Catering: How much are you paying per person?

Oh man! I work part time for a BBQ restaurant so they're giving us an amazing deal- $4/person.

Whether that is too high or not depends on where you're looking.

What's the location for your potential destination wedding?

It's at Telluride Ski Resort in Colorado.

$80 person is on the high end for no alcohol, but not unheard of. Our venue runs about $55 - 75 per person without alcohol, but another one I looked at was $135 without alcohol. $80 is not a horrible price, but not great either. Keep looking!!

I get half off since it is a daytime wedding, but if I didn't, I would have been close to your range (side eye)...it all depends on what the venue or location is worth to you both...

$80pp isn't too bad as long as the food is good! If the food is mediocre I would assume the price is so high because of the wedding destination.

Ours is $25.50pp plus a service charge and tax. We're having two entrees, two salads, and two sides. It's a buffet

Compare to other places for pricing. Which do you end up liking the most? Can you justify the price?

That doesn't seem outrageous considering its a resort and in the middle of their peak season. $80 is about the average where I am.

Mine is about $45 a person

FWIW, part of the reason we are having a destination wedding is that near home, it was going to cost us about $135 per person for food and drink - not including the venue rental OR table and chair rental.

We're pay $79 pp with alcohol (plus tax&gratuity)

If we do go through with the destination wedding, we would definitely use the venue for our ceremony. We are just debating if we want to have our small reception at this venue as well. Another thought is having our small reception at a private room in a restaurant in town. However, I would like to keep the ceremony and reception at the same place if possible.

I'm having my favorite soul food restaurant cater. It's 13pp

Cocktail party reception - appetizers only are going to be about 100 per person and alcohol about 80 so $180 plus or minus $10-$20. This doesn't include the service fee or whatever fees are being tacked on to the day. BUT I don't have to do anything... no chairs or table cloths or any of that DIY stuff.

Ours is $27pp with food, appetizers, hall, tables, chairs, linens, bartenders & NA drinks. We're also in the sticks. lol

Lord over double that for food and drink alone. That's a great deal!

Threads like these make my love living in the South!

$29 a head- Open Wine and Beer for 5 hours, Buffet, and four passed apps.

My per person price is $115.

However, it includes:

The reception space

Open Bar for 4 hours

Cocktail hour hors d'oeuvres

Champagne Toast

Wedding Cake

Linens, napkins, plates, silverware and glassware

Set up and Cleanup

Honeymoon Suite

And of course, dinner, which is filet and salmon

Right now we're at $16/pp, but that's bbq and we might be changing to farm to table through the venue which will be around $50/pp. I think it depends on the formality of your wedding/venue, time of day, what you're serving, what's included (full service? drop off? etc), location, etc. Caterering prices vary dramatically, so I don't think you can easily compare prices across the board.