Two weeks of coverage on wedding vendor disputes in San Antonio — both client and vendor perspectives. Full index below.
Before you sign
- Red flags before signing with a wedding content creator
- How to vet a wedding vendor you''ve never heard of
- The "preferred vendor list" trap
- Wedding insurance in Texas
- Vendor refund schedules
- What $3K vs $12K actually buys you in a wedding planner
- The San Antonio wedding market: Downtown vs. Hill Country vs. North Side
While you''re working with your vendor
- How long should a wedding vendor take to reply
- Are text messages contracts in Texas?
- Can you record a vendor call in Texas?
- Who owns the raw files from your wedding photos?
- Warning signs your vendor is about to go under
- Mother of the bride kept asking for more
When something goes wrong — client side
- Ghosted after the deposit
- Your venue kept the deposit and closed
- The catering guest-count problem
- Photographer delivered a fraction of the contracted gallery
- The DJ didn''t show up
- Florist delivered the wrong flowers
- Hair and makeup ran 90 minutes late
- Your videographer is 4 months late on edits
- The officiant botched your vows
- The cake tasted nothing like the tasting
- The alterations ruined the dress
- Transportation was 40 minutes late
- Invitations misprinted
- Force majeure in San Antonio wedding contracts
- Your gallery is up but something is wrong
When something goes wrong — vendor side
- Scope creep in wedding contracts
- When the client says 120 and 185 show up
- Sometimes the vendor is right
- The bride is trashing you on Google
- The chargeback nuclear option
The legal / process toolkit
- What counts as evidence in a wedding dispute
- How to write a 60-day DTPA demand letter
- What the San Antonio Better Business Bureau actually does
- Mediation, small claims, arbitration
- When you actually need a wedding-dispute attorney
- When a bride''s bad review crosses into defamation
The disclaimer
General information about Texas law and wedding industry practice. Not legal advice. For active disputes, consult a consumer-protection attorney.
Sources cited throughout: Texas Business and Commerce Code, Texas Law Help, Texas State Law Library.