Irish bride-to-be pleads with hotel

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A bizarre exchange occurred on air on today's Liveline as an Irish bride-to-be pleaded with her hotel venue to show 'compassion' as she faces a potential €2,000 bill for no-show guests.
https://www.thevow.ie/the-final-say/wedding-talk/irish-bridetobe-pleads-with-hotel-to-meet-halfway-after-guests-choose-gaa-match-over-wedding-36147970.html

hawkelady

She sounds like a barrel of laughs.. no wonder some of her guests decided to go to a football match ....

somesoldiers

Heard it,she threatened to hotel with being exposed on live line if they didn't discount her after her signing a contract,she deserves a kick in the hole.hotel came off very well, they read out her threatening email-word a listen back

El Weirdo

somesoldiers wrote: »

Heard it,she threatened to hotel with being exposed on live line if they didn't discount her after her signing a contract,she deserves a kick in the hole.hotel came off very well

She also lied and said that her friend worked for Liveline. It was great when the Hotel manager read out her threatening email.

frag420

If the Bride is reading this...the lads and I would hate to see your day ruined because a bunch of ball chasers cant make it and so we are happy to make up the numbers for you!!

There is a free bar yeah??

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snowgal

that is bizzare!! How is it the Hotels fault that her guests would prefer to go to the game than her wedding?!

henryporter

Might be a good time for the groom to do a runner - imagine being shackled to that plank for the rest of your days

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hawkelady wrote: »

She sounds like a barrel of laughs.. no wonder some of her guests decided to go to a football match ....

Maybe it's a good crystal-ball indicator for the broom - although he must be aware at this stage...

seamus

Eh, you're not losing anything. You've already paid the money, it's gone. The hotel isn't charging them anything extra for the missing guests.

Cheek of her having a whinge looking for a last-minute refund because some of her guests are bit ****.

darkdubh

Where's the lucky man in all this?

Marlay

At least they told her they won't be coming. Wonder how she'll feel about the no shows on the day, which also happens.

ohnonotgmail

how are 16 guests not turning up costing her €2000?

Donal55

darkdubh wrote: »

Where's the lucky man in all this?

Playing corner forward.

gramar

seamus wrote: »

Eh, you're not losing anything. You've already paid the money, it's gone. The hotel isn't charging them anything extra for the missing guests.

Cheek of her having a whinge looking for a last-minute refund because some of her guests are bit ****.

I wonder are they worried about the guests who are not going not giving them a few quid in an envelope and they're trying to make that back by asking the hotel for a discount?

timthumbni

darkdubh wrote: »

Where's the lucky man in all this?

He is one of the ones who can't attend because he's off to watch a Gaelic match....

lertsnim

I'm glad she was called out on the national airwaves. The hotel isn't at fault so you still pay what was agreed. Lying tramp.

Larbre34

They should bin her contract for bad faith, resell the date as a cancellation. Everyone happy. Oh except her. Bint.

Logo

Providing doggy bags might be a compromise...

ForestFire

Not Defending her one bit,

but I presume, in her mind at least, she is loosing money as the 16 guest that are not showing are unlikely to give the "present" in cash to cover her costs.

This is in no way the hotels issue as she booked for the numbers she wanted.

Is there a link to her letter to read??

PandaPoo

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

how are 16 guests not turning up costing her €2000?

It was probably a different package. Like 120 guests for €8,000 Or 120-150 for €10,000 Or something like that. They chose the higher package and now realised they could have chosen the cheaper package.

She should just invite more peopel, I'm sure there was culls along the way. Bump up some of the couples invited to the afters.

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Donal55

ForestFire wrote: »

Not Defending her one bit,

but I presume, in her mind at least, she is loosing money as the 16 guest that are not showing are unlikely to give the "present" in cash to cover her costs.

This is in no way the hotels issue as she booked for the numbers she wanted.

Is there a link to her letter to read??

Are people expected to give cash anyway. Whatever happened to the dinner service etc?

SusieBlue

Even if they had agreed to it, it wouldn't have been out of the goodness of their hearts, it would have been because of threatened exposure on the radio. I wouldn't want to have my wedding in a hotel I'd manipulated into giving me money back in case they f*cked up my reception. I can't imagine the staff being willing to go above and beyond for a couple who behaved like that. I'd be worried the waiter would drop a plate on my lap and ruin my dress, the food would be crap, etc. So she must be very brazen to say she pursued threatening the hotel with these eventualities in mind.

