Some advice please

Bandit70

Hi all
Just joined specifically for some suggestions / advice if possible please folks. I'm due to get married on 1st August this year but unsure what to do. We've got insurance but until my partner and I hear something official we obviously can't make a claim. The guest list is for about 100 people. The registrar says they expect to be able to perform the ceremony unless things change. We're very torn and more than a little stressed about whether we cut our losses now and just cancel off our own backs, (although the various suppliers may expect full payment as per their T's & C's, and quite rightly) or just to try and hold out until the last minute and hope it will all come together, and therefore continue to instruct the suppliers to do their part as we originally planned and if they are able to.
There is also the issue of us feeling a guilty as the wedding is intended to be a decent affair but as keyworkers ourselves, we're not feeling it's the right thing to do on a date that could possibly be so soon (maybe) after this is all over and so many people have been touched by this situation and / or experienced loss. We're toying with the idea of getting married at the registry office as soon as we could instead, probably in the Autumn, with a couple of witnesses then having a party next year. 
Thanks in advance for any help

gwynlas

You and your fiance need to make this decision together based on your own thoughts rather than strangers on a forum.
It looks as though the lockdown will be lifted in May so presumably social gatherings will be okay in August.
Do you know if any of your guests have sufferred personal bereavement? Even if so chances are that out of 100 guests there would be a loss of grandparent or parent.
Many would take the view that life is for living and we don't know how long we have so let us celebrate with a wedding.
If your date is already booked then why wait until the autumn even if you forgo the reception?