First of all, the 3000 yuan you pay is usually the hotel deposit for the venue, not the banquet deposit for your wedding banquet.
Regarding the 50% material fee you mentioned, most hotels will charge 50%~70% deposit before the banquet (including all group catering activities such as wedding banquets) (it will also be charged by stages, but this amount will be charged before the banquet) to protect their own interests from damage. The scope of this deposit is generally calculated according to the estimated total cost of hotel catering operations. It is not surprising that some banquet activities are particularly close or special, and sometimes it is necessary to charge 100% of the estimated total consumption as a deposit.
After all, the soldiers and horses didn't move food and grass first, and all a series of behaviors in the early stage of the hotel, such as purchasing, food processing, personnel operation, banquet venue reservation, etc. , all need expenses and cost input!
The reason why you ask this question, I think you still don't understand the products or services of this hotel.
If you really have this idea, I don't know why you have to pay this deposit, hehe! I have been practicing professional ethics for many years. If the customer thinks it over and doesn't pay, I will advise him to think it over and come back. After all, this is a once-in-a-lifetime activity. )
If my estimate is correct, I suggest the following:
(1) After paying 3,000 yuan, the hotel is required to provide free food tasting (this is the service that wedding banquets should provide, and general seafood does not provide food tasting). According to industry practice, hotels will only provide free food tasting after paying more than 20% deposit. You can talk about this specific operation in detail (restaurants generally provide this service). Then, after the trial, ask the merchandiser to write down your questions in words, such as the taste, temperature, product decoration, service or transfer of auxiliary materials (non-main ingredients, generally no price increase, can also be understood as the production method, such as lobster baked in soup, which can be changed to lobster baked in cheese), etc., and let them correct it on the wedding day! This step is necessary. If there was a dispute at that time, you also had the right to point it out.
(2) Be sure to carefully check the agreement signed between you. Between restaurants and hotels, hotels are relatively easy to be restricted by agreements. Therefore, when you sign the agreement, you must be careful. Everything promised to you, preferably all requirements, are reflected in the agreement in writing. (For example, the venue layout, the bride's room, the use time of mahjong, and whether there are any regulations in this hotel that cannot be used for ceremonies (for example, some hotels are not allowed to enlarge salute and polluting liquid at banquets). All kinds of details must not be omitted so as not to affect the mood of the day because of small details.
(3) Since the hotel will ask you to provide coverage, it is necessary to stipulate in the contract when the coverage can be changed at last. Personal suggestion 15 days (confirm a rough figure according to the actual invitation); 7 days (provide a confirmed guarantee range, and the basis of the reserved range is 10 spare 1).
It's too late, so I won't elaborate I hope it helps you. I suggest you find a careful friend or family member, you don't need to drink too much wine on the day of your wedding banquet, and participate in the negotiation process of your wedding banquet. This is very important at the end of the bill, because you and your wife may be drunk! Ha ha!
I wish you a happy wedding!