If you or your dear ones are planning to tie the nuptical knot and haven’t yet finalised the venue, it is going to be a tough task for you.
With the onset of winter marriage season State capital’s almost all the community halls, banquet halls, hotels and clubs are fully booked for coming two months. The crisis has reached to such an extent that even if any outsider asks for a single room for overnight stay has to return empty handed. Meanwhile, looking at the demand, the owners of marriage halls are quoting higher prices for their services and people without any complain are ready to spend extra bucks for making their once-in-lifetime event memorable.
One of the favourite venues of marriage for the elite people of the society is Hotel Captiol Residency. The hotel is fully booked in advance till February. “We have taken 100 per cent payment in advance and there is no scope for any further booking. Our services include food, service and venue,” said Owner of the hotel Kush Bhatia.
The situation of Marwari Dharamshala is also the same. Dharamshala Managing Committee member Chatarbhuj Khemka said, “Our Dharamshala has the capacity to accommodate around 250-300 people. Moreover, this time the cost of ‘thali’ is increased by Rs 100 as compared to that of previous year. Earlier cost of one thali was of Rs 750 which is now costing Rs 850.”
Besides marriage venue, status of rented cars is also sharing the same. To make the wedding memorable and trouble-free for the guests the hosts have booked the car in advance. Rishi Kumar who rent his car said, “During wedding season car business pick up pace. My all the four cars are booked in advance for three months. The price is charged on per day basis. The charge for one day is Rs 800 adding petrol/diesel charges.”