Mountain_Bill5743 t1_j52pl2d wrote on January 19, 2023 at 11:54 PM

Reply to comment by Historical-Classic43 in Rhode Island Wedding Costs by [deleted]

To OP's credit, $15k is low for any wedding and basically pennies on the dollar for 250 people. A cute venue that holds 50 - maybe 70 people in a number of US cities -- cute and cozy, not lavish, is like $7k. Then there's still food, flowers, the dress which is like $500 on the lowest end or used, and alcohol. $15k means OP is probably thrifty (see: weddings under 10k subreddit).

But I agree, the wedding industry is out of control and many people here have large families which is so hard to financially accommodate.

radioflea t1_j52qujq wrote on January 20, 2023 at 12:03 AM

I was an event planner at the time and knew all the vendors but they charged full market price.

The venue we used is well established in Massachusetts and has been in business at least 40 years. We booked during peak season for off peak prices.

We used the Flower exchange in Boston and built our own centerpieces, invitations, and seating chart (I do not recommend taking on these tasks unless you have an art background which we fortunately had).