What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
Looking for advice. Over the last year I have become engaged and we sought out a site to host our wedding at. We came across a location in the Napa/American Canyon Area of California that was our ideal location. We walked the location and went over the contract ultimately putting down a $2,000 holding deposit. We are now a month away from our wedding and we have undergone numerous steps in order to make sure our wedding is prepared properly. We have been corresponding via email with the events manager about details of the wedding. Recently one of our vendors visited the location and was escorted by the events manager. We were informed by our vendor (the DJ) that the coordinator had told him all individuals must be off the premises by 11:00 PM and that it was stated in our contract. This caught me off guard. I reviewed our signed contract (signed by myself and the events manager) and there was no reference to hours of operation in the original contract. After reviewing our emails we found an updated BEO that had multiple added terms which had not been initially agreed to. When he was sending us the BEO we had only noticed the finalizations to the food and beverages, which was the subject matter of the emails, not added terms. Ultimately the contract states that we will be charged $1,000 for every half hour we are over the 11:00 PM time. My questions is are the updated terms binding and is there any legal recourse should they try enforcing the non-agreed upon terms? I would appreciate any insight that can be provided.
David
Looking for advice. Over the last year I have become engaged and we sought out a site to host our wedding at. We came across a location in the Napa/American Canyon Area of California that was our ideal location. We walked the location and went over the contract ultimately putting down a $2,000 holding deposit. We are now a month away from our wedding and we have undergone numerous steps in order to make sure our wedding is prepared properly. We have been corresponding via email with the events manager about details of the wedding. Recently one of our vendors visited the location and was escorted by the events manager. We were informed by our vendor (the DJ) that the coordinator had told him all individuals must be off the premises by 11:00 PM and that it was stated in our contract. This caught me off guard. I reviewed our signed contract (signed by myself and the events manager) and there was no reference to hours of operation in the original contract. After reviewing our emails we found an updated BEO that had multiple added terms which had not been initially agreed to. When he was sending us the BEO we had only noticed the finalizations to the food and beverages, which was the subject matter of the emails, not added terms. Ultimately the contract states that we will be charged $1,000 for every half hour we are over the 11:00 PM time. My questions is are the updated terms binding and is there any legal recourse should they try enforcing the non-agreed upon terms? I would appreciate any insight that can be provided.
David
