A Dickens of a Christmas www.dickenschristmasparty.co.uk

We were booked into the Charles Dickens Christmas Party for the 6th December, turned up at the venue all dressed up for the night and were told that it had been cancelled due to an overbooking. We have tried to contact Amazing events but there has been no answer. We have also contacted BBC Watchdog and they are looking to do a story on this for next Mondays show - so contact the show so that at least there might be some answers?

Well it wasn't really a A Dickens of a Christmas at all...we turned up all dolled up with no place to go! We have also contacted watchdog! Our christmas party has now been scaled down to lunch at McDonalds... :-(

I booked our 2008 xmas party as a surprise for all the staff. i was so excited and couldn't wait to see all their faces when we walked into the venue. I am sure you can imagine my face and embarrassment I felt when we turned up to find over 100 other people waiting outside to read a note on the wall to say the night had been cancelled.

After waiting over 30 mins and having a security man tell me that it was on last night and it was a really good night (could of killed him) i went inside. I was very angry and wanted answers. It was pathetic. I asked him to write me a note and sign it to say we would get a refund and he refused. He told me they could try and book us into a lovely restaurant round the corner however we would have to pay for the meal ourselves. I thought it was a complete joke. I was due to receive a phone call on Monday to discuss our refund, which never happened. We have spoken to Watchdog and I know a few other companies that have too. I would never ever recommend this company to anyone which is such a shame as I think the night would have been fantastic.

Very very poor, I would not recommend using a Dickens of a Christmas, party organisers. We had a party booked for 10 people in december and have been looking forward to this event only to find out via the web site that the event has been cancelled. We have not received any phone calls or emails to inform us. We have paid cash up front.

We were due to have our Christmas party on Saturday which everyone at the company had been looking forward to for months. We arrived there early along with the other 580 guests due that night only to be told it was cancelled. They were very very rude and very unproffesional 8in my opinion. We all had an awful night getting back and not having a do. It is now to late to book any where else, we will not being having a do this year. I would never recommend these people

We turned up on 6 dec 2008 for our works christmas party, there was 40 of us, all togged up, new clothes, hotels booked, arrived at venue to find the night had been cancelled, we were so disappointed, after all, where can you find a an alternative for 40 people in London on a sat night in Dec? Shunt events were organising it, they werent apologetic, the reasons for cancellations were not clear, the security staff outside were very dodgy, kept changing the story about what had happened - something to do with the venue owner refusing to give them a license but we thought they owned it as its called the Shunt Lounge?. No mention of a refund. It was a massive let down to say the least, be warned, shunt events are not interested in the customer, they just wanted our cash up front, it has cost us in total nearly £10K, and were are just one company, think of how much cash they got in that night for 400+ tickets at £100+ pp....

A Dickens of a Christmas is an alll round great event appealing to all types of people. Great food, music, people, venue, atmosphere - what more could you want??! - felt like we were transported back in time. Lots of great actors playing parts, incredible set and atmosphere - REALLY recommend this! Something different but will never forget it!