Creative And Cost-saving Wedding Catering To Host Your Special Day
Over the past couple of years our team of experts have interviewed countless couples and guided them in their journey towards marriage and their long awaited wedding day. Out of all these people we interviewed we observed the most stress inducing element of the wedding ceremony was finding s competent wedding catering service at reasonable prices. In an average Indian wedding ceremony the catering budget takes up around 35-40 percent of the overall budget of the entire wedding ceremony. So, the importance of proficient and cost effective wedding catering service cannot be overstated.
For you (the person who’s about to get married) things like your soon to be spouse and the ceremonial aspect of the wedding ceremony might hold paramount importance but for your guests the most important thing when they’d be attending your wedding would be food. Even if they’re hanging around standing by when you and your closest family members are busy performing the necessary rituals , all the attention of your guests would definitely be laser focused on the food vessels and all they’d be hoping and wishing for would be to be the first chosen few who could beat the queue and be the first to get in line. This isn’t meant to make fun of or ridicule your guests but we’ve stated all this to demonstrate the importance of food and catering at your wedding.
Budgeting your catering costs properly could very well be the most challenging part of organising your wedding ceremony. Wedding venues which offers wedding buffet catering or wedding catering services generally charge money on cost per plate(CPP) basis. We’ve classified these venues on the following basis:
- Low budget: - CPP less than Rs. 1000
- Medium budget: - CPP more than Rs. 1000 but less than Rs. 3000
- High budget: -CPP more than Rs. 3000
- These venues could be classified further on the basis of their types, these are:
- Lawns & farmhouses
- Hotels & resorts
- Heritage properties
- Generally speaking, the order in which the type of wedding venues are priced on the basis of catering is: -
- This means banquet halls are generally the cheapest option while a heritage site is the most expensive wedding venue. We’d like to clarify this doesn’t mean every banquet hall would be cheaper than other types of venue or a heritage site would definitely be more expensive than others.
Now let’s take a look at a few creative ideas to save your money on wedding catering service without giving off a stingy or miserly vibe.
- Have a look at multiple wedding catering packages with prices . Various catering services would have a different price structure, food menu as well as pricing model. Some might have a fixed menu while others might have a la carte pricing. It is critical nonetheless to interview and have a look at multiple options before choosing your caterer.
- Thoroughly understand what’s included and whats not included in the package provided by your wedding catering service. There are many other things other than food costs like service cost, labour costs etc which you might have to consider.
- Make the menu selection carefully as this step can help you save a ton of money. It is self evident that if you choose a non vegetarian menu over a vegetarian one then you’d have to pay more money. You can omit few expensive items and substitute them with cheaper, equally delicious alternatives in order to save money.
- As we’ve discussed earlier most wedding catering services you’d encounter in India charge on cost per plate (cpp) basis. So, the best way of drastically reducing your wedding catering costs would be to trim your guest list as the catering cost would go up substantially if the number of guests are increased. So, invite your guests carefully.
- Finally, you could opt for an off-season wedding date where the caterers aren’t very busy and would happily charge less for their service during the off season. When the wedding season is at its peak and millions of people are getting married every single day, then finding a proficient wedding catering service would be a challenging task let alone finding ways to cut costs.
We hope this blogpost helps you. For further help you can visit our website where you’ll have access to our huge database of wedding venues across India in one place.
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