A group of angry brides claim they have been left jilted at the altar – not by their partners, but by the company they hired to organise and carry out their weddings.

When Bribie Island Pop Up Weddings, an award-winning local business in Queensland's Moreton Bay, abruptly shut up shop in November last year, it left stressed out couples having to hastily throw together their own weddings, some with just days or weeks to spare.

Months on, customers whose weddings did not go ahead as a result of the company's closure claim they are owed their deposits, which could total up to $30,000.

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Brisbane mum Amanda Mackay thought everything was set to go for the intimate wedding she had booked with her partner of eight years, Paul, on Bribie Island. 

But, three weeks out from their special day, Mackay was told the business was closing down and all weddings, including her own on November 14, would be cancelled.

"I was thinking, 'What the hell.' I was freaking out, knowing I would have to suddenly try to re-book everything myself," Mackay said.

Mackay said she and her partner thankfully managed to pull off their last-minute ceremony without a hitch – due in part to the kindness of several vendors – but she claims they were still owed a $3500 deposit by Bribie Island Pop Up Weddings, for which they had been demanding a refund ever since.

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