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Inclusive packages are good for if you just want to stress less aha because it makes life easier for you. However at times you might very well be able to find cheaper prices for if you book things separate so try to DIY and save some money or save yourself the trouble and go all inclusive

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I agree about inclusive venues generally being less work. However, whether a non-inclusive/DIY venue actually saves much money depends on a lot of things. Sometimes, finding vendors and bringing everything in yourself can actually cost MORE than going with a more inclusive venue. I'd suggest identifying venues you are interested in, visiting them, and then doing a true "apples-to-apples" price comparison. Daughter found about 16 venues she was interested in through internet searches and a book a friend gave her (Here Comes the Guide -- I think there are different versions for different geographic locations). She set up meetings with 10 venues based on stuff she learned through basic email exchanges with the original 16. When we visited, she asked a TON of questions, and set up a spreadsheet so she was able to compare the services offered at each and what it would cost to add/bring in anything that wasn't included. When she was done, the total cost of 9 of the 10 was within a $1500 range (not a huge amount given the total). And the 10th, the least inclusive, was more expensive than the next highest by at least $2500. It's really hard to know for sure how much of a "bargain" something is until you make a careful comparison. (Some venues will nickel & dime you to death....) Daughter went with her "true first choice," because she loved it. On paper, it was probably the second or third most expensive on her apples-to-apples spreadsheet, but the coordinator was amazing and basically the venue handled everything except the photographer, DJ, and officiant, so it made things SO much easier. For her, it was WELL worth it -- and still less than the least inclusive. Good luck!

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An all inclusive venue saved us a lot of time, money and stress. I 100% recommend all inclusive. If i had a place that my heart was set on getting married at then maybe I would have found all my own vendors but this way was a million times easier. I think you’d have to have a really good reason to not go the all-inclusive route

I'm not sure everyone's definition of all inclusive but I'd say mine is, all I had to get was photographer, dj, decorations which they'll set up and take down, and a florist everything else is there. It saved me a lot of work, I couldn't imagine needing to look for caterer, alcohol, tables chairs etc on top of everything else

My venue is not inclusive at all, literally all they provide is the space. I have to bring in rentals for everything (chairs, tables, cutlery, prep dishes and convection ovens for the caterers, a dance floor, the list goes on), which come to roughly $50/ per guest. Then of course there’s the actual catering, alcohol, flowers, photography, music, hair and makeup. It’s so much more expensive than an inclusive venue, and so much more work coordinating all the vendors!

All inclusive is easier but only if you like the space for both ceremony and reception and like their food. That’s a hard combo, a lot of places have just mediocre food since you’re a captive consumer. (That’s only if food is important relative to other priorities.) A lot of times, you don’t save much money by bringing in all your vendors but you bring on more headache and time/effort. If there’s a venue you love that is bring your own vendors, go for it. But I don’t suggest you pick a second choice venue just because you think it will save your some money. That’s unlikely unless you’ve already gotten lower quotes from all the vendors and priced it out compared to the included items to verify.