Table reservations for Oktoberfest 2008

Whitney-Events has been cooperating with various tents at the Oktoberfest since 2006 and is dedicated to taking the hassle out of your visit to this world-famous beer festival.

Thanks to the owner’s good connections to the tent managers, Whitney-Events is generally able to reserve tables for groups of anywhere from six, eight or ten to up to fifty people, purchase the beer and food vouchers and provide you and your guests with seating in most of the major tents. As soon as the tents begin processing reservations early in the year, your request including date, time and number of guests is forwarded to the tent of your choice and two back-up choices.

Due to the huge amount of requests received every year by the various tents, it is advisable to plan early. In 2007, Whitney-Events was able to place a total of 400 satisfied customers in such large tents as the boisterous Hofbräu, the traditional Schottenhamel and the trendy Hippodrom, just to name a few, as well as the three smaller, more intimate Ammer, Hochreiter and Wildmoser tents.

The fees are modest; payment can be made via bank transfer or PayPal.

Please note: The re-sale of any table reservations and vouchers purchased through Whitney-Events on such auction platforms as eBay and others is not permitted. The reservation will become invalid; the customer does not have the right to claim damages or compensation and may be liable to criminal charges!

Whitney-Events
Riesenfeldstrasse 45
80809 Munich, Germany

Cell: +49 (0)179-295 9127
Fax: +49 (0)89-3539 6357
Personal message: Send a PM to Whitney-Events

This is a paid placement posting.

***UPDATE 15 Sep. 2008: Reservations are no longer being accepted due to time issues!***

Modest fees. Pray tell how much? What about the capacity per tent?

The fees depend on the number of reservations.

Hopefully enough to keep the riff raff, non-smokers and tourists out eh?

Modest, suitable, appropriate, call it what you want. After handing over the vouchers I wash my hands of any responsibility for my clients' origin, behavior, religious, sexual or political orientation and smoker or non-smokerness.

are you kidding? tents range from a few hundred to several thousands, and a lot of tents will only sell tables to regulars that have been booking the same table for years

I have been receiving first responses from various tents and will be posting times and availability this weekend. It seems that the City's 850th birthday is drawing larger crowds this year, reservations on Friday and Saturday evenings are harder to find than a hippie in the White House.

Thank you for your creative input, oh bearded one!

The following tents have responded to my first requests

Schottenhamel:
Sunday 11am – 4pm
Monday – Thursday 12pm – 5pm
Friday 12pm – 4pm
All evenings are full

Löwenbräu:
No spaces available

Hacker:
No spaces available

Ochsenbraterei:
Monday – Friday 12pm – 4pm

Käfer:
Checking availability, will respond mid-April

Armbrustschützen:
Accepting requests beginning end of April

Wildmoser:
Afternoons only
12pm – 2pm
2pm – 4pm
4pm – 6pm

Other tents are either still accepting reservations or have not yet begun processing them.

Don't mention it.

It's an odd approach to business, I find, where a service is offered but questions about the pricing are met with evasive non-answers and insults. Even German supermarkets, not usually the idols of customer service, tell us their prices openly.

For information, who forbids the reselling?

Finding tables for the afternoons is often not that difficult as most people want to be in the Wiesn for the evening, not get turfed off their table just as things start to get lively.

Good luck.

To be fair WE hasn't insulted anybody (more me though I meant it with tounge firmly implanted in my cheek, or foot in mouth depending on your perspective) and I presume, note the word presume because until I know for sure I can not do but otherwise, that the surcharge pricing is elastic according to demand and outlay. A demanding customer who must have a table on Friday come what may, may find his premium is slightly larger than someone who would like to have a table on wednesday at 11 o'clock if you please. That would be my business model anyway and seems logical.

As to the forbiding that is a direct order from the breweries. Only authorised events people may do so. Any open auctioning on the internet is verbotten. Which is fair enough, their tents their rules.

The prices vary with the number of tables reserved, as stated above ("The fees depend on the number of reservations."). Anyone who sends me a PM with the number of spaces required receives a customized estimate.
The tents forbid the re-sale of reservations. The reservation itself is free, it's only the vouchers that you pay for. Reservations have been offered for up to €400 on Ebay plus the price for the vouchers, the sellers are ripping people off for something they received for free. I have been cooperating with various tents for two years now, they know that I am a serious business and refuse to join any gray or black market.
Non-locals, especially the non-German speakers, do not know how the Fest functions in detail and are glad to avoid the hassle of traipsing around several tents in a group of ten or more looking for free tables. It's like booking a package holiday where flight, transport and hotel are arranged for you. You get to your destination, plunk down and have a good time. That is the service that I provide, and I thank you for your input and good wishes.
And try as I may, I cannot find any response from my side containing an insult.

Haxnbraterei Hochreiter, bless them, have opened my eyes to another reason why getting evening reservations is so difficult this year: The Zentrales Landwirtschaftsfest that takes place every four years is due again this year and all the [s]yokels[/s] farmers from near and far are congregating and taking up the best seats in the house.

I am doing my best to fulfill the orders I have already received but cannot guarantee success. As a professional, I am gutted.

Things are looking up, I have received various confirmations. Gratuitous public information: The last weekend is going to be bedlam from Thursday afternoon on.