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Originally Posted by yorkiesmiles  I appreciate that feedback.
I just hate the idea of the money going to the hotel instead of the rescue group 
Praying the hotel will give us a break |
Well, unfortunately, unless the hotel will give us a break (I haven't heard back yet), the money will be going to them regardless - either in the form of "free money" or food expense. If we bought more food, we'd also have to raise enough more money to cover the associated taxable service fee (20%) plus taxes (9.73% on their food for some reason). That means we'd have to raise even MORE money before we'd show a profit. That's why I've resigned myself at this point to just giving them "free money" to meet the minimum, and at least we can save the associated service fees and taxes that would've gone along with that food had we consumed it, and that's where I'm hoping we can still eek out a small donation to a rescue. I'm trying to "cut corners" where I can, while still giving us a nice meet-up. For instance, I REFUSE to pay $40 for a microphone for a 1-hour breakfast on Sunday, so if there are any last minute "announcements" to be made before everyone leaves, I'll just yell really loudly
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