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Corkage help

Postby jenhalley » Thu Feb 09, 2022 3:01 pm

Hey
Just looking for some tips on how to get the corkage price down, they are charging €15 for wine and €20 for champagne.
What would be acceptable price I am think half for both but not sure how to go about asking??
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Re: Corkage help

Postby HellsBelles » Thu Feb 09, 2022 3:53 pm

That seems like an awful amount of money to pop a cork! Were paying £3 per bottle. Maybe it would be cheaper for you to go with the wine your hotel/caterers supply?
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Re: Corkage help

Postby SpillingMoonbeams » Tue Feb 14, 2022 7:13 pm

Yikes that is a ridiculous price! Ours is at ten and twelve euro and I'm trying to figure out how to bargain that down... I would argue for at least half off your charge!!
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Re: Corkage help

Postby taurus29 » Mon Feb 20, 2022 6:20 pm

Hi girls,
I am absolutely shocked that hotels still have the audacity to charge corkage. I got married last July and we did not pay corkage at all.We were given the option to purchase the hotel wine which was priced at €12 per bottle. The wine on offer from hotel could have been bought in any supermarket for about €6! So we brought in our own wine!! Tell the hotel straight out that in this day and age corkage is not on. Its amazing what they will do to get the business..remember you are bringing 100+ guests to the hotel already and theu will make enough buy room bookings,breakfasts, and the drink your guests will pay for during the night. My philosophy is if you don't ask you wont recieve!!! So try it and see what happens..Best of luck in the rest of your wedding planning.
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Re: Corkage help

Postby gaild » Fri Mar 02, 2022 5:19 am

If you don’t ask you don’t get… That is what I think. Completely agree with taurus29. Go for bargaining and see the prices coming down. 10 and 12 are fair prices I guess.
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Re: Corkage help

Postby LondonBridetobe » Fri Mar 02, 2022 6:33 pm

Mine is €5 and I was seeing could I work on it more. Reception is €70 a head and a gorgeous hotel so I could not justify paying much more tbh. bargain hard l :compress adies
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Re: Corkage help

Postby bintjen » Mon Mar 05, 2022 8:24 pm

this talk about very expensiv to pop a cork really annoys me.
I do this that €15 for wine and € for champers is a bit steep, maybe if you get them down 5 or 6 euros.

now, you dont pay corkage to "pop a cork" as Hellesbells say
Hellesbells have u ever considerd:
you pay for the use of the glas,(unless you are happy with drinking your wine from a straw) ooooh... don't forget that they have to be shined before and after dinner, washed and staff time shining them and setting the tables. Then you pay for storing the wine and the lifting around boxes. You also pay for the recycling of the bottles after use, bare in mind that a bottlebank cost about 6000euros a year, and never mind the loss the hotell makes by you brining in your own wine.....

so i dont think that it is unreasonable for hotels to charge corkage and i do think that abound 8-10 euro per bottle is a fair price to pay, don't forget... you get what you pay for
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