So my fiance and i have everything else book, the cake caterer, the dj, the venue, my dress. All I need is a caterer. We are on a tight budget since we are college students and paying for everything ourselves. Our budget is 1300 but we will go up to 1400 if we will get more bang for our buck. I am inviting maybe 100-110 people but we are telling caterers 85-95 guest will probably show, because what we have learned is you can always go up but you cant go back down. We also wanted to do a sit down dinner so it doesnt get crowed but that looks like its going to be so far out of our price range so we are just settling on a serviced buffet unless any of you know good ones that can do full service in our price range ha!! Sorry i had to laugh because everyone is quoting me 1700 and up just for a serviced buffet and that is just for 1 pasta 1 salad no sides (unless you count bread), no dessert, we dont get the left overs, and just tea. We don't need any china or that stuff we have that covered and they are still carging us that much. Is this what i am going to have to expect...do we need to rethink our budget for the whole thing? Be completely honest. To me besides the dress and the cake, the food is what the guests rememeber the most.
oh on a side note. We are about to hit our one year mark, does anyone know when we are supposed to be searching and blocking hotels and rooms for our OOT guest, my FI whole side except for a few are all coming in from out of town. Also do we have to pay something up front or....?????
THANK IN ADVANCE
