Does this sound reasonable?

happ17 · July 2009

So we?re having PAC?s bday at a children?s museum. Great place, but 45 minutes away from my town. We?re inviting a good amount of people, but don?t know how many will end up coming. The museum requires 1 month?s notice to cancel, less than that and you don?t get a refund, and they need to know the party?s size in order to reserve rooms.

For this reason, do you think it makes sense to put the rsvp date a month before the party? Normally I?d do 2-3 weeks. Is it unreasonable to do 4-4.5 weeks out (maybe even with a disclaimer that says we need to give a count or something to the museum)?

WDYT?

ellemoney:) · July 2009

I think that would be ok.?

Would you really cancel if there weren't that many coming though? Or would you still have his party there? ?

LanaM · July 2009

what's the minimum that they require? are they ok if you have to add people at the last moment, like a few days before?

When we had Ethan's bday party at a kids place, they were ok with me just paying for the exact number of people on the day of the party..... and we had probably 5 more people than I initially told them.

Otherwise I think it's ok to ask people to reserve a month in advance, but be prepared that there could still be cancelations... kids get sick, things come up...etc.

happ17 · July 2009

I would only cancel if like 2 kids were going to show up. It's a set price for 30 people. I'm just concerned that folks won't want to drive 45 minutes. But there are really no good places in my area, and this museum is AWESOME. And if we have more than 30 people, we want to reserve the larger room.

LanaM · July 2009

pple will drive :-) there is rarely a party closer than 30 minutes away from us. 45 minutes is not bad.

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