It's the entire team though, forfeiting a semi final match because of a wedding? When have you ever heard of that happening?
This is an amateur team right? Isn't it basically like something they do for fun?
Is it really that big of a deal?
It's the entire team though, forfeiting a semi final match because of a wedding? When have you ever heard of that happening?
The GAA is a huge deal in Ireland. They can't really miss the game. It says amateur which it technically is but they get 70,000 people at Croke Park in Dublin for the highest level games. That being said I don't know what level this guy is playing at.
Planning a successful party, let alone a goddamn wedding means using a little foresight about your potential guests plans. I would chaulk this up as a whoopsie daisy on the bride/groom for not considering this in the equation.
I understand the counter-argument, and friendship ties but when you are voluntarily planning an event where you want all of your friends and family to show, part of this process is to always, always assume the worst and plan around it. Its wedding planning 101.
GAA is all amateur in Ireland but they can draw 10s of thousands depending on the level it's being played.This is an amateur team right? Isn't it basically like something they do for fun?
Is it really that big of a deal?
This is an amateur team right? Isn't it basically like something they do for fun?
Is it really that big of a deal?
GAA is all amateur in Ireland but they can draw 10s of thousands depending on the level it's being played.
It was mentioned earlier in the thread that this amateur league is a huge deal in Ireland and big matches can get 70k+ in attendance.
Ah nevermind. I guess there's lots more money on the line here.
Pfff...When asked if she tried to use Liveline as 'leverage' she said; "a little bit... because I was panicking that I was going to go on air."
"You can't use Liveline as a threat," Philip Boucher-Hayes told the bride-to-be, "that doesn't work."
Again it depends on what level this is being played at. I dont think any of the top level GAA competitions are in the semi final stage. Hurling just finished up last weekend I think.Ah nevermind. I guess there's lots more money on the line here.
The right answer is cover your expense back to the bride/groom.One of the biggest days of your life vs. One of the biggest days of a friend's life. There's no wrong answers here.
Planning a wedding seems like the fucking worst.
why would the bride/groom have to pay for the hotel rooms? Wouldn't the guests have made the hotel reservations and thus they would be on the hook for the money?
why would the bride/groom have to pay for the hotel rooms? Wouldn't the guests have made the hotel reservations and thus they would be on the hook for the money?
In general people who plan their weddings to happen on big events/holidays kind of piss me off.
This is an amateur team right? Isn't it basically like something they do for fun?
Is it really that big of a deal?
Is a friend's wedding really that big of a deal?
Exactly, should have RSVP'ed no.
I think it might be more about the cost. Bride and groom are going to be out thousands of dollars because of unreserved rooms that they reserved because the no-show guests said they were coming, and now they broke their RSVP.
Reasonable thing would be to skip the wedding (because this sports event is pretty major if it's attracting 70,000 people), but still pay for the room that the bride reserved for you because you said you were going. Also the hotel should cut the bride/groom some slack here too. The right thing to do for the hotel would be to meet them in the middle on room reservations.
Reasonable thing would be to skip the wedding (because this sports event is pretty major if it's attracting 70,000 people), but still pay for the room that the bride reserved for you because you said you were going. Also the hotel should cut the bride/groom some slack here too. The right thing to do for the hotel would be to meet them in the middle on room reservations.
Sports and its not a hard choice. This is just horrible planning on the couples part.
Sports league championship tournaments usually run on a fairly predictable yearly schedule. So it's kind of the bride's fault for planning the wedding on the same day as another event that she likely knows would affect her guests.
Wait, who was paying for the room to begin with? If the bride and groom were already paying for the room, then I'm a bit less sympathetic. If the guest was paying for the room, but now not and suddenly there's an additional cost to the bride and groom, then I'm much more understanding. Is this only about the room and not the cost of the food too?
If they pay for their plates then it shouldn't be a big deal. Especially since someone said the wedding can be moved but the couple doesn't want to.
Finished reading the article. That bride is scum to try to blackmail a hotel like that. Really underhanded.
Still, how do people not get the fundamental idea of RSVPing to something? You do not RSVP yes if you foresee significant chance of you not making an event. The issue isn't with when the wedding was planned, the issue is that people agreed to come to the event then changed their minds. The issue isn't even that they decided not to come or them being bad friends for choosing sports over a wedding.
I think it is just paying for plates. 100-150 a plate doesn't sound unreasonable. Times 18 guess you easily get to that 2000 number.The bride and groom had to pre-reserve a block of rooms, which the guests would then pay for as they make reservations. The bride and groom reserved the block expecting ~130 rooms or w/e it says (which is unusually high...), but then 18 of these rooms aren't aren't being reserved, so the hotel was making the bride/groom pay the difference of the 18 rooms.
This is common with weddings reserving blocks of rooms. If they go unsold, then you have to pay for them..... But typically it's not this huge number. Like, we had a big wedding (180) and reserved 35 rooms I think, all of them were sold and then some.
I'd imagine it'd also be the food too, but the rooms are the higher cost here (most likely).
I agree they should pay for their plates, but it sounds like the rooms are a much much bigger expense... Likely thousands of dollars.
Also changing a wedding date is insane. That's a fucking logistical nightmare and you're likely to have many more people who can't go on short notice if you change it on them.
why would the bride/groom have to pay for the hotel rooms? Wouldn't the guests have made the hotel reservations and thus they would be on the hook for the money?
I think it is just paying for plates. 100-150€ a plate doesn't sound unreasonable. Times 18 guess you easily get to that 2000€ number.
I had a Vegas limo drivethrough wedding and In-n-out burger for the reception and it was the fucking best, 10/10 would renew vows that way again. It helps that the wife doesnt care about weddings either as we both just wanted the marriage part.
We also got wedding rings at the Pawn Stars shop. That whole experience was a blast.
The bride and groom had to pre-reserve a block of rooms, which the guests would then pay for as they make reservations. The bride and groom reserved the block expecting ~130 rooms or w/e it says (which is unusually high...), but then 18 of these rooms aren't aren't being reserved, so the hotel was making the bride/groom pay the difference of the 18 rooms.
This is common with weddings reserving blocks of rooms. If they go unsold, then you have to pay for them..... But typically it's not this huge number. Like, we had a big wedding (180) and reserved 35 rooms I think, all of them were sold and then some.
I'd imagine it'd also be the food too, but the rooms are the higher cost here (most likely).