Another thread reminded me tat I''ve been meaning to ask this...
So, do you? If so, how do you begin to estimate the cost?
For instance, our reception costs (food/bar/service/rentals) will come to about $120/head when all is said and done (not bad for LA). When asked about wedding stuff, many of my friends say "It must get so expensive! How much does it end up costing, like $30 for each person??"
So I then realized that, quite honestly, I have little more insight into "pricing my head" than I did before I began planning my own wedding. I now assume between $80-$150, but who knows.
I guess it''s all a relatively moot point because people just give what they can (including myself), but I started becoming curious as to how this guideline ever came to be in the first place. How, short of calling the venue for their pricing, would anyone ever be able to accurately guess at the per person price?
So, do you? If so, how do you begin to estimate the cost?
For instance, our reception costs (food/bar/service/rentals) will come to about $120/head when all is said and done (not bad for LA). When asked about wedding stuff, many of my friends say "It must get so expensive! How much does it end up costing, like $30 for each person??"
So I then realized that, quite honestly, I have little more insight into "pricing my head" than I did before I began planning my own wedding. I now assume between $80-$150, but who knows.
I guess it''s all a relatively moot point because people just give what they can (including myself), but I started becoming curious as to how this guideline ever came to be in the first place. How, short of calling the venue for their pricing, would anyone ever be able to accurately guess at the per person price?