Coronavirus: 'Our wedding has been cancelled but we still have to pay for it'
'We've saved so hard for so long for it, it's beyond belief almost'
They had been planning their wedding for the last 18 months and were supposed to get married at Cain Manor in Surrey on 9 May - one of five venues part of the Bijou Weddings group. Their wedding package costs total £17,000, and the couple has so far paid £13,000. Initially, Bijou Weddings told the couple that they needed to pay the full cancellation charge for the wedding package, which amounts to £13,600. Since the couple had paid £13,000, this would mean they still owed the wedding company another £600.
Jack Trowsdale, 27, and Claudia Dickens, 25, from West Sussex had already paid £21,000 for their wedding on 12 June at Botleys Mansion - another Bijou venue - when it was cancelled. "We have thus tried to accommodate the needs of couples who are immediately impacted, while still respecting our commitments to clients who have weddings booked in 2021 and beyond.
Jenny Maybury, 39, and Michael Bromwich, 36, both from the Midlands, had their wedding moved from a Sunday in May, to a Wednesday in September. Jenny Maybury and Michael Bromwich feel they have been forced to hold their wedding on a day most of their guests cannot attend
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