Last Splash

Monday, 09 January 2006

Hidden fees and charges are the bane of my existence. A simple outdoor wedding shouldn't cost $1000 (for the ceremony), right? I mean, if you find a public park or lake the facility fees are nominal compared to an already set-up site, right? Right, until you call the chair rental people and they come up with a ream you quote of 2.50 per white wooden padded chair. Nice. Not bad, pretty good compared to what I've seen. What about set-up, and if we only need them for three hours? Oh, yes, we can set them up for an extra .50 per chair (yes, that amount of labor is worth $70). And we can "negotiate" the delivery fee for the drop off and pick up times you need. What?! So, my options are to ask two or three of my cousins to pick them up, set them up (even though they'll be all dressed and ready for the wedding), and then rush to get them back in the truck and dropped off before getting to the reception site, or I can pay you twice as much to drop them off, set them up, and clean up after us...yikes...I am finding a wedding planner today.

I know they're expensive, ladies, and you may think you don't need one because you're creative and all, but trust me, it's not fun to haggle with people, and she can do it much easier than I can. I still get to pick everything out, but maybe she'll get me a better price on it, and I won't be stuck worrying that Uncle So and So will get lost and the chairs won't make it to the reception.

posted by: Cannonball14 at 15:06 | link | comments (3) |
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Comments:

#1 10 January 2006 - 15:22

That's insane...but the price of weddings usually is.

What if you just spread out blankets and sheets? Picnic tables? You don't think your guests would mind, do you? :-P

greeneyes

#2 10 January 2006 - 19:11

Cannonball, I feel for ya. I haven't had the pleasure of going through the wedding thing quite yet but it'll happen soon enough, or at least I hope so. Have you thought about having just a small outside wedding for your immediate family and they could stand for the short ceremony?

Good luck with the wedding planner. I'm sure that they'll be able to come up with all sorts of ideas and know of all sorts of places to get price quotes, etc.

AdventureSpice

#3 12 January 2006 - 15:14

Of course...we've thought of everything. But we really want our whole families to be there...which adds up to like, more than 100. So we're going the traditional, grand affair route...which no one who knows me ever thought I would do, but oh, how I love being the center of attention!