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Wintersbride Posted: Aug 16, 2004 01:58 AM+

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Posted: Aug 16, 2004 01:58 AM

Guest Minimums

Does anyone know if halls work with people on the min of guests? I know some halls require a certain amt of people...but if you really love the place, can they work with you?

AlliNMatt06 Posted: Aug 16, 2004 02:02 AM+

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Posted: Aug 16, 2004 02:02 AM

Re: Guest Minimums

Good topic, I am guessing you are referring to me

Wintersbride Posted: Aug 16, 2004 02:08 AM+

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Posted: Aug 16, 2004 02:08 AM

Re: Guest Minimums

But of course...actually my min is 100 and I am even worried!!! I have this fear that no one is going to show!

butterfly20 Posted: Aug 16, 2004 06:52 AM+

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Posted: Aug 16, 2004 06:52 AM

Re: Guest Minimums

some of the halls will allow you to add in extra things in place of the extra missing people with advance notice.....

tinkerwdw Posted: Aug 16, 2004 07:22 AM+

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Posted: Aug 16, 2004 07:22 AM

Re: Guest Minimums

I have the garden room, and on a Friday night my min is 110. I think you could easily hit that after adding your vendors in. When I was looking around halls told me to expect that 20% will not show that you invite...

do you only have 100 to invite? Or, is that all you can afford?

westbury manor also has some smaller rooms upstairs, but they are both beautiful- maybe you could reserve the room downstairs and ask them if you don't have enough people that they could put you in another room?

PlanningFromATL Posted: Aug 16, 2004 08:12 AM+

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Posted: Aug 16, 2004 08:12 AM

Re: Guest Minimums

Yes, they will. When we first went to see our hall they told us one thing. When we went to sign the contract, we negotiated with them to lower limit some - by about 15 people. So yes, you can negotiate that in your contract at some places.

DebsNY Posted: Aug 16, 2004 08:26 AM+

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Posted: Aug 16, 2004 08:26 AM

Re: Guest Minimums

I have the Terrace room... 135 minimum on a Sunday afternoon. Which we should have no problem meeting unless 75 guests decline

bellepoque Posted: Aug 16, 2004 01:23 PM+

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Posted: Aug 16, 2004 01:23 PM

Re: Guest Minimums

Our hall worked with us. They counted the vendors who we had to feed towards our minimum.

Karen62794 Posted: Aug 16, 2004 04:10 PM+

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Posted: Aug 16, 2004 04:10 PM

Re: Guest Minimums

I had to go with a Friday night in order to get the place I really wanted, The Woodbury Country Club.

I think they wanted at least 150 for a Saturday night, so I had to go with a Friday night and a minimum of 125. I think we ended up with 135.

JimmysBride Posted: Aug 16, 2004 04:17 PM+

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Posted: Aug 16, 2004 04:17 PM