Price of corkage?

kt09

Am I being ripped off? The hotel is charging €8 for corkage?

what did you pay?

I want to do my research before approaching them about this.
Thanks!

Waesfjord

doesn't sound too much, can be as high as €15+, certain places refuse to offer corkage rates, as they wantto make money on wine sale (greedy feckers them lot)

If they are charging e.g. €25 per bottle of wine, then instead, if you source a bottle of wine that is <€17 then you will save money.

And you can be guaranteed a bottle of wine you pay €17 for will be a lot better quality that the plonk they will be offering!!!

kt09

THanks!

I got them to €7...
so its always worth a try!

aujopimur

Another ripoff by the hotels, open them yourself on the sly. (under table)

paul127

we got ours for free in a good hotel in galway

kt09

free? was it a mid week wedding?

Toots

I got a handy tip about corkage from our hotel, if you're supplying your own wine, make sure it's the sort that has either a screw top or a rubber cork. That way there's no chance of the wine being 'corked'. If the hotel is supplying wine and one or maybe ten bottles are corked, they'll just throw them out and replace them, but if it's your own wine you could wind up stuck. (BTW I know nothing about wine, but my parents are big wine buffs so they confirmed it was a good idea ) Just thought I'd post it up

kt09

Good idea!
too late for me though, I purchased mine yesterday- up North. We saved a lot!

Thanks

itsadeathtrap

we are not bring in our wine but i do no a couple who got married last year in the heritage in portlaoise and they paid €3.50 per bottle. i do think this was very cheep but deffo think haggling with the hotels is well worth it...........

paul127

@ kt09
it is friday in may at a four star hotel galway city

kittykat84

We're getting married New Yrs eve, corkage is free. Asda is great value for wine, we roughly priced a few places last month. It ll cost over 1000 euro for 120 bottles of wine here, where as same wine in asda is coming in at 600 euro. They have offers on now on some wines - 3 for £10 (brands like lindemans, blossom hill, Arniston Bay).

Libby029

We have also got free corkage .. .alot of hotels have to stopped charging for corkage as a way to entice people... worked on me I can tell ya!!!

the wine guy

€8 is pretty reasonable, my sister is getting married and the venue she really likes is insisting on €15 corkage. She is prepared to walk away as she feels she is being ripped off, these places need to cop on, they are going to miss out on a fortune in food and accomodation by being greedy.
I will be supplying the wine for her big day through www.corkage.ie

Cheers

TWG

muffinob1

hey kittykat where's the wedding we're getting married new years eve also and we have 12.50e for wine and 15.50e for champagne!!

We'd be delighted with 8e

PRman

getting fleeced 12.50 for corkage which seems about the going rate...

ZumGirl

I was at a wedding recently where the couple agreed a rate for corkage per bottle in advance and then turned up on the day with magnum sized bottles - one easy way to half the bill

davgtrek

corkage is a good idea. though why you wouldn't then take the car to france for a weekend and buy all your wine there. you'd buy a lovely bottle of wine in a karfour for say €3 and a lovely bottle of bubbly for €5.
with the saving you'd have a weekend in france and probably still change.
the wine would be far nicer than the cheaper muck on sale in asda etal.

i definitely think that lashing out bubbly would be a winner at the wedding. get everyone nice and relaxed.

why not incorporate that weekend in france into the hen or stag !!!

How Strange

davgtrek wrote: »

corkage is a good idea. though why you wouldn't then take the car to france for a weekend and buy all your wine there. you'd buy a lovely bottle of wine in a karfour for say €3 and a lovely bottle of bubbly for €5.
with the saving you'd have a weekend in france and probably still change.
the wine would be far nicer than the cheaper muck on sale in asda etal.

i definitely think that lashing out bubbly would be a winner at the wedding. get everyone nice and relaxed.

why not incorporate that weekend in france into the hen or stag !!!

That depends on how much the ferry costs, when it leaves and returns and how much wine you're buying. If you're buying hundreds of bottles then yes going to France may make sense but I priced the ferries for a return trip in Nov and it costs about €300. It also means we have to take 3 days off work. At that price and for the quantity of wine I want, 60 bottles wine, 25 bottles of sparkling wine, I would be better going up North and buying it in Asda or somewhere like that.

Saruman

Does Irish ferries still do the €99 mini cruise? You get a few hours in France to do some shopping and then back home again.

I wonder can a hotel charge for corkage if you do not bring a bottle of wine at all? Brew your own wine (you can get excellent results) and dispense it from a drinks keg just like beer. People could just help themselves to wine.

Free corkage is the way to go though, or at least a very low price like that €3.50 deal someone got.

How Strange

Saruman wrote: »

Does Irish ferries still do the €99 mini cruise? You get a few hours in France to do some shopping and then back home again.

I didn't see it on their website when I put in some dates in November but I'd definitely go if they did.

I just checked what we're paying for corkage. We agreed a flat fee of €200 with the promise that we'd only bring sparkling wine for an apero and enough wine for dinner. After that people use the bar. If we bring 85 bottles we're paying €2.35 per bottle. We're having our party in a club house though not a hotel so they were pretty cool about us bringing in wine etc.

BC

Saruman wrote: »

I wonder can a hotel charge for corkage if you do not bring a bottle of wine at all? Brew your own wine (you can get excellent results) and dispense it from a drinks keg just like beer. People could just help themselves to wine.

Yep i'm sure they would. The corkage charge is usually not to cover the actual pouring of the wine, its a charge to cover the fact that you aren't buying drink from them cos thats where they make most of the money. Usually the more alcohol you're bringing, the higher the corkage. E.g if you only bring enough to cover the meal you'll get a better price than if you bring enough for the whole night.

PRman

ZumGirl wrote: »

I was at a wedding recently where the couple agreed a rate for corkage per bottle in advance and then turned up on the day with magnum sized bottles - one easy way to half the bill

ha ha!!! Brilliant idea!!