30k with no contingency clause or event insurance? Understand why she’s a pharmacy major.
However, if faced with a similar set of circumstances, I would be certain to get my money’s worth.
Ouch $30/k on a failed wedding celebration is gonna leave a mark in her soul and a big debit to her finances. Plus a solo honey less moon? Oh to be young and stupido.
Wedding vendors are brutal in general. No matter what the reason they never refund deposits nor final payments—never.