Venues, Prices & All The Rest!

Liam McPoyle

Hi all.

I proposed to my other half during the week and she thankfully accepted so we have gotten the ball rolling on in terms of looking at budget, guest list etc.

Our guest list stands currently at approx 140. Now this includes some people that are abroad at the moment so are unlikely to be able to attend aswell as about 10 people that we could probably snip if we needed to so Id be anticipating around 125 to sit down for dinner which isnt too bad all things considered.

We are currently operating on anyone thats single not been offered a plus one. Ive been to weddings before that had this and personally had no issue with it but how do others feel about it? Herself was thinking it was a bit mean but Im of the opinion I dont want people there that dont know us or are only there for the sake of it so opinions on this are welcome.

Venue wise its difficult to find prices online. I know that we wont know until we actually go to places and get into the bargaining side of it with numbers and what not but some guidance here would be appreciated.

We are looking at a budget of €70 to €80 per person and love the look of places like Village at Lyons rather than "Hotel" style Hotels.

Are we naive in terms of pricing matching potential venues? We were thinking about Brooklodge and I thought the prices were extortionate (minimum of about €100 per person for a summer wedding on a Friday or Saturday).

We are going to try and visit Rathsallagh House & Tinakilly House over the coming weeks as we have stayed in both and really liked them so if anyone has suggestions in terms of similar venues we would appreciate it. Location wise up an hour in any direction from Saggart/Citywest area is doable.

Also, if anyone has a steer on pricing that would also be fantastic. No point in us visiting places if they are over our budget, if people aren't comfortable with posting this information publicly please feel free to PM me.

Id imagine I will be frequenting this forum for the next while so I apologise if the above has all been asked already!

Milly33

Congratulations to ye!! Well done she and you must be over the moon...

Jes tis a dose to put it nicely trying to find the right venue, just one thing go with yer instincts. We had one placesmost defo in mind when we first got engaged twas the first we went to see and while we love going there it was like mmm I don't know if it will work, second one loved it from the moment we saw it and four more after it was all we compared too..
We found there wasn't much to be haggled with, with places but then we didn't try an awfull lot of it.. We had our options down to two I rang the least work of the two and asked well what about this price and this price and there was no budging, even asked for extra rooms for parents and it was a no. Im not sure maybe if we pushed more they would have budged a little but I got the feeling of no..

Things to watch out for aswell is if ye are having the ceremony in the hotel of venue see if they are charging for the room. I found it very cheeky that is seemed to be the norm that places although it is exclusively yours for the day charge you to use the room for the ceremony although you have the room anywho.. This charge is normally to put chairs up aswell nothing more..

The guest thing, yeah tis a hit or miss.. I wouldn't be too bothered if I received a invite that was just for me if I was single but then if me as your friend would not know many other of your friends I might be reluctant to go alone..
Depends on circumstances really..
If all your friends know al the rest then why not,if not then Id say just put the plus one to save. You would be surprised a lot of people especially men would go alone anywhy, it is mostly women that would bring the plus one. Then there is the debate would you know most of the peoples partners are they not strangers so, uhh tis a toughie but do what ye like.. People have opinions about everything you will quickly learn what to do, how to do it, who to invite it goes on..

One things it is yer day go for anything ye like once ye will enjoy it

painauchocolat

Coleman Slawski wrote: »

We are currently operating on anyone thats single not been offered a plus one. Ive been to weddings before that had this and personally had no issue with it but how do others feel about it? Herself was thinking it was a bit mean but Im of the opinion I dont want people there that dont know us or are only there for the sake of it so opinions on this are welcome.

We had a number of single friends from work and college at our wedding. We took the direct route and simply asked them if they'd like a plus one or not. All insisted on not! The general consensus was that it'd be too much stress between finding someone to bring and then having to 'mind' them for the day, making sure they felt included, etc. Everyone said they'd rather relax with old friends. Anyone with a partner got a couples invite. No one minded at all, or at least had enough tact to say nothing if they did!

clint_silver

Lots of discussions on this topic on here, some quite heated, its all whatever you want to do, theres no right or wrong. You either do invite +1, you dont invite +1 or you ask them out straight to let you know if theyed like to bring a +1 as their single status may have changed come big day and they want to bring them.

Up to you which you choose.

as for venues, 100e per head might seem extortionate for brook lodge but dont look at it that way, they have their price structure and if they werent getting the 100e per head, then they wouldnt be charging it. They are at the upper end of the market so 100e+ is the going rate for that level. ballymagarvey, tankardstown etc in the same bracket

village at lyons is a great spot for a wedding.

youre doing the right thing sticking to budget.

