Wedding Reception - Haggling with Package Price

razor12345

Folks

Currently looking at various venues at the moment, some of these are doing package prices and others are doing price per head, looking at a Friday/Saturday for next year, do venues offer generally offer a discount price, if so what is it 10% percent or, can you let me know your experiences please

Thanks

Ray

Staplor

We chopped and changed our one and got it down by 7 a head. Just ask.

City boy turned country

Our hotel is offering a 10% discount per head for all packages. This was offered without us asking. We are going to see if we can get to 15% and that would be a good enough deal.

POKERKING

City boy turned country wrote: »

Our hotel is offering a 10% discount per head for all packages. This was offered without us asking. We are going to see if we can get to 15% and that would be a good enough deal.

i dont get this, why dont they not just reduce there prices by 10%?

@OP, i haggled got extra stuff thrown in like free rooms, transport etc, was delighted with myself, then a few months later they announced a package to include all the things id haggled for!

Bride2012

One popular hotel that I spoke to was really slow to reduce anything even the corkage which was €10 per bottle. Push for everything though as my brother in law got 4k off a package in another for his own wedding in one afternoon!

razor12345

Folks many thanks for the replies, would you be able to pm the names of the hotels please

City boy turned country

POKERKING wrote: »

i dont get this, why dont they not just reduce there prices by 10%?!

What do you think sounds better? Our prices are €x or our prices are €y but we are giving a 10%. Makes them sound a hell of a lot better if it sounds like they are offering a discount.

DM addict

I would also ask them to break down the price for you, and cut anything you don't want to pay for.

POKERKING

City boy turned country wrote: »

What do you think sounds better? Our prices are €x or our prices are €y but we are giving a 10%. Makes them sound a hell of a lot better if it sounds like they are offering a discount.

i think it sounds better if they advertise there prices at 45 instead of 50(and when you book they give it to you for 45), if they are advertising they are giviing 10% to everyone all the time surely its false advertising as the price was never 50? Obv im usng these numbers as examples. When do you find out your getting the 10% off if there giving it to everyone? it just doesnt make any sense to me but i could be missing something.Personally i like the idea of the price been x and everyone having to pay x rather than haggling for everything.

thumper10

well we are getting the same price this year as last yr, but they have included a lot more in there package, i'm sure you could get a lower price if you decide on certain things, take a couse out or some of their extras, we're meeting our hotel next week to discuss, fingers crossed, any ideas of extra would be welcomed.......we're going to ask for mi-wadi for the dinner for kids and half course meals for them, we'll havee a good few kids going, anyone else getting little quirky things added???