Hello We are getting married at the start of may. All good and mostly all done. We've paid the fee in full for the venue. We then have a fee of £1,000 for the services of the events planner person there for the day and the bar she'll be setting up and running with staff. We agreed, in writing, last year that this fee of 1k be paid a month before the wedding. We've accounted for this and will have the money. However I've just received an email saying she's got it wrong and we need to pay the 1k now. I'm not impressed. It's their error so do we have any right to say no? I'm actually quite scared of her and I don't want to say no. It's her error so if I was her I'd not ask as this is unreasonable Does anyone have thoughts on this? Or what I should do? Thanks x
I'd be a bit miffed that she messed up to be honest. She's an events planner, she should have you know, planned this? I've found most costs don't need to be paid either until a few weeks before the date too so why does she need it now?
Do you have a written contract or t&c which set out the timescale for payment? I would ask her what she needs the money for. It sounds like she’s got a cash flow issue to me It might put me off using her tbh
Thanks everyone for giving me your opinion. My friends also think it's her fault so not our problem in terms of having to pay asap. I need to dig out the contract but we have her emails stating it's 1 month before the wedding. It's all a bit odd because she works for the venue as their events planner but she doesn't own the venue and presumably hasn't got anything to do with it in terms of their finances ?
I've found most costs don't need to be paid either until a few weeks before the date too so why does she need it now?