Receptions are allowed from April onwards
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As in from 12th April... not before that date?
ETA - if anyone has a link they could post that specifically says receptions cannot go ahead before 12th April, that’d be great please. I have seen where it’s been phrased “weddings” and then “weddings and receptions” as the time goes on, but if it has very obvious wording that’d help us with our venue. Thank you
ETA - if anyone has a link they could post that specifically says receptions cannot go ahead before 12th April, that’d be great please. I have seen where it’s been phrased “weddings” and then “weddings and receptions” as the time goes on, but if it has very obvious wording that’d help us with our venue. Thank you
Gov Uk official guidanceAs in from 12th April... not before that date?
ETA - if anyone has a link they could post that specifically says receptions cannot go ahead before 12th April, that’d be great please. I have seen where it’s been phrased “weddings” and then “weddings and receptions” as the time goes on, but if it has very obvious wording that’d help us with our venue. Thank you
Step 1
105. Rules around funerals will not change; these can proceed with 30 attendees and wakes with 6 attendees, though not in private homes. Weddings will still be able to proceed with 6 attendees only but will no longer be limited to exceptional circumstances
step 2
118. At this point, funerals can continue to proceed with up to 30 attendees. Weddings, receptions, and commemorative events including wakes will be able to take place with up to 15 attendees (in premises that are permitted to open).
Thank you so much
Amazing news, so pleased for you!
Italy had a similar rule last year, up to 100 people, much more sensible but obviously more outdoor components there. Now I just need to figure out how to get there with no jab
My bad, thanks for the correction.
Amazing news, so pleased for you!
Italy had a similar rule last year, up to 100 people, much more sensible but obviously more outdoor components there. Now I just need to figure out how to get there with no jab
My bad, thanks for the correction.
Thank you @bellinibobble
It sounds like good news for England, I'm in Scotland so no dates etc. However it's hard for me to get excited/hopeful because I'm just imagining a situation like Christmas where so much is promised but it's all snatched away at the last moment.
I suppose at this point I'm just trying to protect myself against even more disappointments, anyone else feeling the same? This time has been so brutal and I genuinely feel like covid has massively derailed my life plans.
I suppose at this point I'm just trying to protect myself against even more disappointments, anyone else feeling the same? This time has been so brutal and I genuinely feel like covid has massively derailed my life plans.
When is your wedding supposed to be? I really hope you get some positive news soon. We were supposed to be 19th June which was two days away from restrictions and so we took a chance to try and find a new date. We’ve now got the week later but will have to find a couple of suppliers and it’s taking ages to find out if there is a registrar available. Got a bad feeling there won’t be
Although we’ve changed it to a few days after I’m still nervous that they will put the brakes on this lockdown easing. I’ve seen couples due to marry in July saying they are still worrying but at least there is a bit of hope in that situation.
Even though I’ve changed mine i know there is still a massive chance it won’t be restriction free. I just feel sorry for everyone getting married and people who work in the industry. So many hurdles to jump through it’s really unfair
Also people seem to have an argument that the 10000 limit for stadiums etc is ok because they won’t hug or anything like they would at a wedding therefore minimising contact. I can tell you now my boyfriend is a massive football fan goes to all the games and I can imagine they will all be so happy to get back that there will be hugging and things going on
I don’t know if anyone follows #whataboutweddings on Instagram/Twitter they have been amazing trying to campaign for weddings to get back to normal they have good information.
Just to say as well all my suppliers and the venue have been so kind and friendly when I’ve been trying to sort out changing the dates even though they must have god how’s how many people trying to do the same. You’re all angels and hope you get back to working as quick as possible
I’m in Scotland too, was hoping for a bit more clarity rather than hearing it may go back to level system. Hopefully things progress well and weddings will get a clearer picture soon!
Wedding is supposed to be late August to there is a bit of time but I honestly feel like I can't even let myself have hope because I've just had to much disappointment the last year (sorry to be such a downer 
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Really hope everyone here gets what they want this time- this whole situation has been one of the trickiest things I've ever had to deal with due to the uncertainty of it all! I'm allergic to uncertainty as I like to plan out my life down to the tiny details and feel like I have control hahaha.
