How Much Does a Beach Wedding AND Reception Cost at a Destination Wedding

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Introduction

• This will be a shorter show, but very important. Please listen to shows 2 & 3 first for details and then listen to this show to help pull it all together

Set the Stage

• This show sums up show 2 & 3 to help you plan your overall budget
• All of these estimates are just guidelines, pricing may vary based on your number of attendees, options chosen, time of year etc.
• Estimates are for the east coast of central Florida for 2018
• As I said in the last show, According to The Knot & WeddingWire, two prominent wedding marketplace websites, the average urban/subur wedding costs around $30,000.
• Consider a destination beach wedding and reception to have a special, memorable, unforgettable wedding, treat your guests, and help lower overall wedding costs.

By the Numbers

• Average number of attendees for a destination wedding is 48

For 30-50 attendees with a beach wedding and reception

• • Decorated arch base package with chairs. Ceremony music on PA. One hour professional photography
  • Reception in hotel banquet room with buffet style catering, alcohol, room decor with linens and centerpieces, DJ and Cake
  • All Wedding Planning Fees
  • Price Range from $4,500-$6,500 plus tax
  • Can you do it for this amount? Yes but you set the budget based on working with the wedding planner.

For 70-80 attendees with a beach wedding and reception

• • Decorated arch base package with chairs. Ceremony music on PA. One hour professional photography
  • Reception in hotel banquet room with buffet style catering, alcohol, room decor with linens and centerpieces, DJ and Cake
  • Permit & Insurance
  • All Wedding Planning Fees
  • Price Range from $6,000-$8,000 plus tax
  • Can you do it for this amount? Yes but you set the budget based on working with the wedding planner.

Videography

• • Quality and time of video varies
  • Live streaming – real time with video that is also viewable later, saved on YouTube
  • HD Ceremony – hand held man on the street
  • Professional quality films
  • Range of $200 – $2,500 plus tax

8 Other Costs for a Destination Beach Wedding and Reception

1. Air and car travel, gas and possibly lodging on the way to Florida if you are driving
2. Lodging at your destination wedding
   1. 1. Hotels – beach front and off beach
      2. Bed and Breakfast –
      3. Condos – Discuss renting privately owned units
      4. Rental Homes
      5. Air B&B
3. Wedding Dress and other clothing like grooms clothes, children’s clothing, etc
4. Hair – Makeup (which can be in room or at salon)
5. Bouquets, Boutonnieres & Live Flowers
6. Food while you are on your destination wedding trip. Consider lodging with kitchens so you don’t have to eat out at every meal. Shop at grocery store.
7. Other entertainment while you are on your trip (Disney, Universal, Kennedy Space Center, concerts, fishing charters, golf, snorkeling, boat rentals, etc.)
8. Gifts for guests, bridal party, family or to take back home

SUMMARY

• • Cost of the destination beach wedding and reception can save you 50 to 75% from a large local wedding at your home town.
  • Since you are doing this remotely, hire a good planner to make this a low stress and quality event.
  • Provide your planner with a budget to help achieve your phenomenal event.
  • Consider planning 12 months in advance for guarantee of dates/times/venues and vendors
  • Consider making a trip to the destination location early on to meet with the planner and look at beach and reception venue locations, do food and cake tasting, look at lodging rooms and other research.It will be a unique and memorable event and a treat for your guests
  • You can couple your honeymoon with the destination wedding event to save travel money and time
  • Ask your planner about special off season discounts