Cancelling Wedding Meals/Rooms

arcon5

alltimes wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies, the situation with the rooms is terrible we paid in full had a dumb moment should have paid the deposit - they didn't mention it. Found out that was only 20 per room as we cancelled 11 rooms I expected to lose 220 but they only refunded the full price of 7 rooms making themselves some extra there as they had 14 days notice.

What does their cancellation policy say?


In all honesty 14 days isn't much at all. Many people book rooms well in advance of 2 weeks.

Equaliser123

vax2002 wrote: »

I would say I expect to see those meals served at the empty places, eaten or not, plus guests will be free to move in to the other paid for rooms if they fancy a fresh bed.

Really? Seeing loads of meals sat there uneaten is really going to thrill the bride and groom.

hcb42

OP you need to check the terms of your contract as already said.

I presume this is a private function, there might be minimum numbers in the contract, otherwise they effectively could have sold to a bigger party, which clearly with a few weeks to go they cannot now.

Rooms wise - same thing, check the terms of booking - if there was a deposit and you paid in full, then i would speak to them about that, as it would be unfair to keep more. However if it is the kind of venue that has an exclusiveness to it, and doesnt sell to other parties, there again might be a minimum number of rooms required to hold the venue. We dont know as we dont know the venue.

Weird you paid for the rooms though. Normally for a wedding you would hold an allocation and family would book them up themselves and pay their own deposit

real1314

For the food I'd ask for a menu upgrade to the value of the unused meals.

e.g 100 meals at £15 per head; £1500 now only want 75 meals, ask for a £20 menu / extras to the value of £375

For the rooms, I'd ask for upgrades on a similar basis.
:cool:

blossomhill_2

It's going to be a cold night on 14 Feb, how about inviting some local homeless people in to use the rooms you've paid for - or suggest to the hotel you might do that and see if they change their mind about a refund

BeingBernard

Equaliser123 wrote: »

Really? Seeing loads of meals sat there uneaten is really going to thrill the bride and groom.

At my sisters wedding a couple of people did not show. We gave the food to the photographer and videographer who had been working hard for some hours. There is always someone looking for a free meal.

marywooyeah

McKneff wrote: »

Just my own curiosity, if the OP has cancelled the rooms and the hotel re lets them at full cost, what happens then, does the hotel
just pocket the double money or what.

that wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.

vaio

BeingBernard wrote: »

At my sisters wedding a couple of people did not show. We gave the food to the photographer and videographer who had been working hard for some hours. There is always someone looking for a free meal.

yep, also looking for a free bed for the night

blossomhill wrote: »

It's going to be a cold night on 14 Feb, how about inviting some local homeless people in to use the rooms you've paid for - or suggest to the hotel you might do that and see if they change their mind about a refund

badgeraudio

Could you re sell the bed rooms? maybe offer them at a discount in the holiday Bargin area of this forum??

And the meals, bump up people from the evening do to the whole day??