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Originally Posted by alkoch I guess I am the odd one out, we are not doing a group booking because we could get the price cheaper by not doing it, we are loosing out on the buy 10 get one free special but I think it will work out better, Now all the guests can just put down a down payment of $200 a person and that includes insurance so we get the lowest price from the day of the deposit until the day we leave. The hotel is going to reserve some rooms together for us and they are also giving us some group rates. Also we are doing the deposit with a charter so the names can be changed and so can the dates so if someone has to change their date or the dates they can be there it is no problem. Also the guests can book whenever they want. |
Even after all the research I've done, I still don't think I understand all the differences of a group booking

. What I was told by our TA is that I have to put a 10% deposit down on the 10 rooms, which comes out to about $1800. We lock in the best current rate, and my guests can book when they want, and after the 10 rooms are booked and my guests have made their deposits ($400 per couple I believe), then the deposit I put down will be moved over to my booking. If we don't fill all 10 rooms then I lose my deposit.
But this is different from what I see other brides saying. So either 1) I'm dense and just not understanding everything; 2) my TA is making stuff up; or 3) group bookings can vary from resort to resort and from TA to TA? I'm leaning towards option 3 but who knows, lol.