We just received the Save the Date for an August wedding in CO that was postponed from 2020.
We have a second family wedding…the following week in August…also postponed from 2020…but that one involves families traveling here from abroad.
Both about 150 people.
Anyone want to take bets on whether these will actually happen…or not!
I will say…this time we will reserve air travel with Southwest so we can at least bank the miles if cancelled.
I do not believe society will put up with lockdowns again.
Booking with miles is smart. Even if the wedding occurs, you may not be comfortable attending or may be sick
Seems to me it is impossible to know what the world will be like in a month or two no less next summer. All we can do is hope for the best.
All the weddings D or we are supposed to attend in 2022 are scheduled for Honolulu, so we will hopefully get a nice visit even if no weddings. D is supposed to attend 4, so far.
If I remember, one of these weddings was in Douglas County, CO. That one will happen and there will be no restrictions on number allowed to attend, as Douglas Co. likes to make its own rules and not follow any guidelines.
Our governor is very reluctant to get involved. He’s left it up to the cities and counties to decide. Most of the counties in the Denver Metro area have reinstated mask mandates indoors, and some big venues (NHL/NBA area; concert halls) also have a vaccine requirement. In Denver, the mayor mandated masks for all indoor venues in August, all city employees, all schools, all city buildings. No issues. Douglas county fought it all, and I’m not sure school kids are wearing masks.
It may depend on whether wedding/reception is outdoors, size and whatever area is doing at the time. My nephew has tentatively rescheduled 4/2020 wedding to mid Nov 2022 in Honolulu. We are all crossing fingers.
My daughter is supposed to be the maid of honor in a wedding near Lancaster, PA next summer. The couple has already decided to pare the guest list. I hope the wedding takes place.
We haven’t heard of any reschedule date for ceremony D was scheduled to be in 12/2020, and the couple got married at courthouse earlier in 2020, so who knows? Her brother has rescheduled his wedding to 11/2022, but they had put down significant deposits (enough for a nice down payment on a place to live).
Yes - I do think they will happen. Venues & wedding service providers cannot survive another round of cancellations. It will be up to the venue to decide what the rules are re masking. Private venues will likely be more relaxed. Best chances are to schedule everything outdoors, which my daughter did for her wedding in October (rescheduled from October 2020).
She also required a negative test result within 48 hours for her rehearsal dinner, which was the only indoor event, for the few guests who didn’t get vaccinated (caused a bit of drama on the groom’s side of the family). Guest lists may take a hit as some will not want to risk infection. They invited 200 but ended up with 160-ish, which was a more manageable number, IMO. Hers was also a destination wedding for many on the guest list, so not wanting to to travel was an issue for some.
The issue on that isn’t the location of the wedding. It was canceled last time because of the guests invited less than 1/3 were going to attend. The venue did finally close up shop…but this wedding could have happened in 2020, if the bride hadn’t cancelled.
FWIW at my D’s wedding last August we had every guest provide us with their vaccination card. No unvaxed guests were allowed. We also made sure all of the vendors, wait staff etc. were vaccinated. Not a guarantee of safety but it was a precaution the bride and groom felt strongly about.
Our daughter’s friend is going to do the same.
At our wedding….the bride got vaxed because of a job requirement. Groom is not. This won’t be a requirement.
I would probably decline then. We went to a wedding this month and everyone had to be vaccinated. Everyone will be vaccinated if they are attending son’s wedding in May.
I suspect everyone attending my nephew’s wedding will be vaxed & boostered. Have not yet read that they are planning to require it.