This is for couples whose wedding would legally be permitted to go ahead, but whom are choosing to postpone (for example, due to a wish for greater guest numbers). In this case, the booking fee will be forfeited and will not be rolled over to a new date. This is to compensate my business for the loss of opportunity to book your original date whereby a wedding would be permitted. However, in the interest of fairness, I will return your forefitted booking fee if I manage to secure a new booking on your cancelled date.

Should you wish to proceed with my services for a new date, this will be treated as a new booking. Therefore, a new booking fee for the new date will be incurred.

I fully respect that you don’t want to have to compromise on your hopes and plans for your wedding, and that a postponement is entirely your choice to make. Therefore, to show my support, I will offer a 10% discount on the second booking fee (only) if you’d like to make a new booking with me, and you can book at my old prices despite my annual rising prices.

I understand the tricky position you are in and the difficulties of making a decision without clear guidance for your date yet in place. We can only speculate as to what the future holds. The only thing you can do is hold clear in your mind your priorities, and what your wedding day means for you.

If you are considering postponing but are leaving it until close to your wedding to decide, please bear in mind the information above. If it transpires that your wedding cannot legally take place, then of course we have no choice and you’ll be able to roll over your booking. However, if restrictions do allow your wedding to take pace but you decide to postpone due to a desire for fewer restrictions, you will unfortunately lose your booking fee (any additional monies paid will be returned).

Therefore, my best advice is to consider now what you’d be willing to compromise on should restrictions be in place on your wedding date. Some couples already know that they will not be content to proceed with their wedding at the kinds of numbers that tier restrictions have so far enforced (ie. 6, 15 or 30 guests), for example. Whilst we cannot speculate on the future, we must at least consider the possibility that restrictions for social gatherings may remain in place. The historical restrictions might give us some idea of what these might look like over the coming months.

In the interest of fairness, please note that any potential postponement remains unsecured without a booking fee. Whilst I thank you for letting me know, unfortunately, I can’t commit to an alternative date whilst also retaining your old date. This is because it limits my capacity to accept another booking on one or the other date. I’d very much appreciate the opportunity to accept bookings so as not to turn away any custom unnecessarily at this time. It’s just not sustainable for my business to reserve dates in this way, especially in the popular summer months when I have to maximise my income to last through the quieter winter months. I will, of course, be courteous and let you know if another couple come forward in the meantime, by which time I would need a decision.

As a new booking, there may be additional fees to account for my rising prices.

If you are proceeding with your wedding but your day is severely impacted in terms of time and numbers, we will discuss the possibilities for a reduction in your coverage and fee. I don’t want you to worry about paying full fees if your day looks completely different to when you initially booked me under non-Covid regulations.