even though I change my mind all of the time. For now I plan on keeping the day and if we have to have less guest that is fine.

I'd leave it as is for now, August is a ways away & you never know what can happen between now and then. We've planned ours for July and still plan on getting married that day regardless, we don't believe in continuously postponing because then we would never get married.

A vaccine doesn't mean things will go back to normal, we can just do the best we can with what we're given. Keep your date and hope for the best

I am also a little worried about my wedding which is September 4th, 2021. I think we will still go through with everything as is. My venue is extremely popular and booked out a year in advance before Covid and now with postponements it’s looking like it would be a few years out to book the same venue. Many of our guests might not be able to come but I know my closet friends and my immediate family will be there so we will end up having an amazing day whether we have 200 guests or 25 guests.

We eloped on our original date (May 30, 2020) with just 8 guests and postponed our bigger event (60-80 people) by a full year until June 12, 2021. Our venue just emailed us to let us know that they don't anticipate being able to do full weddings next year, so wanted to give us ample time to decide if we want to do a super small socially distanced event with masks, postpone to 2022, or discuss a partial refund of our deposit. I'm a bit heartbroken but sort of relieved too, in a weird way. This has just been so stressful.

I'm really glad my husband and I got married on our original date. It was not at all what we wanted and it too was stressful and disappointing, but it also feels kind of special that we persevered and made it happen even under such awful circumstances. I'm very glad we didn't put off our marriage by a full year only to not have that date work out either.