Weddings and corkage fee?
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Moring Chums
Not sure of this is the right forum, but lets give it a go anyway.
The missus cousin is getting married in a couple of months and I have just been asked about the wine. Now apparently they have hired the local Town Hall for the reception, who have made her sign up for an outside catering company to do the bar.
She is to get the wine for the tables and it has just come to light that they want to charge her £2 per bottle corkage
Am I right in thinking that a) this is an extortionate amount and b) what gives them the right to charge corkage when it`s not their premises and they are being paid to come in and make money anyway?
In addition it`s a budget wedding, so looking for the best option for wine.
There will be 100 guests, 20 tables of 5. I have suggested a minimum of 3 bottles per table, 1 red, 1 white and 1 rose. Giving a total of 60 bottles. Once run out guests will use the bar.
She has asked if I will do a booze cruise for her to get it, but am I right in thinking there`s not enough to qualify for any savings by the time you take into account the fuel, ferry etc.
I`ve just bought a load of cases for our reps at Christmas and paid a fiver a bottle from Majestic for something vaguable quaffable
I have suggested doing the same as I`m sure you won`t get anything better from france for less than £3 a bottle?
Suggestions please chums
Cheers
Dave
Not sure of this is the right forum, but lets give it a go anyway.
The missus cousin is getting married in a couple of months and I have just been asked about the wine. Now apparently they have hired the local Town Hall for the reception, who have made her sign up for an outside catering company to do the bar.
She is to get the wine for the tables and it has just come to light that they want to charge her £2 per bottle corkage
Am I right in thinking that a) this is an extortionate amount and b) what gives them the right to charge corkage when it`s not their premises and they are being paid to come in and make money anyway?
In addition it`s a budget wedding, so looking for the best option for wine.
There will be 100 guests, 20 tables of 5. I have suggested a minimum of 3 bottles per table, 1 red, 1 white and 1 rose. Giving a total of 60 bottles. Once run out guests will use the bar.
She has asked if I will do a booze cruise for her to get it, but am I right in thinking there`s not enough to qualify for any savings by the time you take into account the fuel, ferry etc.
I`ve just bought a load of cases for our reps at Christmas and paid a fiver a bottle from Majestic for something vaguable quaffable
I have suggested doing the same as I`m sure you won`t get anything better from france for less than £3 a bottle?
Suggestions please chums
Cheers
Dave
i've seen prices much higher than that, but as you say, given the catering company don't own the premises, the only service they are providing is opening bottles and pouring wine, steep for £2 a bottle.
just tell them guests will open their own wine?
booze cruise efficiency depends on how close to france you are, I guess.
just tell them guests will open their own wine?
booze cruise efficiency depends on how close to france you are, I guess.
Ok to confirm they are not catering the event, just doing the bar. The food is a hog roast by another company.
Perhaps I shouldn`t have called them a catering company, but they won`t be serving food or wine, or clearing the plates, just operating a pay bar.
The guests will get the food themselves from a huge rotating pig
and open the wine at the table themselves.
Perhaps I shouldn`t have called them a catering company, but they won`t be serving food or wine, or clearing the plates, just operating a pay bar.
The guests will get the food themselves from a huge rotating pig
and open the wine at the table themselves.just pretend to them you don't understand what corkage is and say you've decided to let the guests open their wine themselves with a straight face. I mean, imagine the bar company trying to explain the idea of corkage and the rationale behind it to someone who doesn't know. they couldn't do it, you can't sell it, it is not in any customer's interest.
with a straight face. I mean, imagine the bar company trying to explain the idea of corkage and the rationale behind it to someone who doesn't know. they couldn't do it, you can't sell it, it is not in any customer's interest. Use Psychology said:
just pretend to them you don't understand what corkage is and say you've decided to let the guests open their wine themselves with a straight face. I mean, imagine the bar company trying to explain the idea of corkage and the rationale behind it to someone who doesn't know. they couldn't do it, you can't sell it, it is not in any customer's interest.
And then post the result here! If you can keep a straight face it will be hilarious with a straight face. I mean, imagine the bar company trying to explain the idea of corkage and the rationale behind it to someone who doesn't know. they couldn't do it, you can't sell it, it is not in any customer's interest. "hired the local Town Hall for the reception, who have made her sign up for an outside catering company to do the bar."
Since when does the Town Hall dictate that you use an outside company? Going to them to give them business, not to be dictated to.
Personally, I'd have been looking for other venues once they came that lark.
It's not difficult to hire the stuff needed and find a couple of people to run the bar. Job jobbed.
Since when does the Town Hall dictate that you use an outside company? Going to them to give them business, not to be dictated to.
Personally, I'd have been looking for other venues once they came that lark.
It's not difficult to hire the stuff needed and find a couple of people to run the bar. Job jobbed.
Edited by Cheese Mechanic on Saturday 7th January 15:37
Hmmm yes apparently it has a bar and this is normally staffed, however the wedding is on Maundy Thursday and the story goes that the bar is not open on a Thursday hence the need for someone to run it.
I fully appreciate paying someone to run the bar, but not to charge a premium on the wine on the table that they are neither supplying or pouring!
I fully appreciate paying someone to run the bar, but not to charge a premium on the wine on the table that they are neither supplying or pouring!
Hoover. said:
60 bottles of wine x £2 = £120...... they'll probably pay the staff circa £30 - £40 each. Based on that they'll probably cover the staff costs alone on corkage, let alone what they recover from the bar.... cash cow.
Then again, the wine being provided free to guests means they won't sell a whole lot of drinks and could potentially make very little money. I think its very reasonable under the circumstances.calibrax said:
Hoover. said:
60 bottles of wine x £2 = £120...... they'll probably pay the staff circa £30 - £40 each. Based on that they'll probably cover the staff costs alone on corkage, let alone what they recover from the bar.... cash cow.
Then again, the wine being provided free to guests means they won't sell a whole lot of drinks and could potentially make very little money. I think its very reasonable under the circumstances.Who supplies and washes the glasses and who will pay for any breakages? £2 is very reasonable for corkage.
I wonder if you've been given entirely the right story about the catering co/bar operators etc, it doesn't really stack up.
If they don't want to pay that then go to another venue but I imagine that it will be a lot more expensive all round.
I wonder if you've been given entirely the right story about the catering co/bar operators etc, it doesn't really stack up.
If they don't want to pay that then go to another venue but I imagine that it will be a lot more expensive all round.
Piglet said:
Who supplies and washes the glasses and who will pay for any breakages? £2 is very reasonable for corkage.
I wonder if you've been given entirely the right story about the catering co/bar operators etc, it doesn't really stack up.
If they don't want to pay that then go to another venue but I imagine that it will be a lot more expensive all round.
I will double check, but I am lead to believe that the wine glasses are being hired separately and the washing up etc is being done by family.I wonder if you've been given entirely the right story about the catering co/bar operators etc, it doesn't really stack up.
If they don't want to pay that then go to another venue but I imagine that it will be a lot more expensive all round.
I think another conversation and some further clarification is required
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