Wedding money with held (not the deposit)- any help please!

picklepick

i agree lish that 6 months is plenty of time for them to find someone else for that date and its totally unreasonable of them to withold the instalment. first thing id do is get some legal advice so she knows where she stands!

Mme.Hibou

Lish wrote: »

Thanks sal-ad dayze they dont have any email facility in our area- I totally understand what the CAB are for and everything but some helpful suggestions on her moral stance would be very much appreciated rather than being pointed in CAB's direction.

There's no need to be quite so rude about it. People are offering you help for your "friend".

You asked for

Lish wrote: »

Any information

Other posters have gone out of their way to reply, offering decent advice about going to the CAB which isn't what you wanted to hear, now you want poeple to give their opinion from a

Lish wrote: »

moral stance

which isn't what you asked for directly in your original post.

Anyway, I digress, Your friend needs to get in touch with the venue for written confirmation about their cancellation policy, if there is nothing in writing (NOT in the stuff you have already, but in something they may be able to send you) then your friend needs to get her/himself to a solicitor.

Have you checked their website?
Did they have to sign a contract?
Did your friend ask about the cancellation policy before booking the venue?

There's another similar thread here, where a couple have lost an £1800, their's unfortunately was stipulated in the contract http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1457033

gill_81uk

hmmm above two comments are a bit out of order - thought I was on the wrong board for a minute!

Lydia, I don't think the OP was being rude. She has thanked everyone who posted about CAB, and the piece that you quoted is actually very polite. It again says thankyou and asks for further information from a moral point of view.

I notice you don't quote the bit where she says

Thanks for the advice folks- I will be looking at these websites and see what I can do.

I sympathise with your friend Lish and hope they manage to get some money back. Totally agree that is seems very unfair for them to keep the installent in addition to the deposit. Definitely worth persuing, because although it is a small amount to pay to avoid marrying the wrong person, at the end of the day £700 is £700!

Miles16v

Personally I'd get down to the venue and annoy them until they give it back.

By ignoring her letter they are hoping that she'll leave it and go away. They can't ignore you if you're there in person.

Personally I think its reasonable to expect some of the money back.

However this is probably a lesson to all of us in that dont pay your venue before you need to. If you cancel the wedding, or the venue goes bust then you've got more problems than if the money was in a bank, and earning (hardly any) interest.

I'm putting all my wedding savings into my mortgage, which I can then borrow back.

Lish_2

Thanks for (nearly) all the replies guys- except for Lydia82 and some moron who is so bored that they decide to post really useless comments about loosing a grand is a cheap option to avoid getting married.

I apologise if I came across rude- that so wasnt my intention Sal-ad Dayze I am genuinely grateful for your comment, however its just a shame some people decide to interpret it the wrong way (Lydia82). I admit I am not the most capable person of trying to get my point across when I am having to type it rather than speak it but I dont appreciate someone feeling they have to 'quote' every sentance and totally dissect my thread- it is really unproductive.

In relation to sacraficing £700 for a wedding that didnt go ahead well I think the fact that my friend found her fiance in bed with her best mate a big enough sacrafice as it is! Without the added stress of not being able to retrieve her this money to go on holiday to cheer herself up!

Any more 'useful' comments are still gratefully welcomed- in particular, thank you to gill81_uk for sticking up for me!

Floss

Trading Standards (look on your local council website) may be able to help - funnily enough, a letter from them usually gets the right results, even when it says exactly what your letter said!