Restrictions to my wedding

tinamercer

My wedding venue has said that my wedding can go ahead on 27th June with a maximum of 7 people ( inclusive of the  , bride, groom, 2 witnesses and registrar. We have 46 guest original for the day and a further 60 in the evening. We don’t want to go ahead with only 7 people, are we entitled to a refund? The company are refusing to refund saying they are still providing a service albeit restricted numbers 

unforeseen

It sounds like they are planning on that being the numbers allowed when the lockdown for weddings is relaxed.

You are not going to get anywhere close to even your ceremony numbers this side of New Year and possibly even next year. 

tinamercer

I understand that, I need to know if I’m legally entitled to a refund if I don’t want to go ahead with the restrictions on numbers or will I forfeit my deposit?

prl100

Do you mind saying roughly what deposit you have paid and what the balance remaining is? And also do you have a copy of the contract that they provided you when you booked?

pphillips

I think the first question to ask is has the venue breached either an implied or express contract term.
This will depend on what information the venue provided to you that you took into account when entering into the contract and what the terms and conditions actually say.
I think that you might be entitled to a price reduction due to the restricted numbers, but I do not think the number of guests could be considered a fundamental breach that would allow you to unilaterally terminate the contract.

born_again

I would look at it like this
Do you want to get married?
It makes no difference how many people are there. "It's YOUR day"
So parents only for ceremony. Keep it simple.
You can always have a party later for the rest. I'm sure many of them will be more than happy with that. 

Supersonos

born_again said:

I would look at it like this
Do you want to get married?
It makes no difference how many people are there. "It's YOUR day"
So parents only for ceremony. Keep it simple.
You can always have a party later for the rest. I'm sure many of them will be more than happy with that. 

What does this have to do with the OP's consumer rights?  I think if they wanted some random life advice, they'd have gone to mumsnet, not a Consumer Rights forum.

gettingtheresometime

Supersonos said:

born_again said:

I would look at it like this
Do you want to get married?
It makes no difference how many people are there. "It's YOUR day"
So parents only for ceremony. Keep it simple.
You can always have a party later for the rest. I'm sure many of them will be more than happy with that. 

What does this have to do with the OP's consumer rights?  I think if they wanted some random life advice, they'd have gone to mumsnet, not a Consumer Rights forum.

I'm guessing that in a way it's abit of both.

The OP has to decide, if weddings can proceed, whether to get married abet with a very much smaller group in attendance that they would have liked or not but be prepared to fight to get any monies back.

Think of it as a flight...if the airline were able to operate a flight but the OP chose not to fly then they wouldn't be eligible for a refund. If the airline chose to cancel the flight then the refund would become due.

pphillips

gettingtheresometime said:

Supersonos said:

born_again said:

I would look at it like this
Do you want to get married?
It makes no difference how many people are there. "It's YOUR day"
So parents only for ceremony. Keep it simple.
You can always have a party later for the rest. I'm sure many of them will be more than happy with that. 

What does this have to do with the OP's consumer rights?  I think if they wanted some random life advice, they'd have gone to mumsnet, not a Consumer Rights forum.

Think of it as a flight...if the airline were able to operate a flight but the OP chose not to fly then they wouldn't be eligible for a refund. If the airline chose to cancel the flight then the refund would become due.

Not quite that simple, more like you book 46 tickets on an flight and 39 of them are cancelled.

DoaM

It all depends on the contractual basis ... if all (or some) of it's priced per-head then a pro-rata price reduction would be appropriate.

born_again

Supersonos said:

born_again said:

I would look at it like this
Do you want to get married?
It makes no difference how many people are there. "It's YOUR day"
So parents only for ceremony. Keep it simple.
You can always have a party later for the rest. I'm sure many of them will be more than happy with that. 

What does this have to do with the OP's consumer rights?  I think if they wanted some random life advice, they'd have gone to mumsnet, not a Consumer Rights forum.

And your consumer advice to the OP is what?
Take a snipe at a suggestion?
So lets have your consumer advice please.