Wedding venue under construction at time of wedding

ekratoska

Hi all,

HELP! Our wedding is 2 months away and our venue will be under construction.

I was wondering what to do in this case- the venue we signed at will be under going construction adjacent to the area where the ceremony will be taking place. We've been told there will be a wall/partition up during our ceremony. We booked the venue because we liked the space, both inside and out and now we are upset since there will most likely be ugly boards in place of beautiful rock.

At the time of booking, we didn't know, nor did the venue know that they were going to be bought out and now that they have been bought out there's construction occurring. On top of this- we were working with a wedding coordinator that unannounced to us, is no longer with the company. The only reason we found out was because we had stopped into the hotel and were asking questions about the space and called the next day to discuss with our coordinator only to find out that they no longer worked there.

We feel like we've been completely left in the dark about all of this. They've known at least for a couple of months when construction was going occur but we haven't received any information. I personally feel like had we not asked, we would've shown up the day before the wedding to all of this. The said they were still honoring the weddings that were booked, but we have no idea if all the details we went over will come through.

It's a little too late now to change venues, but what should I do? The place had a catering company/restaurant in the venue but now doesn't even exist (it closed). Anyone experience anything like this? What did you do??

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

AddieCake

I would get drunk.

lyndausvi

AddieCake said:

I would get drunk.

*****   LOL  

Time to sit down the new coordinator about the plans.  Who is now catering the wedding?  Do you need to make menu changes?  What about the other plans?    Depending on the answers I might ask for discounts since the venue is not what you booked.

AddieCake

Lynda is right, but that's a lot more work than just getting drunk.

lyndausvi

AddieCake said:

Lynda is right, but that's a lot more work than just getting drunk.

Or as much fun.

JCbride2015

I would request a meeting with the new coordinator who will be handling your wedding.  Bring your written contract.

Go through item by item and discuss exactly what that will look like now.  Has the menu changed?  Will you be able to hear the construction?  If the gratuity was included in your contract, is that still going to the servers?

I would definitely ask for the contract price to be reduced slightly, to reflect the changed appearance of the ceremony space.  If they won't do that, see if they can upgrade something else for you.

Any changes that are made, you should get in a signed writing.  

~~~Not trying to give legal advice I promise, just common wedding planning sense~~~

morphemes

I don't have anything to contribute other than I'm sure this is unnecessary stress for you! Have a glass of wine, relax  and remember that, at the end of the day you'll be married to the man you love and even if there are some ugly wooden boards, the fact that you're married is what really matters. 

And after that glass of wine, prepare for a meeting with your new coordinator and put EVERYTHING on the table for discussion. They need to be prepared to live up to all of it, or to make some serious upgrades/discounts available to you. Basically all of what @JCbride2015 said.

Do you have someone fluent in legalese who can go with you (a lawyer in the family who can look over your contract and sit there in an intimidating manner if necessary)?

ekratoska

Thanks, everyone. We have an appointment for next week to get our questions answered.

Fingers crossed it goes smoothly!