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Negotiating Food & Beverage Minimums?

claudyvlzclaudyvlz member
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in Texas-Houston
Has anyone tried negotiating F&B mins? Any luck?
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  • erikagzaerikagza member
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    edited December 2011

    This would be great!! i want to know too.. anyone?

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  • akg0053akg0053 member
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    edited December 2011
    Yep. We did it. But then we had some leverage points as well... for example, we aren't getting married on a Saturday. 
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    Not caring about missing RSVPs because there aren't any rocks!
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  • CLAUDIA21CLAUDIA21 member
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    edited December 2011
    I did it too. I wanted no alcohol and and minimum dropped about $2000
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  • shelly0921shelly0921 member
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    edited December 2011
    F&B Minimums are commonly negotiated, depending on your location.  Care to share which location you are talking about?
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  • claudyvlzclaudyvlz member
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    edited December 2011
    shelly0921, I'm looking into Northgate Country Club. Their F&B min is $9000 for a Saturday evening.
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  • CLAUDIA21CLAUDIA21 member
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    edited December 2011
    Country clubs are usually really good in helping out. Maybe ask them about the member's F&b min and if you could get their special.
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  • megstangmegstang
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    edited December 2011
    I think a lot of places will work with you on the F&B minimum.  My wedding planner, Claudia from A Day to Remember, negotiated with most of the places we looked at.  Can't hurt to ask!
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  • NIKIKRUISENIKIKRUISE
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    edited December 2011
    yes i did--however they are willing to negotiate in the offseason--that is something to look into. ( F&B mins go down by half)
    http://tinyurl.com/3znlfqj
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