Do the rules for dealing with vendors change depending on when I cancel my wedding?

Do the rules for dealing with vendors change depending on when I cancel my wedding?

The rules don't necessarily change, but your liability does. So for instance, in a contract, it may say, if you cancel 6 months out, you lose 25% of your deposit, or you lose 25% of what the total fee you would have paid for those services are. If you cancel 30 days before your wedding, you're probably going to lose everything. You're not going to be able to get any of that money back. Because realistically, the vendor doesn't have a very good chance of rebooking that date, especially for a wedding. Now for other events, maybe they would have a chance. Maybe they would have a chance if it was a portrait session, or just catering a random event. But for a wedding, they really don't. Another big thing in terms of vendors is you can always ask them, if you rebook, what can I get in return? What money can I get back? There's also a lot of legalities and laws about vendors being able to keep a full contracted cost and rate if they do rebook a date. So those are really good things to educated yourself on before you cancel a wedding.