I’m in the process of making enquiries to venues, mostly nightclubs, looking for a place to host my 25th Birthday in a couple of weeks time. My first port of call was the GPO because it’s close to everything else, and has the type of atmosphere suitable for a pre-drinks/early evening gathering which was all I was looking for.

The GPO responded saying most areas were only available until 9:00 or 10:00 pm after which the public was allowed in. And they don’t hire the rooms as such, like they use to ‘back in the day’, but instead have a Minimum Spend on drinks/food packages. The areas I was looking at were $1500… affordable, but whom aside from those hosting corporate functions could be bothered spending that much…

So I responded with…

Hi Helen,

Many thanks for the information!

Are the minimum spend figures negotiable? I wouldn’t have thought I could put a price on seeing my friends enjoy themselves for my birthday, but here we are ;) Hehe.

Cheers,
Grant

And received…

Dear Grant,

Unfortunately our Minimum Spend is non-negotiable. I apologise for this but my hands are quite tied.

Hopefully we can still work something out.

Sincerely
Helen

Soo any suggestions let me know!? Others have said Chalk Hotel, Empire, Family, Monastery… We’ll see I’ve a blinder planned for this weekend so I’ll do some investigations ;)

I’m gettting older and its apparently a reason to celebrate… I don’t see the big fush personally but who am I to pass up an excuse to get smashed break some glasses, kiss a few randoms the wonder why I’m only wearing one shoe and a clown nose when I wake up…