I am reaching out to see if anyone has advice for the terrible situation I have found myself in or if anyone else has been struggling with their venues allowing them to reschedule their wedding.
In short: the venue did not want to sit down and discuss a plan at any of our meetings prior to the new year. We are getting married in April with a larger wedding planned and there are currently strict restrictions out. With less than three months away my fiancé and I wanted to make a plan and we decided to postpone the wedding, but keep it at the same venue. We reached out to the venue, waited for a response (took awhile) and at first they would not discuss it at all saying everything will be fine, because the "right people" are in power now. We pushed back about moving it, because we are really worried and want to be happy not miserably stressed about our upcoming wedding. They said okay, but there will be a fee and a new contract and agreements needing signed. We had no problem with either of these and asked to see the knew contract. The contract is worded much differently than our first contract and when we had it looked over by a third party they advised heavily to not sign the new paper, because it only supported the venue. Our first contracted protected us and our money if something major happened (like a pandemic). The new contract puts us at fault if the pandemic is still there or if we cause a covid outbreak at the venue and they have to shut down and cancel weddings. We said we were not comfortable changing contacts, but would more than willing pay the fees to move the date. They said no either we do both or we can't reschedule our wedding. Now they are not responding to messages, not contacting us for meetings or with information like they explained they would and I have no idea what to do.
The last almost month has made me feel defeated and alone in these terrible times. I sadly can't even talk about my wedding without crying. Before I even decided to change the date I reached out to other couples, the forums on here and health professionals to make sure I was doing the right thing. Other brides said it was a painless change to reschedule, but this feels like a nightmare.
Any advice, guidance or information is welcomed. Thank you
