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Our food package is a sit down dinner, 3 tray passed hor d'ourves during cocktail hour, and open bar for 5 hours this comes out to be $90 pp. This does not include any of the other rental fees for the reception.
It all depends where you live. I live in a small Ohio town and I'm spending (with EVERYTHING, including food, drinks, centerpieces, security, music, and linens) about $42 a person. That is pretty average around my area. But then if you drive an hour to Cleveland, that price more than doubles.
I would just call places adn get quotes from them and decide what your bedget is, what you want to splurge on and stff like that!
Good luck and welcome to the bee!!
Right outside NYC (venue overlooks the skyline), our reception is $150/person for a Sunday night wedding that includes the ceremony on-site, cocktail hour and four-hour reception (sit-down, three-course meal).
It's quite hard to work ours out as we're not having a package deal. Food and drinks during the day is a little over £50pp and £15 at night, but then we also have a £3750 venue fee.
It is a castle with a marquee and amazing gardens, though, and we get to spend our first night in the castle itself (in a four poster-bed).
Our average cost per person is $67 (Sunday Wedding & Reception at the site 5 hours)-which includes the following:
Venue is in Southern California...it's an ll inclusive package (Gold Package)
1 Hour Hosted Cocktail Hour Bar
6 passed hor d'ourves during cocktail hour
Flowers (Centerpieces)
Cake
Toasting Champagne
Buffet Style (8 salads, 2 main dishes, 1 carving station)
Wedding invitations
Champagne Flutes....
Hopes this answers your Questions...
Mine is about $55/pp. That includes unlimited non alcoholic beverages, 2 alcoholic beverages each, brunch buffet and the tea hour before the reception.
@AlmostMrsGiles:First off, welcome to the Bee. Second: date twin!!! YAY!!!! For ours it's going to be $130/person, this includes 6 course meal, sweet table, midnight seafood, open bar. I'm Portuguese hihi we go all out lol
The price will depend on what area you live in and exactly what you are getting for that price. A wedding in LA will cost a lot more than one in a small town in rural kansas. It also depends on the type of food and how many courses ect.
We are spending about $83 including tax & service charge per plate in North Jersey. But thats for an afternoon event, ceremony @ 11:30, followed by cocktail hour & 4 hour reception. includes ceremony, top shelf open bar, 3 course meal and viennese (sp?) table. The whole thing ends at 5pm.
Around $85 including appetizers, 4 hours of open bar (cocktail hour plus open bar after dinner), wine during dinner, four course meal (chicken, prime rib, or vegetarian), and cake. Also includes gratutity and sales tax. However, my venue deducted the open bar cost for all of my guests under 21 (I have a lot of younger cousins) so it would be higher if everyone was an adult.
If we do it at home and a ton of DIY (including food) I expect it to be no more than $20 per person.
But, we just found a truly amazing and unexpected venue opportunity that is around $45/person with unlimited non-acloholic drink options (we can bring our own alcohol for a minimal serving fee). This includes ceremony/dinner set-up and take down, 5 hours, many food options, weekend, 6pm-11pm, silverware/plates, multiple drink options, decor (almost all included), near panoramic views of the city, instant in-door/out-door options, unlimited downtown parking (which would be $10+ per car) etc. It's pretty spectacular and just kind of fell in our laps.
It absolutely depends on where you are and what's included and what kind of food you are serving. Flank steak vs prime rib. Low grade liquor vs top grade etc.
Ours was $105pp, NYC, everything included but taxes and service charge, medium grade liquor (southern comfort, jack daniels, etc), 4 stations style, cocktail hour (passed and stations), Prime rib, seafood, wedding cake, etc. Saturday night. It was an AWESOME deal.
We are paying 120 per person. 3orderves passed, sit down plated meal and 4hour premium bar. No rental fees. We are in ga.
@Mrs. Fireworks:Where is your wedding?! Everything I'm pulling up comes up over $100/person easily.
