While an event planner knows all the tricks to book banquet halls, you may find yourself in a fix due to the extreme cost of holding a wedding ceremony. It honestly takes the fun away if you have a huge hole in your pocket after the wedding is over. So, why not learn some tricks to save money while booking party halls for your wedding and reception ceremony?
- Book one place: Skip the idea of booking two different locations for wedding and reception. Rather go for a single venue as it will fetch you great discounts.
- Negotiate: Acting like a sophisticated, high-class being who wouldn't bargain isn't going to do you any good. Be ruthless and bargain. Ask for how you can cut costs. Which services are unnecessary and can be reduced to decrease the bill. What packages can save you more money? Ask questions like these, and you will find a way to save a lot of money on banquet halls.
- Don't get married on a Saturday: Saturday weddings turn out to be most expensive as it's the tradition to get married on a Saturday. Most of the banquet halls are always booked, and they won't mind if you don't book. They will have no shortage of customers. But if you book on a day when they have no bookings or even during an off-season, the venue owners would not let you go away and try their best to convince you to take the offer. That's your golden chance to negotiate.
- Decide what's most important: Let's be real. When you're trying to save some money, you cannot get everything at its best. So, think about what matters the most to you. Is it the food? Or is it the decorations in the venue? Or is it the whole location altogether? When you know what's most important, you can cut up some costs on other things. For example, you can keep the menu small if your focus is on the decor. Saving up money on booking banquet halls is as simple as that.
- Book early and probably during the off-season: Booking early helps you save money just like early flight bookings do. Another obvious tip is to book during an off-season. Both are great ways to avoid expensive bookings, but you need to work on the timings obviously.