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Ideal_Rock
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Now that we have (hopefully!) picked our venue, we are starting to look at catering. It''s looking like with tax and tip, food is going to come out to around $50 pp (for an hour of hors d''oeurves and a plated meal) and beverages (beer and wine only) around $25 pp. We''ll have about 100 people, so we''ll be spending about $7500 total. This does include all the rentals (tables, chairs, glasses, plates, flatware, etc.) and there is no additional site rental fee.
Is this reasonable? $75 a person seems high to me, but I''ve never planned a wedding before so I don''t know what is standard. Is it considered gauche to only have beer and wine (plus a champagne toast, of course)? We''re budgeting for approximately 4 drinks per person plus champagne...is that enough? That budget includes 36 bottles of white wine, 24 of red wine, 18 bottles of champagne and 100 pints of beer.
Also, our plated dinner includes dessert. Did anyone else deal with this? I''m thinking that maybe we can just do a dessert table alongside the wedding cake, but does this mean that we order a smaller cake?
Thanks in advance for the help! I''m feeling a bit lost with all of this.
Is this reasonable? $75 a person seems high to me, but I''ve never planned a wedding before so I don''t know what is standard. Is it considered gauche to only have beer and wine (plus a champagne toast, of course)? We''re budgeting for approximately 4 drinks per person plus champagne...is that enough? That budget includes 36 bottles of white wine, 24 of red wine, 18 bottles of champagne and 100 pints of beer.
Also, our plated dinner includes dessert. Did anyone else deal with this? I''m thinking that maybe we can just do a dessert table alongside the wedding cake, but does this mean that we order a smaller cake?
Thanks in advance for the help! I''m feeling a bit lost with all of this.