Double Booking for the Ryder Cup

[Steve Evil]

A mate of mine has just tweeted about a colleague of his who booked a suite at the Celtic Manor three years ago for this years Ryder Cup at a cost of £3000. He has had a phone call today saying they've overbooked and would like to buy back his suite for a US client.

Plenty of negotiation went back and forth with several offers, until they finally agreed on a figure of £60,000! I think that would act as some consolation for having to watch the golf on TV instead.

[illmonkey]

Feck me. Thats some result. You need to be a avid follower to pay £3k for a suite, but a £60k offer, I'd happily sit at home.

Edit: What did he start at to get it agreed at £60k. I'd probably have asked for double back and a suite next time for free.

Edited by illmonkey on Wednesday 29th September 16:18

[Steve Evil]

illmonkey said:

Feck me. Thats some result. You need to be a avid follower to pay £3k for a suite, but a £60k offer, I'd happily sit at home.

Edit: What did he start at to get it agreed at £60k. I'd probably have asked for double back and a suite next time for free.

Not sure what the starting figure was, but he was asking us to guess at figures and the initial guess someone suggested was £5k which he said was less than their initial offer.

I think I'd be tempted to try my luck too, hamming it up by saying it was a wedding anniversary or something and how years of planning were going to be ruined. But it would also be in the back of my mind that there may be other people willing to give up their room for less.

Reminds me of that story of a couple who had their hotel trying to get them to change their wedding booking and ended up getting their whole ceremony paid for, along with the honeymoon etc. As it was the Beckhams who wanted to use the hotel and coughed up the cash.

[robuk]

Steve Evil said:

Reminds me of that story of a couple who had their hotel trying to get them to change their wedding booking and ended up getting their whole ceremony paid for, along with the honeymoon etc. As it was the Beckhams who wanted to use the hotel and coughed up the cash.

Urban myth that one - had two people tell me the same story had 'happened to a friend of theirs' etc

http://www.snopes.com/weddings/newlywed/beckham.as...

[BarnatosGhost]

Steve Evil said:

A mate of mine has just tweeted about a colleague of his who booked a suite at the Celtic Manor three years ago for this years Ryder Cup at a cost of £3000. He has had a phone call today saying they've overbooked and would like to buy back his suite for a US client.

Plenty of negotiation went back and forth with several offers, until they finally agreed on a figure of £60,000! I think that would act as some consolation for having to watch the golf on TV instead.

This 'US Client', did she book in under the name of Tiger Will?

[Steve Evil]

BarnatosGhost said:

Steve Evil said:

A mate of mine has just tweeted about a colleague of his who booked a suite at the Celtic Manor three years ago for this years Ryder Cup at a cost of £3000. He has had a phone call today saying they've overbooked and would like to buy back his suite for a US client.

Plenty of negotiation went back and forth with several offers, until they finally agreed on a figure of £60,000! I think that would act as some consolation for having to watch the golf on TV instead.

This 'US Client', did she book in under the name of Tiger Will?

He's probably booked it out for a bunch of high-class escorts.

[Davey S2]

Utter Bo11ocks.

There is no way he would have been able to book a suite there for this week 3 years ago in the first place and if he had it would have been far more than £3K.

Just as fictitious as the people who claim to have let out their grotty 3 bed semi to Samuel L Jackson or Michael Jordan for a gazillion pounds for the week.

Edited by Davey S2 on Wednesday 29th September 17:22

[NDA]

Davey S2 said:

Just as fictitious as the people who claim to have let out their grotty 3 bed semi to Samuel L Jackson or Michael Jordan for a gazillion pounds for the week.

Yeah, you say that. But they're arriving on Tuesday. Both of them.

[littlegreenfairy]

I can't even book a room there for the end of October!

Apparently it's wet and miserable there as well. I'd rather stay at home thanks

[Davey S2]

NDA said:

Davey S2 said:

Just as fictitious as the people who claim to have let out their grotty 3 bed semi to Samuel L Jackson or Michael Jordan for a gazillion pounds for the week.

Yeah, you say that. But they're arriving on Tuesday. Both of them.

Royalle with Custard Motherf**ker or it didnt happen

[mercfunder]

Steve Evil said:

A mate of mine has just tweeted about a colleague of his who booked a suite at the Celtic Manor three years ago for this years Ryder Cup at a cost of £3000. He has had a phone call today saying they've overbooked and would like to buy back his suite for a US client.

Plenty of negotiation went back and forth with several offers, until they finally agreed on a figure of £60,000! I think that would act as some consolation for having to watch the golf on TV instead.

The odour of bullst is strong on this one.

Try booking a hotel room 3 years in advance,no chance, and the Celtic Manor only reacted this week? yeah right.
Complete bks!!

[PAULJ5555]

I think its true, just got off the phone to the Celtic Manor myself one of those idiots from the USA has only gone and left his clubs at home, he needs to borrow mine and is willing to pay me loads of cash.

[Mr Trophy]

mercfunder said:

Steve Evil said:

A mate of mine has just tweeted about a colleague of his who booked a suite at the Celtic Manor three years ago for this years Ryder Cup at a cost of £3000. He has had a phone call today saying they've overbooked and would like to buy back his suite for a US client.

Plenty of negotiation went back and forth with several offers, until they finally agreed on a figure of £60,000! I think that would act as some consolation for having to watch the golf on TV instead.

The odour of bullst is strong on this one.

Try booking a hotel room 3 years in advance,no chance, and the Celtic Manor only reacted this week? yeah right.
Complete bks!!

Agreed. Tried to book Gleneagles, Scotland when the Ryder Cup is on in 2012. They said, "We are fully booked" and that was 3 years ago!

[JQ]

Surely you would'nt actually be able to book a room there full stop. If they have any sense, the organisers of the Ryder Cup would block book the entire hotel and then sell on or comp the rooms to their Corporate Sponsors directly. Similar to when you book a hotel for a wedding and pre-book all the rooms, so that you are able to allocate the rooms so it's not a free-for-all.

[Carl_Spackler]

Mr Trophy said:

mercfunder said:

Steve Evil said:

A mate of mine has just tweeted about a colleague of his who booked a suite at the Celtic Manor three years ago for this years Ryder Cup at a cost of £3000. He has had a phone call today saying they've overbooked and would like to buy back his suite for a US client.

Plenty of negotiation went back and forth with several offers, until they finally agreed on a figure of £60,000! I think that would act as some consolation for having to watch the golf on TV instead.

The odour of bullst is strong on this one.

Try booking a hotel room 3 years in advance,no chance, and the Celtic Manor only reacted this week? yeah right.
Complete bks!!

Agreed. Tried to book Gleneagles, Scotland when the Ryder Cup is on in 2012. They said, "We are fully booked" and that was 3 years ago!

Ahhem.

It's 2014 in Gleneagles.

Medinah Country Club
Medinah, Illinois, U.S.A for 2012

[5potTurbo]

anonymous said:

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I'd aim that one at the OP, too.

[GTSDave]

I wonder if a couple of things from the opening ceremony pumped the price up...




http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizar...

[bigTee]

Davey S2 said:

NDA said:

Davey S2 said:

Just as fictitious as the people who claim to have let out their grotty 3 bed semi to Samuel L Jackson or Michael Jordan for a gazillion pounds for the week.

Yeah, you say that. But they're arriving on Tuesday. Both of them.

Royalle with Custard Motherf**ker or it didnt happen