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Is $100 a lot?
Facts:
For the rental of a room
At an orchard/winery
For two hours
For a bridal shower
Room holds up to 60 people
Ambiance galore
The place you originally wanted is unavailable
Invitations need to go out this weekend
Shower is Oct 1st
Opinions:
We need to get our butts in gear if this shower is going to happen. Three of us are hosting, and while I think the above list is a good deal--I almost booked over the phone when I called for the rate--another hostess texted back "No!!" But didn't offer any other ideas. I refuse to have it at this person's house, and mine isn't big enough.
Thoughts?
Re: Is $100 a lot?
Eh - I think it seems pricey for only 2 hours, but if I loved it, I would still book it. I think the atmosphere of a party is important to it's success!!
Are you able to get in early to set-up and stay later to clean-up? Or would you have to pay for more hours?
If it were a cinder block room where there wasn't good parking, $100 seems crazy high.
But, for 2 hours in a great location (that is letting you bring your own food, which I imagine is a sticking point for out of home showers), $100 is just a little high. With your deadline, I think it brings the high ratio down.
Book it.
I'd book it.
It sounds like you're not able to find any good alternatives, it meets all of your needs, and you're splitting the cost with a couple of other people.
Maybe ask the naysayer if she has any other ideas. When she says no, book this one.
I would totally jump on it. I'm trying to find a neat location for my cousin's bridal shower next spring. Where is this winery? What a great idea for a location!
Sounds reasonable since it fits all the important criteria. I paid $150 for a hotel "banquet room" a few years ago...and the linens were filthy, one corner of the ceiling was caving in, and the chairs were falling apart.
DO IT!
It's Robinette's. The room is in the winery/red barn. It's $50/hr.
The other two hostesses say they're not paying.
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Whoa... that's no good. Where do they want to have the shower for free?
I'm sorry! That sucks. Why do people have to be so difficult!?
If I could afford it on my own, I would probably just go ahead with the room anyway. And then when everyone at the shower is raving about the place, feel silently smug about it. But I am immature like that! Haha.
Tell them to cough it up or they can figure out where to have it.
And I thought $100 sounded like a good deal. It sounds really nice!
Not paying at all? Do they expect some place to let you use their facility for free?
Yes, as a matter of fact.
Then the "No!" hostess discovered that the place she had my baby shower (for free) was now charging, and it will be at least $70.
I'm with Hoek... probably just going to book the dang thing.
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Tell them that you will pay for the room and they can pay for the food ;o) Then they aren't paying for the room they don't want HA!
Crossed my mind more than once...
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That's so frustrating! It sounds like you found a lovely place. Have they done any work to try to find a place to host it?
I second the idea of having them pay for the food...it's all about splitting the cost right?