Never, ever, book a location for a "Wedding". Always book it for a "Family Event".
People tend to demand perfection when it comes to weddings. I'm pretty sure that's why it's more expensive. In general, prices rise alongside expectations.
With how much self-centered egotistical annoyances wedding planners and other suppliers have to deal with sometimes, I might actually be inclined to understand that pricing
You see this in aviation and heavy rail transport as well for a similar reason. The critical items like the engines, control systems and emergency equipment being expensive is obvious, they've been heavily tested and made super resilient with very strict certification criteria, but it even extends down to things that has pretty much zero impact on safety. That flimsy seat back table that can barely hold your laptop and that hard as a rock cushion cost the airline far more than you can imagine, costs which are inevetably passed onto you.
Getting married in about 6 weeks. Compared to my first one 10 years ago, it's nuts. One metric I read said that wedding costs were up 40% post COVID. My first wedding was maybe $5,000 and that was super strict budget. This one is closer to $25k.
My fiancée was quoted between $300-650 for makeup only. Seriously?? DJ is minimum $900 for 5 hours of work, I got a lot of quotes in the $1300 range, or $2200 for better lighting ($440/hour??) Look I know you had to buy your own equipment but holy hell.
if i went to a friends wedding, and they were charging for water, i would just leave. is this even a thing cause it sounds fake as hell.
I think the joke is about caterers doing this. Book a photographer session vs a wedding photographer and the prices are going to be drastically different.
Normal dress: 1000 dollars
Wedding dress: 10000 dollars
Check out the price of wedding cakes vs similar amounts of normal cake
