Proms, Graduation and weddings

[Demovictory9]

https://nypost.com/2020/03/13/us-colleges-cancelling-graduation-over-coronavirus-fears/

**many spring graduates won't have a traditional graduation**

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-us-travel-ban-turn-some-weddings-into-disasters-2020-3

The restrictions have made travel for some weddings impossible and have frightened others about maintaining their wedding plans in other countries in fear of further travel restrictions.

Susan Taylor's wedding in San Diego, scheduled for March 20, was canceled because of the travel ban since her fiance who lives in France could not fly in along with his family, who were also supposed to attend the wedding.


Taylor said the entire wedding was non-refundable.

"Everything was paid in full!" Taylor wrote in an email to Business Insider. "We will lose $5,000 and can't yet reschedule due to the current circumstances. We are heartbroken and broke!"

For Lucero Serrano, who planned a destination wedding for May in Aruba, the threat of coronavirus threw her wedding plans into question.

"On our end, we don't know what to do anymore, this is truly out of a Bride's nightmare," Serrano wrote in an email to Business Insider. "It took over a year to plan the perfect wedding, all of our vendors are paid for, and still we don't know what tomorrow holds and if we are even going to be allowed to exit/enter California on our way back home."

But for Victoria Hale, her March 21st wedding is supposed to continue on schedule because of vendor contracts and booked hotels.


"They don't have any refund policies, etc. for this because it isn't an act of God or a natural disaster," Hale wrote in an email to Business Insider. "Nor is it either party's negligence. Very odd situation indeed."

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-us-travel-ban-turn-some-weddings-into-disasters-2020-3


https://www.salemreporter.com/posts/2056/the-novel-coronavirus-has-come-for-prom

he novel coronavirus has come for prom
Large events around local schools and college are being canceled to stop the spread of COVID-19. Among the casualties are scheduled prom McNary High Schools. (Other school proms are later in the year.)

[msongs]

1. well since god sent the virus cancelling for act of god should be fine nt

[elleng]

2. I agree, also

'natural disaster.'

[tblue37]

3. Proms be like:

From the movie "Contagion."

[MissB]

4. We fully expect our kid's university will cancel graduation

He’s heading on to a PhD program so hopefully we’ll be able to attend one in about 5 years.....

Oh well. We may lose some $ but in the end, he still graduates even without the ceremony.