when do you settle the wedding account ?

mrbabsy

I'm having my wedding in liffey valley house and in the contract they sent me they want the account settled in full 1 week BEFORE the wedding. Is this normal ?

hunnymonster

no. From what I can see, most places chance their arms to get you to pay final balance in advance but people negotiate. I would absolutely refuse to pay final amount before the service is provided, you need to keep some small piece (even if that's only 5-10%) back to ensure they provide the level of service you expect. Give the best man the balance and have him pay once everyone is happy at the end of the evening.

shane b

Hi
A bit unusual but it varies from hotel to hotel. If you have to pay in full this means you need to know exactly how many will be at the wedding by this stage which can be very hard. I got married about a year ago and we had pay 75 % of the cost 3 weeks before the wedding with the full amount payable on checkout. We did not our full numbers at this stage so we guessed and had to confirm full numbers 2 days before the wedding. In the end the our numbers were less than planned so we had nothing to pay the morning of the wedding.

How Strange

We're not having our wedding in a hotel so I don't know what the custom is but it would be wise to hold back say 10% until the day after the wedding because if something goes wrong on the day (although I'm sure nothing will and it will be perfect) at least you have some bargaining power on your side.

They may want you to pay 100% but that doesn't mean you have to. They are a business afterall. Negotiate with them and insist on holding back an agreed %.

Clareman

I never like to pay for something when I haven't received it, when we go married we had to pay 50% a week before hand, I settled up the account the morning after

penexpers

Our hotel is charging about a 40% deposit nine months in advance with the balance due the day after the wedding.

seamus

No, this is not the norm. Most hotels expect somewhere between 50% and 75% of the cost to have been paid before the day, with the balance paid the day after. How can they know the final cost until the meal is finished, unless there is no wiggle room on food & wine at all?

SeekUp

It might be a little different for us, seeing as how we're not having the reception in a hotel, but renting a venue and having outside caterers, etc. come in. Our venue is requiring us to have the rental fee paid beforehand, and I never thought anything weird about that.