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Ginger
Just Said Yes June 2020

Coronavirus

Ginger, on March 31, 2020 at 6:57 AM Posted in Community Conversations 0 7
Our wedding is June twenty-two we have talked to the vendors and they're not letting us get out of our contract be due to the virus or state has put in place to June 13th and we're not allowed to be around more than 10 people are wedding party is 15 people so we have decided that we will cancel and do a small intimate wedding at home but the vendors are not letting us cancel and get our money back what do we do

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Latest activity by Danielle, on March 31, 2020 at 11:31 AM
  • Andrea
    Master January 2021
    Andrea ·
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    Difficult situation. I wish vendors could be more understanding, but everyone is suffering in some way due to this virus. We had a guest list of 88 confirmed and decided to completely abandon that for now (we've communicated that with our guests and they are RELIEVED) and we will be having an intimate ceremony / reception HOPEFULLY in July but could get pushed back a little bit depending. We were supposed to be getting married on April 4th. On our end, our "wedding planner" who is my uncle's wife's sister was being extremely difficult with giving us a partial refund. She was trying to tell me that we should just postpone and I told her we didn't want to move in that direction, and that we wanted some of our money back. She was really not wanting to hung up the phone on us. Super unprofessional. So I pretty much told her that she needs to give us either half of the money we gave her, or all the merchandise that she bought with our money, I then told her if she doesn't, we will be escalating the situation. I pointed out that it would be in poor taste to not only keep all of our money, but all the merchandise that she used OUR money to get. The next day, she was very sour about the entire situation but ended up giving us half our money back. She was the only one who was difficult with us. We don't know how long it will take for this virus to blow over, but I'm assuming towards the summer, early Fall would be at least a good time for us to have our intimate wedding at least. Maybe next year, we'll have a vow renewal, but it really just depends. Maybe try communicating with them that this situation of the virus is out of your control, and you don't know what direction you'll be taking at the moment, and that you'd appreciate your money back. I really hope they reason with you.

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  • Sardis
    Dedicated July 2020
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    Girl a lot of vendors are acting the same in not wanting to give us our money back which is really not fair. I mean it is not our fault that this is going on, nor our problem for them not knowing how they are going to run their business. My wedding is July 11,2020 and we both my fiance and I reached out to the vendor and they plainly told us we do not have to worry about it as we are still far out, which really we are not but anyway. She also told us they do not have money to refund back and that this is their business as well. Guess what not my problem, and not trying to be mean about it either. With that being said, we had a deadline of finishing paying the venue by this weekend but we decided we are not giving them not one more dime until we find out more. The virus is said to last until July or August so yeah we will fight for our money until the end. We will wait until May to see how things are going. This is so frustrating

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  • Meghan
    Master October 2019
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    Your vendors are likely not agreeing to return your money because your wedding is past the June 13th order. So technically you are terminating/violating your contract.
    Your only options are to wait a little longer to see if they extend the order past your wedding date, go forward with the larger wedding, terminate your contract and lose your money, or reach out to an attorney for legal advice.
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  • Jennifer
    Super March 2020
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    Ours was Apirl 23rd and some vendors still are not being kind in this situation. As far as I know, "shelter in place" was just suggested to be kept in place through April 30th and therefore our wedding cannot take place. We went ahead and cancelled with more than 30 days out and some of our vendors are still not playing fair. What is even more unsettling is I can see many brides continuing to pay said vendors via venmo due to new weddings or reschedules. My point is, some of them are MORE than fine and my measly deposit should not break their bank if returned. This pandemic is really showing the true colors of big businesses and small businesses alike. My corporate vendors returned every dime, my small business people said "no way!." At this point, why would I trust another small business to work ethically? Unfortunately, they are setting the stage for not only themselves, but other vendors.
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  • M
    Legend June 2019
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    If you are doing a smaller ceremony at home, can you at least keep some of your vendors such as photographer?

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  • Ginger
    Just Said Yes June 2020
    Ginger ·
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    No our wedding party 15 people so even if we want to take photographs it's still not you're not able to be around each other. I just want my deposit back from the venue
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  • Danielle
    Savvy June 2020
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    I was JUST saying this to my fiance! My fiance is from England, we live in NJ. So half of our guests would be traveling from out of the country for our June 13 wedding. Most of them have flights booked but were told by the airline they have until the end of April to make changes to their plans without penalty. Our caterer and venue keep telling us we're gonna be fine and this will be long gone by June. Like 1) it will not be "long gone" by June, 2) it's not just about how America is doing for us but also the world (we have people coming from England, Australia, Japan, etc. and we told them this), 3) we just asked you what our options were IF we need to postpone or cancel. Just tell me the options and let us do what we need to do. Relax. Our venue won't even let us tentatively hold a new date until May—that's just to hold it! Never mind actually moving it. Our venue is a winery and is still selling their wines during this time and, like someone else said above, other couples are still paying the caterer for their weddings that are still going as usual. I THINK they'll be okay throughout this. These people seemed all about family and were so great when we started planning and now I'm feeling like their true colors are coming out. It's actually really sad.

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