Venue contract causing concern

Yes, I agree with the person above, you want those things in your contract so you are more at ease and it's one less thing that you have to worry about. We thoroughly read over our contract and there were no clauses about things like that because if there were I would have raised a brow as well. How can they change the dish without telling you but charge you the same price, same with the liquor, this means that they know that this is something that they're going to do otherwise she would have no issues putting it in writing. I dont know how I would feel about doing business with them.

I want absolutely everything in the contract so if something comes up there are no questions.

If she will not change the contracts then maybe you can have a different document typed up a signed by both parties to assure the changes are documented. I also think that maybe if you have this in any form of writing that may also be suitable, not entirely sure on this though. If you are spending thousands of dollars there and they are already agreeing to these things then they should not mind typing up something to protect both parties and ease your mind.

You are right to have your concerns addressed in the contract. Vendor contracts are written with their interests at heart, not yours, so be sure to have everything addressed that you need. If they are unwilling, then I would look elsewhere. As for the dog, you might need to sign a waiver of responsibility so the venue isn't held liable if your dog bites someone and they sue. Good luck!

If you don't want to wait a long time to have the contract revised, send her an email detailing the things you are concerned about and stating something like:

the following items are not clear in the contract and I would like to clarify them in writing here. Please verify the following: 1, 2, 3, 3, etc...

As long as they reply in an email to you and clearly state that they are confirming your questions, you should be fine. The email exchange, as long as it's acknowledged by both parties, should be considered a written confirmation / addendum.

Have you asked the venue these questions? Or asked them to include their responses in the contract, or in a formal email between the two of you so you have it for proof?

100% get it in writing. I never trust he said she said phone conversations. I used to work in billing for commercial services and customers were always trying to argue that their salesperson said X but it was no where in the contract so there was no way we could honor it. Always get it in writing. Always.

Groom here.

Thanks everyone. We created an addendum to the contract and all points were accepted by the venue coordinator, so we're good to go. As a detail oriented couple, we had concerns about the ambiguity of the contract. Your comments of reassurance were well received and appreciated to reinforce our position and we covered everything that was important to us.

Our date and venue is set, so now to contract the rest of the vendors!