Venue Contract Question...

jchristel

When you signed your contract with the venue, how specific was it? Is it typical for the contract to be general for example "butlered hors d'oeuvres" rather than the listing of what was on the menu? Some items were added to the cocktail hour at no addtional charge & there is no specific mention of this on the contract. I do have a copy of the menu we worked out with his handwriting all over it. Am I being paranoid?

I <3 Seabass

Personally I would go back and have them write in the specifics you agreed to, especially if they promised you things that are not normally standard.

ffbride_0813

It should have the items added at no charge.  For instance I got chair covers and on my contract it says that I am getting a $2 per person dicount for the chair covers.  They are $2.  So I would make sure everything you are getting at no charge is included. 

jchristel

Thank you for the advice. That makes total sense. He did waive a fee for something and that's on there, but the 3 HDs that were added at n/c aren't listed. I'll ask them to write it in.

I <3 Seabass

Make sure he initials and dates whatever he writes in.

littledaisies

We were very detailed with our contract but that's because my fiance was taking a contract class at law school during the time haha. The contract has all of our menu items listed in detail. We also had them include extra things in the contract. For example that our cermony site will be clean and complete by our wedding date. Also that any construction that was taking place would be complete by a certain date. They were in the process of remodeling so we wanted to make sure things would be complete for our wedding.

happy72

get EVERYTHING in writing especially add ons! too many horror stories about things that were "thrown in"

simplycee

My daughter's venue contract is very specific at her father's and mine insistance. While neither of us are lawyers, we both work with contracts in our work and know how problems occur when things are vague. Not only did we insist on the locations for the ceremony and reception (different depending on the weather) be spelled out, there was a 'general' clause that stated the locations could be changed at the discretion of management. Ummm, no, you're not screwing our daughter out of the ocean view rooms because someone was willing to pay more money. We insisted they change the wording to indicate the locations could be changed only due to something outside management's control (water/fire damage). Anything and everything agreed upon is indicated and we insisted on a minimum dollar amount, rather than a minimum head count.

jchristel

Thank you. I'm definitely contacting them to review the contract. I appreciate everyone's advice!!

kewltif

I made them attach a copy of the menu to my contract.

alliecarrie41

we didnt even really have a strict contrat

jchristel

I had it rewritten with ALL of the details included. Thank you so much for the advice everyone!!