A mother has explained why she needs to charge other parents £6 if they want their children to come to her twin’s birthday party.
The whole issue was brought to light after one of the parents, who received the invite, complained on a Facebook group. Staying anonymous, they said:
“My 4yr old has been invited to a classmates 5th bday party.
The said parent has hired fun valley and stipulated a payment of £6 per child on the birthday invitations.
My older kids are in secondary school and in all my years of hosting and being invited to kids parties,I have never been asked to pay for attending a party.
Is this the done thing nowadays?”
The original mother spotted the post and decided to comment below to give her side of the story. She explained that she is a single mother and with her twins being in different classes in school, she needed to invite 60 children to the party.
With admission to the play centre costing £11 pounds per child, this was going to cost her a lot. Not to mention the extras such as treats and goodie bags.
Trying to defend herself she said:
“Hi this invitation was from me for my Twins 5th Birthday party, and yes I have attended many classmate parties at fun valley & 360 & paid a lot more!
The party rate per child on a Sunday is £11 per child, however I only put a cost of £6 per child due to the fact that I have invited 60 children! 30 from each class & some will bring siblings!!
Therefore I will still be paying £5 per child cost for every child that attends! Also this invite includes playtime, food, and extra special goody bag worth £5 for every child that attends.
I am a single mother with twins, and I spoke to many parents about how to organise the party & how many children to invite etc! I could not invite half the class & not the other half so that is the reason. I’m shocked to see this post on Facebook, my number was on the invite & you could have messaged me to ask about it. Hope this clarifies this and I’ve already had 40 children get back to me to say they are attending so it’s sure to be a great party. Best Wishes”
She was applauded for speaking out and clarifying the situation but was also told by other parents that she didn’t have to explain herself because everyone’s situation is different and others shouldn’t judge or complain.
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