Post by spunkarella on Jul 29, 2014 12:40:05 GMT -5
We paid $1500 for the venue. That included tables, chairs, linens, setup/breakdown, and a coordinator. LCOL and it was an outdoor tent situation with no backup plan. Thank goodness it didn't rain!
In order to get within our budget, they waived the room rental price, which was $1000. We paid $103/person, which was a bit over $7500. This included the room, tables, chairs, linens, dance floor, servers, passed appetizers, 3 course dinner, beer wine and well liquor, bartenders, tax and gratuity. We brought in our own cake for free (well, the cake wasn't free, but there was no cutting fee), as well as a DJ, pianist for cocktail hour, photographer, and a day-of coordinator who set up and broke down the room (and kept us on schedule).
We had our ceremony at a separate location and paid $500, I think for the use of that, which included a bridal room, the chapel itself, an on-site coordinator, sound amplification, and a rose petal shower at the end. We paid for our own officiant and a string trio as well.
This was 4 years ago. We had 68 people at our wedding, not including the vendors. It was in Los Angeles.
Post by heliocentric on Jul 29, 2014 14:17:33 GMT -5
No venue fee because our reception was in our back yard. We got married almost 11 years ago and we looked at places with huge ranges from $350 - $10K+ just for the space (or no space fee but a minimum event cost).
Exclusive use of venue (an estate overlooking the river) for 5 hours Tables, chairs, linens Floral center pieces 5-course plated meal Top shelf open bar Cake Butler-passed hors d'ouvres during cocktail hour Use of bridal suite
Post by WinterWine on Jul 29, 2014 17:29:26 GMT -5
We got married in January 2013 at a mountain resort a few hours from Seattle. Venue fee was $600 (normally 1,200 but our date was on sale ). This included space for ceremony, reception, tables, linens, chairs , service , etc. We had our own Inn from Thursday-Sunday as they only use that building for weddings in the winter. We had to use their catering and book 18 guest rooms minimum. We had a small wedding of 60 and paid for all guests accommodations for the weekend. The venue, food, and hotel ended up being around $250/person. It was great- money very well spent :-)
We're getting married on Friday in the off-season, which is why we got discounts. Ceremony/Reception is in same location and we only have a 75 person guest list.
Our venue is a 7500 minimum (food, alcohol, chair rentals all count towards it - so it will be easily hit, if not surpassed). It's definitely pricey, but on the low end of what we were looking at (minimums for most places were 10-15 easy). It's at an inn, so we have to book (or pay) for all the rooms, but they've all been claimed, and ours is free! It includes standard linens, votives, tables/setup/breakdown, etc. It's also going to be decorated for the holidays (in white lights and greenery - nothing Christmasey!), so it's extra pretty. We do have to pay gratuity and state tax.
Our photographer is just under 2k, music will be self DJ for reception, cocktail hour will be an acoustic set by a professional musician friend, and we have 2 friends doing the ceremony music, a friend marrying us, the cake is only 400. We're doing open bar for beer and wine only - so that may get pricey, but hopefully not crazy!? The venue is doing a brunch the next day (30 guests are free - we have to pay a small fee for each additional guest), and our rehearsal dinner will be at a less expensive restaurant and only for about 10 people. I did our invites, etc. myself (graphic designer!), I just had to pay for paper/envelopes/postage/ink. My dress was only 650 and I LOVE it.
All in all, we are on track to pay about 14k for EVERYTHING (yiiiikes - but our friends just got married in the same area and spent more than twice that).
Post by sarapocalypse on Jul 29, 2014 20:05:44 GMT -5
Our ceremony site was $400 (historic chapel). The reception venue charged a $3,000 site fee but we got the venue all day (could have had our ceremony there) and it included catering, set-up, clean-up, etc. We paid about $90 a head for the food, open bar, chair, table, etc. rental and cocktail hour. I think we also paid another $150 for a champagne toast.
Cake, photographer, etc. were all extra outside of our venue costs. We did not have a very MM wedding.
Post by jennistarr1 on Jul 29, 2014 21:38:47 GMT -5
No room fee 51 a person, included popular brand bar, veggie cheese before dinner, salad, rolls, plated dinner of filet mignon or chicken Chesapeake, dessert of mini pastries and fruit, basic linens, basic centerpiece, a honeymoon suite for the night
Uh everything was separate cause my wedding was at the church I grew up attending and my reception was at a fire station in a training room ($450 for 2 whole days). The church was free cause I was a member, my caterer was a family friend so we only paid for food, my aunt was our florist so we only paid for flowers, the MC was a family friend (free), the photographer was free, and the piano player was a family friend (free). In total the wedding was easily under 10k. I honestly have no idea of the total cost because my parents insisted on paying for at least 90% of it.
2006 wedding, northern NJ. One wedding at a time at an "estate."
It is an all inclusive place, caterer was on site. We paid $125/pp(raw bar, martini bar and full premium bar, NJ style cocktail hour, plated dinner, cake/chocolate fondue/dessert). No hall rental fee. 175 person guarantee.
We did have a separate ceremony fee only because we had the wedding on location. I believe it was $750. This included live musicians.
This was for a Sunday in the winter and we negotiated down the price since it was available when we booked it 5 months in advance. Normal rates back then were in the $200-250/pp range for a Sat night. No clue what they charge now.
Post by redredwine on Jul 29, 2014 23:07:02 GMT -5
My first wedding, the venue, tables and chairs alone was like $6k, which was average for the area (Napa Valley) and I got a "discount" on the wine. Catering was around $10k total I think. That was around 120 people in a VHCOL area.
The time around it's around $3,500 for a catamaran, food and alcohol! But we're having 18 people, Lol. Our "Wedding Part 2" after party venue cost is...FREE! Thanks to thejen626! It's a really cute community center and I'd totally have a wedding there, too (assuming it was under 75 people)
We paid 6k for our ceremony/reception space. The site fee included tables, chair, tablecloths, candles, event coordinator and valet parking for wedding guest.
Our 2007 wedding budget is getting less... and less... and less... and less relevant.
Seriously! We got married in 2005. We were broke, 23 years old, on a serious budget, and paid for the whole shindig ourselves.
But to answer the question...we paid $895 to rent a gorgeous estate that's operated by our parks district. That was a Sunday evening, 6-11pm, and didn't include chairs or tables or anything else, only the venue.
Uh everything was separate cause my wedding was at the church I grew up attending and my reception was at a fire station in a training room ($450 for 2 whole days). The church was free cause I was a member, my caterer was a family friend so we only paid for food, my aunt was our florist so we only paid for flowers, the MC was a family friend (free), the photographer was free, and the piano player was a family friend (free). In total the wedding was easily under 10k. I honestly have no idea of the total cost because my parents insisted on paying for at least 90% of it.
Married 2009 in eastern WA state.
What town did you get married in? (I grew up in E. WA).
$5k for the venue, $1k for the ceremony site. Included tables, chairs and linens. We brought in our own food and alcohol, which saved us a ton. Northern Michigan.
I think it was like 3K just to rent the space. we had to pay separately to rent every table, chair, plate, fork, glass, etc. this was for a venue on capitol hill in DC.
As long as we spent over 6k on food and alcohol, there was no charge to use the venue, chairs, tables, linens, etc. They included some overflow space that we used as a bar area. Church was free.
The rental fee for our wedding venue was waived because my grandfather was a founding member of the golf club. That included a lot of what you posted. It did not include food, alcohol and those types of things.