Legal Question in Consumer Law in Virginia

Re: Contracts

The first question is whether you went ahead and had the party anyway, or was the party cancelled because the room was not available? If you did have the party, then you don't have a contractual right to get your money back, because you accepted the room as it was, which was a waiver of the contractual term requiring the room to have been cleaned; otherwise, then yes, of course you can get your money back. You might also go to the library and look up Virginia Code section 59.1-200; that's the laundry list of "prohibited practices" that trigger a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. If, for example, they made a "false promise", you may be entitled to a minimum of $500 plus attorneys' fees if the other elements are met (you were a "consumer", they were "suppliers of goods or services", etc.).