Coming from a professional event planner - weddings are egregiously expensiveĀ because companies openly raise prices at the wordĀ āwedding.āĀ
Pro Tip - Never drop the word wedding while planning if you donāt need to. Most things can be forĀ āan event youāre planning.ā This obviously doesnāt include things like the venue, DJ (who needs specific wedding songs),Ā and the wedding dress company if youāre going that route versus just buying a dress.
For my wedding I gotĀ ādiscountedā cupcakes, flowers, decor, bridesmaids dresses, groomsman attire, and invitations. I did thisĀ by either searching for things that arenāt marketed for weddings or not telling the companies I was working with it was for a wedding. Because honestly, most of the time they donāt need to know why youāre ordering.
These companies target people planning their weddings andĀ markup everything the secondĀ āweddingā is said. And itās said often because people assume the services change exponentially for weddings. They absolutely do not.Ā
The best example areĀ the cupcakes I had for myĀ wedding. I used a designer cupcake store in town instead of spending $1000 on a wedding cake.Ā If you place a large order of cupcakes with a cake tree for display - it costs about $150 for 100 (which is what I did). When you order theirĀ āweddingā package - the price raised to aĀ $700 base for 100 cupcakes. The only other perk includes aĀ ātasting.ā Forget that. Our tasting was buying a few cupcakes in flavors we thought weād like and picked three. It cost maybe $20.Ā
What these companies do isĀ scummy and targets people who donāt have information about the event industry.
I will yell it from the rooftops until people realize thereās a better way.