Hi,
My fiance and I signed a contract with a "banquet hall" at least three months ago in which they agreed to host our wedding reception. This included the use of a ball room, the catering/alcohol, etc. The wedding is to be held at the end of September, which is obviously about two months away. This hall has multiple ball rooms, but when we booked every other room was open so we took the main ball room on the main floor. It was brought to our attention last night that a charity ball put on by a well-to-do family in town has subsequently been scheduled to be held at the same banquet hall. This charity ball will host approximately 1,000 people and will occupy all remaining space in the building. We've also been told that the organizers want our ball room as well. The banquet hall has already said that they are contractually obligated to hold our event and cannot force us out. They have however, "politely" offered to help us find another facility and pay our extra incurred costs. While this may be considered admirable on their part, two months leaves us very little time to re-plan our wedding, especially since we have done so from out of town. We live eight hours away by car from the city our wedding is going to be in. Our invitations have already been printed and were scheduled to be sent out in less than a week. Obviously, we can choose to stay in our ballroom, but it is not unreasonable at all to think that the service and overall experience at our reception will not meet our expectations. Our wedding guest list is barely 200 people. That is paltry when compared with the 1,000 people expected to attend the charity ball.
It would be unreasonable of us to not expect the other ballrooms to be rented out. However, this circumstance seems excessive. Do we have any room to negotiate? Would legal action be appropriate?
My fiance and I signed a contract with a "banquet hall" at least three months ago in which they agreed to host our wedding reception. This included the use of a ball room, the catering/alcohol, etc. The wedding is to be held at the end of September, which is obviously about two months away. This hall has multiple ball rooms, but when we booked every other room was open so we took the main ball room on the main floor. It was brought to our attention last night that a charity ball put on by a well-to-do family in town has subsequently been scheduled to be held at the same banquet hall. This charity ball will host approximately 1,000 people and will occupy all remaining space in the building. We've also been told that the organizers want our ball room as well. The banquet hall has already said that they are contractually obligated to hold our event and cannot force us out. They have however, "politely" offered to help us find another facility and pay our extra incurred costs. While this may be considered admirable on their part, two months leaves us very little time to re-plan our wedding, especially since we have done so from out of town. We live eight hours away by car from the city our wedding is going to be in. Our invitations have already been printed and were scheduled to be sent out in less than a week. Obviously, we can choose to stay in our ballroom, but it is not unreasonable at all to think that the service and overall experience at our reception will not meet our expectations. Our wedding guest list is barely 200 people. That is paltry when compared with the 1,000 people expected to attend the charity ball.
It would be unreasonable of us to not expect the other ballrooms to be rented out. However, this circumstance seems excessive. Do we have any room to negotiate? Would legal action be appropriate?
