Event Organiser and Stall Holders

[chrish99]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? In the U.K.

We recently organised a Christmas event whereby stall holders for various arts and crafts businesses paid to have a stall at. Within their booking agreement we agreed to advertise the event in various specific ways which we did. However on the day of the event, only a few hundred people turned up. Based on other events organised by other people at the same venue, a number of the stall holders are saying it wasn't advertised properly as the turnout was too low. A group of them are now asking for refunds, threading a class action (or U.K. Equivalent) against me.

I would appreciate any advice you can give. I believe that I advertised the event well, doing as I promised in the agreement. I actually know that I spend more on advertising in local papers, radio, flyers, facebook than those others events. I believe it was just one of those days, where the weather plus other lock events meant a low turnout. I certainly never promised a minimum turnout as I cannot guarantee people will show up. Do you have any advice or comments about what I should do.

Thanks

 

[Zigner]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? In the U.K.

We recently organised a Christmas event whereby stall holders for various arts and crafts businesses paid to have a stall at. Within their booking agreement we agreed to advertise the event in various specific ways which we did. However on the day of the event, only a few hundred people turned up. Based on other events organised by other people at the same venue, a number of the stall holders are saying it wasn't advertised properly as the turnout was too low. A group of them are now asking for refunds, threading a class action (or U.K. Equivalent) against me.

I would appreciate any advice you can give. I believe that I advertised the event well, doing as I promised in the agreement. I actually know that I spend more on advertising in local papers, radio, flyers, facebook than those others events. I believe it was just one of those days, where the weather plus other lock events meant a low turnout. I certainly never promised a minimum turnout as I cannot guarantee people will show up. Do you have any advice or comments about what I should do.

Thanks

Sorry, this forum is for US law only.

 

[quincy]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? In the U.K.

We recently organised a Christmas event whereby stall holders for various arts and crafts businesses paid to have a stall at. Within their booking agreement we agreed to advertise the event in various specific ways which we did. However on the day of the event, only a few hundred people turned up. Based on other events organised by other people at the same venue, a number of the stall holders are saying it wasn't advertised properly as the turnout was too low. A group of them are now asking for refunds, threading a class action (or U.K. Equivalent) against me.

I would appreciate any advice you can give. I believe that I advertised the event well, doing as I promised in the agreement. I actually know that I spend more on advertising in local papers, radio, flyers, facebook than those others events. I believe it was just one of those days, where the weather plus other lock events meant a low turnout. I certainly never promised a minimum turnout as I cannot guarantee people will show up. Do you have any advice or comments about what I should do.

Thanks

FreeAdvice handles US law questions and legal concerns only. You will need to find advice in the UK. Here is a link you can try:

http://www.thelawforum.co.uk/

 

[CTU]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? In the U.K.

We recently organised a Christmas event whereby stall holders for various arts and crafts businesses paid to have a stall at. Within their booking agreement we agreed to advertise the event in various specific ways which we did. However on the day of the event, only a few hundred people turned up. Based on other events organised by other people at the same venue, a number of the stall holders are saying it wasn't advertised properly as the turnout was too low. A group of them are now asking for refunds, threading a class action (or U.K. Equivalent) against me.

I would appreciate any advice you can give. I believe that I advertised the event well, doing as I promised in the agreement. I actually know that I spend more on advertising in local papers, radio, flyers, facebook than those others events. I believe it was just one of those days, where the weather plus other lock events meant a low turnout. I certainly never promised a minimum turnout as I cannot guarantee people will show up. Do you have any advice or comments about what I should do.

Thanks

Sorry, you'll need a UK law forum. The laws in the US can be very, very different.

 

[quincy]

Sorry, you'll need a UK law forum. The laws in the US can be very, very different.

Zigner wins!

 

[Zigner]

Zigner wins!

Yeah - but you, as usual, supplied the link

 

[quincy]

Yeah - but you, as usual, supplied the link

Haha. Yes. I do seem to have an endless supply of links on hand.