How much is too much?

Is that $7,000 just to rent the space? Does that include anything else? Cost varies widely on your location and how many guests you are having. What will your total budget be? Determine how much you can spend, then choose venues. My whole wedding will be around $7,000...for 40 guests in Sioux City, Iowa. But I have friends who have spent $20,000 or more.

No one can answer what’s too much if we don’t know what it includes or how much your overall budget is.

It includes tables, chairs, and venue. I don't have much of a budget atm. I know that would help. But it's Treasury on the Plaza in St. Aug Fl.

View Quoted Comment It's going to be around 70 guests

Stop looking at venues and make a budget. Make a budget that you can afford without going into debt, then only look at venues within that budget. It can be easy to get carried away with wedding planning on things that are pretty and what we've always dreamed of, but it's not productive to waste time drooling over a place you can't afford.

If that doesn’t include catering and you only have 70 guests, $9,500 is wayyyyy too much to be spending on a venue, unless your budget is up in the 40-50k range.

First step is to make a total budget for how much you and you fiancé are going to spend on the wedding, and then look at the budgeting tool here to get an idea of what % of your budget you should spend on each category. That’s a good starting point to know your price range for each category (venue, food, photog, etc)

That's seems way too much for a relatively small guest list. Unless, of course, your total budget is

$50,000. You still have to spend thousands and thousands on food, drink, flowers, photographer, videographer, attire, etc, etc, etc.

View Quoted Comment This is 100% true

That’s pricey for just the space but if you’re looking to feel like a Disney princess than do what makes you happy.

It all depends on how much you're willing to spend. I found a very nice venue to do my ceremony and reception, catering,music,decor and photos $3500

If the $9500 includes catering then I say that’s not too bad. But if it’s just the venue rental then it’s pretty outrageous. Even with staffing. I’d set your hard budget before committing to anything. If you have over $30k then you can probably make it happen (anything under $50k will be tight with that fee). But any less than that and I’d settle on a venue that you like that includes catering and staffing in their fees/minimum

I’m getting married in St. Augustine (and I live here, hey!) and that’s way to much to not include food or drinks. Vendors here are expensive because it’s a small town. You will not get out of this wedding without spending $30K minimum if this is the route you take. I’d look into other places first. Definitely set a budget, contact vendors for pricing and get a rough estimate of what you can spend. 70 guests is a pretty small wedding. No way in heck I’d be spending 9K for just the space and some tables for less than 100 people, Disney princess or not...

Only you and your FS can answer this question. I would highly recommend making a total wedding budget you are comfortable with before making a decision. Your total wedding budget will dictate whether this venue costs more than you want to spend.

I understand about having a dream venue. I discovered our venue years ago (before I even met H), but I knew it was very pricey and did not include anything other than the space, so we looked at other venues. We had a budget in mind when we were looking. Ultimately though, we decided to go with the dream venue; H loved it as much as I did. It meant that we had to almost double our budget, but for us, it was totally worth it. However, this was a very personal decision. I think many people would not be comfortable with spending the amount of money we spent for their wedding even if they could afford it.

It really depends on you and what you want to spend. I found most places quotes were between 6000 and 10000. That was too much for us as we want to stay under 10000 for the whole thing. We found a place we loved for 1500 and went with that.

I’m in the DC are and the avg venue without food and beverage and often no chairs or tables is $5k-30k, even for your sized group. I was under the impression your area could be a bit pricey as well.

can you atleast bring your own booze to this dream venue? That’s costs savings right there. All inclusive places are usually $$$ for booze

For the venue price alone, not counting catering, alcohol, and everything else I would suggest perhaps looking at Disney for your wedding if you wish to be a princess.

You are the only one who knows if that is too much money. If that is your budget and you can afford it, then go for it. If it is not your budget and cannot afford it, move on and find somewhere you CAN afford.