Price ranges?

azdancer8

Hi ladies! I'm actually recently married, and live in Arizona, but my little sister is starting to plan her Seattle wedding for next November and wants me to help her budget. I know prices vary greatly by region, but I was hoping to get an idea of what vendors average in the Seattle area.

If you'd be willing to, can you share about what you spent/are spending for:
Photographer?
Dress?
Venue?
Food?
Day-of-coordinator?

Thanks in advance!

chelsea1110

It can range very widely depending on what you do. I am on a 10k budget and I have spent 1300 for a photographer, 550 for the DOC, anticipate 850 for my dress, 1500 for the venue, 2200 for the cater not including drinks. You can spend a lot more or a lot less if you want to and can afford it. There's a lot of good info on this board and we would probably be able to give some reccomendations if we knew what her budget for those items are.

sparent2010

Photographer- From what I have seen there is 1 975 (Alan Keoing?) Knot Vendor 

They are mostly around 200-3000. We are probably going with Chris Sollart for 1900. 

Venue- Free with food minimum (Tacoma Yacht Club since parents are members)

Food- 2000-2500. 

Dress- Probably an Alfred Angelo 700 ish

DOC- Not having one. 

But like Chelsea said the prices vary a lot depending on what you want to do. 

mgoss228

These are estimations, since I can't remember the exact numbers:

Photographer? $1,800

Dress?  I bought a dress at a sample sale for $700, I bought a crinoline off of Etsy for $120, and Alterations were under $200.

Venue?  $3,000 (had the venue from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm.

Food?  $19 per. guest (we had BBQ buffet)

Day-of-coordinator?  $500

firsttimersluck

spending for:
Photographer?
1,500
(included: engagement shoot, 2 photogs, 6 hours of the wedding day, and all rights to all the pictures for printing)

Dress?
1st dress that I'm not wearing now- 300 at db
Dress I'm wearing and in love with-  2be bridal 600 (marked down from 1,700 I got at alicia's bridal outlet in Bellingham)

Venue?
1,000
(included: 8am-midnight, tables and chairs, can use any vendors we want, full kitchen, view over the water and mountains)

Food?
2,000
(included: home-style dinner serving. Guests get both the chicken AND salmon, unlimited bread rolls with butter, roasted red potatoes, an appetizer, yummy customized salad, water service, cake cutting and serving, sweet tea, coffee and condiments)

Day-of-coordinator?
Not using. My aunt is a professional event planner so I scored there.

TeamMoriarty

we don't have much yet, but so far:

photographers: jaylee photography-$2000
chapel on echo bay: $1100
flowers: might be using pike place market vendors ($5 for large bouquet) or a more local farmers market vendor ($10-12 for large bouquet)- we're using whatever is fresh and local
food: we're looking at about $20 per person. love the menus at A Grand Affair.