Wedding canceled and money not returned

They got engaged and paid thousands for a wedding party then they broke up and were stated the money for the wedding would not be returned Is that legal or illegal Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser finds out Kearra was hit with so a large number of emotions in At the beginning of the year her father suddenly died Kearra Holmes A lovable man Honest very honest But by the end of the year the sadness was replaced by celebration as her boyfriend questioned her to marry him Kearra Holmes That s every girl s dream to be like a princess have a whole day all about you The planning began as the couple determined a site for the special day Kearra Holmes We got the venue for the wedding It s an indoor-outdoor for guests Kearra and her mother would pay for the wedding from money her father left them Kearra Holmes His insurance guidelines Patrick So in reality your dad s paying for your wedding Kearra Holmes Yes The wedding was scheduled for May of Kearra could make monthly payments but decided to put down And then she and her fianc broke up Kearra Holmes We kept arguing about the same situation and it s just like OK let s just be friends about it ' The wedding was cancelled Kearra called the venue to get her back Kearra Holmes And he s like We don t do that But the wedding s canceled and he s like No refunds ' The venue did offer to host a family party that day or another event on a different day Kearra reported no Kearra Holmes We just want to cancel He reported The contract says no refund ' Patrick When was the wedding scheduled for Kearra Holmes Next year May Patrick So it s a full year Kearra Holmes Yes Patrick Do you think that they could find another event for that day Kearra Holmes Yes Eleven-thousand-seven-hundred dollars of her late father s money for her wedding down the drain Patrick Which is worse losing the wedding or losing the money Kearra Holmes Losing the money The wedding can come another day but that s my whole car right there I could just pay off my car That s funny Losing is not But is the money gone Howard Howard Finkelstein The contract is valid and if Kearra paid according to the payment schedule she doesn t get the back But and it s a big but she paid nearly earlier than she was required to so legally she is entitled to get that money back I spoke to the owner of the wedding venue He could not have been nicer explaining he had to institute the no refund strategy because of cancellations days before an event I pointed out that technically Kearra had paid more than she had to in advance and was owed at least of the He announced Tell Kearra to call me Kearra Holmes I spoke to the owner and he agreed to give me the money back Not just a portion The entire Kearra revealed Wait a minute Kearra Holmes I felt like it was fair to give him a cancelation fee so I commented I ll give you a thousand dollars for a cancelation fee Kearra got back way more than she expected when she called Help Me Howard Kearra Holmes Now it goes back into my account where my dad left it and I m hoping for the next time Thank you for your help You are welcome Kearra To avoid a headache when you book any party read the contract systematically to know what to expect and don t make the payments until you are required to do it Kearra got lucky getting her money back but you might not be so lucky Married to a trouble you want to break up with It s no party solving it so here is a proposal Contact us Hopefully we can make you feel like you re on a honeymoon With this Help Me Howard I m Patrick Fraser News CONTACT HELP ME HOWARD Email helpmehoward wsvn comReporter Patrick Fraser at pfraser wsvn comMiami-Dade - -WSVNBroward - -WSVN