Pay Deposit One More Time?

LOL, no I'm not hired by your coordinator. And this is a public forum, which means you'll see opinions that contradict yours.

View quoted message They do not have any financial loss. They have my original deposit without doing anything so far. I am the one who bear with the loss my deposit if I want to hire a replacement. Please do read my comments fully then to express your ideas.

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Seems pretty unfair that you demand your vendors to expect or incur financial losses at your whim while you escape any financial consequences for changing the terms of your contract based on your personal circumstances, despite having zero legal ground to do so.

View quoted message Sorry, so help me understand here - because they should care more about your situation than their actual livelihoods (family, business, etc.) they should just let you keep rescheduling without any sort of thought towards what that costs them?? Wow. They have been going through this and taken SIGNIFICANT hits over the last two years. Again, you're breaking a contract (I will acknlowedge I'm assuming). They're doing nothing wrong but protecting themselves and any respectful, considerate client would understand this (I don't see their business being hurt by this - they'll just not be reached out to by selfish clients). You should fire them - they would be better off if you didn't rehire them.

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Hi Hank, I appreciate your comments, but it's not the place that you ask me to consider more about their business situation. It's the contingent loss that all business people should know and expect under the uncertainty of the world.

As from my point of view, maybe I should fire them since it's a two-way street: I consider their situation, and I pay them to care about my situation. The lack-of-due-care attitude can be a potential threat to their future of the business. It will come back and bite them. All my loss is just monetary. There are a lot of businesses waiting for me to hire them.

Carmel pretty much hit it on the head. Here's the thing, while you want them to consider your issues of having international guests at your wedding, you need to consider their stance as business operators. Their obligated duty to you as a wedding coordinator does not hinge on who your guests are.

View quoted message Sigh… too bad the COVID is still a global threat even it’s a less threatening one in North America. Most of our guests are coming from overseas, especially the family members. They are still require to quarantine when they fly back to their country after coming to Canada for our wedding. This will cost them extra money staying in the hotel. They might even lose the job because of that. There is less courtesy in Asia, unfortunately. Moving it to December is a much “safer” idea that there is a greater chance that none of them needs to quarantine. I have told the coordinator about this situation a few times. I just hope she can consider the COVID situation from a global point of view instead of just thinking about the local situation.

I'm going to say it's probably because covid is no longer being factored in. There's no more restrictions and most places are starting to go back to normal.

Unfortunately, businesses can charge whatever they like if Covid-19 is no longer a valid threat.
We encountered this with our venue on our last postponement. According to them, moving dates due to covid was no longer an option, so if we chose to move we would have to pay updated pricing. We did speak with a lawyer (as we did have a force majeure clause in our contract, and they technically weren’t allowed to host our 120 person wedding) but they basically said unless we had the time and money to fight it was best to either pay them what they asked or lose all the money and find another venue.
We were able to negotiate pricing. But it’s basically like your contract doesn’t exist anymore. It’s sad, and it’s unfair. It’s not right by any means. But unfortunately, it’s another money grab that businesses can get away with. Sorry you’re going through this. Hope you guys are able to work it out.

I'm going to guess it's because you're essentially cancelling the July wedding date/breaking your contract (covid is not a valid excuse this time - i.e. no lockdown), a date they may not be able to secure now with someone else and will lose that income. Your other vendors are clearly incredibly flexible and that's great but that's their business. I think it is what it is unfortunately.

View quoted message Hi Hank, no, it’s nothing to do with the final payment. They ask for another deposit as if the original deposit paid for the contract is no longer valid. Let me quote “you need to pay for the same deposit in order to obtain out service”. So, it sounds like a new contract should be signed regardless there is already a contract.

Is the coordinator simply asking for an additional deposit toward the final cost? If so, I see nothing wrong with that, especially considering you changed dates on her three times.