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Monday, July 28, 2008

Ask Marvin - Vexed By My Venue

Dear Marvin,
My wedding is in six weeks and our venue just closed and cleared out all their belongings before I even found out the doors were closing. We have already left a deposit with the staff to secure our date and menu choices. I have less than two months to find a new venue, pay for it and hopefully get my deposit back from the original venue. What should I do?

Vexed By My Venue

Dear Vexed,
This is a difficult situation, but with a quick call to action and determination, you can find another great venue. My first suggestion would be to find your original contract and attempt to contact the owners of the venue and get your deposit back. I would also ask if there's any sort of "inconvenience recourse" that they are offering. They may possibly help secure another venue, additional money returned, look into sister company venues as an alternative, help cover some form of wedding costs or services. While working on getting your deposit back, begin contacting venue alternatives, possibly with the help of someone in the industry. You can contact local associations, AFWPI (afwpi.com), NACE (sacramentonace.net) and local publications and send an email explaining your situation and asking for any information available. You will be amazed at the flood of response that you get from industry professionals wanting to help by offering assistance or contact information. If you continue to struggle with getting your deposit back, the final action would be small claims court. If you let us know what area you're planning your wedding in, we would be happy to get an email out to local vendors, publications, associations, etc. on your behalf and have them contact you.

Best wishes,
Marvin

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