Wedding Venue Price Increases

porridge said:
Thanks a million for all the good wishes. I have written a letter to the hotel owner stating that I am cancelling due to excessive menu price inflation. He has written back to say that as a gesture of "goodwill" he will not pursue a 20% cancellation fee on top of out deposit.
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That was good of him.:rolleyes:
 
porridge said:
Thanks a million for all the good wishes. I have written a letter to the hotel owner stating that I am cancelling due to excessive menu price inflation. He has written back to say that as a gesture of "goodwill" he will not pursue a 20% cancellation fee on top of out deposit.


I'll spread the cash gift by subtle word of mouth I think. Although, I definitely don't want to but pressure on anybody to bring a gift. I know some of our guests have lost their jobs and genuinely cant afford to give a gift. I also suspect that the days of the outrageously generous wedding presents are gone (and rightly so IMO).
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He has some cheek, the deposit is a cancellation fee really.

On the cash gift, was talking to a friend recently who is getting married in march and she was telling me of a wedding where the invitations stated "couples €400, singles €200" :eek:

I was going to give money anyway but think I will give it in the form of the currency for the country where they are going on honeymoon or is that mad? :confused:
 
porridge said:
Thanks a million for all the good wishes. I have written a letter to the hotel owner stating that I am cancelling due to excessive menu price inflation. He has written back to say that as a gesture of "goodwill" he will not pursue a 20% cancellation fee on top of out deposit.

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You really should consider taking a Small Claims Court case against them for return of your deposit, given that they breached the verbal contract with you regarding the level of increases in the menu prices. You have nothing to lose from going down this road.
 
sandrat said:
On the cash gift, was talking to a friend recently who is getting married in march and she was telling me of a wedding where the invitations stated "couples €400, singles €200" :eek:
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I think I would politly decline THAT invite..
 
Complainer said:
You really should consider taking a Small Claims Court case against them for return of your deposit, given that they breached the verbal contract with you regarding the level of increases in the menu prices. You have nothing to lose from going down this road.
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or send them a registered letter detailing your complaint and saying you will proceed to small claims court if not recified in x number of days
 
This appears to be the business philosophy of many Irish firms including semi-state companies - We're losing business so we better increase our prices.
 
Surprised and disappointed to hear the reaction you got Porridge. Good on you for following through. Best of luck with the small claims court.
Disgusted with the hotel owners' response. Businesses who do not take into account the current economic situation will see their business drop this year.

Megan said:
I know of a couple who are getting married in April next (2009). The"special" hotel rate for rooms was €180 and corkage was €15. They met within the last week with the manager and ask for a reduction in prices and got the rooms for €160 and corkage for €10.
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I know of a couple in a similar situation who recently asked for a discount on the room rate from €165 and got the reply "that's how I make my money."
A large number of the wedding party are now staying in a four star hotel up the road for under €100. :p
 
porridge said:

I am beginning to wonder how long the hotel will be in business for.
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Fair play for backing out Porridge! I doubt they'll stay in business very long if that is how they deal with customers...

sandrat said:
On the cash gift, was talking to a friend recently who is getting married in march and she was telling me of a wedding where the invitations stated "couples €400, singles €200" :eek:
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That is absolutely unbelievable!!! I usually give cash as the present but the cheek of such a blatant request.

sandrat said:
I was going to give money anyway but think I will give it in the form of the currency for the country where they are going on honeymoon or is that mad? :confused:
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I think foreign money is a really nice idea, its more gift like!
 
To diverge slightly, what do you all make of weddings where dress is formal? i.e., where the guys have to hire a dress suit.

It really pi**es me off. A few years ago, a friend of ours (full of what makes the grass grow green in Texas), sent out her wedding invitations, including one to us. Dress formal!

I met her a few days later and told her that I was going to deduct the cost of the dress suit fron the cash present we were going to give them. She looked at me with horror! I chickened out but the look on her face.......PRICELESS!
 
porridge said:
Thanks a million for all the good wishes. I have written a letter to the hotel owner stating that I am cancelling due to excessive menu price inflation. He has written back to say that as a gesture of "goodwill" he will not pursue a 20% cancellation fee on top of out deposit.

I am beginning to wonder how long the hotel will be in business for. The owners seem to be very cash hungry. They bought the hotel about three years ago and have told us that they have invested heavily. They have no scope for negotiation on price even if it means loosing business, and the booking deposit for new wedding bookings has increased to €1,750! The average in the area is about €800.
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I am incredulous at the attitude of the hotel owner! I would make sure to tell this story far and wide if I were you. Very best of luck with the new venue and all the best with the wedding plans.:)
 
An update on how we are getting on with this. Filed a claim with the small claims court. Claim was rejected on the following grounds:

"Please see comments below from the Small Claims Registrar,

This type of action is known as the recovery of a debt and unfortunately such cases are specifically excluded from the Small Claims procedure."

Can anyone recommend another course of action available to me?
 
On the cash gift, was talking to a friend recently who is getting married in march and she was telling me of a wedding where the invitations stated "couples €400, singles €200" :eek:



Is this a joke?
 
Thats alot of money -I'd kindly decline. 400 quid is a week away almost not one day at some cra**y wedding with people you probably don't even like that much.

No thanks.
 
I'd decline a wedding invitation that specified any amount of cash gift required. Who on earth do these people think they are, and have they absolutely no manners whatsoever, never mind consideration for elderly relatives living on a pension, friends in poorly paid jobs etc. Or maybe they don't bother to invite people like this to their weddings.
 
The kind of wedding where the bridge and groom demand that a specified level of money to attend is the kind of wedding I'd happily skip; Tell them "CSI" is on that night.
 
foxylady said:
On the cash gift, was talking to a friend recently who is getting married in march and she was telling me of a wedding where the invitations stated "couples €400, singles €200" :eek:



Is this a joke?
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liaconn said:
I'd decline a wedding invitation that specified any amount of cash gift required. Who on earth do these people think they are, and have they absolutely no manners whatsoever, never mind consideration for elderly relatives living on a pension, friends in poorly paid jobs etc. Or maybe they don't bother to invite people like this to their weddings.
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I wouldn't bother with the courtesy of declining, I'd just ignore it, as I do with other begging letters.
 
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