- Jurisdiction
- New York
Hello all,
Been going back and forth with my wedding venue for most of this year now. Original wedding date was in May of 2020. We agreed to postpone that date with our venue to September 2020. With our rescheduled date approaching our venue has been extremely vague about their status and availability. As of now, our state is in phase 4 which only allows gatherings of 50 people or fewer. Our wedding was supposed to have 125 guests. Our contract seems to be strict on cancellation. If we cancel, then we owe a certain percentage of what's left to pay depending on how close we are to the wedding date. If we are ready to go on our end but the venue cannot legally accommodate us, then what is our best course of action to get our money back If we do not want to keep postponing the date? The contract does not specify that we have to postpone if they cannot accommodate us. There is also no clause in the contract about the venue cancelling or not being able to accommodate. So if we are not the ones initiating the cancellation and we do not want to postpone the date anymore then should the venue be responsible for refunding our money that has already been paid - 11.5k? Also, will we still be liable to pay what we owe them, which is about 10k? Any information or advice is greatly appreciated!
Been going back and forth with my wedding venue for most of this year now. Original wedding date was in May of 2020. We agreed to postpone that date with our venue to September 2020. With our rescheduled date approaching our venue has been extremely vague about their status and availability. As of now, our state is in phase 4 which only allows gatherings of 50 people or fewer. Our wedding was supposed to have 125 guests. Our contract seems to be strict on cancellation. If we cancel, then we owe a certain percentage of what's left to pay depending on how close we are to the wedding date. If we are ready to go on our end but the venue cannot legally accommodate us, then what is our best course of action to get our money back If we do not want to keep postponing the date? The contract does not specify that we have to postpone if they cannot accommodate us. There is also no clause in the contract about the venue cancelling or not being able to accommodate. So if we are not the ones initiating the cancellation and we do not want to postpone the date anymore then should the venue be responsible for refunding our money that has already been paid - 11.5k? Also, will we still be liable to pay what we owe them, which is about 10k? Any information or advice is greatly appreciated!
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