House wine or corkage??

[grogmg]

Just wondering if you are using the hotel's house wine or if you are getting your own wine and paying corkage?

[gracie-hart]

our hotel package includes 1/2 bottle of wine pp so thats what we're going with. we'll might buy a round for the toast drinks as well but that will be depending on funds at the time

[Fgirl]

Oh dear i don't even know what this means can someone explain?

[gracie-hart]

corkage is a fee that the venue charge you per bottle of wine/champagne if you are bringing in your own rather than using house wine. i think corkage in our hotel is €8 per bottle if i remember correctly. a lot of people bargain them down on this though

[Fgirl]

Ah I see... I don't think that will be an issue for us.. doubt we are going to bring our own to cyprus

[grogmg]

Yeh, you can bargin with them on corkage, they usually ahve it high to deter ppl, was just wondering as im going to look into it, depending on what wine we get with the package or if it is going to cost extra. Also found a lovely champagne, had it with our meal at valentines, but forgot to ask the restaraunt what it was called, guna find out and see if the venue could get it in for us, or else I'd source it myself. Im not a champagne drinker and I usually find it either too sharp or too bubbly, but this one was perfect!

[Fgirl]

Hehehe I got to use my new knowledge the other day
My h2b said that his sis was going shoping for wine for her wedding.. and I was like oh so she is going to pay corkage at the wedding so.. He didn't know what I meant! it was great hehehe

[so-so]

this is reli handy info

i did not know hotels charge to bring in outside wine hehe

[gracie-hart]

i think hotels seem to charge extra wherever possible just to make a few extra euro out of your wedding....madness

[so-so]

yea hotels are funny like that, the days well people had the inold function rooms on the back of pubs hehehe