Four Seasons Carlingford

by **rosy1** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:36 am

Hi All
Our reception is in the Four Seasons Carlingford next year. Just wondering if anyone has booked there also. Do you know of anyone that had there reception there recently?? I just want to compare a few things with you before we go do a little bit more negotiating on price etc etc. Just reading the remarks about hotel prices and thinking are we paying toooooo much???
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by **kefjo** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:06 am

I haven't been there myself, but Carlingford is beautiful, and the hotel looks gorgeous! Their midweek prices seem to be about what we're paying for our midweek (Sunday) wedding, if it helps... for the same things included.

by **scoots** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:14 am

Hi rosy1 i have mine booked there for next year too. Think the place is fab! Has really nice memories for me and the hotel was doing great deals so it was a def to book for us.

Are you gettin married mid week?

by **bride2be1** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:43 am

hi rosy

not sure about the Carlingford F.S but i used the four seasons monaghan package to help me negotiate my hotel. They seem good. Corkage is cheaper than my hotel too :twisted:

by **rosy1** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:45 pm

caoimhe wrote:Hi rosy1 i have mine booked there for next year too. Think the place is fab! Has really nice memories for me and the hotel was doing great deals so it was a def to book for us. Are you gettin married mid week?

Hi caoimhe we are getting married on a Friday next March.... I love the place too but just after reading about how much other people were getting receptions for I just thought Id try to compare..... im so bad at getting reductions in things I just pay what im told..... Have you organised anything like corkage charges? Are you getting married mid week?

by **bride2be1** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:26 pm

rosy have a look at what other hotels in the area r offering and use that to bargain with them. As far as i know the corkage in the F.S in Monaghan is €4. If other hotels r offering chair covers, bar ext etc use that to get yourself a better deal. My hotel wouldnt reduce the corkage anymore so i asked them to do a champagne toast for us instead and they agreed.

Good luck and remember these places expect u to haggle .

by **scoots** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:20 pm

Hey rosy1 Our wedding is on a Thursday so i know ours is a mid week package and its a little different. Personaly i thought there corkage charges were very high and it jsut put us off bringing in our own wine.

Think sparkling was 13.50 and red was 8.50 something like tat. WE asked tat instaed of sparkling wine arrival could we have it at dinner instead which they didnt have a problem with. Will work on things nearer the time if i can, Thing is we orginally booked for a friday and then this deal came out this year so we had to change to thursday so at the time we were so overwhelemed by how much we would be saving we thought if we bargined too much we might lose everything including our deposit.Thing with the four seasons in monaghan is that they have a completely different set price etc and when i asked about this, its cause that hotel is just not as popular and further out.
I think we have the basics with the chair covers, fairy light backdrop sparkling wine, evening food, five course meal three free bedrooms for the night few other thing aswell.
How did u fair out? ill look at my package when i get out of work and check and see can we save each other even more.

by **rosy1** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 10:32 am

Hiya exactly same package. Corkage is also the same but I am going to try to haggle on this as I can get my wine very cheap from a supplier friend of mine. €66 a head for the package...... I know the difference in a mid week and weekend is amazing but anyhow its booked now so no complaining.... Its the place I wanted and I didnt even look anywhere else to be honest. I just love the lay out of the room its ideal...

by **scoots** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:27 pm

Ye me too!! I love it. Is ur 66 a head including a glass of champgane and extra food item on evening buffet? Sorry just finsihed nights this morning and had h2b parents over so didt have time to look yet.

by **rosy1** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:25 pm

Hiya yes this includes 2 piece evening buffet and sparkling wine/champagne reception and all the extras you mentioned flowers fairy lights etc....

by **scoots** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 5:13 pm

Thats very good. Not too big a difference in ours actually! Think depending on our choice of main which we were thinking chicken from the start and thats 39 euro for the works per head. I know there doing a deal now for an extra 6.50 or something u can have a glass of wine and top up with dinner and extra item in evening buffet. Ill see how it goes nearer the time budget wise but that still is very good.