Taking my lead from Office Space...

emilykathleen511

I've decided to fire everyone on a Friday. Let me know how it sounds...would you add anything, take anything out, change anything? Also, I know my fiance wasn't actually laid off, but we thought that would sound a little better than, "We figured he would get a job in the whole freakin' year after he graduated, but he didn't." Thanks ladies.

Dear Mr. N,

My fiance and I currently have Mississippi Dunes reserved for our wedding and reception on Sunday May 30, 2010. My fiance was recently laid off from his job, and I regret to have to let you know that we have decided to post-pone our wedding.

We are interested in re-booking with Mississippi Dunes because we have been impressed with our experience with the facility and staff during our initial tour and the tastings. We are planning to re-book our wedding for Saturday September 10, 2011. We would like our previously paid deposit to go toward this date, and then we would be prepared to pay the rest of the deposit amount required for a Saturday event (as well as the higher minimum when the time comes). We truly hope that you are willing to work with us with our new plan in hopes that we can still give you our business. Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Emily & J

Dear Marc & Dave,

My fiance and I currently have booked Neon Express for entertainment for our wedding and reception on Sunday May 30, 2010. My fiance was recently laid off from his job, and I regret to have to let you know that we have decided to post-pone our wedding.

We are interested in re-booking with Neon Express for our new wedding date of Saturday September 10, 2011 because we are impressed with your reputation for putting on a good dance. We would like to know if you would be willing to put our initial deposit toward our new date. Thank you so much for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Emily & J

Kim,

I wanted to check in with you and let you know that regrettably, J and I have decided to post-pone our wedding until Saturday September 10, 2011. We are interested in re-booking with you; however, I know that this changes the situation, since this would have been your first solo photographer job and this may not be the case any more. I also know that you may have been depending on the money you would have made in May.

For these reasons I am willing to choose the all day option, pay you the second $XX this May, and pay you another $XX at the time of our wedding if you are open to continue to work with us. If you would rather not, I would completely understand that as well, since like I said, this changes the situation. Just think it over and let me know what you think. Thanks for continuing to working with us.

Sincerely,

Emily & J

Dear Judge M,

My fiance and I currently have your officiate services booked for Sunday May 30, 2010. My fiance was recently laid off from his job, and I regret to have to let you know that we have decided to post-pone our wedding.

I know that we have not paid any kind of deposit for your services, but we are interested in re-booking with you for our new wedding date of Saturday September 10, 2011. If you would feel more comfortable re-booking if we paid you a deposit, that would be understandable. Let me know, and I can send you a check. Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Emily & J

mags0607

These all sound good Emily.

because we are impressed with your reputation for putting on a good dance.

This is the only part that sounds a little weirdly worded, but its not a big deal.

Sorry you had to postpone your wedding, I didn't know you and your Fi were considering it. But now your wedding is about a month before mine  : )

emilyinchile

I agree with mags, I'd probably say "a good event." But otherwise, sounds good.

I didn't know about this either. I'm sorry. Hopefully all the vendors are understanding, and now you'll just be really ahead of the game with your planning!

SarahPLiz

Ditto PPs on the good dance thing.

I'm sorry you are postponing as well, but I am glad y'all made a realistic decision and you didn't post on budget brides about taking out a loan when you are unemployed just to pay for a wedding. 'Cause then we'd have to do a sanity check on you!

I think with this much notice, the vendors should be very understanding. Good Luck!

mbcdefg

Sorry to hear that you have to postpone.

I personally would not mention anything about paying more money ... I would first talk to these vendors and see if they are willing to re-book you. I mean, maybe some of them are willing to honor your original price, so I personally would not volunteer to pay more money right away. Bring that up later if they are reluctant to re-book you, or if they say that their prices will change by then.

Unless I'm missing some kind of backstory where they already told you that they'd need more money to re-book you?

Good luck!

gottahavashorti

If you said that your fiance is now unemployed, that would cover his situation pretty accurately.  It all sounds good, though.

emilykathleen511

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_wedding-party_taking-lead-office-space?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:37Discussion:793e80aa-f271-4ef6-b79c-50f108a386e8Post:a49d420a-6f3a-488b-9aac-46b2e2b63807">Re: Taking my lead from Office Space...</a>:
[QUOTE]Sorry to hear that you have to postpone. I personally would not mention anything about paying more money ... I would first talk to these vendors and see if they are willing to re-book you. I mean, maybe some of them are willing to honor your original price, so I personally would not volunteer to pay more money right away. Bring that up later if they are reluctant to re-book you, or if they say that their prices will change by then. Unless I'm missing some kind of backstory where they already told you that they'd need more money to re-book you? Good luck!
Posted by mbcdefg[/QUOTE]

<div>Well, for my venue, they require a higher deposit and higher minimum for a Saturday rather than a Sunday. For my photographer, she had different rates for different hours, and I hadn't told her before which option we were picking, so if I pick the all day option, then I could pay the second third this spring and the last third on our new date. </div><div>
</div><div>As for the officiate, I wouldn't be paying her extra, just a portion of her fee...cause she didn't require a deposit, so I guess I didn't want her to think I was just F-ing around or something. But, I don't know, maybe not necessary.</div>

emilykathleen511

Thanks everyone! I'll change the part about the dance. Yeah, it kinda sucks, but like pp said, we didn't want to go into financial ruin over a wedding.  

On the plus, side, my fiance is *super* excited about having our date as 9-10-11, lol. I know, I know, it's totally lame, but whatever. It's fun IMHO.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

Are you sure the venue has 9/10/11 open? I would check that first and then start booking the other vendors. I mean, it is likely, with it being this far out, but you enver know.

noodle_oo

I'm so sorry that you guys have to postpone your wedding.  Although it sounds like it will be less stressful for you, so definitely a good decision!

The only comment I had would be to make sure your new date is available at the venue before you tell all the other vendors that is the date.  Basically in the off chance someone already booked it (highly unlikely), that way you don't have to go back to them again with another new date.

Good luck!

MyNameIsNot

Personally, I would call them and then follow up with a letter confirming whatever you discuss.  It would be easier to get an answer about the money thing that way.

But other than that, yeah, they look good.

Sorry you had to postpone, but 9/10/11 will be here before you know it.

megk8oz

Oh, I'm sorry you had to post-pone. It sucks. But  09/10/11 is an awesome date, and now you have more time to get everything together.

Like everybody said, you don't want to start off married life in financial ruin, better to wait for the wedding you can afford.