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In order to stock the [[consuite]] and [[Green Room]] at an affordable price, a [[concom]] will often seek a '''corkage waiver''' in order to bring in outside comestibles and drinks instead of buying catering from the hotel. This is an agreement by the facility that it will waive (for free or for a flat fee) its usual right to sell all food or beverages or both being dispensed in its facility.

The term "corkage" comes from the restaurant business, which traditionally charged a fee to remove the cork from wine brought to the restaurant by diners.  Today, corkage has become a general term covering food and beverages, though, sometimes you will see the term "forkage" used to apply specifically to food.

A corkage waiver is frequently not general but often applies only to specific parts of the hotel (e.g., specific [[function room]]s) or only to nonalcoholic beverages. 

Corkage rules will often differ substantially between sleeping rooms and [[function room]]s, since in many localities hotels are specifically forbidden to control eating and drinking and serving of food and drink in sleeping rooms. Hence, [[room parties]] don't need to be covered by the waiver.

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