corkage idea

chiefwiggum

just wondering if anyone has done this...we're getting married in october and have been told corkage in the hotel is 13 euro a bottle which in current climbs is a bit steep...i was wondering would i get away with buying 1.5 lte bottles of wine to cut cost(brother is buying wine and lives in france so not a problem)..would the hotel kick up a fuss.the other half seems to think that the hotel will class this as a magnum thus charging higher corkage....what you think????

hunnymonster

yEah the hotels are wise to this. Most contracts I've seen have something like "corkage is calculated on a standard 750Ml bottle of wine and alternative volumes will be calculated appropriately"

That said, I've hear a lot of stories where people have negotiated down the price of corkage, I'd try that approach first.

LoanShark

13 notes per bottle!! Fubbin Hell, Thats steep!

We're getting married soon and we were being charged €4 per bottle.. But because one of the brides sisters used to work in the hotel, We are getting it for free!!


There is always a better price to be got! Haggle with them, they will come down in price!

chiefwiggum

no mention of it in contract...5 star hotel....so i dont know how much leeway there is...i'll try anyway

Curious Geroge

Jumping in here a little guys. We have corkage "down" to a fiver but we presumed this was only for the dinner wine and the reception sparkling would not be included. Any experiences here ?

How Strange

chiefwiggum wrote: »

no mention of it in contract...5 star hotel....so i dont know how much leeway there is...i'll try anyway

€13 is very steep considering most hotels are struggling for business. I'd advise to go back and see if there's room for negotiation on that price.

How Strange

Curious Geroge wrote: »

Jumping in here a little guys. We have corkage "down" to a fiver but we presumed this was only for the dinner wine and the reception sparkling would not be included. Any experiences here ?

They usually charge more for sparkling but if they haven't stipulated that then maybe just play dumb and say nothing.

BC

Negotiate that down.
Most hotels are 10 and under these days.

aviendha

negotiate - we got ours from €10 to €5, and sparkling from €13 to €7

mulmulcahy

I just think corkage is a joke. We're being charge €9 and of all the things we have to pay for it annoys me the most. We were at a wedding fayre over the weekend and a wine supplier there was saying that he heard that there are talks of corkage being scrapped cos apparently its illegal. anyone hear anything like that?

chiefwiggum

mulmulcahy wrote: »

I just think corkage is a joke. We're being charge €9 and of all the things we have to pay for it annoys me the most. We were at a wedding fayre over the weekend and a wine supplier there was saying that he heard that there are talks of corkage being scrapped cos apparently its illegal. anyone hear anything like that?

i wish!!!!

hunnymonster

lol, if they can't charge corkage, they'll just charge a washing-glasses-up fee that is exactly the same amount.

BC

mulmulcahy wrote: »

I just think corkage is a joke. We're being charge €9 and of all the things we have to pay for it annoys me the most. We were at a wedding fayre over the weekend and a wine supplier there was saying that he heard that there are talks of corkage being scrapped cos apparently its illegal. anyone hear anything like that?

Doubt it. I don't see how it could be illegal. If hotels can't charge for it they'll stop offering it. The point of corkage is to cover the cost of what they are losing on the bar while you're providing your own alcohol.

How Strange

BC wrote: »

Doubt it. I don't see how it could be illegal. If hotels can't charge for it they'll stop offering it. The point of corkage is to cover the cost of what they are losing on the bar while you're providing your own alcohol.

Yeah, as much as I hate corkage fees I can't see how it's illegal.

We had a party a few years ago and the hotel charged €12 corkage. Webrought in our own sparkling wine bought at a good discount, paid the corkage and still saved alot of money compared to what the hotel charged for their own plonk.

Dostoevsky

aviendha wrote: »

negotiate - we got ours from €10 to €5, and sparkling from €13 to €7

Does it take them more workers to uncork a sparking bottle of wine or something?

It's a conjob and if we all said 'No', they wouldn't be chancing their arm with it. It's 2010, not 2006. As L. P. Hartley famously remarked in 1953: 'The past is a foreign country'.

LoanShark

Dostoevsky wrote: »

It's a conjob and if we all said 'No', they wouldn't be chancing their arm with it. It's 2010, not 2006.


As L. P. Hartley famously remarked in 1953: 'The past is a foreign country'.

If we did refuse to pat corkage and tell them that we would pull our wedding, They would have to drop it!
I'm not paying it at my wedding,because my sis in law used to work in the hotel But I was going to look for a discount..After all I'm filling the hotel for them for the weekend and have already filled 20 rooms in their sister hotel too..

I never heard that quote before... I will however, use it in the future!

BC

Dostoevsky wrote: »

Does it take them more workers to uncork a sparking bottle of wine or something?

The corkage charge has nothing to do with the cost of opening bottles etc. Its to cover the cost of what they believe they will loose in bar sales. Sparkling wine costs more, if you were buying from the hotel they'd be getting more off you than for wine so thats why they charge more corkage.