Honestly, it depends on where you are in the country. I am in northwestern Illinois and I am at about $15 a head for dinner and cake and a non-alcohol reception. I am having an "upscale" lemonade stand in lieu of a bar. Hy-Vee is doing my catering. IF there is one in your area, look into them.
Ok! Im in South Florida and I feel like everything is so much more here. Its averaging about 150-200 a person. But Im including ceremony space, cocktail hr with tapas, three course sit down white glove dinner, wedding cake, open bar for 4 hours, tables, linens, flowers, chairs ect. Ugh this wedding is going to cost an arm and a leg! ELOPING sounds really great lol!
We're doing ours at the local ball park. Theyre catering. it's $28/pp and thats all you can eat, no alcohol. That includes a ticket to the game. No rental fee.
Ours ended up being $76 (Canadian) per person for a Sunday wedding. It was more money for the Saturday wedding per person , plus they had to pay the room rental fee when we didn't.
This price included :
We paid for wine with dinner and all pop,juice, etc. for our guests but this wasn't part of the package so I didn't include that in our price above.
For my area, it was a good price. There are definitely places that would've been less expensive but I really loved our venue and at the end of the day I was happy with the price we paid.
Ours comes to about $154/person. This includes the ceremony on site (and rain back up!), champagne toast, passed hors' derves (never remember how to spell that!), dinner (filet and chicken) and a midnight coney dog station (it's in Detroit which is famous for their coneys) and a midnight sweets table with Faygo Floats and all sorts of other fun Detroit goodies! Also a 4 hour bar service "premium bar" which just means name brand stuff... so no one is too sick.. haha(this price includes tax and tip :) )
Hope this helps! I think it's best to compare sites apples to apples so find one that has everything you want and then when looking at prices elsewhere if they don't include say a "sweets table" then find out the price to include it so you know exactly where you're getting the most bang for your buck! Good luck!
at about 75 guests, we're paying around $123 per head. this includes:
@AlmostMrsGiles: I think your price is pretty reasonable for all that it includes.
Ours is $89 pp. It was only $60 pp for just cocktail, dinner, and dessert buffet style, but I added the extra $29 for four hour open bar.
We're at $94 a person including cocktail hour with 2 stations and 6 passed apps, three course dinner, and open bar. Gratuities, tax, and services charges NOT included (and these are going to add up!)
I'm in suburban/metropolitan (?) Ohio.
Catering is a package, but I digress - apps/dinner/rentals plus additional cake, consumption based bar (budgeting $3,000, who knows what will happen) = $78 per person. That's just the food and drink, not including space rental and stuff.
ETA: if I add in the cost of my venue, $104.85 per person. Not sure if you're asking for that as well.
@Wedding Loans: In what area are you experiencing receptions to be $150 - $200 per person?
Boy I probably really DO need a loan to finance my guests food! Thank god you posted!
I'm in St. Louis, MO.
$30.50 pp for buffet (2 main, 3 sides, salad), the wedding cake, open bar, and an extra half hour of reception time.
Places are very reasonable here! Unless you want a super fancy location...We have some really beautiful banquet halls though! All $20-35 pp including alcohol.
We're spending about $80 pp for 180 guests, Saturday wedding, in downtown Grand Rapids, MI which covers venue, apps, dinner, cupcake dessert, and alcohol.
You should add a poll!! We paid around $150 per head at a golf course. It included 5 hr premium open bar, upgraded wine, appetizers at cocktail, 5 course meal, late night buffet and chocolate fountain. We had 89 guests.
Ours will be $10 per person for sandwiches, pasta salad, fruit, veggies, lemonade, and coffee. We will be supplementing with other sides and desserts.
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Im so new to this board Im sure I will mess this post up in some way!!!
I just want to get an idea of what to expect for a reception on a per person basis. We ideally will have a small cocktail hr, sit down dinner and an open bar for 40 pepole.
Im starting to recieve quotes from vendors and I have no idea if its high or low or what! HELP THE NEW BEEEE!