Regardless, the hotel were completely in the right and she looks like an idiot. I'd feel very awkward showing up to my reception if I were that couple. Delighted the hotel didn't give in to the pressure and she didn't get her money back.

razorblunt

Jeez, the sense of entitlement off her!

mcgiggles

ohnonotgmail wrote:

how are 16 guests not turning up costing her €2000?

The hotel could be 125pp depending on the package they chose.. ive heard of hotels being dearer!

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I highly doubt any hotels do wedding rates at 25pp! More likely the hotel meal costs that per person!

Loughc

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The Cost of the meal would be closer to €50 than €25. Then there's prob half bottle of wine €15, still way off €125 package mark she's claiming she's paying.

retro:electro

Wait- so the wedding hasn't even happened yet!??
Holy fcuk!
She has some neck going on national radio mouthing about the hotel who has yet to cater for her wedding, not refunding her money through no fault of theirs.
Awkward

Donal55

WhiteRoses wrote: »

Even if they had agreed to it, it wouldn't have been out of the goodness of their hearts, it would have been because of threatened exposure on the radio. I wouldn't want to have my wedding in a hotel I'd manipulated into giving me money back in case they f*cked up my reception. I can't imagine the staff being willing to go above and beyond for a couple who behaved like that. I'd be worried the waiter would drop a plate on my lap and ruin my dress, the food would be crap, etc. So she must be very brazen to say she pursued threatening the hotel with these eventualities in mind.

Regardless, the hotel were completely in the right and she looks like an idiot. I'd feel very awkward showing up to my reception if I were that couple. Delighted the hotel didn't give in to the pressure and she didn't get her money back.

The in laws are probably mortified. Should result in some interesting speeches.

mcgiggles

She's completely in the wrong! She's not losing any money at all! The legal contract she signed says minimum 130, she paid for 130! Not hotels fault at all!
People are crazy when it comes to weddings!!

timthumbni

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With modern weddings nothing would surprise me.

Horrible, fake nonsense that seem to drag on forever that I avoid like the bubonic plague.

razorblunt

If the Best Man doesn't play a video of well wishes from Joe Duffy and crew, then should he even be considered as the best man?

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Bacchus

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

how are 16 guests not turning up costing her €2000?

Reading between the lines, its pretty obvious this is about 16 gifts not attending her wedding to pay for the meals (and everything else). €2000 out of 16 gifts is a big stretch (10 gifts really... 6 couples + 4 individuals). €200 per couple (which is generous) gives her €1200... €100 from the 4 individuals gets her up to €1600. She's not too far off but her estimate is optimistic.

Boom_Bap

Loadsa extra desserts at the wedding, that's a win for the guests confirmed.

MarkR

She's not out 2k to the hotel. She's out an expected 2k in envelopes from the guests. If the late quitters were any ways decent, they'd be sending what they would have sent .

gramar

MarkR wrote: »

She's not out 2k to the hotel. She's out an expected 2k in envelopes from the guests. If the late quitters were any ways decent, they'd be sending what they would have sent .

They may well have done but might be reconsidering!
Her devious plan has backfired in the worst way possible.

Sleeper12

Heard it yesterday myself. The bride is a nasty piece of work.

Some of her guests have decided that they would rather play a football match (GAA) rather than go to her wedding. The hotel say that she has to go pay for the number of people booked as the wedding is in a few days. Bride lies by saying that a friend works for Joe Duffy & threatened to blacken the good name of the hotel.
Bride should be annoyed with her guests. Should have named & shamed them on air and not the hotel that has broken the terms of the contract in any way.

duffman13

MarkR wrote: »

She's not out 2k to the hotel. She's out an expected 2k in envelopes from the guests. If the late quitters were any ways decent, they'd be sending what they would have sent .

100%, if I accepted an invite for a wedding and something popped up last minute that I couldn't make it, I would still send a card with cash. I've accepted the invite and would feel bad enough not going.

She's mad a tit of herself and I'd say a lot of the groom's friends and family are thinking the worst of her now.

ITMissy

Oh this is terrible. I would imagine it got completely out of her control and she lost the plot.

