A Florida couple has had their wedding upended after an Orange County hotel \u2014 set to take in migrants from New York City \u2014 abruptly canceled the rooms she booked for her guests, she told The Post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe felt discarded, disappointed and angry that they just tossed us aside to make an extra dollar for the hotel. It\u2019s just not right,\u201d Deanna Mifsud, 35, fumed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mifsud and Gary Moretti, 37, are both originally from New York, and plan to marry June 24 at Lippincott Manor in upstate Walkill, with 160 guests from throughout the country expected to attend, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the big day, the couple\u2019s guests had a total of 30 rooms booked at The Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh, about 20 minutes from their venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The newlyweds, along with 10 bridesmaids, five groomsmen and guests from California, Florida, Arizona, Minnesota, Connecticut, New Jersey, Long Island and Westchester had all planned to stay at the hotel, and the couple had paid for transportation to and from the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe signed a contract. We had a legal contract to have those rooms,\u201d Moretti said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe just wanted everybody to be safe and have a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But everything was upended when they learned the Crossroads was set to accept migrants from NYC, who are being bused to hotels in Westchester and the Hudson Valley as the city struggles to deal with the influx of immigrants pouring over the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So they called the hotel and learned their reservation had been tossed aside. The hotel told them to call Choice Management, which oversees the facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe were on hold for 45-plus minutes and were ultimately told, \u2018We can\u2019t do anything for you, bye bye,\u2019 and we were hung up on,\u201d Mifsud recalled, adding only one guest had gotten notice of the cancellation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSome people have cancelled already,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s bittersweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt puts a damper on it because we\u2019d love for those people to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Crossroads is one of several hotels believed to have booted nearly two dozen homeless veterans in favor of incoming migrants \u2014 which which it\u2019s believed the hotels rake in as much as $190 a night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s complete chaos. We do not feel like they are housing the migrants out of the kindness of their heart. It\u2019s just for the money. That\u2019s how we feel,\u201d said Mifsud, who along with Moretti is now scrambling to find new accommodations for those who can still make it to their big day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s at least the second set of soon-to-be newlyweds whose wedding has been thrown into chaos by the migrant crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Queens couple claimed the 37 rooms they booked months in advance at the Crossroads Hotel for guests of their May 20 wedding were also suddenly canceled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat we feel right now is, we feel very cast aside,\u201d groom-to-be Sean Plunkett told CBS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A spokesman for Choice Hotels, the brand under which the Crossroads operates, said, \u201cAll affected guests will be contacted for assistance with rebooking their upcoming reservations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Further questions were referred to Crossroads, which did not immediately respond to a message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n