Hi, hoping for some advice / opinions here. I am getting married in 10 days time, and when choosing a venue one of the most important things for myself and my partner was finding a venue that allowed for a late finish time - 2am.
We eventually found a venue that could accommodate this, and were assured when booking by the events management company linked to the venue that the 2am license wouldn’t be an issue as long as the council approved it (which they have). The venue is actually a functioning church (we are only having the reception there, our ceremony is taking place in our parish church), and they use it for events as a money making exercise I suppose.
We today received news that the priest of the reception venue church has now turned around and said that actually, as our wedding is on a Saturday he thinks it’s inappropriate for it to go until 2am as that will take it into Sunday (which is obviously a ‘holy’ day). The events company have been back and forth with him all day but he’s not budging.
We are obviously very upset about this - the entire schedule of the day is based around a 2am finish and we have spent a HUGE amount of money on this venue - which we wouldn’t have chosen were it not for the late license.
Am I being unreasonable to be considering legal action? We are essentially entirely at their mercy as this news has come too late for us to consider taking a refund and finding an alternative. For reference we have a signed contract which clearly states the finish time as 2am. Am I also being unreasonable to think that the opinion of the priest in this instance is sort of irrelevant - I understand and respect his views, but the fact remains that this venue was sold to us on the understanding that we could have it until 2am and we have a contract stating that.