Birdie086

The time of year affected the venue we chose.

We are getting married New years eve, so no point going for country house hotel with amazing grounds - the weather probably won't be great.

We went for city centre, and found great value because of competition between the hotels in the city centre.

I had never been to a wedding in the venue we chose but asked a girl I know from school who did and she gave me an enitre run down in email and was only delighted to do so as they got on great.

We will also only be giving plus ones to couples, but we are giving people the option of bringing children.

As regards people travelling from abroad, I had assumed my aunt who lives in Australia wouldnt be able to make it - her husband had been out of work for a year recently, but they are using it the perfect excuse to be here at christmas time!!

jlm29

The plus one thing can be contentious. If I was single, and invited to a wedding where I wouldn't know many people, I'd stay at home. Simples. If I was single, and I was asked to a wedding where all my friends would be, and they were single too, I'd be delighted to head off on my own. If I was single, and all my friends were paired off, i would nt go along Bevause I'd feel like a spare wheel. So keep your friends, and their situations in mind, and be a bit sensitive about it, in the case of people who won't know anyone.

Also, a point worth noting- my mother is a widow in her 50s, and she really hates getting invited to weddings by herself- she never goes. - she too would feel like a spare wheel, because everyone else is usually in pairs.

painauchocolat

jlm29 wrote: »

Also, a point worth noting- my mother is a widow in her 50s, and she really hates getting invited to weddings by herself- she never goes. - she too would feel like a spare wheel, because everyone else is usually in pairs.

This is a really good point as well. We'd a couple of aunts who were widowed/separated and not in relationships. We invited them "plus guest" so they could bring a friend along and encouraged them to do same.

Sala

Coleman Slawski wrote: »

Hi all.
We are currently operating on anyone thats single not been offered a plus one. Ive been to weddings before that had this and personally had no issue with it but how do others feel about it? Herself was thinking it was a bit mean but Im of the opinion I dont want people there that dont know us or are only there for the sake of it so opinions on this are welcome.

You don't have to give everyone a plus one, but maybe be mindful that some people might need one? ie. if you have a bunch of single friends who'll all come together, grand, but what if you have an old friend from somewhere that knows no one else at the wedding? It might be nice to do a plus 1 for someone like that. I don't think it has to be all or nothing.

Milly33

that was the what a friend said going to a wedding he was offered a plus one but said sure then you only end up looking after them and making sure they are ok for the day so they would much prefer to go byself..Less hassle

Liam McPoyle

Thanks for the replies thus far guys.

Re the +1, we were chatting about giving it to a couple of people that may need it but the majority of single people (well, currently single anyway) would know alot of those going so it wouldn't be a case of someone been left on their own. Re older relatives, there is one uncle and one aunt that are widowed but they wont need a plus one anyway.

Time of year will be May/June next year so we will probably be at the most desirable end of the spectrum in terms of date and thus will likely have to pay a wee bit extra than if we were doing it earlier or later.

BabysCoffee

Coleman Slawski wrote: »

Hi all.

We are currently operating on anyone thats single not been offered a plus one. Ive been to weddings before that had this and personally had no issue with it but how do others feel about it? Herself was thinking it was a bit mean but Im of the opinion I dont want people there that dont know us or are only there for the sake of it so opinions on this are welcome.

IMO it is maybe not mean but perhaps a little insensitive to not invite a +1

You are inviting your guests to have a good time. Let the single person choose whether they would have a good time bringing a +1 or coming alone. Don't make that choice for them. If you put your guests first you won't go wrong!

BabysCoffee

Coleman Slawski wrote: »

Thanks for the replies thus far guys.

Re the +1, we were chatting about giving it to a couple of people that may need it but the majority of single people (well, currently single anyway) would know alot of those going so it wouldn't be a case of someone been left on their own. Re older relatives, there is one uncle and one aunt that are widowed but they wont need a plus one anyway.

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:eek:
Definitely give a +1 to the widowed people. Inviting them on their own will probably only compound the fact that their partner is dead. They may find weddings hard on their own and might find it easier if they bring along a friend.

jlm29

BabysCoffee wrote: »

:eek:
Definitely give a +1 to the widowed people. Inviting them on their own will probably only compound the fact that their partner is dead. They may find weddings hard on their own and might find it easier if they bring along a friend.

