Questions You Should Always Ask About Banquet Hall Before Booking

 

Before you book the banquet hall for your wedding reception, pre-wedding events or even post weddings, here are questions that you should ask them to know where they stand. We will be dividing this question in 2 parts. The first part has little trivial questions which can be easily answered by anyone who is running a business and the second part has questions which can show you the professionalism of the Best Banquet Hall in Bhandup in handling your important event.

1) What is the rental fee for my wedding date?

This is the first question anyone who are looking to hire a hall will ask. This clearly shows how serious they are with their business and whether they are taking it seriously or not. If they are not able to give you a good rental fee, you might want to look for another option.

2) What is the deposit and payment terms?

The best hall owners will ask you to pay a 50% of the total fee in advance and rest of the 50% before your wedding. If they will ask for full payment without specifying the advance payment, you should keep away. How can they be serious about your wedding if they are not ready to put their money on the table first?

3) Do you give any discount for weekday weddings?

Weekday wedding has become very common these days as people are getting busier and everyone is working throughout the weekdays. So, it will be advisable to ask for a weekday discount.

4) What is your policy on payments if we cancel our event?

You should always ask this question. Most hall owners will say that they take the payments from 100% from the customer's side and you have to pay them even if you have cancelled or postponed your event. They will understand that nobody has control over the weather or any other sport which can cancel your wedding. So, they will offer you some discounts if you are cancelling the event. But they might also say that there is no refund in case of early cancellation.

5) What is your policy on payment if our event gets postponed?

Same as above. If you are asking for payment in advance, it is advisable to get the hall owner's take on this issue.

6) What kind of decorations do you allow?

Banquet halls usually charge an extra amount if you want to decorate them with flowers or any other type of decoration done by external professionals. They also have certain rules on what type of decoration is allowed and what's not. Make sure you ask them all your questions so that your event goes smoothly.

7) How does the décor work?

In most venues, they will allow you to decorate the place only during the daytime. In case if you want to attend couple dance or other events in the evening, they will again charge you extra if you are using any of their decorations. So, make sure you ask them the complete picture about this issue.

8) Do you have a dance floor?

Many venues don't have a proper dance floor which makes it difficult for customers to do couple dancing on some other place in hall's periphery. So, it’s better to ask them beforehand.

9) What kind of food and drink do you offer?

These days a lot of new venues have come up which offers great quality buffet catering at very reasonable price. Some venues have tie-ups with other restaurants for providing delicious food. Make sure you ask the venue owner what kind of food they provide with what price.

10) Where will the band be placed?

A lot of venues don't allow bands inside the Best Banquet Hall in Bhandup due to some legal issues with authorities. They will place the DJ right next to you which is really bad for your dance floor. So, it’s better that you ask beforehand where they are planning to place the DJ.