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Just asking: Is it tight to charge your guests to come to your party?

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Wait, before you say “yes totally!” I want you to think “GFC” and read the email I received from Sarah about this exact issue.

She wrote:

party Just asking: Is it tight to charge your guests to come to your party?

I have a delicate issue that I need some social advice on that I know you will be able to help me with.

Question: Is it ok to have a significant birthday party and charge your guests to attend?

Example: A friend of mine is having her 40th coming up – at The Hyatt Hotel in Canberra – it will be a very glamour cocktail event, that will cost about $120 per head. She is looking at having about 50 close friends, a band, room hire etc. the function will end up costing her about $7,000.

She is considering charging her guests a nominal cost (ie $40 per head) and has asked for my advice on the matter. I am in two minds – initially I think it is really tight, and that if you cant afford to throw your friends a party then don’t have one.

Then I started thinking maybe it was a bit practical. If you stipulated no gifts and in lieu of that a charge…..

No, I still think its pretty average.

I would love your thoughts Mamamia community…..HELP

Tough call this one. In a perfect rich world, we would all be able to entertain our friends in lavish style or even just buy them a few drinks and some teeny little gourmet rice paper rolls carried around on a silver tray. And pay for it. Group dinners are SUCH a minefield of ettiquette it’s hard to know where to start.

Dive in. What’s been your experience and do you have any kind of….policy?

Article filed under: Featured, female friendship, life stuff , & published: Thursday, October 1st, 2009.

Tags: group therapy

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One Response to “Just asking: Is it tight to charge your guests to come to your party?”

Leigh says:
May 28, 2010 at 9:39 pm
I’d be inclined not to but that’s just me. Doesn’t mean it’s wrong. I’m sure some ppl out there would think it’s OK.
I think what I’d do is scale down the party so that I could afford the entire cost myself & not have to charge anyone.
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