Wedding venue

indecisive_bride

Hi,

My OH and I have found a venue we really like; I was wondering whether anyone had tips on how to get the best deal? It's currently £60 per person which is 3 course meal and drinks with evening buffet. You have to have a minimum of 50 guests though. Any tips on how to haggle a bit? Everyone tells me that it's expected but I don't know what to do or say! X

rachel90

From what I've seen, it's easier to haggle if you are willing to put the deposit down on the same day. Other than that, I have no tips!

lettice

I've heard that a lot of places are reluctant to knock prices down but are usually quite prepared to throw in extras - such as canap!s, wine upgrades, etc. Perhaps try that if haggling on price doesn't work.

Foxn86

You will struggle if its a hotel with set prices, they command these types of prices for weddings. You could speak with the manager if you putting down a larger deposit or paying in full you could then ask for a percentage off in doing this ! but if your just putting down standard deposit theres not lots of room for negotiation !

mouthscradle

Is it somewhere that's really popular and will definitely get booked out? Ours isn't, so we haggled a fair bit. It's always worth a try, if you don't ask you don't get!

Things that we got a discount on:

• We weren't having the ceremony there so got £500 off for that as it's less work for them on the day
• Their prices for kids meals was expensive compared to some other local places, we got £10 per kid off
• We swapped champagne for prosecco for the toasts
• We asked for no wine for teenagers even though they're eating adult meals, got us about £20 off per teenager

Every little helps! I just did it by email so that I had things in writing, and I gave reasoned arguments as to why I believed we should save money on certain items. I'm sure there are other things you could barter on