I made that face when I read the line "they won't need a +1 anyhow"

Flippyfloppy

Are you absolutely 100% sure that all the people who are single actually aren't dating somebody?

Also is there anyone that you have earmarked as single who wouldn't know any other guests and might feel awkward coming alone?

At our wedding we have plus ones, sons people brought people for moral support but the majority didn't bring anyone at all.

Liam McPoyle

jlm29 wrote: »

I made that face when I read the line "they won't need a +1 anyhow"

I know them both well and neither would bring anyone or want to bring anyone, they will know most people there, I know that for a fact hence my "they wont need a +1", nothing to do with insensitivity.

We have a few earmarked that we will likely offer a +1 to and of course between now and the wedding peoples circumstances may change.

We reckon we will take painauchocolat's suggestion and simply ask when the time comes for the invites to go out.

Shedite27

Coleman Slawski wrote: »

Are we naive in terms of pricing matching potential venues? We were thinking about Brooklodge and I thought the prices were extortionate (minimum of about €100 per person for a summer wedding on a Friday or Saturday).

We are going to try and visit Rathsallagh House & Tinakilly House over the coming weeks as we have stayed in both and really liked them so if anyone has suggestions in terms of similar venues we would appreciate it.

Tinakilly is out of your budget. We liked the look of it too but their prices for 2015 don't come under €100

Flippyfloppy

How mmuch is Village at Lyons does anyone know?

lazygal

Flippyfloppy wrote: »

How mmuch is Village at Lyons does anyone know?

For high season you're looking at 100 a head for a weekend wedding. It's a very expensive place, but fab for a wedding.

Flippyfloppy

lazygal wrote: »

For high season you're looking at 100 a head for a weekend wedding. It's a very expensive place, but fab for a wedding.

Ah interesting. We never looked into having our wedding there and I always wondered what it would have cost!

kkcatlou

We started out naively with a budget like yours but once we had decided we didn't want a hotel venue, we knew there was no hope of getting anything at under €100 per head! We decided it was worth the extra though, but have had to make cuts elsewhere! Good luck with the hunting. It's great fun so enjoy it, and don't be afraid to haggle. Some places will be open, some won't but there is no harm in trying and no harm in playing one off against the other! Haggle on food costs last though as you don't want them to cut back on that - good things to haggle on are corkage, venue rental costs, drinks reception food, afters food, next day, etc.

As for the +1, that is like opening a huge can of worms. I'd be of the camp of inviting everyone with a +1 and letting them decide, most will have the cop on not to bring a randomer but at least you have treated them in the same way as a person in a relationship. Weddings are tough enough as a single, without being treated differently in the invite as well as everything else. I've had long arguments with my friends about this though, so I know most don't agree!

lazygal

Flippyfloppy wrote: »

Ah interesting. We never looked into having our wedding there and I always wondered what it would have cost!

It's a fab venue but expensive for guests. The price of drinks at the bar was a major talking point, I think a spirit and mixer was €9 and pints expensive too. Accommodation is limited and expensive too.

Flippyfloppy

lazygal wrote: »

It's a fab venue but expensive for guests. The price of drinks at the bar was a major talking point, I think a spirit and mixer was €9 and pints expensive too. Accommodation is limited and expensive too.

Ah really??? Thats a bit bad. Tbh the reason we didn't look into them was due to the fact they never got back to me with packages when I asked first, I didn't pursue it further!!

Liam McPoyle

Thanks so much for the feedback guys, its been a great help!

I kinda figured alot of places that are more "destination" venues would be pretty pricey just from the research we have done.

We have an appointment with Village at Lyons next weekend but from what Im finding online prices seem to range from €70 to €120 per head which seems like a massive swing. The prices at the bar mentioned above would be of concern too, a nice place is all well and good but I dont want my friends or family getting screwed.

At the end of the day, drinks in a Hotel etc are more expensive and thats a given but €9 for a short & mixer does seem ott.

I will report back when we meet them anyway with what they say.

We have heard some good things about Moyvalley in Enfield since it reopened, has anyone been in it since then?

Also, Johnstown House looks pretty decent, has anyone been there?

gillylilly

You should have a look at the One fab day top 100 for 2014, there are some great venues on there. We were to go look at Village at Lyons too last week but didn't bother as I didn't get the impression that they were all that nice there, and also the accommodation would have been awfully expensive for people. We viewed Cloughjordan house and that was amazing, but didn't work for us. Ballinacurra house in Cork looks amazing and was going to be a runner for us, but we went to Ballintaggart house in Dingle last week first and never looked back. It's beautiful and we can't imagine getting married anywhere else now. Even though it's well over two hours away for us.

