Our wedding is in four weeks.
Because there is very limited hotel space in the area, and because we are hosting a rehearsal dinner AND a morning after brunch, my mom rented a house on the bay for me, my bridesmaids, and their significant others.
Today we got this email:
“I am very sorry to inform you that I will not be able to go through with the house rental in June. I have been transferred to New York and have had to remove the furnishings from the home. I have sent your deposit back in the mail to you. I have a friend in town who does real estate and I have asked him to find you a nice place to stay for your daughter’s wedding. I am very sorry about this! He will take care of you and make sure it is a nice place and reasonable if you are interested in working with him. I have included him on this email.”
It was frustrating me that the woman had never sent us an official contract, but we have a long email trail about the house and I wrote that off to it being in a small town.
But now we’ve got 4 weeks until the wedding, and we have to find a new place to stay for 8 people. . . that can accommodate a rehearsal dinner as well. I’m not even hoping that it will be waterfront anymore. . . surely all the good houses are rented already.
You’ve got to be kidding me. As if we don’t have enough to worry about already.
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Oh Jane, I am so sorry you have to deal with this! Good luck with finding a new place to stay 🙂
Oh no! That’s just terrible. Seriously, poor form.
It’ll work out though. When you’re planning a big event, something always has to go wrong. And, if this is the worst? Well, that’d be pretty good! 🙂 Hang in there!
I totally agree. If this is the biggest bump in the road, I suppose things aren’t too bad. Thank you!
Oh no, I’m so sorry! I hope you can fix it quickly.
Sorry to hear. I know it is hard and it sucks…try to keep things in perspective…it could be A LOT worse!
Melissa, you’re absolutely right. I had a few hours of pouting but then I kind of got a grip. 🙂
Stop it right now!!! I’m sure things will work out just fine, they always tend to. And maybe it’s even better that you don’t stay by the water: http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/47384660.
Best of luck! Also I had no idea you were getting married so soon. You will be a gorgeous bride! Regardless of where you’re staying.
Jamillah – Thank you for yelling at me! 🙂 That’s awesome. I’m done having a tantrum. We’ve figured everything out and the wedding weekend will be FABULOUS! 🙂
It seems odd that this woman had time to get transferred, remove all the furniture and apparently move but didn’t have time to let you know weeks ago that the house could not be available. Odd. I have my fingers crossed that everything works out perfectly, even better than before! I am glad you are “coming to your senses” (haa-haa) about things you really don’t have time for or want to do. It all sounds so easy & lovely to do DIY from a few months out, but then as things get down to the wire, it just sounds crazy. I completely understand the DIY desire & the reality check that comes later — and I am SO glad you are going the less stressful route!
Yeah, the house is now for sale – we drove by it this weekend.
Oh well. We’ve moved on and found a new option.
You are SO right about the DIY! 🙂
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