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What to do when your venue double books or messes up dates

Venues make scheduling errors, book guests on the wrong nights, or add incorrect charges to invoices. These mistakes force couples to scramble for last-minute fixes, alter wedding party timelines, and catch billing discrepancies themselves.

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

  1. 1
    Negotiating with the venue director for fee waivers and price reductions
  2. 2
    Switching back to the originally planned date
  3. 3
    Refusing to sign updated contracts until invoicing errors are corrected
  4. 4
    Sourcing a local hotel a few kilometers away
  5. 5
    Having the affected person drive up super early the morning of the wedding
  6. 6
    Asking the venue to cover expenses or find a cancellation

In their words

Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.

r/weddingplanning2 people · September 2026 – October 2026

“My venue messed up and is asking us to change our dates... we signed contract 7 months ago”source ↗

“When we got our updated invoice from Victor however, we noticed that the total price had only reduced about $400. Obviously confused we combed through it, and saw that one of the amenities that is $850 was on there 3 times, two $850 charges and a $600 charge.”source ↗

piercetheducky · r/weddingplanning · 86 upvotes

“Today my MOH told me she called the hotel to inquire about extending their stay for one more night, only to find out, the hotel has her staying on the wrong night, not the night before the wedding like everyone else is”source ↗

“It's the venue's fault, but I guess I should have triple checked and made sure they didn't mess it up.”source ↗

“Now my MOH will have to drive up to the venue the morning of, super early because I'm getting married at 1pm and have first look at 11am and misses rehearsal and dinner the night before.”source ↗

blocdebranche · r/weddingplanning · 11 upvotes

Where this came up

r/weddingplanningvendor disputeswedding planning

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