BALTIMORE -- A popular Baltimore caterer has closed its doors, causing a maelstrom of issues for several engaged couples.

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One couple WBAL-TV talked to said they found out the hard way that nearly half of the wedding bookings have now been canceled.

Michael Divver and Jenny Reese said that they wanted to get married in Baltimore because they love the city.

But the problems started mounting when they read a posting on a popular wedding Web site that informed them their caterer, Wickeys catering, had gone out of business.

"Plans have been made. People are flying in. We hope we can find a way to make it happen," Divver said.

They said that by the time they read the posting, they had already paid a $4,000 deposit to Tek Cuisine, Inc., the Wickeys group. That money covered the venue at Preston Hall, party rentals, catering and the bar tab for their November wedding.

"I called them and they said that they were holding off on telling people," Reese said.

Wickeys representatives told her that her deposit wouldn't be returned. WBAL-TV called Wickeys corporate officers in York, Pa., and was told that the company had gone out of the business on June 30.

The company said that it was trying to reach all of their customers individually and that they would not be returning deposits.

"We never expected this. We are scrambling right now to see whet we can do," Reese said.

Not only does the couple stand to lose their deposit but they now have to reprint $700 worth of save-the-date cards and invitations.

They also have to find a new location, caterer, as well as rebook seven different vendors for their 150 person wedding.

The couple said that Wickeys offered up another catering company out of Pennsylvania and that they would credit their deposit.

But the couple said they still haven't seen any paperwork.