Re: Need Help....How did you force halls to lower the price per plate? I need tips.

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Posted by Soon2bMsZ

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Posted by carol82

everyone gave good advice.

i brought with me the information from another hall (east wind) and flat out showed the woman at westbury manor what i had been offered for a LOWER price. she worked with me and i got a price i think is fair.

although we would have loved a sat. night, we knew it was tooooo expensive so settled for saturday day. the way i look at it, i get to be in my dress from 5am until i go to bed! woo hoo!

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That dosen't always work IMO.
My sil really liked westbury manor but loved the menu at sandcastle.. so she brought the menu from SC over to westbury manor and asked if they could match the amount of food for the price SC had quoted her and they told her they couldn't help her.

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Re: Need Help....How did you force halls to lower the price per plate? I need tips.

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Posted by Soon2bMsZ

When you are ready to sign the contract dont add any extras!!!!!
When you go to do your final menu a few weeks or months before the wedding THEN tell them if they come down on the price you will add it.
Sandcastle quoted me CRAZY low prices on all the things I had wanted to add when we first signed the contract and I was soooooo happy I hadn't done it then.

To them at that point its all icing on the cake

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Re: Need Help....How did you force halls to lower the price per plate? I need tips.

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Posted by carol82

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Posted by Soon2bMsZ

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Posted by carol82

everyone gave good advice.

i brought with me the information from another hall (east wind) and flat out showed the woman at westbury manor what i had been offered for a LOWER price. she worked with me and i got a price i think is fair.

although we would have loved a sat. night, we knew it was tooooo expensive so settled for saturday day. the way i look at it, i get to be in my dress from 5am until i go to bed! woo hoo!

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That dosen't always work IMO.
My sil really liked westbury manor but loved the menu at sandcastle.. so she brought the menu from SC over to westbury manor and asked if they could match the amount of food for the price SC had quoted her and they told her they couldn't help her.

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wow, that's too bad for your sil. where did she wind up booking?

it worked well for me because for that alone it lowered it $8pp!

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Re: Need Help....How did you force halls to lower the price per plate? I need tips.

Rina,
Every single hall I went to gave me a price, I then went to another hall and they gave me a lower price. I went to the first one and said... said I could have a wedding with them for .... I am going with whoever is cheaper and low and behold whoala - they lowered their price.

I decided to get married during the day to save money and then also on a Sunday. I also planned my wedding within a few months.. It really worked for me because I was flexible with my dates. I said any weekend any time in the summer. If you can wait until a few months before its good because now they either book you or dont have anyone for the day..

Ill try to find a post of mine from the past listing halls and what I got them down to.

Good Luck and dont EVER go with the first price they give you. they can do better.

Re: Need Help....How did you force halls to lower the price per plate? I need tips.

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Posted by wendyz06

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Posted by Soon2bMsZ

When you are ready to sign the contract dont add any extras!!!!!
When you go to do your final menu a few weeks or months before the wedding THEN tell them if they come down on the price you will add it.
Sandcastle quoted me CRAZY low prices on all the things I had wanted to add when we first signed the contract and I was soooooo happy I hadn't done it then.

To them at that point its all icing on the cake

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I was scared that the place might think that since they already have you locked in that they dont need to work with you.

I am sooo glad I read this I am negotiate my contract next week. Good Tip Soon2bMsZ!!!

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Re: Need Help....How did you force halls to lower the price per plate? I need tips.

I took out one of the main entrees, bringing it down to 2 choices chicken or fish. We are having a full cocktail hour with lots of extras, so the guest will have plenty to eat.

Re: Need Help....How did you force halls to lower the price per plate? I need tips.

Found it:
$59 east wind sat night country gardens july
$60 July:
Chateau La Mer Sunday day
Majestic Gardens day & buffet
Jericho Terrace day
Timberpoint day
Tall Grass night

Good Luck!

Re: Need Help....How did you force halls to lower the price per plate? I need tips.

After you sign the original contract...besides holding off on adding the extras....can you re-negotiate the price per plate by taking out entrees or even if you see that you are above the minimum? How soon before might you be able to do that?

Re: Need Help....How did you force halls to lower the price per plate? I need tips.

I can just say at the Jericho Terrace I had signed a contract, when I told them I was cancelling they offered it to me for less. So it can happen. Good Luck.

Re: Need Help....How did you force halls to lower the price per plate? I need tips.

Definitely be firm with the person and tell them you are on a VERY tight budget. I told one place that while I COULD have my wedding for the price per person they were offering, I wouldn't. And all of a sudden, he came back with $5 lower per person but only on some specific dates.... Funny how that works!

Be flexible with the dates. Once they know you have a set date in mind, they try to get you!

Re: Need Help....How did you force halls to lower the price per plate? I need tips.

i really wish i would have known that with the add ons, we did it all at conract, i cant even bring it up to my mom,she will be so sad cause she is such a good negotiator and didnt think of it