Budget Part 99

Great idea, this is very helpful!

Why do I feel like everyone else's photog expense is so much cheaper than mine? I know I signed Juan up for a trillion hours but even his very basic package was $3,000. I know his prices went up but you got a good deal Sarah for trash the dress and engagement photos. Christa your photog budget was great too.

I was thinking the same thing! My photog expense is one of the highest things!

Glenda - I don't remember if it's noted, but I only had Bradley for 4 hours.

Are you talking about the pp cost for their dinner plate, or something else? The Dreams Tullum and Cancun pricing that I've seen has the dinner at $45-55 pp.... I'd consider doing everything in Cabo if their pricing is that much cheaper!

i think the Dreams PV is like $22 pp for a seated private event dinner - but it just went up to like $26 or something. it's under $30 anyway. that's for the people staying there though - it's more for those staying offsite, and it's also more for a buffet.

our first wedding date was Dec. 1, 2007 and PV was one of the locations we were considering. I emailed Marilu and she told me $45/pp for each extra person who wasn't included in the base package we purchased.

Someone's getting a hell of a deal if they're getting it for less than $45 and if we decide on Dreams, I might need some advice on how to negotiate that price!!!

this is just for a dinner - i am not having my wedding there, only my WD. and $45 does sound right (i think?) if you have a buffet, which is one reason we chose a seated dinner.

Attached is my budget - some of the items are estimated costs, I might have guessed high on some of them, but I am also missing a few things that we plan to buy in Cabo (snacks for OOT & containers for sand ceremony).

 

hope this helps!

Maria was the $45 for surf and turf or for just a regular meal? That seems pricey? Maybe was she including the fee for the ceremony per person + the fee for the dinner? B/c that would seem to make more sense. I don't know. I know in Cabo it's $24 (I think that's what the price is up to now) for the ceremony set up fee and $24 for the reception set up fee. But if you want surf and turf it's $44 (again I think) but that includes dessert. You can usually talk them down to less if you don't want to include the dessert and just want a cake or something.