Venue/suppliers not accepting credit card

Not sure what to suggest, but we checked with everyone when looking at booking as to how we could pay and when they required what amount of money. I think i'd be tempted to call them, tell them you can't pay up that amount of money without putting it on the cc. Can you use other caterers if they refuse to book without that kind of deposit? It does seem a HUGE deposit to pay at this stage - how much are you planning on spending with them?? Our caterer only required a £100 deposit until full payment 2 weeks beforehand. Thinking about it, he would only accept cheque or bank transfer. I'd be looking at your contract for the venue and any other correspondance from the caterer, but usually it's a case of they can stipulate what they want really as it's their business. A good company should try to help you to resolve things. Hope you manage to sort something out.

£9k on food!! Who you feedin, the army? ?

Are you the one that's getting married at Wasing Park?

Thought so. Are you using Cherubs for your flowers/venue dressing?

Wow, 9k on food. That, plus the rest of the wedding is an awful lot of money to have to save up in 18 months.

It was my second choice venue; it's stunning. Marc and James at Cherubs are amazing and I throughly recommend them.

If you have a little more time why not put your normal monthly spending - e.g. food shopping, petrol etc on the credit card and then you can save the equivalent cash from your bank account. You end up with the same amount on the credit card, but you have cash to pay the caterer.

Beware of credit card cheques - they are basically another way to do a cash advance (equivalent to getting cash out at a cash point on your credit card) and can be massively expensive - you will normally pay a really high % interest on them as the 0% deals do not normally cover cash advances.

Hope you manage to sort it all out.