Jamie Wolfer breaks down non-refundable wedding deposits and calls out a venue that demanded an extra $7,000 on top of the deposit. She argues the charge is predatory and validates the bride caught in it.
So the non-refundable deposit, I get, have one myself. If you sign on with me and then 6 months down the line we need to part ways, which has literally never happened, but if that did happen, I would retain a non-refundable deposit for the work we've already done. This is very commonplace in the industry. Why are we adding on an additional $7,000? Zero clue. Zero clue. I don't see the justification in that. In fact, I feel like this is again predatory. This is inappropriate. The, the venue should not be doing this. I hope this bride sees this and feels extremely validated in this moment because this is preposterous.
