Negotiating

lizfirak

I am not sure if this is the right board for negotiation discussion. I was at my destination location with my Wedding Planner for a whole day looking at places we could possibly have our reception. I did not like any of them except for one location that my Fiance & I fell in love with. Now I am back home and concerned that I should have kept looking until I found another place that I liked just as much so I can compare and negotiate price per head with these places. Since I did not do that and I'm back home what should I do? Shall I start looking into other places and calling them for more info and tell the place that knows I'm in love with it that I am not sure now? Or should I ask my Wedding Planner that we're not sure and want to look on even though I'm not at my destination anymore? I'm very concerned about this mistake we made. Please help!

duckie1905

Have you already signed a contract?

I see you are from Chicago.  If you are getting married in the city, while negotiation is fine and a good idea to try, you might not be able to get them to lower their prices at all.  They can probably find someone to fill the date.  You can try, just don't expect a huge decrease in price.

Additionally, if the problem is that you can't afford the location you have picked you need to continue looking until you find something that matches your budget.

I don't understand what the problem is, otherwise.  If you both fell in love with it and you can afford it, why not stick with it?  The best person to ask would be your wedding planner.  She's paid to make you happy and do your legwork so if you really are having second thoughts, see if you can look at some more locations.

Also, if you go to the Chicago board some knotties might be willing to share their per-head costs with you (although I can't say that for sure because I wouldn't feel comfortable sharing mine).  But, its worth a try.