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Michelle
Rockstar December 2022

How much are kids costing you?

Michelle, on November 28, 2021 at 5:08 PM Posted in Wedding Reception 1 14
A chicken tenders and fries meal from the caterer for example with unlimited soda. What is the price comparison of what you are being charged for kids vs adults? Steak and alcohol for adults is obviously more expensive but I haven’t seen kids’ meals on any menus in a high cost of living area that are more than $20 per child maximum. Unless they are specifically out to to price gouge.

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Latest activity by Kelci, on June 15, 2022 at 10:13 PM
  • Sarah
    Master September 2019
    Sarah ·
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    Ours was $35, but that’s because our venue (caterer) counted children for apps during cocktail hour.
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  • H
    Master July 2019
    Hannah ·
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    Ours was also $35 for children (and vendors). Adults were $130 per person. This was at a country club in an NJ suburb outside of NYC.
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  • Rosie
    Master February 2022
    Rosie ·
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    Ours were $50 each. This is fairly common where we live and definitely did impact our choice to not invite children on our day, and I presume is one of the reasons most weddings I've ever been to have also been child-free.

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  • mrswinteriscoming
    VIP December 2021
    mrswinteriscoming ·
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    Ours is $40pp for our sit down reception but had we gone with our original plans we would have been looking at $50pp for young children (only those in the bridal party) and $135pp for teenagers.

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  • Chloe
    Devoted February 2022
    Chloe ·
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    We're adults only, but I checked our initial offer... Our adult meals are €45pp (so about $50). Kids aged 3 and below would have been free, 3-14 50% of an adult meal, over 14 year olds would have been priced like adults. Drinks are not included.
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  • A
    Devoted November 2022
    Allaura ·
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    8.95/meal and 4.95/apps for kids and 32.95/meal and 9.95/apps for adults is what our cost breaks down to.
    So it’s like 13.90/kid for chicken tenders, fries and fruit. And the app is a mixture of grazing boards.
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  • Melinda
    Expert March 2022
    Melinda ·
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    Kids are 15$ each for us.

    Adults are 35$ each

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  • Samantha
    Super August 2022
    Samantha ·
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    Our kids' entrees are $9/each and the kids' desserts are $4/each. We are having our reception in a restaurant, however.

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  • L
    Savvy December 2023
    Lissett ·
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    When I was looking at my caters options for entree there were food bar options too that would serve at the same time as the entrees. I got an idea of having these stations to be for children since they would be more appealing to them like wings, taco bowls or sliders. You can check with caters about the food bars instead of buying plated food for child.
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  • W-K
    Super October 2019
    W-K ·
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    Kids and adults were the same price $33 per person. That included brunch buffet, non alcoholic drinks, and desert. We had a restaurant reception with a buffet menu.

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  • M
    Legend June 2019
    Melle ·
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    My venue charges by table rather than by person so there wasn't any change of kids or adults in pricing

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  • Kris
    Expert July 2021
    Kris ·
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    Ours were all the same for food ($14 pp), then our venue didn't charge us for drinks for the kids ($15pp adults).

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  • Maddie
    Expert February 2022
    Maddie ·
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    We're having a taco person so it's really the same price for kids. The only difference is the drinks - i believe those are $6 for kids and $16 for adults (beer, wine, softdrinks)

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  • K
    Just Said Yes November 2023
    Kelci ·
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    I just got the proposal from my potential venue and they want to charge me $138 for children 5-10…. the adult meal is $148 so only $10 less. I live in Hawaii, just for reference.
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