Getting married in March in my US hometown, but I live in Europe. Just found out my dad accidentally signed an attrition contract for 25 rooms for two nights instead of the 12 to 13 rooms we actually needed. I genuinely thought this was a courtesy block until yesterday.
Hotel is a Hilton Curio Collection. About 60 percent of guests are from out of town, but a lot of people who originally said yes have since RSVPed no. Right now only 6 room nights are booked. The attrition deadline is 3/7/26 and there’s zero chance we hit 80 percent.
If nothing changes, my dad could be on the hook for around $10k plus tax for empty rooms. Best case maybe we fill a couple more, but it’s still ugly. He’s meeting with the hotel today to talk it through.
I know a contract is a contract and I know he messed up. I’m not looking for sympathy, just realistic solutions. Are there ways people have successfully negotiated attrition down, converted it to something else, or softened the hit in situations like this?
Any tips on what to ask for or how to approach the conversation would really help.
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