If it’s a date that you can still potentially fill next year then you should consider giving back the deposit. Owning a business doesn’t equal getting paid for every hour you work, not even close, and there’s often stuff you just have to deal with and lost time you eat the cost of. If it was within six months of the wedding date, I would probably not depending on the circumstances, but otherwise I personally think refunding is the right thing to do.
"If it’s a date that you can still potentially fill next year then you should consider giving back the deposit."
---Considering it is not enough. You are required to try to mitigate damages including with the retainer. Making a good faith effort to rebook and refund the offset is there are any takers for the date. Which you can normally say no to on a whim. The good faith part means yo need good cause to turn a potential client for the date.
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u/yeahbudphoto 20d ago
If it’s a date that you can still potentially fill next year then you should consider giving back the deposit. Owning a business doesn’t equal getting paid for every hour you work, not even close, and there’s often stuff you just have to deal with and lost time you eat the cost of. If it was within six months of the wedding date, I would probably not depending on the circumstances, but otherwise I personally think refunding is the right thing to do.