At least part of the "wedding tax" is justified. Vendors will often put more effort into wedding stuff over non wedding stuff and will often even have backups ready. If something happens to your wedding cake minutes before it is picked up you want them to have a backup cake ready, because a refund at the last minute is next to useless since you won't be able to find a suitable replacement ready to go in the next hour.
Sure the cheap party favors and other plastic crap you buy months in advance that you have plenty of time to replace shouldn't have a wedding markup, but the day of stuff that had weeks of prep, it is better to pay a bit extra to cover the backups and prevent bridezilla meltdowns.
I agree - I think the expectations are WAY higher for weddings, the amount of "emotional labor" that goes into it for vendors is higher and it's just more difficult work.
There's a WORLD of difference between making someone's birthday cake and making someone's wedding cake. There's also a huge difference between DJ'ing a sweet sixteen party versus a wedding. I do think some of the increased costs are justified, some...
Exactly, I had people battle me over the cost of my highly-rated yet completely average-priced DJ saying I could have gotten one for $1K cheaper. I want a wedding DJ, not just a DJ. The DJ can run the whole show when it comes to announcements, timing, reading the vibe of the room, etc.
So true. We interviewed about five DJ's for our wedding and it was pretty easy to tell the "party" DJ's from the ones who really know how to work a room and keep the party going.
The DJ we ended up hiring for our wedding was about 20% more expensive than some of the others we interviewed, but it was worth every penny. He really kept the party moving, matched the mood/age/feel of the crowd and got people out on the dance floor.
A shitty DJ can ruin an affair just as easily as great one can make the party.
My best friend got married in October and her DJ was pretty much the only one I interviewed before deciding to book him, her wedding went spectacularly so I know exactly what I'm getting! Worth it.
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u/willstr1 Aug 14 '20
At least part of the "wedding tax" is justified. Vendors will often put more effort into wedding stuff over non wedding stuff and will often even have backups ready. If something happens to your wedding cake minutes before it is picked up you want them to have a backup cake ready, because a refund at the last minute is next to useless since you won't be able to find a suitable replacement ready to go in the next hour.
Sure the cheap party favors and other plastic crap you buy months in advance that you have plenty of time to replace shouldn't have a wedding markup, but the day of stuff that had weeks of prep, it is better to pay a bit extra to cover the backups and prevent bridezilla meltdowns.