Haggling for Price per Person???

Original post by Bridex100

Dec 05, 2005 03:49 PM

How much are you paying per head???

Did you 'haggle' at all??? Is it expected to negotiate or do you just accept their price quote???

DanaRenee Posted: Dec 05, 2005 07:58 PM

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Harrison house was $180/head but they came down to $170/head for me if I gave them a 200 person minimum.

They came down on my extras as well, like instead of $15/head for the raw bar, they gave it to me for $10/head.

They reduced my chocolate fountain from $1200 to $1000 and are giving me a second one for $800 (white chocolate).

They reduced my extra 1/2hr of cocktail hour from $500 to $300.

They threw in an extra pasta station for free.

They reduced the 4th entree choice from $15/head to $10/head.

We haggled a bit!!! It was so easy too, I thought we would have to argue with them but it wasn't so bad at all!!! We left there really happy.

july06bride Posted: Dec 05, 2005 09:22 PM

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it cant hurt to negotiate , the worst that could happen is that they say No...

RadioLau Posted: Dec 05, 2005 09:26 PM

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We haggled and got $5 off per person as long as we guaranteed 125 people.

Missladybug15 Posted: Dec 05, 2005 09:27 PM

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Posted by chellynyc

We negotiated and it worked - it's worth a shot!

totally agree

agailunas Posted: Dec 06, 2005 01:07 PM

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Posted by heidla

At our site there was no haggling. I honestly felt like we got every pennies worth.

I guess it's worth a shot, but I felt like many places would have turn us down because someone else would pay the standard amount.

waterspout4 Posted: Dec 06, 2005 01:10 PM

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We didn't haggle the price, but haggled what was added on for that price. We also got the bigger room for a smaller guarantee.

sarahthegreat Posted: Dec 06, 2005 01:15 PM

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we are paying $62 plus tax & gratituity. we did not haggle b/c we are getting soo much that it was not worth aggrivation.

dianadrw Posted: Dec 06, 2005 01:17 PM

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I think it also depends when you are getting married. If you are getting married a very popular weekend, I think they are less likely to negotiate because they know there are others out there lined up to pay full price. Our BM negotiated a little on the price, but mainly threw things in and we negotiated a lower minimum. It's worth a shot. Like all the others have said, the worst they could say is no. Try it. You have nothing to lose.

leighdvm Posted: Dec 07, 2005 10:56 AM

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I haggled them down $15 pp. I try negotiating for everything. I even got them to lower the prices for the tuxes! I love getting a deal, it's like a high!!

MattsBride Posted: Dec 07, 2005 11:07 AM

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Posted by agailunas

Posted by heidla

At our site there was no haggling. I honestly felt like we got every pennies worth.

I guess it's worth a shot, but I felt like many places would have turn us down because someone else would pay the standard amount.

In my experience, you can always negotiate. They won't turn you down for someone else. The worst thing that could happen is they say they can't go any lower and you just decide if you want to accept that price or not.