Down payments on venues

We have a rustic banquet center and it was $2400 for Friday and Saturday. Our down payment was $600 to book and full payment by a month before the date. ETA words

The venue near us that was $5,000 (not an all inclusive) required 50% to secure the date. Our venue required about 15% of our food and beverage minimum.

No usual. Mine was about 4K and all I had to put down was the security deposit of $450. Just look around and ask. Good luck!

My venue deposit was 20% of the the total cost. Final payment due to 7 days before wedding.

Totally depends, call the coordinator at the venue and find out.

My total bill is almost $13,000 for the venue but we only had to put down $500 to book.

It depends on the venue and what their contract requires.

We looked at venues that had deposits as low as 250$ and as large as 1000. Speak to the coordinator and ask what that venue requires. sometime's its a flat fee and someplaces its a percentage (ie 25% of total to hold or a 500 fee etc.)

My venue deposit was $500, but the venue was ceremony, reception, food and drinks.

We had to pay the fee to rent the venue as a deposit. 50% of food and beverage estimated cost is due 1 month before, the remaining is charged the day of.

Our venue was $875 (church members, so we get the banquet hall at a discount) and we had to pay all of it to secure the date. We have t9 pay an additional 20% of our catering about 2 weeks before, total for the venue was about 2k.

Totally depends on venue.

We saw huge ranges in our area. Our venue had a $2k deposit regardless of day or minimum spend based on the day of week.

Our venue had us put 20% down to book and then the next 75% is due 3 weeks before the wedding and the last 5% is due one week before the wedding when we give the absolute final count

I paid $1500 for the venue deposit and $1600 deposit for the caterer (the caterer owns the building and we had to use them).

Where I work we take the venue fee and ceremony fee as the deposit. Anywhere between $****

My ceremony venue cost $1800 and had to be paid in full to book our date. Reception venue is $700 to rent, but only $150 to book as the food and alcohol will be tied into reception venue cost.

Our venue required a $300 refundable deposit to secure the date. Our venue is close to $7000 but includes food, DJ, cake, bartender, DOC, tables, chairs, and most of the table decor minus flowers. Our final payment is due 30 days out with our final headcount.

Ours is $5000, and they required a down payment of $750, then another $750 6 months before the event.

Our venue rental fee (included chairs and tables) was $8500 and we had to put down half to secure the date - so $4250. The other half was due I think 5 weeks before the date?

We rented a barn and it was $5000 we had to put half down plus 500 as a security deposit that we will get back

My venue comes to about 8k and we had to put $1000 down. We didn't know the final price until just recently because obviously it's more money the more people you have, food choices, etc...

ETA: also half was due at the 6 month mark minus the 1k