To cancel my hen?

[sailorcherries]

Again, another wedding thread and I apologise.

I decided to have a hen and, after being bombarded with ideas including weekends away and expensive spa trips, I asked for a dinner and drinks in the local town.
I looked online and found somewhere that would offer a two course meal for £15 and then a bar who would reserve an area for £200 all in, which was redeemable against drink.
Initially we had 15 going, meaning it was £28 for the night excluding any further drinks plus £10 for taxis. I thought that was relatively cheap and cheerful.
The number decreased slightly and it meant the price increased to £34 each but that includes your dinner and a bottle of prosecco. To secure we'd need a deposit of £22 with the remainder of the dinner paid on the night.

The deadline is tomorrow and so far only 5 people have paid the deposit. I'm not asking my MOH to pay the full whack and chase people for the money, as she has offered, and I'm not asking people to pay more than double the original amount and double the second amount to cover those who are now not paying.
Wibu to cancel it and give everyone their money back, stating that it's cancelled because people haven't paid?

Give the others a bit of notice and it nothing changes, cancel and have a fabulous dinner with those who did.

This is too complicated. All those that want to go join me at X for a meal and go to a bar after.

Extremely rude if them not to rsvp and pay. Ditch them, don’t invite to wedding either

How thoughtless of them, but then as a million threads on here attest, loads of people think nothing about expecting other people to subsidise them. People are, I think, in general, a bit shit about stuff like this. Don't take it personally.

I would send a message round saying, you have to pay the deposit within 24 hours and will only be able to book for those who have paid it.

Those who don't are uninvited, and go and do something lovely with those who have - you could probably find something even nicer for a smaller group.