Hello, as the title states my fiance and I have come into a little bit of an unfortunate situation in regards to our wedding and with some wishful thinking was hoping we could possibly find some help here.
My fiance and I met in 2015 on a blind date through mutual friends/family (her cousin was dating my buddy). We hit it off immediately and it felt like we had know each other for years. In 2017 I proposed to her, to which she obviously said “yes”. The next few years didn’t really allow us to set a date for the wedding, cause in early 2018 we briefly moved out of our home state for work. We then returned at the beginning of 2020 only to have the Pandemic start a few months later, pushing any thoughts of a wedding back to a further unknown.
In that meantime though, we did look for possible venues, talked over ideas and just brainstormed your usual wedding stuff so when the time came we would be somewhat ready and hopefully have an easier experience. In the spring of 2021 we decided that we would find a place and set a date for the Fall of 2022. After visiting a few venues, we came across one that seemed perfect. It was a new place, it was beautiful and most importantly, it “was” affordable. We’ll call it The Barn. As most people know, weddings aren’t cheap. We explored all kinds of options. Even having everything at a local park and just serve pizza. But after seeing The Barn, we came home, talked and decided that’s where we’re going to get married.
You might be thinking, “why didn’t you just do the park and pizza option then?”. I wanted to, but it wasn’t just about me. My fiance wasn’t born here in the US. She was born in Europe and lived through some trying times, until her family was lucky enough to move to the US at the age of 12. Obviously no one reading this truly knows this woman and her life story like I do, but she is the most compassionate, caring, generous, thoughtful, helpful, loving person I’ve ever met, which is why I love her with all my heart and why secretly went and signed the reservation contract for The Barn without her knowing so I could surprise her. She deserves so much more, but this was just one thing I could do to give her and I, that one special day to remember forever.
So I reserved The Barn in October 2021 for a wedding in November of 2022. We had went over all the costs associated with event and they were right within our budget. Everything seemed to be going to plan and on schedule until we received an email about a week ago from The Barn(pic below). With about 5 months left til our date, they inform us that they are increasing prices on a few things which are…
- Food- has increased an extra $7 per person which adds $840
- Beverages- were $9 per person, now increased to $20 per person which adds $1320
- The Event planner- which was supposed to be complimentary is now a $1000 mandatory fee
That’s a total of $3160, but since those prices increased, it also caused the taxes to increase as well as their mandatory 15% gratuity. So the taxes added another $156.60 and the gratuity added another $126.
The complete total added to our bill is $3442.60
These are costs we were not prepared for and now exceed our budget. We are now put in a troubling situation of either trying to come up with the money or cancel the venue and try to find a new place with short notice. Obviously we’d like to keep our current plans which is why I’m here asking anyone who can, to please help us out if possible. We can’t tell how much it would mean to us and how appreciated it would be. Thank you so much for your time.
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