Monday, March 31, 2008

Saturday Weddings In NYC

So, maybe you, like me, are planning a wedding. In New York. Possibly in or around the city. Maybe...you actually have a budget, unlike many many many nyc and tv brides. Maybe...you think that it shouldn't be so hard to impose some sort of budget rationale on halls, vendors, caterers, etc. Maybe...you don't want the same cookie cutter wedding that you've been to 10 times. Maybe you cringe at the mention of antipasta and top shelf liquor, because you never really thought that would be associated with your wedding day. Maybe...you want to run away, have a picnic, dance with some grass between your toes, wish on the first star you see for a happy marriage together and call it a night.

Thank you for being as insane as I am.

If you are just curious as to how much a wedding is at some popular sites to the north of New York, here, let me enlighten you from my day in the wedding hell that is the Catering Halls of Westchester.

Botanical Gardens: $190 pp, not including 20% gratuity and 8.5% tax, thanks abigail kirsch!
Tappan Hill: $190 pp, 20% g, 8.375% tax
Glen Island Harbour Club: $155 pp, not including 21% gratuity and 8.375% tax, I'm guessing that extra 1% in gratuity buys you the u for harbor.
Greentree Country Club: $130 pp, 20%g, 8.375% t
Lake Isle Caterers: $110 pp, 20%g, 8.375% t

with a 240 person guest list. so, take the least expensive, take that pp cost x the guest list, + 20% of that, + 8.375% of all of it, and you get $36,333. w.t.f.

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