Fill in all the information requests and you'll get answers back fairly fast with the prices to look through, and have fun with it all. I booked yesterday to get married in less than 5 months time, must be mad!!!

Shedite27

Coleman Slawski wrote: »

We have heard some good things about Moyvalley in Enfield since it reopened, has anyone been in it since then?

Went to view it recently. Nice setup, house is nice for photos, lovely rooms and cottages. We skipped it in the end as we felt the ballroom was very big. Not sure what the maximum capacity was but for our wedding of 150 I reckon we'd ahve been lost in it.

Arbiter of Good Taste

There's some good advice here regarding +1s. I wouldn't just assume someone doesn't want to bring someone. If they don't know anyone, or even if they only know a few people, a +1 is a nice jesture.

Where you have a crowd of single people going who are all friends, it's probably not necessary to give them a +1

Also, bear in mind you will have more people declining than you thought you would. You would be surprised you declines. So I wouldn't get too uptight about a couple of people - you might actually be happy to have them come at the end of the day.

Millem

Coleman Slawski wrote: »

Hi all.

I proposed to my other half during the week and she thankfully accepted so we have gotten the ball rolling on in terms of looking at budget, guest list etc.

Our guest list stands currently at approx 140. Now this includes some people that are abroad at the moment so are unlikely to be able to attend aswell as about 10 people that we could probably snip if we needed to so Id be anticipating around 125 to sit down for dinner which isnt too bad all things considered.

We are currently operating on anyone thats single not been offered a plus one. Ive been to weddings before that had this and personally had no issue with it but how do others feel about it? Herself was thinking it was a bit mean but Im of the opinion I dont want people there that dont know us or are only there for the sake of it so opinions on this are welcome.

Venue wise its difficult to find prices online. I know that we wont know until we actually go to places and get into the bargaining side of it with numbers and what not but some guidance here would be appreciated.

We are looking at a budget of €70 to €80 per person and love the look of places like Village at Lyons rather than "Hotel" style Hotels.

Are we naive in terms of pricing matching potential venues? We were thinking about Brooklodge and I thought the prices were extortionate (minimum of about €100 per person for a summer wedding on a Friday or Saturday).

We are going to try and visit Rathsallagh House & Tinakilly House over the coming weeks as we have stayed in both and really liked them so if anyone has suggestions in terms of similar venues we would appreciate it. Location wise up an hour in any direction from Saggart/Citywest area is doable.

Also, if anyone has a steer on pricing that would also be fantastic. No point in us visiting places if they are over our budget, if people aren't comfortable with posting this information publicly please feel free to PM me.

Id imagine I will be frequenting this forum for the next while so I apologise if the above has all been asked already!

All of the places mentioned are a good €100 per head if you want the traditional soup, starter, main plus desert and half a bottle of wine per person. Have you considered tulfarris in blessington? They have a package for €69 called the willow package.
http://tulfarrishotel.com/_attachment/9052/Tulfarris_Hotel_wedding_packages_2014.pdf
Or summerhill house in enniskerry? They have a weekend package sept-June for €55 http://www.summerhillhousehotel.com/ENG/static_files/files/Summerhill-Wedding-Menu-Riverton.pdf
Or the mill house in Slane they have a package for €75 per person but I know they are open to tailoring these packages by omitting things!
http://themillhouse.ie/Documents/Wedding_Brochure.pdf

solerina

I gave + 1 to everyone that was single and not one of them brought a =1..but at least we gave them the option !!

Gillylilly....we got engaged and married in less than 5 months and had nothing arranged in advance so you will have no problems !!

Liam McPoyle

Shedite27 wrote: »

Went to view it recently. Nice setup, house is nice for photos, lovely rooms and cottages. We skipped it in the end as we felt the ballroom was very big. Not sure what the maximum capacity was but for our wedding of 150 I reckon we'd ahve been lost in it.

Thanks for that, our guest list is around the 150 mark too, probably 5% to 10% less when all is said and done and I'd be in total agreement about the size of the venue.

I was at a wedding a couple of years ago and it was a disaster due to the size of the place and number if guests, it looked so spread out, my heart went out to the couple.

clint_silver

Coleman Slawski wrote: »

Thanks for that, our guest list is around the 150 mark too, probably 5% to 10% less when all is said and done and I'd be in total agreement about the size of the venue.

