Hospitality Answerman

Meeting your room block

Q? Even though our family’s reunion isn’t until next summer, I’m already worried not have enough people will attend to meet our commitment to the hotel....

What if the hotel ownership changes?

446th Bomb Group Reunion in Fairfax County, Virginia. Q? One Reunions forum participant posed this dilemma. I went to the Hampton Inn to sign the hotel...

Translating the hotel contract

Q? The hotel we’re planning to use for our reunion next summer sent me a sample contract to review. It’s so full of jargon and phrases...

What do I want in my contract?

Q: I was at one of the reunion planning workshops you hosted a few years ago. I remember you saying there were things that should definitely...

A hotel contract primer

Q? The hotel we selected for our family reunion just sent me their “standard” contract, and it’s five pages long, single-spaced! Help! How do I make...

How do I plan the reunion’s “big” meal?

Q: I’ve been tasked with planning the “big” meal at our family’s reunion next summer. Because I’m a pretty good cook, everyone assumed that I was...

What are realistic expectations for hotel extras?

Q? We’ve been looking for a location for our family reunion next summer. We’ve found several hotels we like in the New England city where we’d...

How did my friend get such a good rate?

Q? I was chatting with a friend who said she booked her family reunion into a beach resort in South Carolina in mid-August, and had gotten...

Top 10 crummy “reasons” for not attending our reunion

Q? Our 25th year high school reunion is next summer, and last month our reunion committee sent out “Save the Date” postcards to everyone for whom...

Setting the stage

Q? My family has a reunion every two years. This year it is in Colorado and we are looking for ideas for the next reunion. We...