Butterface

We recently signed the wedding contract with our hotel of choice, and the minimum numbers are similar to theirs.. the hotel actually brought down their usual minimum numbers for us.

If some of our invited guests do not turn up, then that's unfortunate. However, we have agreed the contract with the hotel, fair is fair.

It's a pity she brought attention to this, it will overshadow their day

Bacchus

MarkR wrote: »

She's not out 2k to the hotel. She's out an expected 2k in envelopes from the guests. If the late quitters were any ways decent, they'd be sending what they would have sent .

Though weddings are a bit of a circus and for some couples it's an opportunity to have a big party with all the bells and whistles at their guest expense (or even make a bit of money off it), in this kind of late pull out the decent thing for those people would be to still provide a gift (even if it's smaller than they would have given if they attended). It's not a guests responsibility to pay for a couples wedding but that is essentially the reality of a lot of (if not most) weddings in Ireland and this couple booked the venue, meal and various vendors based on what they expected to afford (which includes €x times 130 guests). 16 people pulling out a few days in advance is essentially costing her between €1000 and €1600 which is no small figure (assuming they also withhold any gift). The way she has gone about this though is completely wrong. It's nothing to do with the hotel and threatening with going live on air was a terrible idea. Gonna be a lovely sense of tension now all day on Saturday with the venue now.

Muahahaha

Jaysis she really is a muppet. She threatens the hotel with Joe Duffy and ends up being humiliated on Joe Duffy by the hotel manager who exposes her lies.

Imagine what the main topic of conversation is going to be among guests on her wedding day? There is going to be one giant elephant in the room that nobody can mention to her directly but that everyone will be talking about behind her back. She knows it, the grooms family all know it as do the guests. Even the waiting and bar staff who will be serving the guests know what she did. The hotel manager will be telling her he hopes she has a lovely day while he is sniggering inside.

And all eyes will be on her for her wedding day but for all the wrong reasons. I almost feel sorry for except I dont, she brought it on herself after all.

Sleeper12

Loughc wrote:

The Cost of the meal would be closer to €50 than €25. Then there's prob half bottle of wine €15, still way off €125 package mark she's claiming she's paying.

I thought it was 16 guess. My wife insists she heard 28 not turning up. Maybe girlfriends of the footballers not going too?

gramar

Muahahaha wrote: »

Jaysis she really is a muppet. She threatens the hotel with Joe Duffy and ends up being humiliated on Joe Duffy by the hotel manager who exposes her lies.

Imagine what the main topic of conversation is going to be among guests on her wedding day? There is going to be one giant elephant in the room that nobody can mention to her directly but that everyone will be talking about behind her back. She knows it, the grooms family all know it as do the guests. Even the waiting and bar staff who will be serving the guests know what she did. The hotel manager will be telling her he hopes she has a lovely day while he is sniggering inside.

And all eyes will be on her on her wedding day but for all the wrong reasons. I almost feel sorry for except I dont, she brought it on herself after all.

If ever there was a wedding to appear in hello magazine or whatever the Irish equivalent is, then this is it.

Logo

In her defense, maybe she booked the hotel based on acceptance replies to invites. But I'd love to hear his side of the story Joe...

endacl

ITMissy wrote: »

Oh this is terrible funny. I would imagine it got completely out of her control and she lost the plot.

There. Better.

Bacchus

Logo wrote: »

In her defense, maybe she booked the hotel based on acceptance replies to invites. But I'd love to hear his side of the story Joe...

Hotel would have been booked long before a single invite went out. They estimated their numbers and booked the hotel/package based on that. Looks like they got their numbers right but this last minute drop out of 16 people was not anticipated. I'd feel sorry for the couple in this situation if it weren't for how badly she handled it. Had she said nothing, the hotel may even have just offered a discounted rate anyway and in all likelihood she still would have gotten gifts from the late no-shows.

The Backwards Man

If I was one of the ones going to the GAA match I'd change my mind and go to the wedding instead, sounds like there could be a bit of spice to it now.

Loughc

Sleeper12 wrote: »

I thought it was 16 guess. My wife insists she heard 28 not turning up. Maybe girlfriends of the footballers not going too?

I think the manager said it was 6 couples and 4 individuals that couldn't make it now.