At times I've felt unbelievably angry about the whole situation, sometimes last thing at night when I go to bed this intense anger just seeps out and I feel like a bad person for not being able to just suck it up.
Of course, the partner doesn't get it! He's all like 'oh our relationship won't change due to being married" which I do agree with but it's just knowing when to start a family etc. I don't want to run into issues as a result of delaying our wedding for years as family is a priority but we have this wedding that is being postponed and postponed.
He is adamant that he doesn't want a small wedding and wants to wait so it's getting to the stage where I would consider starting a family first and then doing the wedding later.
Good luck folks, I'm hoping to god that things right themselves this time around and we actually get to have some control over our lives again!! It's so tough being a covid bride! Although family and friends sympathise it's easy to feel like no one else really understands the extent of the struggle!! xxx
)Really hope everyone here gets what they want this time- this whole situation has been one of the trickiest things I've ever had to deal with due to the uncertainty of it all! I'm allergic to uncertainty as I like to plan out my life down to the tiny details and feel like I have control hahaha.
At times I've felt unbelievably angry about the whole situation, sometimes last thing at night when I go to bed this intense anger just seeps out and I feel like a bad person for not being able to just suck it up.
Of course, the partner doesn't get it! He's all like 'oh our relationship won't change due to being married" which I do agree with but it's just knowing when to start a family etc. I don't want to run into issues as a result of delaying our wedding for years as family is a priority but we have this wedding that is being postponed and postponed.
He is adamant that he doesn't want a small wedding and wants to wait so it's getting to the stage where I would consider starting a family first and then doing the wedding later.
Good luck folks, I'm hoping to god that things right themselves this time around and we actually get to have some control over our lives again!! It's so tough being a covid bride! Although family and friends sympathise it's easy to feel like no one else really understands the extent of the struggle!! xxx
They really don’t. I am actually starting to feel more confident about mine going ahead despite the travel restrictions, and my family are all really keen. I also think it will be an amazing way to end the past 18months. However my friends yesterday were saying they were terrified about things opening up
which I understand but like, did you have to say that to my face haha.Im in the same position , was august 2020 now august 2021 , I do not believe it will happen with no restrictions and I won’t allow myself to believe it will . I turned my phone off after Monday’s announcement after many friends and family messaging about the good news , I understand everybody’s excitement for us and it is appreciated, I’m just not in that mind frame and I couldn’t bare to have to reply to another message about how “lucky” we are , because I don’t think we are , it’s still 6 months away - I don’t even want to start to plan anything I truly can’t see it happening restriction free! Once stung twice shy!Wedding is supposed to be late August to there is a bit of time but I honestly feel like I can't even let myself have hope because I've just had to much disappointment the last year (sorry to be such a downer
My heart goes out to all of you having postponed before I know exactly how you feel and what a nightmare it is with suppliers etc 
We are on the 26th June so 5 days after restrictions are potentially lifted. We’ve had a chat and decide to go ahead and plan that we can have all our guests etc. If things change then obviously we will have a back up plan but I can’t face postponing again.
I have had mixed reactions from people one bridesmaid is adamant I need to postpone as it won’t happen but postpone to when? I don’t know when we can move it too and know 100 percent is definitely going to go ahead and be restriction free. Our venue also has no dates left for this year and we don’t want to move to next year etc
I am not saying it will go ahead restriction free but I am more optimist about it with the vaccine. Without the vaccine I wouldn’t think it was possible. Going into spring will help cases go down same with the flu and no travel coming in should help as well but we will just have to see. But I completely get why other people feel different and everyone has different ways of coping
It is nice to have some sort of idea what things will be and plan, we are at the stage we just want to get married now and if we have to change things we will deal with it then
We are on the 26th June so 5 days after restrictions are potentially lifted. We’ve had a chat and decide to go ahead and plan that we can have all our guests etc. If things change then obviously we will have a back up plan but I can’t face postponing again.
I have had mixed reactions from people one bridesmaid is adamant I need to postpone as it won’t happen but postpone to when? I don’t know when we can move it too and know 100 percent is definitely going to go ahead and be restriction free. Our venue also has no dates left for this year and we don’t want to move to next year etc
I am not saying it will go ahead restriction free but I am more optimist about it with the vaccine. Without the vaccine I wouldn’t think it was possible. Going into spring will help cases go down same with the flu and no travel coming in should help as well but we will just have to see. But I completely get why other people feel different and everyone has different ways of coping
It is nice to have some sort of idea what things will be and plan, we are at the stage we just want to get married now and if we have to change things we will deal with it then
It’s so difficult still to think about how things might be.
