Hotel rooms issue

[lilysmum2]

Hey ladies. Well we seem to be a bit stuck!!

We are having our reception at The moathouse which is a big hotel etc...
The rooms are normally about £50+

My OH know somebody who works their who can get rooms for £25..

We asked him how many rooms he can get. His reply was "oh i havent got weddings on my discount. So we asked how many normal rooms he can get and we are waiting on a reply.

So I emailed the wedding co-ordinator and asked how much rooms would be for wedding guests and if they get discount..In reply i got "yes, rooms are £76 for a double and £64 for a single"
I nearlly DIED!!

After much research i found that it is because it is the easter weekend we are getting married! I think its rediculous!

The ammount of money they will get from our guests on drinks alone should be enough profit for them! (we have alot of big drinkers in both sides!!)

Our wedding reception is costing the best part of £3,500 for the meal and night doo etc..!

I am just shocked!

 

[Lisa84]

It sucks doesn't it hun. Our guest have the doscounted rate of £80 for a room which i thought was scandelous but then i looked at the nearest premier inn and that is £54 xx

 

[lilysmum2]

its silly isnt it! When I tell people how much it is they are so put off!!

Yet most have GOT to have a room as lots are coming from far away which would be too far to drive back or get a taxi. I feel so bad for them because when I first told them I told them it would cost about £50. As I thought the price wouldnt change!!

 

[TaylorsMummyx]

outs out 60 for single and 70 for double, and we need it the night before too, so i have to pay once for ours, and my sister has to pay 2x 70, for the night before and wedding day lol, and most of our guests are coming from yorkshire [80miles away] so will have to pay the 70 too! our wedding is around the same price as urs too! lol its stupid! buttt we get a really big suite for wedding night lol

 

[leash27]

I agree that it is expensive BUT if I was a guest, the way I would look at it is this - your wedding is over 6 months away so you are giving them plenty of notice. If the rooms are £76 for a double then they would only have to put like £15 a month away to pay for it, when you look at it like then it seems reasonable/do-able iykwim?

The rooms for my wedding are £98 for a double but the venue is amazing and my guests are way excited to stay in a castle, plus they get an amazing breakfast the next day to sort their hangovers out lol. I have told them that we don't want anyone to feel as if they have to stay and we have provided the details of the nearest Travelodge/Premier Inn for those who want to stay over but not spend so much. As long as you give people an alternative option then I would say you have done your best - try not to stress about it. If people want to stay then they will and if they don't then they won't.

If you had known the cost of rooms before you booked your wedding, would you have still chosen the venue?

x

 

[booflebump]

Hotels do use weddings as a way of making money, and rooms rates are one of them. With it being Easter weekend, that is actually a pretty good rate. We ended up being £100 per night per double room and that was off-peak. If your guests want to stay, they will make a way for it to happen

 

[leahsbabybump]

it stinks doesnt it me and OH was going to get married a couple of year ago on bank holiday weekend and they wanted a grand extra just for the wedding cos of bank holiday if we got married 1 week eralier it would have been £1000 cheaper

 

[EmmyReece]

our hotel rooms are costing £110 each night, though there will be a 10% discount if wedding guests stay for 2 nights or more ... I've already explained prices to them and they all seem to be ok with it thankfully

 

[Feltzy]

Our rooms will be £110 per night for a standard double and £150 for a superior so I don't think your place sounds overly expensive. I'm not worried though because if people don't want to pay that price then they can look for a local cheaper b&b or something if they really need a room, thats what I did when my friend got married and they were wanting £200 a room!

 

[Mynx]

I think those rates sound about right tbh!
The rooms in our hotel were £75 per night for a double room (including breakfast) and £65 for a single and that was with the discount. Quite alot of people stayed as we gave them plenty of notice and most of them stayed for 2 nights, not just the night of the wedding

If I was a guest and had to travel to a wedding then as long as I'd been given plenty of time to sort out funds for the room, I'd quite happily stay there

 

[mama2b]

Id be happy with those prices but that's because its stupidly expensive here for hotels. An average 4* is about £130 per night B&B about £60-80 !!

Our hotels rack rate is normally £110 I think and our guests get it for £85. Now that I think about it all of my 'local' friends haven't batted an eyelid but my aunty who lives an hours drive away nearly dropped the phone when I told her the price, she thought the discounted price was the normal rate.