What is the average cost for a wedding nowdays?
It depends on what type of wedding reception you want to have. The wedding ceremony is usually pretty standard, the church or chapel will run you about $1000 to $2000 depending on date, time, and demand of the location. For instance, if you are planning a Vegas wedding the chapels in the hotels all run you about that amount and usually include some pictures (excludes the Bellagio and the Wynn). The real money gets spent on the reception. Most places charge per person and does not include alcoholic beverages or soda. Most so-so places charge about $50 pp. High end places charge about $100 to $150 pp (with a minimum head count). It can get pretty pricey but you don’t have to worry about food service or clean up. If you have a large house you can have the reception catered in and buy the alcohol and soda yourself –you’ll save a bundle. Draw back is that you have to hire the people yourself and appoint someone to be in charge of supervising the people you’ve hired. You also have to hire a
