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Dunboyne Castle wedding rip off

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  • 18-08-2009 10:59am
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    GigaByte
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    My friend is getting married in Dunboyne Castle on the 24th of September this year. The hotel said they would do a special rate for wedding party members reducing the fee from 165 to 150 a night. A saving of 15 euros is great you might think.

    What the hotel actually did was put the price up from the normal 120 euros a night to 165!!

    http://www.dunboynecastlehotel.com/

    PS: The price drops back to normal after the wedding


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    BaZmO*
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    There's a simple solution to this....


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    thebiglad
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    Well for 1 I would not think a saving of 10% is that great.

    As for increasing the price, annoying yes but suprising, no, it is a supply and demand thing and when a wedding comes along they know people will pay the extra to avoid the 'inconvenience' of taxi transfers to a B&B or to be nearer to Bride and Groom. On other nights they need to incentivise people to stay with them.

    I presume that a list of close by B&B's has also been supplied so there is an alternative.


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    GigaByte
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    thebiglad wrote: »
    Well for 1 I would not think a saving of 10% is that great.

    As for increasing the price, annoying yes but suprising, no, it is a supply and demand thing and when a wedding comes along they know people will pay the extra to avoid the 'inconvenience' of taxi transfers to a B&B or to be nearer to Bride and Groom. On other nights they need to incentivise people to stay with them.

    I presume that a list of close by B&B's has also been supplied so there is an alternative.


    Its not a saving of 10% it's an increase of 36%, I booked the hotel room for 120 euros by going through www.alpharooms.com


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    Miaireland
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    I had two similar experience recently. Friend is getting married and I decided to book a room but didn't mention that I was part of the wedding group. Was quoted €150. Rang later and said that I was part of the Wedding group and told €200.


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    Snoopy1
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    Just dont do what i did there recently.

    Booked a room for a wedding, booked a twin by mistake. Got charged 180 for 2 single beds!!!


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    Danno
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    Another hotel wanted 69 euro online and 120 (reduced from 180) through the wedding party.


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    Kinetic^
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    Book online. My mate's was there in June and we booked on line and got it way cheaper then direct from the hotel.


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    starbelgrade
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    Getting a wedding invitation is like getting a f*ckin invoice.

    Dress for the missus... €xxx
    Dry Cleaning for the suit €x
    Hotel for the night €xx
    Booze for the night €xxx
    Present for the couple €xxx

    That's a total of 12 x's.

    People should elope more often.


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    BaZmO*
    Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    Getting a wedding invitation is like getting a f*ckin invoice.
    Yeah. Invites should come in envelopes with little windows in them.


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