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Inflated prices for wedding party hotel rooms

Has anyone had the same frustrating experience as this?

My Sister-In-Law and new husband had their wedding reception at a hotel. I, along with my husband and two children booked a room in the hotel fot the the night before and the night after. We were originally told by my Sister-In-Law (who was told by the hotel) that the rom rate was £40. On arrival, we were told that the room rate was £65 - over 50% more! The room was satisfactory and we paid the bill on our departure.

Following the stay, I rang and asked for the room rates. Guess what? £40! :mad:
I know that as soon as you mention 'wedding' that everything gets more expensive, but I didn't think that they would take advantage of the guests too!

Can they do this? I will be writing a letter to the hotel and want to find out if I can claim the difference back. Any help will be greatly appreciated. :o

Comments

  • bad isn't it when i got married i kept that we were getting married a secert when enquiring about hair and make up food etc but ones i ended up using where really good when i told them we was getting married and even gave us free stuff but its terriable people charge more for same thing. good luck hun i tell them u think its terriable they charged u more and u won't be staying with them again or reccomending them
  • That happened with our wedding - the hotel offered a "special wedding rate" that was higher than their lowest advertised online price. We told everyone to book online with advance payment, then to call the hotel and tell them they were part of the wedding party. It seemed to work...
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