Corkage prices for weddings - 20 Euros!!

county

Sorry mods if this is in the wrong place, but wasn't sure where it should be - please move if needed...

I work in the catering industry, and have been looking at files for upcoming weddings as I need to order food and plan in advance, and I happened to notice that a couple were bringing in their own wine for the occasion - the hotel were then charging them 20 Euro per bottle on corkage!! :eek:

Personally I feel that this is a little bit extreme if not borderline extortion. I admit the place where I work is on the posh side but still feel this is daylight robbery - would it not be as cheap / cheaper to buy the wine in the hotel and forego the corkage costs? As someone who is planning to get married, I am interested to hear what you all think and of any experiences of this....

RoundyMooney

That pisses me right off, I'm getting married in three weeks, and we're supplying our own wine. The hotel (who admittedly are making a tidy profit on 200 dinners on the day) are charging us the princely sum of three euro fifty... If it's an option, tell that crowd to get bent. I hate fookin rip off merchants...:(

Apologies County, I speed read your post, and assumed that you had received that quote yourself. To any couple faced with a similiar quote, please see above ;-)

mp3guy

thats easy, just hand out already opened bottles to people in the car park before they go in

alleepally

county wrote:

Sorry mods if this is in the wrong place, but wasn't sure where it should be - please move if needed...

I work in the catering industry, and have been looking at files for upcoming weddings as I need to order food and plan in advance, and I happened to notice that a couple were bringing in their own wine for the occasion - the hotel were then charging them 20 Euro per bottle on corkage!! :eek:

Personally I feel that this is a little bit extreme if not borderline extortion. I admit the place where I work is on the posh side but still feel this is daylight robbery - would it not be as cheap / cheaper to buy the wine in the hotel and forego the corkage costs? As someone who is planning to get married, I am interested to hear what you all think and of any experiences of this....

I have difficulty with the whole concept of charging a corkage fee. What is the justification for a corkage fee?

dawballz

I used to work in a hotel and if there was a lot of bottles of wine left over after the dinner, and if they were provided by the couple the manager would take maybe half of them and either keep them for himself or sell them on again..
Either way, half the bottles went into his office.

county

i could very easily believe that