Just wanted some advice on what to do about a shady person who is running the venue that my fiance and I chose to get married at. I'll try and put this in a nut shell, though it is complicated. Basically, we have a feeling like we are gonna get screwed over in some way. We originally were not going to use this venue because they do not have a center aisle, and I'm just traditional like that. I really had my heart set on a center aisle to walk down. But the man who owns, or at the very least, runs this place had told me that they were going to have the inside of the room reconstruction so that there was a center aisle in a few months. He said they had already had that in the works because they have had so many couple go elsewhere because they did not have a center aisle. This was in October of 2011. He said that construction would be done by the end of February at the latest of this year. I was a bit skeptical of this, but we dicided to sign a contract with him because he was also offering us a 10% discount for screwing up something else we had asked him to do and that was good incentive because my fiance and I are very poor and can not afford to get married anywhere else. The problem is, today is May 4th, and when we called to ask if we could come and see what the room looked like with the new center aisle, he said that it was done yet and he had a whole list of excuses as to why it hasn't been done. Now he is saying that it will be done by the end of this month, but I'm not so sure I believe him. He seems kind of shady all of the sudden to me and I'm not sure what to do. It is too late for us to find another place to get married at because every place we've called has our date all booked up. Also, because we signed a contract, I think we should still get married here because we paid so much money for it. He had added in to our contract that there would be a center aisle constructed in this room before our wedding rehersal date which is August 10th so if he doesn't get it done, I think I've got grounds for a lawsuit. I just want some advice because I have my heart set on walking down a center aisle at my wedding in a real old fashioned traditional way, but I almost feel like such a fool. I'm thinking now that maybe he was acting this shady all along and I just didn't want to notice it because I loved this venue so much and it was the only one we could afford. Now I fear we may get screwed and it is too late to do anything about it. PLUS, the invitations have all already been sent out with the address for this venue so we definately have to get married here. I'm just so scared we got screwed. What can I do? Any advice would be helpful because I'm SUPER worried about this.
Soon To Be Mrs. Howard!