TEAM OF METEOROLOGISTS CAN DO IT FOR YOU? DOWNLOAD THE FREE DFWCBS WEATHER APP. ONE MONTH BEFORE THEIR PLANNED WEDDING A DALLAS COUPLE WAS ACTUALLY STARTING TO RELAX. THEN THEIR KAUFMAN WEDDING VENUE CLOSED WITHOUT WARNING. AND COUPLES ARE PANICKING, SCRAMBLING AND THEY'RE DOWN RIGHT FURIOUS. Reporter: THE VENUE IS CALLED THE VICTORIAN HOUSE. THE WEBSITE IS STILL UP AND IT PROMISES COUPLES IT'S A PLACE WHERE THEIR WEDDING DREAMS COME TRUE. A DALLAS COUPLE WANTS TO WAKE UP FROM WHAT'S BECOME A NIGHTMARE. WE WERE LIKE COOL. IT'S FEBRUARY 4TH WE'RE ALMOST DONE. WITH THEIR WEDDING PAID IN FULL, INCLUDING FOOD, FLOWERS, EVEN FIREWORKS THEY WERE JUST WAITING TO WALK DOWN THE AISLE. THEN THIS EMAIL ARRIVED. I JUST READ IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND WAS LIKE STARTING TO PANIC AND TEARS WELLING UP LIKE WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? THE EMAIL SIGNED BY APRIL BISHOP AND SENT LAST NIGHT INFORMED THEM THAT THE HOUSE AND VINEYARDS WERE CLOSING EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND DISCOURAGED FURTHER CONTACT.
WHEN THEY SAID DON'T BOTHER CONTACTING, NO ONE IS THERE, YOU CAN'T CALL IF YOU DROVE UP THERE THE GATES ARE LOCKED. LIKE THANKS FOR YOUR MONEY, BYE. $5,500 GONE NOT INCLUDING THEIR OTHER EXPENSES. THE WEDDING IS NEXT MONTH. THERE'S NO WEDDING, CAKE, FOOD, OR VENUE. WHERE IS MY MONEY, DID YOU SPEND IT ALREADY? BECAUSE THAT YOU KNOW THE MONEY IS FOR THE WEDDING AND THERE'S NO WEDDING SO WHAT HAPPENED TO IT. THE EMAIL DIRECTS COUPLES TO FILE CLAIMS ON THEIR EVENT CANCELLATIONS POLICIES. THEY KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN FROM WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE. BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD THAT WE HAVE TO GET CANCELLATION INSURANCE. A VERY BIG DEAL. A GROUP LED THEM TO THE VENUE BUT GET THIS. THEY SAY IF YOU GO DIRECTLY THROUGH US WE'LL GIVE YOU THE SAME GROUPON DEAL BUT IT'S BETTER FOR US BECAUSE WE DON'T TO PAY THE FEES GROUPON CHARGES. GROUPON TELLS US THEY WILL REIMBURSE THOSE COUPLES WHO PURCHASED THE SERVICES THROUGH THEM. BUT FOR THOSE THAT DID NOT, WELL THEY'RE JUST LEFT HOPING THAT THOSE INSURANCE POLICY WILLS PAY OFF SOMETHING AT SOME POINT.