I was at a wedding a couple of years ago and it was a disaster due to the size of the place and number if guests, it looked so spread out, my heart went out to the couple.

johnstown house is very nice, great room for a party. anything less than 150 and they may close the doors for a half room to make the night better, thats a really big room, was only in it last week with 280 and it wasnt jammed.

hamlet court is close to it, another biggish room.

tulfarris is great , some people find the bar outside an issue but thats up to yourself whether youd mind. I personally wouldnt but very nice venue.

moyvalley is good as well, the house is really different to the hotel bit.

summerhillhouse is excellent spot for a party, wouldnt go wrong up there.

Liam McPoyle

Well next Saturday we are scheduled in to view Village at Lyons, Johnstown House & Moyvalley so hopefully we will have a better idea of whats out there and what kind of bargaining power we have (if any!)

clint_silver

Coleman Slawski wrote: »

Well next Saturday we are scheduled in to view Village at Lyons, Johnstown House & Moyvalley so hopefully we will have a better idea of whats out there and what kind of bargaining power we have (if any!)

Take a look at the 4 venues in Liexlip then
Finnstown
Springfield
Liexlip house
Always get mixed up between the one in the town on the hill and the manor

Gatica

We looked into those venues too, and found them a bit expensive. Once you add in the drinks, the band, etc... It would've really been too much pp. The Village at Lyons is beautiful, but we thought for numbers of > 90 we wouldn't like to split our guests up over 2 floors and let them "find out" who's the "unimportant" group.

Coleman Slawski wrote: »

We have a few earmarked that we will likely offer a +1 to and of course between now and the wedding peoples circumstances may change.

We reckon we will take painauchocolat's suggestion and simply ask when the time comes for the invites to go out.

I agree with this as it's what we did. We budgeted for everyone having a partner because our wedding was planned over a year in advance and we thought some may end up going out with someone before the date. Closer to the time we were sorting invites we checked back with a couple of our mates and one of them was seeing a girl over in the UK, we got her name and we invited them both. I find the whole just "+1" on invite rather impersonal in situations where it's a bf/gf/partner.
Other friends that knew almost everyone at the wedding, didn't get a plus 1. The only person we gave an actual "+guest" invitation to was a girl that used to go out with one of the guys from our group of friends. He was seeing someone else, and don't think she was yet. We didn't want her to feel awkward if she came alone, so gave her the option of coming with someone. As it happens she had to go to another wedding the same day anyway.

I personally think +1's need to be given in certain circumstances, but it wouldn't be for me to give such an open invite to such a personal event. Then again we didn't want a huge wedding where we didn't remember who was or wasn't there.
I think de facto inviting partners is the polite thing to do, but random +1 is not the same thing to me.

Liam McPoyle

Lyrath has been mentioned to my missus by a couple of her colleagues, I stayed there a couple of years ago and its gorgeous, anyone ever been to a wedding there?

jlm29

Coleman Slawski wrote: »

Lyrath has been mentioned to my missus by a couple of her colleagues, I stayed there a couple of years ago and its gorgeous, anyone ever been to a wedding there?

I stayed there recently, and it's beautiful- I'd love to go there for a weekend every month!!!
I was at a wedding there a few years ago, and to be honest, that wedding doesn't stand out in my mind as being any better than any others. The food, I'm sure was lovely, but I can't remember it, so it mustn't have been much better than all the other weddings I've been to. I do remember that it was quite a big function room (for the life of me, I can't remember how many were at the wedding, but since it was my second cousin, they couldn't have been too picky about who they invited, so I'd say it was the in the 200 ppl region)- so if you're only having 125 ppl, I'd make sure they can block off half of the function room so ye won't be lost in a corner.
Remember too that if neither of ye is from Kilkenny, everyone has to travel, and this might put people off, as it will mean two nights in a hotel, which, let's face it- isn't cheap to stay in.
If I was Dublin based, and wanted my wedding in a delightful hotel like the lyrath, I'd probably find one closer to home!

Also, when I stayed there recently, my friends and I had a look through their wedding brochures (2 of us are engaged, it was market research!!). I think it was about €90 per head, but I wouldn't swear to that!

Liam McPoyle

Just an update.

We've seen a couple of potentials, a couple of lovely but out of budget places and a couple of definite no no's.

We have 5 places to visit this Saturday and one place to re-visit Sunday so hopefully things will be a bit clearer after that.

