Too much to expect guests to pay?

Hi all,

h2b and i have found the perfect venue, we love it, th eonly snag is that it is exclusive use and we would need to sell a chunk of the rooms.

we would be hiring it for 2 days and the price for a double room for 2 night s bed and breakfast is £220 - do you think this is too much too expect our guests too pay? They can stay for one night at £160 for a double, there are also prices for single rooms but I expect that most people would share the cost.

What do you think? I personally don't think it is too bad, h2b and i would pay it but some people don't go away as often as us.

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Hi all,

h2b and i have found the perfect venue, we love it, th eonly snag is that it is exclusive use and we would need to sell a chunk of the rooms.

we would be hiring it for 2 days and the price for a double room for 2 night s bed and breakfast is £220 - do you think this is too much too expect our guests too pay? They can stay for one night at £160 for a double, there are also prices for single rooms but I expect that most people would share the cost.

What do you think? I personally don't think it is too bad, h2b and i would pay it but some people don't go away as often as us.

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£160 for a night for a hotel room is more than I would be willing to pay - or £220 for 2 nights for that matter. I don't think I would even pay that much for close family or friends. This isn't because I couldn't 'afford' it - I could easily but we use our money carefully and like to get the best out of our disposable income.

£220 has to be almost 15% of an average monthly net salary for sure doesn't it? In my opinion that is too much.

Hi MrsJ2b.... I think it depends on the people you will be inviting? Do you know if they have a large disposable income? If not, I would say it was too much. I would quite happily spend that much, but I know that many of my friends could never justify it. We had the same situation and decided that we liked the venue so much, we were wiling to subsidise the rooms. We have 18 bedrooms all at £200 a night, but have offered rooms at £100, £125, £150 and £200 (obviously the people who pay more get the nicer rooms). It does mean we are having to pay about 2k toward the accomodation, but at the end of the day, it's our day and we have chosen this expensive location, but would still like all of our friends to be there with us.... Is that an option for you?

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I think expatbridetobe's idea is a very good one.

It is all about priorities too and not just the money that people have, For example I can easily afford to spend almost 500€ on going skiing for a weekend but I'd struggle to justify £120 for a hotel room for a wedding when I could stay somewhere else for half that price.

This is your wedding and your big day so I would say save up and subsidise the rooms if this is what you want.

The hotel where i ma getting married is £155 per double room,most of my guests are willing to pay this as the other local hotels or B&B's are about £100 a night and then they would of had taxi's or some sort of transport to the hotel, so like i say most of my guests are willing to pay this as i am only planning on doing it once lol.... x x x

We are going to be expecting guests to pay upwards of £230 for a standard double room when they stay for our wedding, but we are providing details of a premier inn which is only 5 miles away, and will put on a taxi-shuttle for those staying away from the venue.

For the majority of our guests this hotel price isn't a problem, but at least we have provided a sensible alternative for those who decide it is too much money.

Yes we could subsidise it I suppose, and offer a price range, as I know some people would want to pay the full amount and some wouldn't (that is to say some wouldn't want us to pay any more for them - they would rather pay themselves) there is a travelodge nearby so we can also give people details of that in the invites - we have got lots of notice to give to people who may want to save up to stay offer with us - we are having the wedding in 2012

Hi MrsJeffreys
I don't think its too much to ask especially with advanced warning so people can put aside money for the room. I have a wedding in Surrey in Sept and the room is £175 per night and we are quite happy to pay this as a once off (we also get to use the spa as part of the offer).
How many rooms to you need to book with the Hotel to secure the venue, you could ask around family and close friends and get their consensus and then as you said other guests can stay at travelodge etc.

I think this depends on the circumstances of your relations. There's no way it could have happened in my family, as some people spend less than that on their family holiday. I'd speak to them to see what they'd consider spending. x

It is a lot to pay. I think i would only pay that if it was someone close to me getting married. We are going to a wedding later this year and are staying at a Travelodge as its half the price! But I think the idea of subsidizing the rooms is a great.

Our venue is £135 a night including bfast, we dont have exclusive use of the venue but its only a smallish venue anyhow and we are the only wedding. There are 27 rooms i think and we will probably end up using about 20 in total. We have given people the option of staying at our venue or there is a premier inn 3 miles away and £40 a night - so i dont blame people staying there, especially as we are getting married in December - everyone is skint that time of year!!

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Could you ask your guests how they feel about it??? I paid £150 to stay in a hotel for someone's wedding a while back with no big deal

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We are taking our mums to see it and get their opinion first, the problem people i think will be friends (mostly on my side) that will not pay h2b's friends will be fine as we all paid £150 for one night for a wedding on new year's eve. I already and one and she said she probably couldn'y - even 2 and a half years in advance! But I suppose they can get a taxi hom eif they so wish - they will just miss out on a hell of a lot, thats all.

I only really need 15 double rooms for 2 nights and 10 for the wedding night only - any more than that is a bonus!

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wow I typed that in a rush - look at the mistakes! ha ha sorry x

Hello,

Sorry, going to throw my 2 cents in! It depends partly on your guests, however IMHO that is a lot to expect people to pay. £220 for 2 nights, plus they'll have to buy a present on top of that. Also, depending on the types of rooms they have families may have to book 2 rooms to fit everybody in and then you're talking £440 just to attend your wedding. As I said before, this is before you factor in present, travel and outfits.

I know you say your wedding is in 2012 but to me that would be slightly irrelevant, the total cost for your guests attending your wedding is still more than I would expect people outwith the wedding party (and even then) to attend the wedding.

Sorry, I'm not having a go, just expressing my opinion. Also, you'll know the type of guests you'll have coming more than I do.