Re: timing for venue contracting

"[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:20:29 +0200
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And that=E2=80=99s one more clear reason to plan and contract much more ahe=
ad for several years.

Once a venue has worked well, we can just agree a multi-year contact. If af=
ter that they increase the price in an unreasonable way, they loose, we wil=
l find others.


> El 25 jul 2026, a las 9:37, John Levine <[email protected]> escribi=C3=B3:
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> It appears that Michael Richardson  <[email protected]> said:
>> I personally don't have a problem with
>> Bangkok/Singapore/Bangkok/Singapore/Brisbane/Bangkok/Singapore/...
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> Me neither but experience tells us that after we go back to the same
> place three times, they often crank up the rate.  That's why we aren't
> likely to be in Prague any time soon.
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> I would also like as much notice as possible but I understand that
> venue negotiations are astonishingly complicated.  We have the further
> problem of not being large enough to be a big meeting, while too big
> to be a small meeting, which limits the range of venues we can use.
> I mean, would we keep going to the Metropole if there were anywhere
> else in London that would work?
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> R's,
> John
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e/Brisbane/Bangkok/Singapore/...<br></blockquote><br>Me neither but experie=
nce tells us that after we go back to the same<br>place three times, they o=
ften crank up the rate. &nbsp;That's why we aren't<br>likely to be in Pragu=
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understand that<br>venue negotiations are astonishingly complicated. &nbsp;=
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g, while too big<br>to be a small meeting, which limits the range of venues=
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anywhere<br>else in London that would work?<br><br>R's,<br>John<br><br></di=
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