Is this fair?

Is this £300 each? And that's just the deposit? And another £100 each to cancel? Surely the deposit is the cancellation fee? That's the whole point of a deposit, isn't it?

How much was the whole thing going to cost per person? 😱

I think if you are going to lose £400 anyway then you may as well just pay the extra and go.

Cancelled because of her awful behaviour so she foots the bill. Lesson learned, be a decent person or there are consequences. I wouldn't pay nor feel I should under these circumstances.

I think they are referring to the travel company

Because they were going abroad. It is in the OP.

Who cares about upsetting the family they've wasted £300 of your daughters money she's the one who should be upset not them.

Teach your daughter to stand up for herself and not be walked over by people wanting you to be the bigger person and keep the peace.

The bride was in the wrong so she pays the price.

This - the future bride has no morals so she can reimburse everyone for their lost deposit. If l was one of the hens l would never speak to her again.

I'd be asking for a copy of the email.. She is trying to claw lost wedding costs back imo.

If a deposit has been paid, why is there a cancellation fee? The deposit is there to protect the business in situations of cancellation, shouldn’t be a further fee…

to your question, no the bride should be paying the cost. But if it were me I’d just go on the “holiday” anyway

In my opinion she owes them their £300 deposits back and is the only person liable for the cancellation fee. She clearly learnt nothing!!! Wow!!!

Why on earth was a hen do costing more than £400 each?!

Not a chance I'd pay. She should have thought about that before cheating.

Turmoil of her own doing!! The poor groom investing time and money in someone texting other blocks on the run up to their wedding! No sympathy for her!!

My thoughts too. Isn't that the idea of a deposit. Anyway, I think the bride should pay as she caused the cancelation. As pp said, it could come out of the wedding fund.

Suppose it would depend on if it was somewhere you had looked forward to going anyway and if you liked the other hens. Also if you had booked time off from work and couldn't change that now.

Oh wow how cheeky is the ex bride to be she should be reimbursing the hens in full she was the one who fucked up the holiday.

I am surprised you say she will probably pay it so as not to upset the family.

I would really encourage my dd to tell this cousin to fuck off. The audacity in asking for to pay the cancellation fee on top of losing these women 300 pounds each, is astounding to me. There is no amount of peace I would care about keeping in the face of such cheeky fuckery.

I would be asking her for the £300 the cheek of her . Wow

Just don’t cancel it and don’t go???

The bride one hundred percent should be paying the entire cancellation fee. It’s one of those situations where you need to throw money at a very awkward situation to make it go away.

You can’t possibly say to people ‘So…girls…I have been texting other blokes so the wedding is off. I know you have already paid a significant amount of money towards the hen do, which is now not happening, but I need you to pay even more money to NOT go.’

She’s bonkers or very thick. I would not pay in a million years. She needs to face the consequences of her actions. If that were me I would work my ass off and pay all the hens back what they had already forked out.

It’s just £100

nevermind. She’s saved all the money she would have spent on the stupid hen do

You all go and have a break up holiday.

All the girls booked on the trip should go anyway, as sometimes the cancellation fee can exceed the initial deposit. I imagine your niece is not that popular at them at the moment.

From what I've read on the Love Holidays website, the flight costs are charged in full, then there is a £75 cancellation charge. So presumably, the flights were £325pp?

If they have all lost their deposits how is there also a cancellation fee? Is the fee legally chargeable and recoverable in the uk if it is a foreign holiday?

Absolutely fucking not.

The wedding was called off due to her being unfaithful. None of what’s happened is the fault of any of the guests that were going on the hen do, who have already shelled out enough money that they’ll be losing.

She’s a CF and I would in no way shape or form, be guilt tripped into paying something I wasn’t liable for, just because some family members might get ‘upset’. I’d be telling them to direct their upset at the person who caused it. Not the innocent guests who’ve already lost money because of her actions.

Also, how much is the bloody cancellation fee if everyone is being asked to chip in an extra £100 each?!

(And like other PP’s, I’m struggling to see why there would be a cancellation fee, when the loss of deposits should cover cancellations)