Our date is still booked for the first week of April. It won’t be going ahead as we’re trying to cancel but keeping hitting a brick wall with our venue, who want to retain half of our money for it NOT going ahead. I just feel like I have so much information in my head, it’s going to explode.
We’re thinking of asking them to calculate our costs based on 6 of us wedding only (which is all it could be on that date). We wouldn’t go through with it, but it’s bound to be a lower cost than what they want to currently retain. We just know it won’t be as easy as that though, they’ll find a way somehow to argue.
And then there’s the question of where we actually go from here. I think I still want a smallish wedding, but later in the year when there are no restrictions. I’m lying awake at night thinking about it... and yet I don’t know why, because we can’t do anything until we receive our money back anyway.
Our date is still booked for the first week of April. It won’t be going ahead as we’re trying to cancel but keeping hitting a brick wall with our venue, who want to retain half of our money for it NOT going ahead. I just feel like I have so much information in my head, it’s going to explode.
We’re thinking of asking them to calculate our costs based on 6 of us wedding only (which is all it could be on that date). We wouldn’t go through with it, but it’s bound to be a lower cost than what they want to currently retain. We just know it won’t be as easy as that though, they’ll find a way somehow to argue.
And then there’s the question of where we actually go from here. I think I still want a smallish wedding, but later in the year when there are no restrictions. I’m lying awake at night thinking about it... and yet I don’t know why, because we can’t do anything until we receive our money back anyway.
@nbt im sorry to hear you’re still struggling with the venue. I think asking them to price up a wedding for the date you have reserved is a good idea, hopefully then you can still receive a decent refund. 
I hope you manage to sort it! Did you end up getting any legal advice? Surely now they have been told what weddings can be like by then they they know they can’t keep all that money now!
Yeah we’ve paid for a first consultation with a solicitor and he looked through all of the correspondence between us both and says he strongly believes what they’re saying would stand up in court. He advised us to go back and say we’ve sought legal advice, what we’ve been told etc. We did do and they argued against it
I’ve not long emailed them and asked where we now stand following on from the latest announcement, as they’ve not been in touch. We’ve worked out that if we stick with that date and have wedding only, we’d still get back more than what they’re offering at the moment.
I’m so sorryYeah we’ve paid for a first consultation with a solicitor and he looked through all of the correspondence between us both and says he strongly believes what they’re saying would stand up in court. He advised us to go back and say we’ve sought legal advice, what we’ve been told etc. We did do and they argued against it
I’ve not long emailed them and asked where we now stand following on from the latest announcement, as they’ve not been in touch. We’ve worked out that if we stick with that date and have wedding only, we’d still get back more than what they’re offering at the moment.
it’s bad enough having to deal with all this wedding drama without the added bonus of your venue acting like this. Have you managed to speak to any other couples who were due to get married at your venue around the same time? They might be treating a lot of people the same as you Yeah I do wonder if they are. The more I hear back from other suppliers or hear stories from others, the angrier I get! Someone in the family has just amended her wedding (abroad first half of May) and they’ve offered her next year during half term at no extra cost AND they’re going to ring us all tomorrow to sort out our bookings. Just such good customer services and ours is just titI’m so sorry
Yeh I feel like you’ve been so unlucky, our suppliers and venue have been lovely! I’m sure it will all work out for you because there is no way they can get away with doing this to you. It must be extra hard sorting out your booking for your friends wedding when you are struggling with yours I really feel for youYeah I do wonder if they are. The more I hear back from other suppliers or hear stories from others, the angrier I get! Someone in the family has just amended her wedding (abroad first half of May) and they’ve offered her next year during half term at no extra cost AND they’re going to ring us all tomorrow to sort out our bookings. Just such good customer services and ours is just tit
we’ve changed ours to a week later now. Got to sort a couple of new suppliers but I’m trying to make sure I can get a registrar for the new date and they will only deal with it by email 
been waiting since Monday night now and haven’t heard anything it’s a nightmare.