So my fiance Brandon and I are in the the midst of a wedding NIGHTMARE...all thanks to this global pandemic crisis. Let me first start by saying I do NOT judge any bride for making the decision that is right for her and her fiance, so please don't judge mine. Our wedding was set for June 27th, 2020. Brandon and I have decided to postpone our wedding because of everything going on. This was extremely difficult for us. Our decision was solely centered around keeping our family, friends and vendors safe, healthy and comfortable. Our wedding is going to be in Vermont, and we live in NJ. With 90% of our guests flying in (many of whom are older), we just figured the risk would be too enormous to risk some guests not showing up. Plus, we figure that even if this is all over soon, the fear of large crowds, flying, etc... will still be prevalent. I didn't want this black cloud hovering of us during what should be the happiest moments of our lives.
Our venue never provided a contract. As in, we did not sign anything regarding a cancellation policy, etc...
The only thing we got from our venue was that the $2500 deposit is refundable at half as long as the date can be rebooked. Upon telling our wedding coordinator that we wanted to move our date into 2021, she responded with--
"I will put you down for June 12th, 2021, but we still have not figured out how we are going to deal with deposits and 2021. We are still processing and figuring out how we can make this all work. As I mentioned, we are happy to move all of your deposits to a date in 2020 (MIND YOU, THE ONLY DATE THEY HAVE AVAILABLE IN 2020 IS OCT 24TH, 2020 -- I AM NOT TAKING A COLD, POSSIBLY SNOWY OCT WEDDING DATE AFTER PLANNING TO GET MARRIED IN JUNE) but I dont have a definitive answer on how much of your deposits we can move into 2021. I will be in touch once we have a better idea of what the policy can and will be"
Now, we have spent close to 10k already on this wedding. As I said, we signed no contracts in the beginning, so why now is it ok for her to tell me they are going to make up some bogus policy on moving the wedding date into next year? And by the way she is using "deposits" PLURAL, it makes me believe she will not honor most of our deposits we have put into our wedding so far... close to 10k. I am at a loss here. I've already started looking at other venues if she ends up telling me she can't put all of the money towards our wedding next year I will definitely file a lawsuit.
I'm just wondering how any of you would handle this...
Any advice is welcomed...
thank you.
