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    Photographer Covid and Wedding Insurance

    2020. About a month into the original lockdown
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    Photographer Covid and Wedding Insurance

    Cancellation in April, wedding in May. Thanks Frank I appreciate the assistance there - that is an interesting read for sure, even more so now it feels like this insurer is chancing their arm and just expecting an easy refund from me.
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    Photographer Covid and Wedding Insurance

    They booked, groom got injured, cancelled due to the injury. Nothing to do with covid. They said on the phone they'd reduce numbers and do whatever they needed to in order to go ahead, but apparently it was anywhere between 3 and 9 months of recovery for the lad. Mustve done a real number on...
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    Client Asking for Refund

    Yeah well still. As fellow business owners pretty disparaging remarks assuming people have taken money for free and dont want to pay back. Just saying work goes into preparing which is built into the cost even though you might not have delivered the end result as yet. Surprised by the attitudes...
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    Client Asking for Refund

    Keep in mind for everyone saying that it's free money at no cost - most couples spend time with me planning the types of shots, discussions around key people, key moments they want to capture, taking me through the itinerary, the feel and energy they want for their shoot, any props/prep work I...
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    Photographer Covid and Wedding Insurance

    Thanks Frank, this is really dirty dirty practice by the insurance guys, who would surely know the cancellation happened as a result of an injury! This is just sour grapes. I've incurred time in consultation costs with the couple as part of the pre-planning so to say I've had free money is also...
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    Photographer Covid and Wedding Insurance

    First post hope this is ok. I run a small photography firm and was booked by a couple before lockdown to do their photography, which I agreed to. A month or so before the original booking the groom fractured his rib (apparently quite badly) and they had to postpone their wedding, which was...