Wedding Rant/Questions
I’m planning a wedding, which is quite a ways out but can I just say that the venues here are CRAZY for charging the amounts they do. You’re telling me, to feed and seat 75 people, I have to spend roughly $15,000 and dessert and venue IS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT PRICE. AND if I chose this venue I would HAVE to use this caterer with a set list of foods offered. Many other places I’ve checked out around town are similar in price but usually it’s about $10k for the venue to have a ceremony and a reception. Weddings seem to be egregiously expensive for no reason. I have a plan to get around paying so much for one day but it’s kinda ridiculous to charge this much. This is also coming from someone who works in the hospitality industry and knows how much things, like food, cost.
I did want to see if anyone had any recommendations on a photographer that wasn’t crazy expensive 😅 and maybe a DJ who also wasn’t super expensive.
Edit: I am aware that weddings are expensive, I never expected them to be cheap by any means. My family is paying for it too but I want to be able to save money where I can for the honeymoon. Catering wise we are chefs ourselves and have access to commercial kitchens so we plan on doing all of the food ourselves for (at most) $500. A lot of these caterer’s prices feel like they’re price gouging because 1. They can and 2. Because everyone else is so they want to make bank. I’m not saying people shouldn’t spend that much, but any place charging $15k (despite the venue’s popularity) for food is insane. It’s not my cup of tea but if that’s what people want to pay that’s cool, I just figured there are some people like me who don’t have boatloads of money to drop on JUST the caterer 😅