Asking people to pay if both parents want to come to dd's birthday party?

[kimberlina]

Just organising dd's 3rd party so thought I'd check opinion here first.

Party will be at zoo. Price includes 10 children and 10 adults. Additional adults can come for an extra fiver. After the party everyone can spend the rest of the day at the zoo if they wish.

So dh thinks that some people may want to make a day of it and have 2 parents attend for each child. WIBU to tell people that both parents are welcome but to ask them to pay the additional fiver themselves for the second adult?

Sounds absolutely fine to me.

£5.00 seems very good value for a day at the zoo. I'd go with your plan, but make it clear from the outset, I think.

That's completely reasonable. There is no need for more than 1 parent to come but if they want to they can have a family day out for a fiver. Bargain I reckon

Definitely NBU.

Yes be explicit on the invitation. Say something like 'dd invites x and 1 parent to share her birthday with her at the zoo. If anyone else wishes to come the price will be £5 per person'

Good idea from YellowDinosaur.

I think that would be a really lovely invitation to recieve, and we would definitely make use of being able to have an extra adult in for a bargain fiver.

I'd probably want to find out how much it would cost to bring my other child that isn't a friend of the birthday child, so if you want to be particularly helpful you could include that information too.

that sounds really reasonable day out at the zoo do it your way just be firm and say well we only have room for 10 parents on the party list but you are very welcome to pay the fiver

Ok thanks everyone. Really helpful.

Brokensunglasses - there is only one sibling that isn't a small baby so have invited him anyway as mum is a single mum and I know she struggles for childcare. So luckily that's not really an issue.

Will be writing invites later :)

This is fine, we had an invite like that, the children were to be dropped off (for free) but several did make a day of it (and paid extra). As long as no-one is obliged to pay, that's the main thing.

Yep, completely normal to receive invitations for things like farm parks or wildlife parks where the party host has written 'One adult entry included per birthday guest'. If the fiver for extra adults is a special offer/part of the birthday package, it makes sense to tell people in advance (if they look at the website and see the advertised price is £10 or whatever).7