Planning a wedding and trying to understand the costing because something feels off. Need honest advice from people who’ve recently planned weddings, especially at resort/lawn style venues.
I’ve visited a few places like Kings Club, 100 Acres, Palm Greens, etc (all resorts). Most of them are quoting around ₹20–25 lakh for decoration alone, which is confusing me.
My rough plan:
- Budget: ₹30 lakh total
- Guests: around 150
- Accommodation: ₹5,000–₹10,000 per room
- Lawn/Venue rent: ₹75,000 to ₹1.5 lakh+
- Food: around ₹2,500–₹3,000 per plate max
What I’m not understanding is: if lawn rent is ₹75k–₹1.5L, rooms are separately priced, and food is also separately charged, then how does decor alone become ₹5 lakh per event (and multiple events over 2 days)?
Most resorts are also not allowing outside decorators. They are pushing in-house decor only, and in many places it’s basically a package where only in-house food and decor are considered. I don’t have much issue with food pricing because it doesn’t seem excessively overpriced, but decor pricing feels very high.
Am I missing something major here? Is this normal pricing for resort weddings? Are these quotes inflated because people usually don’t question it?
Would really appreciate if anyone who recently married or planned a wedding can break down where the money actually goes and what a realistic decor budget should be for a 150 guest wedding.
Also atp are Destination weddings somewhere cheaper than tier 1 cities ... given the inflated rates???
Thanks in advance.