Hotel Rates Question......

[dan1981]

We've been invited to a wedding at the end of August, the hotel is offering a set rate of £90 b&b to wedding guests.

However i've checked online and the same room same date etc is only £70.

I spoke to the hotel who said that the wedding rate is set as the rooms are reserved. And if these rooms were needed it would be other guests that were cancelled first.

Can they do this?

IE: Can i book online at £70 then they phoen up before the wedding and say "oh sorry your room is cancelled we need it for the wedding at £90 a night"

Any ideas?

Cheers
Dan

[GreenDog]

Sounds more like they're doing the usual hotel thing of "It's a wedding to lets add as much onto the price as we can get away with".

I suppose technically they could cancel your booking but i doubt they would, they're just trying to scam you.

[miniman]

Phone the bride and groom and tell them their guests are being ripped off?

[Neil_H]

Burn the hotel down.

[hornetrider]

Shoot that motherfking hotel in the goddam face

[GingerWizard]

hornetrider said:

Shoot that motherfking hotel in the goddam face

Valium?

[Melman Giraffe]

Send them a warning letter soaked in petrol.

I find this works every time.


Cheers

[Nolar Dog]

Where is the hotel Dan?

If it's in the North West or Cheshire I can put you in touch with someone who will get you abetter rate.

[dan1981]

Nolar Dog said:

Where is the hotel Dan?

If it's in the North West or Cheshire I can put you in touch with someone who will get you abetter rate.

Retford, Nottingham unfortunatly.

Cheers tho.

[Ahhh Moneypenny]

miniman said:

Phone the bride and groom and tell them their guests are being ripped off?

agreed, if they threaten to pull out hotel could loose alot of money, or failing that send some dog st in the post and then burn the hotel down down

[Nolar Dog]

No probs.

Bear it in mind if you ever need a hotel over here.

[tvrtim]

You will probably find that the Bride & Groom
are getting the difference.
Its quite a common little scam.

[mechsympathy]

tvrtim said:

You will probably find that the Bride & Groom
are getting the difference.
Its quite a common little scam.

Common as in pikey?

[staceyb]

dan1981 said:

Nolar Dog said:

Where is the hotel Dan?

If it's in the North West or Cheshire I can put you in touch with someone who will get you abetter rate.

Retford, Nottingham unfortunatly.

Cheers tho.

Which hotel in Retford?

[Dupont666]

sounds similar to a scam some friends of mine found out about... they hired a castle for 4k for their wedding, but didnt mention the W word.

They thought why not find out what the cost would be if the castle place knew the reason... a staggering 11k for it for no extra facilities

[Zen.]

Ahhh Moneypenny said:

miniman said:

Phone the bride and groom and tell them their guests are being ripped off?

agreed, if they threaten to pull out hotel could loose alot of money,

Unlikely as teh Bride and Groom will be tied into a contract.

It sounds like they have only reserved some of the rooms for wedding guests as opposed to an exclusive use wedding, so book at the online rate whilst it's still available. The wedding rate will be less than the standard rate, but normally more than the online rate.

The online rate is usually cheaper as they tend to have a different cancellation policy.

Edited by Zen. on Tuesday 16th June 14:06

[dan1981]

staceyb said:

dan1981 said:

Nolar Dog said:

Where is the hotel Dan?

If it's in the North West or Cheshire I can put you in touch with someone who will get you abetter rate.

Retford, Nottingham unfortunatly.

Cheers tho.

Which hotel in Retford?

It's the best western.

[XMES RUS]

dan1981 said:

staceyb said:

dan1981 said:

Nolar Dog said:

Where is the hotel Dan?

If it's in the North West or Cheshire I can put you in touch with someone who will get you abetter rate.

Retford, Nottingham unfortunatly.

Cheers tho.

Which hotel in Retford?

It's the best western.

More like the worst western