Booking Fee/Deposit

[Charlie Brown]

Following on from a brief chat I had with Nathan on FB regarding deposits...what do you charge? How do you work it out? Is it the same every time?

I take a £50 booking fee/deposit that is deducted from the final fee.

Nathan takes £30. I thought this was quite cheap.

We take a booking fee/deposit as a deterrent, to prevent the client from cancelling/messing you around/booking someone else.

How do you justify your booking fee?

Over to you.

[Leicester Ben]

For weddings we charge a £150 booking fee
On hire of equipment (such as staging, dance floors etc) it's 25%

Hope that helps

[Cowlinn]

For weddings we charge a £150 booking fee
On hire of equipment (such as staging, dance floors etc) it's 25%

Hope that helps

and then deduct the £150 from the final price..?

[Vectis]

£30 isn't a deterrent. £50 isn't a deterrent.

Well... not for proper paying gigs.

To Sid's clients it's a deterrent



My justification for my £100 non-refundable booking fee was that it covered the time that was invested by me in the pre-planning of the event. Time spent on customer meetings/discussions, sorting out paperwork, costs incurred in dealing with the same - eg. postage, fuel, heat & light etc..

[Charlie Brown]

Wow! £150 is pretty steep. Perhaps mine is too cheap.

[Vectis]

Perhaps mine is too cheap.

It is.

[Charlie Brown]

It is.

Which means we will have to change it on my site (at some point)?

I thought you were appreciating the peace?

[Leicester Ben]

£150 would be steep if my wedding clients were paying say £250 but as the weddings are all priced at £350.00 + VAT (£420.00) then it's not too bad I don't think.

I've never had anybody complain

[Leicester Ben]

Oh and yes the £150 is deducted from the final fee.

[Dynamic Entertainment]

I used to work on a £50 booking fee, but as my price has risen so has the booking fee...upto £100 now.