Room Rates/discount for Guests?

ninjaBob

I was just wondering what kind of rates / discount one should expect from the hotel. When we booked the wedding their rates for 2010 were not available but we were told we would get a favorable discount for 20 rooms.

We are getting around 6% discount and we have no takers from any of our guests.

ThePiedPiper

ninjaBob wrote: »

I was just wondering what kind of rates / discount one should expect from the hotel. When we booked the wedding their rates for 2010 were not available but we were told we would get a favorable discount for 20 rooms.

We are getting around 6% discount and we have no takers from any of our guests.

Our hotel is giving us a rate of 55 per person. It's usually 65 so 15% discount. Our guests ended up booking 35 rooms so we got discount applied to all the rooms.

BC

Our guests are booking directly with the hotel themselves. Its cheaper at the moment. The 'wedding' rate is actually more expensive than current prices.

Yes, often the "wedding" rate is more expensive than rates available online.

I was quoted €165 for a night in the Grand Hotel Malahide as I was attending a wedding, when I called back up and said I was not attending any function, their price was only €110. Pretty disgusting that they would do this I think but it happens alot!

I would try out websites like www.bookassist.com www.centralr.com www.1800hotels.ie http://www.irelandhotels.com/

thebiglad

I would expect 15%-20% off.

Suppose it depend on size of hotel and I am conscious has only 20 rooms so maybe not going to discount too heavily.

BC

thebiglad wrote: »

I would expect 15%-20% off.

I think that was fair enough when hotel prices were high. But rooms in hotels are generally very cheap now so I don't think additional discounts can really be expected.

thebiglad

BC wrote: »

I think that was fair enough when hotel prices were high. But rooms in hotels are generally very cheap now so I don't think additional discounts can really be expected.

Suppose as well it depends on what rooms the bride/groom get for free - in wedding I am going to soon they are getting their own room for 2 nights and rooms for both sets of parents on the wedding night as well as a room for their children - someone has to pay for all these rooms and suppose it comes out of the fund set aside to discount other rooms for guests?

ninjaBob

We are the only ones getting a free room. The room prices for the hotel have not gone down over the past 2 years. Even though we were told the prices would be dropping. There are over 200 rooms in this hotel.

There are no deals online either if you were to book online you would get 1 room for €170 including Breakfast. If you book using the forms we have you get the room for 162 excluding breakfast....

tatli_lokma

We got the Bridal Suite for 2 nights, and an additional room to use on the day, for my family to leave stuff in. In addition, the guests all got the lowest rate available - €66 per room. The hotel were doing a special of 66 rooms at €66. They matched this for our guests and threw in B&B at no extra charge (in fairness most of them didn't bother with brekkie due to a hangover! lol).

When you consider that the Dunboyne hotel gave rooms away for €23 per person a week ago, then any hotel wanting to make money should be giving a discount, even now with prices lower. The way I see it, if the guest stays, they are more likely to spend extra in the residents bar and they may have brekkie or lunch the next day before leaving. That is money the hotel won't get if they charge too much for the rooms. The hotel has to weigh up an empty room against possible revenue. Even if they make nothing on it, as long as they cover costs they are no worse off.

As a former bride, if my hotel had not given a decent discount to my guests I would have hired a bus to bring them all back to town so they could get a taxi home if they wished. I don't think its fair for wedding guests to have to pay a premium.

Like others have mentioned, we were at a wedding and the hotel wanted €150 for room only per night, on the internet they had an offer of €120 B&B! I booked the cheaper rate and two weeks before the wedding got a call from the hotel saying there was an error in the booking system and they over booked on the €120 rate and that I would have to pay €150! I ended up staying at another hotel down the road for TWO nights B&B for €100. Even with the taxi fare to and from the wedding we got two nights for less than one night in the wedding hotel. I think any hotel that does this to wedding guests needs a slap - wedding guests spend more than their average guest on booze.