Re: Horwood House Meetup for Zed Fest 2012
Guys and Gals
I have been in communication
] with the hotel on your behalf and although we do not yet have a finalised position there are some things that I can confirm. There are also some things that I can identify we are discussing and so I thought it about time I posted an update.
First the things I can confirm: :-bd
1) The Hotel have said that they will provide dedicated parking so that we can all park together and also that it will help for a photo-shoot if we have a photographer. (or even just us happy snappers)
2) They have also confirmed that they will facilitate us being able to wash and titivate our treasures before we go on to Silverstone. (I will get more information when I visit the hotel as they have asked me to do this and I will report back on that in a few weeks when I get to visit them).
3) This is not so good, there are only two function rooms and on the Saturday they have two weddings so the function rooms are both in use.
Now to what we are discussing: :-@
] :ympray:
I have raised the subject of BBQ and they have asked if we would be prepared to be housed in a Marquee for it and I said that we might prefer it especially if it was close to the dedicated parking area so that odd trips to the different cars for discussions could take place. The hotel have indicated that typical food costs are of the order of £15 ph (per head) for a hog roast
) to up to £30 ph for an all singing and dancing BBQ 3:-O . Now whilst on the subject of cost, we do not yet have their offering as they have to source the Marquee and I am trying to "obviously" get it for "us" as cost effectively as I can. $-) The Hotel have not come back to me on anything with respect to prices as they are trying to put something together for us. I feel the hotel management like the idea and are trying very hard to pull together something that will work for us.
Should this all come to pass the hotel have indicated that they would need to be sure of numbers by the end of May and that we need be aware of the two weddings they have on the Saturday. I think this means get your bookings in sooner rather than later.
Also I would like to add that the fact that when I started discussion we had 14 rooms booked (out of the 69 they had booked at that point) and we were up to 18 when I spoke to them yesterday has also counted in our favour. They know we are serious so thanks for that guys and gals, and keep it up it is all good ammo.
Doing things by committee is always difficult but I would like peoples comments to help with my discussion and to know that I am not misrepresenting the common interest.
Thanks in anticipation
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