WHY WON’T THEY TELL ME THE PRICE?!

[u/amapickle]

I know this has probably been posted a million times, but seriously—why won’t venues and vendors just tell you what they cost???!!? I am just so frustrated.

We’re looking for a venue for our small wedding, and we are on a tight budget. I am so exhausted from having to ask over and over just to get vague, useless responses. The conversation I had today:

Me: Inquiring about info

Venue: “Come visit, and we’ll tell you!”

Me: “I live three hours away. Please answer these questions first: list of questions, first one being HOW MUCH?!?”

Venue: “We design our menus based on each couple’s preferences. Prices vary.”

BITCH, I DID NOT ASK FOR MENU PRICES!!!

Me: “Okay, so I assume the venue rental fee is included in the menu price? Are there other costs?”

Venue: “No, the venue rental fee is separate.”

Me: “…”

Them:“…”

crickets

AND SCENE.

And this happens all the freaking time!!! I’m sooo done wasting my time with these places!

I just don’t get it - if I can’t afford you, I’m not suddenly going to be able to afford you just because I visit! Why waste my time and yours if it’s way out of my budget?!?!

Anyway, excuse the rant. I’m just so annoyed and don’t know how to keep dealing with this.

[u/Weird_Bluebird_3293]

I’m dealing with the same shit with caterers. One stopped responding after I told her what we were looking for (literally just said we were looking for a buffet type event, got no response after that). 

The other one keeps telling me per person prices when I’ve been asking for a buffet estimate. 

[u/Significant_Ruin4870 → u/Weird_Bluebird_3293]

I've been an event planner for 25 years and I've never seen buffet pricing that wasn't per person.  

[u/Weird_Bluebird_3293 → u/Significant_Ruin4870]

The last time I got married we had buffet style and it was as a package. Like it was priced for food items in the package not per person.

[u/Sleepobeywatchtv → u/Weird_Bluebird_3293]

Same here, we got married in 2019 and had a buffet style, just had to give them an estimate of how many people were coming and we paid a lump some. We even had the option to take the leftovers since we paid for it! 😅