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RE: Pub Entrance Fees - New Years Eve

Ernie — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 20:48:32 GMT

Hello Dancemix

That is exactly my point. If I decide to make a big night of it at a hotel, with the family, with some entertainment thrown in, I don't mind paying an entrance fee. Most years I am not that organised. I would rather just go out and see how it goes, If I find a good pub with a good atmosphere and maybe some entertainment I honestly would not mind paying over the odds for the drinks. In this situation in the past I have often given good tips to the bar staff, bought the DJ a beer etc. I don't mind paying for a good night out and I appreciate the people that have helped made it a good night, I just object to being forced to pay up front and effectively being tied to the one establishment for the evening, especially when it turn out to be a big anti-climax.

RE: Pub Entrance Fees - New Years Eve

Dancemix — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 16:49:27 GMT

That's a gamble, how do you know if the entertainment will be any good in a pub if you have to pay to get in for NYE. I tend to work dinner dances in hotels or weddings for New Years Eve, so the last time I was in a pub on NYE must have been when I was underage:D

Pub Entrance Fees - New Years Eve

Ernie — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 16:06:41 GMT

I am disappointed that pubs nowadays tend to charge admission fees for Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. I understand that they have to pay staff higher rates but personally I would rather pay an extra percentage on the drinks / food etc. The problem with admission fees is that it tends to tie you to the same pub all night. In the past I have preferred to have a drink in one or two pubs before settling on one to see the New Year in. I wondered what other think? :discuss: