Who would have guessed that we would be living in the world that we are today? Planning a wedding is stressful and can be alienating depending on individual circumstances. However, there is a new curveball: asking family/friends/wedding guests for their vaccination status - or what has been dubbed navigating the world of ‘vaccine etiquette’. It is a tricky, sensitive position to be in. As always, kindness and respect will go a long way. Communication will, too. Like most things in life, you cannot control what other people do (or do not do) but you can control how you behave/respond. We have done some research and found different ways of approaching this situation. Hope one of these ideas resonates with/works for you and your loved ones:

Short-and-sweet-approach. Some couples are simply including an RSVP card that has two options: “Vaccinated & Attending” and “Not Attending”. No room for confusion. Another option: “Here for the party” & “No jab - no party” (if you are feeling witty). Another approach again is to have a banner across your RSVP card: “This is a vaccinated-only event”.
An understanding-approach. Something along the lines of: “If you are not fully vaccinated, unfortunately you will not be able to attend. We love and will miss you. We will look forward to catching up on a different date”. Another way to approach it with understanding is along these lines: “We understand that not everyone can attend due to vaccination status. If this includes you, you will be missed and loved regardless. How about we make it a date in the near future!” (You can start out by softly acknowledging how difficult it is to ask for sensitive medical information but that the decision is out of your hands and beyond your personal control, too.)
A fun-checklist-approach. We have seen an example where the invitees checked a few options (such as “heck yeah”, “excited”, “wouldn’t miss it for the world”, and so on); down the list, it included “fully vaccinated”. At the end, it stated that all of the above options had to be ticked for the guest to be able to attend. It sandwiched the vaccination situation in amongst the fun options so that the tone was still peppy, but the couple were also able to make their point.
The no-stone-unturned-approach. This can take the form of an additional health and safety information card in your invitation suite. For this, the couple spell out exactly where they stand and what is expected of guests attending their wedding.
An example of wording can be seen at Ivory Tribe:
“We are so excited to see you on our big day! In order to keep everyone safe, we’re required by the venue to follow these health and safety rules:
Thank you for making our day so special for us, in spite of these unusual circumstances.”
Come up with something funny! We have seen invitations that look like sheets of toilet paper. We have seen plays on wording: “Love is infectious but so is coronavirus…” & references to the two main forms of shots, for example.

We want to wish you all the best with how you go about approaching this situation we are all in. Here is hoping that there is less stress for everyone around the corner. <3