We have been thinking of viewing Dunboyne Castle or Boyne Hill House, there are some good reports online but nothing in the last 12 to 24 months, anyone here any experience with them?

Jellytotsx

What about Tankardstown in Meath? It's quite expensive but they might be able to work something out and it's a really beautiful spot. Would be quite similar to Village of Lyons but there's a bit more accommodation there.

clint_silver

Coleman Slawski wrote: »

Just an update.

We've seen a couple of potentials, a couple of lovely but out of budget places and a couple of definite no no's.

We have 5 places to visit this Saturday and one place to re-visit Sunday so hopefully things will be a bit clearer after that.

We have been thinking of viewing Dunboyne Castle or Boyne Hill House, there are some good reports online but nothing in the last 12 to 24 months, anyone here any experience with them?

theyre both good, wont go wrong in either. Dunboyne do a LOT of weddings.

Liam McPoyle

Jellytotsx wrote: »

What about Tankardstown in Meath? It's quite expensive but they might be able to work something out and it's a really beautiful spot. Would be quite similar to Village of Lyons but there's a bit more accommodation there.

We were considering it alright but research would point to it been outside budget unless we were going mid week which I don't want to do of at all possible.

Jellytotsx

Coleman Slawski wrote: »

We were considering it alright but research would point to it been outside budget unless we were going mid week which I don't want to do of at all possible.

Yeah I think unless you're going midweek/winter package it is on the higher end of the budget scale! I noticed from some of your other posts that you are looking at next May/June, not to be a negative nelly but I've worked in wedding venues for the last five years and I'd be hesitant to say there would be much weekend availability left for those months. It's peek wedding season and I know in some places for May/ June Thursdays can even be difficult to get a year in advance.

Of course this is all just my own opinion, I could be completely wrong and I hope you get the weekend date you two are looking for

Liam McPoyle

Saw 3 places today, 2 no's and one I think we are going to go with. We had stayed in it about 18 months ago but obviously at that time werent thinking weddings but its ticking most of the boxes for both of us.

Going to provisionally book the date (which is exactly what we are looking for in that regard) on Monday and head down again next weekend for some haggling to see if there is any movement either on price or on what they will give us.

Pretty happy and excited now!

almorris

Hiya, Why don't you try haggling first, then provisionally book? If someone came to see me after provisionally booking I'd be reluctant to move on price. If your interested enough to provisionally book I would have thought your haggling position is lessened somewhat.

Good luck, take care,

Al Morris

Liam McPoyle

Just an update.

We had provisionally booked our date and headed down there last Saturday to meet the owner.

Soooooooooo feckin sound.

Really chuffed with the deal we have gotten, he gave us a fantastic per head rate, what we are getting is exactly what we wanted, its a Friday in mid July and we even got a sizable break on the room rates for guests.

We basically chanced our arm to see what we could get and got about 99% of that however the 1% we didnt get, we wernt getting it anywhere else anyway so are not remotely bothered.

Booked the church today and heading down to the venue this coming Saturday to pay our deposit.

Delira!

Milly33

Which did you go for in the end!! Congrats on making the decision..

Liam McPoyle

We went with Rathsallagh!

Millem

Coleman Slawski wrote: »

We went with Rathsallagh!

what a fabulous venue. Congrats I hate the way they make you book out the rooms though and then you sell them on. Are they still doing this?

Liam McPoyle

Nope.

There is a requirement that a minimum of 23 rooms are taken but we should have no hassle completely filling all rooms so thats not a concern.

Millem

Coleman Slawski wrote: »

Nope.

There is a requirement that a minimum of 23 rooms are taken but we should have no hassle completely filling all rooms so thats not a concern.

If by some chance rooms aren't filled you will get billed for them?

Gatica

I would imagine so. It wouldn't be a business trying to make money on rooms if the B&G couldn't guarantee payment for them.
We had to fill 32 rooms. We had a hard time doing that, but luckily got there in the end. We had to ask hotel to open up the rooms for public booking, just in case. We thought if we did that and they saw that we did actually want to fill the rooms, they may let us off but they were preparing the billing for empty rooms! so I wouldn't count on it.

Liam McPoyle

Millem wrote: »

If by some chance rooms aren't filled you will get billed for them?

Yep but just from speaking to some people we have about 15 filled already so it won't be an issue.

Millem

Coleman Slawski wrote: »

Yep but just from speaking to some people we have about 15 filled already so it won't be an issue.

Happy days so