Postponed wedding price increase

TheHopeful

Hi. So we were due to get married in Dec 2020, met the hotel manager and negotiated a good price for our date. Got it all on paper.

Then we had to postpone by a 5 months due to personal reasons/. No issue with hotel and we agreed a new date. Then covid happened and we had to postpone again. Getting married in a few weeks and the manager has stated that he can't honour the prices we agreed as they were for 2020.

Is this common practice for couples who have had to postpone? The prices we agreed and have in writing from our original date are no longer valid?

fritzelly

What does your contract say? Something along the lines of yearly increases in line with inflation probably

gmisk

The cost of everything has gone up...what do you expect them to do?

TheHopeful

The contract doesn't say anything about inflation or price increases or anything about the price in the cases of postponement or covid or anything.

I understand inflation is a big issue, but we have a price agreed in writing so I had expected that to be honoured. The price agreed btw was inclusive of 13.5% vat at the time, and vat for hospitality is reduced to 9% now.

The new price is €11pp more expensive than the price we had agreed previously.

Glaceon

We had our ceremony last month (postponed twice due to Covid) but were lucky because the hotel agreed to honour the 2019 price.

Jeez......thats an interesting dilema / scenario all right!!

I assume the numbers are still " relatively" similar??? & the 'package remains unchanged???

Is the NEW DAY the same????? Like a Saturday is obviously a premium / bit pricier than say a Thursday or Friday.

What about all the other ancillary items.......band/ photography....... are they all " upped" by similar percentage??

When you say €11 pp...... how does that work out as a percentage??????,

See, the dilema is really a "moral/ ethic" V " realistic / new reality" situation. The original contract will be silent on the correct interpretation of what is just & right & fair. NOBODY can say they predicted A. The original postponement on your side, B coronavirus C war in Ukraine & the super inflation that's ensued. From a legal standpoint you're on quicksand ....... NOBODY could realistically expect the pp price agreed early in 2020 to be honoured now over 2.5years later.Just looking at EVERY service provided by a hotel ( forget about weddings for a moment)- leisure facilities/ hotel room/ food menu/ drinks etc.-- EVERY single item will be miles apart from it's early 2020 price.

I hate that American term " suck it up" but your dilema here really is a case of having to "suck it up" as distasteful as that may be....... you just gotta hope all invitees are in generous mood when sticking €€€ in the cards🤣

Now, I married the long suffering Mrs Mc Carthy in Gretna Green 33yrs ago for the pricely sum of £150stg all-in & that may seem like a right bargain but, believe me, I've paid & paid plenty over the last 3decades🤣

The most important thing is ENJOY your wedding.... one or two K isn't going to be that big a deal in the grand scheme of things.

fritzelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119375218#Comment_119375218

There must be something in the contract about delays etc - if not then a badly run hotel

You don't write a contract up in perpetuity or do you really have a contract?

touts

Unfortunately the way inflation is gone I would say very few businesses could stick to a quote they gave almost three years ago for an event that was supposed to happen almost two years ago. That said if the wedding is now in a few weeks then that is very late to change the price. It should all have been renegotiated when the new date was set. But it all depends what is in the agreement/contract/quote documentation.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119375363#Comment_119375363

It WASN'T " in perpetuity"......it was based on 1. The original date. 2. The "2nd" agreed date.

At the start of 2020 I had 2pairs of tickets for concerts@ Marquee in Cork ...... obviously both gigs were cancelled & I got money refunded.......now, if both those bands were to return I wouldn't realistically expect the ticket prices to be as they were on the early 2020.

TheHopeful

I can see it from their side too. It's a tough one. Was just wondering if there were any other couples in the same situation with postponing and price changes.

Obviously the drink prices in the hotel bar, and the room prices have gone up which is fine. But I had expected the parts we have agreed in writing to stay the same.

All the suppliers we had booked for the original date and which have transferred over to the new date i.e. Band, cake etc have not raised their prices for our new date.

SteM

What % increase is €11 on the original price?