Wow.. take a look!

I found this on another board and thought we all might get a kick out of it. It does kind of put New York weddings into perspective.

http://boards.elegantbride.com/eve/ubb.x/a/tpc/f/99810831/m/33410141
Just in case you coulnd't get the link to work.... This was on a discussionof Buffet vs sit down dinner. Keep in mind it's a national board.

posted 17 March 2005 11:20 AM
I don't see how sit-down for $26/plate is considered inexpensive at all! lol

If you set it up well, the buffet can go very nicely. Space the serving tables so that they can be accessed from both sides: Obviously, twice the people can get through the line in the same amount of time.

We're having an AMAZING buffet-style reception, for $7.99/person. This includes the cost of my wedding cake and groom's cake. We get 9 food items and a beverage. Any food item extra we want past that is an extra $1 per person. And we're having all kinds of things from fresh fruits and vegetables to hot meats and sides--all gourmet style. You can find a decent price out there if you're willing to do a little legwork. There's no way I'd ever pay someone $26/person to feed people, especially since I've got over 250 of them. Perhaps it's the Southerner in me, but that just seems ridiculous to me when you can do so much for so little.

Guestlist size has a lot to do with it, too. If you don't want to cut your guestlist, then go buffet style. It's more comfortable to your guests... you've been there, you know what I'm talking about. Honestly, I think it takes longer to get everyone in a sit down wedding served.

Your call... just my opinions.

Jennifer and Jacob
October 1, 2005
Posts: 10 | Location: Memphis, Tennessee | Registered: 17 March 2005

OMG!!! If she only knew!!! I wish I was paying $26.95 pp!!

Things are sure different down south!

OMG...all I am thinking is...can you even get an Extra Value Meal for $7.99?

I wish my wedding cost that much!

That has to be the funniest thing I have read in a long time.

WHAT ARE WE DOING WRONG??!!! I WISH!!!!

$26.99 TOO MUCH for one person?! I WISH!!!! I'm totally speechless.... what the he!! can they get for $7.99 and have fruits and veggies too!?!?

I'm sitting here with my mouth on my desk cause I'm in such shock at that post!!!!!

Iam moving........there

I've been to a wedding like this... After the reception much of the Bride and Grooms families went home and changed into jeans. It was in July, in hall without A/C, and it was underlit. My family was the most dressed up out of everyone (it was my younger brother and sisters babysitter who was getting married).

It was a number of years ago, but I just remember walking out of there shocked.

But, then again, you should see the looks of shock that I get from my friends when I tell them how much I'm spending per person, and that the CH/reception is 5 hours long (most weddings here are 3 hours, no C/H).

OMG

I had a friend who went to a wedding down south and he said from the beginning of the ceremony to the end of the reception was an hour and a half.

He said they all changed into jeans, had some appetizers and a boom box and no alcohol. So he spent all this money to travel, gave them a nice $ gift and had nothing to do by 8PM that night.

That is just too funny!!!! I wish we were paying that amount!!!!

This is insane!!!
I know not *everyone* 'down south' does it like this. I was just at my college roommate's wedding last summer and it was a gorgeous wedding at a country club reception. She definitely did NOT worry as much about the detailed stuff as I think we do up here and the cost pp was still significantly lower, but I think she would bust out laughing at $8 a head. That's McDonalds, not a wedding...

26.99 in my wildest dreams

Maybe Mephis should be the new spot for destination weddings for couples on a budget!