Venue Cancelled on me!

TAKE HIM TO COURT! Forget him and get a new venue... and press charges ... he has your money and that is a crime!

I agree with Melissa. Get a lawyer and have him served. At this point you deserve your money back with interest, punitive damages and lawyer fees.

Dont wait for him find a new venue ASAP!

I agree with the other ladies.

This totally sucks. I am sorry you have to go through this.

Yes, take him to court. In PA, it would be small claims court, unless of course you find a shark who wants to go for anguish, pain and suffering. lolol

Get your own venue. Don't rely on him at all.

In the future, all correspondence with him should be done in writing. Print every email out. If you are snail mailing, send mail certified, return receipt requested.

I agree with the ladies. Start looking for a venue...and stat! Also if you file a lawsuit, sometimes just the act of filing will get that person to pay you what they owe!

Good luck! =)

Taking him to court would be great.....except that takes time. I'm not saying don't do it but right now I think you need to concentrate on finding a new venue. If I were you, I'd go see him face to face. Today. Now. If you can't get him to book you a venue while you sit right in front of him, go find one yourself and deal with lawyers and getting your money back from him later. We found out a few weeks ago that the beach house we had rented for our wedding had gone into foreclosure and they didn't have anything else available. Luckily, they sent us our deposit back right away. But I know part of what you are going through. Important thing right now is to book a new venue! Then go get his ass in court!!! Good luck!

That’s what my Fiancé' said but I keep telling him to wait because he said he will pay for our invites and the extra money for our venue but i think i need to forget about it. It seems like He’s going to give me the run around for months before I realize that he was just talking big. I know he will probably give me my money back to avoid getting sued but the reality is that he has caused much more an inconvenience on my wedding that I deserve to be compensated for more. For example if I do find a venue it’s going to probably be something that I book just because it was available, not because I had a choice. I might not even be satisfied with the place but because of timing I now don’t have a choice. Also If I end of up moving my wedding to Connecticut, where there are more venues, I’ll have to pay my vendors to travel and I might have to even fire my caterer because a lot of venues don’t allow outside caterers and in that case I won’t get my deposit back. This just sucks!

I agree I think the court thing is necessary but I just don’t have the time right now. I agree I need to focus on getting a new venue and claim all extra expenses in court later.

Your situation is far worse than mine (as I said, I easily got my deposit back and hadn't done invitations yet) but at the time I was a bawling mess for 2 days. Then I calmed down and started from scratch. In the end, I found a venue that is about the same price and will work out SO much nicer than the original one would have. It's hard to see when you are right in the middle of it but things happen for a reason. Don't go into it thinking you are going to have to settle (easier said than done, I know because I was convinced our wedding was ruined!!!). And don't compare the new places that you look at to the old one. You just have to put that behind you. Look at the possibilities of the new place. I found something pretty quickly so I was lucky. I wish you quick luck as well!!

How many people are you needing the venue to hold? Where are you wanting the wedding to be? Ceremony and reception in the same place? Budget?

SMALL CLAIMS COURT. That's terrible. What state are you in?!

Try to find the groupon from Vista print for $17 for $70 worth of stuff. That should help with the invitation costs at least

First, I would find a new venue and book it ASAP. Unfortunately, you are having to re-order invitations, BUT IF you absolutely can't find anything, here is your chance to change the date as well (I know, this is NOT ideal....but if it's what you have to do to book a venue, then it's what you have to do). Once the venue is booked, re-order your invitations and any other stationary that has to be replaced due to the venue changing. THEN, find a dang good lawyer that will get you every dime you've spent, and more. But I would have all of the receipts for all of the stuff I had to replace, if I were you. That way, they can't say "Well, you have to find a venue that will cost the same". Instead, you will have the chance to spend more money, and get the entire difference paid back to you....I hope that makes sense....sometimes what is in my head, doesn't come out right, LOL! I'm sorry your having to go through this hun....hopefully everything works out soon

Go find a new venue and book it. Send him a bill by certified mail and state in a letter, politely that he has 2 weeks to send you a money order or cashiers check (don't let him have the change to bounce a regular check.) If he doesn't send you the money by then, take him to small claims court. Hope it works it.

You need to take this guy to court. I was a Criminology major in College, and worked for a police department for 5 years. You have a claim, especially if this guy still has your money. He has committed Fraud if he was notified and fails to give you back your money. You need to call a lawyer. I am so sorry this happened to you.

This guy told you what you wanted to hear. If he was serious about making it right, you would have a resolution by now. Move ahead with the wedding (if it was me, I'd just cross out the information on the invites and hand write the new info in because I think that would be very, very funny, but that's me.....). Book a venue. Send him a bill, and prepare to take him to small claims.

Is the "he" you're working with the GM? or the owner? If you need to go above his head, do so. Also, call every day. Seriously, every day. Harass him until you get answers. If you don't get through and get some help from him by next week then you should get a lawyer and take him to small claims for breach of contract. You were promised a venue & specific services in your contract. You won't be receiving them so you have a case. Plus, what if you hadn't been there that day with your florist? You could still have been in the dark about the whole thing! Thankfully you found out now and not 3 months down the road.

In the meantime start venue hunting. Like Lala said, just start over. It will be hard, but it doesn't look like you have other options. You may be pleasantly surprised at the outcome and end up with a plan that was better than the first.

Thank you all you are so right, I’m so convinced that I need to take I’m to court but first I need to get out of this gloomy state of mind and get a new venue ASAP. I’m not going to let this looser ruin my wedding!

That is just really crazy!!!! wow!!! how was it that he never knew of your event? That is ridiculous!!!! I bet you he did and just tried to play it off...fired the lady because basically he didn't need her anymore since they lost the building in the first place....definitely take him to court!!!! but find a venue asap - wish you all the best! you definitely didn't deserve this at all

Well I could see how he may not know. If the sales director (the lady) was terrible at her job and didn't record events accurately then he very well may not have known about the event. If he lost the building he's probably swamped with the transfer of sale. In doing so he would need to take care of all outstanding contracts. Finding out about James to Be's situation may have been the last straw that got her fired.

Granted I only know what has been said here so I could be wrong. But from my experience, that's what it sounds like to me.

Question to you James to Be~ how did you pay your deposit? Check? Cash? Credit?