Booking terms

These terms are between you (the client) and Jolly Spirits LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company ("Jolly Spirits", "we"). Paying a deposit or invoice means you agree to them. Your written quote lists your package, add-ons, rentals, guest count, hours and price.

1. Reserving your date

• A 50% deposit reserves your date. The deposit is non-refundable once we confirm the date, because we turn other events away for you.
• If you book within 45 days of your event, the full amount is due at booking.
• If you pay a standard package deposit online and your date is not available, we refund the deposit in full within 2 business days.

2. Balance and changes

• The balance is due 30 days before your event. If it is not paid within 7 days of the due date, we may release your date and keep the deposit.
• Guest count, hours, add-ons and rentals can change until 21 days before the event. Increases are billed at the prices in your quote. Decreases after the deposit do not reduce the deposit.
• Founding client pricing, when offered, is applied to your balance.

3. Cancellations and date changes

• If you cancel, the deposit is kept. If you cancel within 30 days of the event, the full amount paid is kept, except rental items we can still cancel with our rental partner, which we refund.
• You may move your booking once to a new date within 12 months, if we have it open and you ask at least 60 days before the original date. Price differences for the new date apply.
• If we ever have to cancel, you get a full refund of everything you have paid us.

4. Alcohol

• You buy and provide all alcohol. Jolly Spirits never buys, sells, supplies or transports alcohol. We send a shopping list as a planning guide; the amounts you buy are your choice.
• We serve guests 21 and over and check ID. Our bartenders may refuse service to anyone who appears intoxicated or underage, and may stop service if the event becomes unsafe. No refund is due when service is stopped for safety.
• Guests may not serve themselves from the bar while we are working it.

5. Your venue

• You are responsible for confirming your venue allows an outside bar service and for anything the venue requires of outside vendors. Tell us about venue rules when you book.
• Please provide a level area about 8 by 6 feet for the bar, access for load-in, and shade or cover for outdoor bars. If weather makes outdoor service unsafe, we will move the bar to a covered area you provide.
• Service times in your quote are when drinks are poured. Setup starts about 90 minutes before. Extra time on the day is billed at $125 per hour, per bartender.

6. Rentals

• Rentals (tables, chairs, linens, glassware and similar items) are ordered from our rental partners after your balance is paid, at least 21 days before the event. Peak dates may be reserved at booking.
• Rental items must be left in the condition received. Missing or damaged items are billed at the rental partner's replacement or cleaning cost.
• Delivery and pickup windows are set by the rental partner; we confirm them with you the week of the event.

7. Payment, travel and gratuity

• Payments are processed securely by Stripe. We do not see or store your full card number.
• Travel is free within 40 miles of Louisville; beyond that, $2 per mile one way.
• Kentucky sales tax is added where it applies.
• Gratuity is never added automatically and is always optional.

8. The rest

• We may photograph the bar setup (not your guests) for our portfolio unless you tell us not to.
• Our responsibility to you is limited to the amount you paid us for the event.
• These terms are governed by Kentucky law. Questions: info@jolly-spirits.com.