Help me get an idea... vendor estimates

Jlc112 Posted: Jan 10, 2011 07:52 PM

Help me get an idea... vendor estimates

So I have asked a few people, but not many. Round about Estimates for the following:

Photographer: want 2 taking pics:(i was told @6k w/videographer)
Videographer:
hawaii 2 wk honeymoon: (I was told @7k)
Rehearsal Din(@45 guests)
Invites (approx 125): Im estimating $800-$1000
DJ: does $2500 sound right?

Anything will Help, Thanks

Oh and I got a check for my Limo & gown this weekend !!

Soon2BMrsJoeBear Posted: Jan 10, 2011 07:59 PM

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your estimates seem pretty accurate...

JuneBride14 Posted: Jan 10, 2011 07:59 PM

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the only thing i can speak on is photographer.. i have thomas paul and with his video and a really awesome package it was well under 6k

Loriane2010 Posted: Jan 10, 2011 08:19 PM

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well I have one photographer and videographer, for about $4500

DJ $2200

invitations @95 for $450

But your prices sound about right

HSsweethearts Posted: Jan 10, 2011 08:24 PM

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That all sounds about right to me.

ChristeveT Posted: Jan 10, 2011 08:27 PM

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I think the invites sound pretty high. But it all depends on how intricate you get with them. If you wanted to save money, invites is a good place to save money. You could easily get them for 400-500.00, possibly even less.
Everything else sounds pretty correct!

Jlc112 Posted: Jan 10, 2011 08:27 PM

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Thankyou girls, I'd hate to plan around an estimate and then get thrown for a oop if I were far off! Thanks again! You guys are great!

Jlc112 Posted: Jan 10, 2011 08:30 PM

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I love to keep the invites as low as possible, yet still make them beautiful. I'd even do it DIY if that saves. I haven't really looked into them yet.

LoveyDovey Posted: Jan 10, 2011 08:39 PM

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i think invites could b cheaper

you could prob get nice invites for $4-5 each. your estimate is like $7-10 which is a pretttttty nice invite!!!

my photo is around 4k two photographers, album, parent albums, epics, epic album and tons of enlargements

my video is around 5k but that is def not the norm, you can find video cheaper depending on what you want

if you want a more simple video then you can prob do photo/video for 5-6k...i know duet and tp would prob be around that price

BlushandBashful Posted: Jan 10, 2011 08:52 PM

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I found a 2 week Hawaii honeymoon to be more than your estimate, but I don't know what type of hotel you were wanting to stay at...

cait214 Posted: Jan 10, 2011 09:28 PM

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To save on invites look on etsy.com. Designing mine now and they're probably going to cost me about $500 and they're 100% customized.

adelz Posted: Jan 10, 2011 09:30 PM

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Posted by Jlc112

So I have asked a few people, but not many. Round about Estimates for the following:

Photographer: want 2 taking pics:(i was told @6k w/videographer)
Videographer:
hawaii 2 wk honeymoon: (I was told @7k)
Rehearsal Din(@45 guests)
Invites (approx 125): Im estimating $800-$1000
DJ: does $2500 sound right?

Anything will Help, Thanks

Oh and I got a check for my Limo & gown this weekend !!

Depends who you book with - I'm spending less than $6K for video + photo and I'm getting great packages w/ great people.

For Hawaii - depends on the hotel you're staying at, but when I looked at it to go to two different places including extra for food, trips, came close to $10K.

Invites you can spend less than that depending on how fancy you want them to be.

DJ I'm also spending less on it - but that sounds about right from what I've heard from other people.

SoonToBeMrsCali Posted: Jan 10, 2011 09:30 PM

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My photographer with albums and prints and 2 photographers was under $2K but they are booked up for 2011... Definitely look around for photographers and videographers, there are many around the NY area.

kshea23 Posted: Jan 10, 2011 09:43 PM

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photographer/videographer can be extremely cheaper than 6k

I'm booked with duet and i paid 4k

Jlc112 Posted: Jan 10, 2011 11:47 PM

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Ty ladies

Bree730 Posted: Jan 11, 2011 12:08 AM

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I think the DJ could be cheaper. My initial package was 1900 and then I added uplighting so now I'm at $2500.

nafnyc Posted: Jan 11, 2011 02:19 PM

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yea video is too expensive!!!!!

Pinkchick913 Posted: Jan 11, 2011 02:22 PM

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Posted by cait214

To save on invites look on etsy.com. Designing mine now and they're probably going to cost me about $500 and they're 100% customized.

Who are you using on Etsy if you don't mind me asking? I was quoted one price and then I made a few changed and then the girl hiked it up to $8.00 per invite.