Hello everyone,
I had to cancel my wedding; the venues closed, I had a military travel ban, and we were doing an out of state wedding during the COVID-19 outbreak.
We cancelled March 20th and our wedding was April 4th. All of my vendors have been wonderful and have refunded all money (minus deposits, rightfully so) with the exception of my makeup artist.
We paid $1600, and had only received emails and a wedding day timeline (hadn’t even discussed a look for my day). She’s refusing to refund any of the money stating that I didn’t cancel my wedding within our 30 contractual agreement. Her business and state were on shutdown on March 18, leaving her unable to fulfill her side of the contract. I’ve offered her to keep the $500 deposit and installment payments of the rest but she stated she could only refund 600$ and the other vendors only refunded money because they provide “day of services”..........
My next step is to contact small claims court, just looking for some friendly advice please.
Thank you!