Bride rescheduled wedding to a date I’m not available

As the title says, my bride was booked for October 4, 2025. She booked and signed my contract on January 18. On January 24, 6 days later she emailed me and said they had to change the wedding to October 18. I am not available on that date.

Per my contract, I don’t have to refund her. I also turned down an inquiry for her wedding date on January 23, so I am a bit disappointed.

I do feel for her though, and this all happened in the span of a week, so I’m wondering if I should just send the deposit back.. or maybe I say that if I find someone to fill the date I will refund her?

Ugh. I just don’t want to risk her bad-mouthing me or something along those lines. Really she should have checked with me before rescheduling. Thoughts?

Edit: thanks all, I refunded her. That’s what my initial instinct felt like I should do - just sucks that I missed out on that other client. I did reach out to the other client two days ago but have not heard back. Fingers crossed!