It’s not about when it is. It’s about the effect it has on members. I think most don’t care about the actual takeover, but the fact they can’t book the room they paid into membership for and for the price the agreed on.
Gotcha. I just saw the dates. Just go a different date problem solved. I’m not a member so it had no effect on me. I just booked a Trendy Ocean View and paid 250 to attend the party.
Problem isn’t really solved. If you pay money to become a member and buy into a certain type of room (Bash Tower) at a certain price then I expect to get it for that price. Not have a separate group give their blessing as they take more money out of my pocket to use the same room I already paid for. No where in premiers pitch did they say that I can use it anytime except when the hotel decides to allow takeover groups to reserve these rooms.
The only way this issue is really solved is if they just continue to let members with tower memberships book rooms without takeover group benefits and pay the group only if they want to add it. Similar to what you did with the garden room.
I think @ScubaSteve had the right idea, to renegotiate those terms because that is kind of BS. The resort should have terms for the event host that include leway for paying members from the get go. It only seems fair.