Average cost for venue

[Woodandsky]

Hi there,
What would you say would be a reasonable cost for a nice venue (ceremony and reception combined) and catering per head for approx 65 guests in England in the autumn?
Not a budget wedding nor a fancy society wedding but nice.

If you've recently had a quote / got married what did the cost include / exclude?

We are paying more because we are adding extras but the basic package we have bought is:
-50 guests
-main course buffet and dessert
-post ceremony drink
-DJ
-some decor (centre pieces, chair covers and those LOVE letters you get)

£8500

extra guests are £60/head and we can add in extra drinks etc.

This is at a castle/museum owned by the council (I think being owned by the council makes it cheaper)

On a bank holiday so Saturday pricing!

Sorry one more post!

We got a lot of quotes and circa £10k for our wedding was about average although could have gone up to about £18k if we had chosen a privately owned stately home

Weekend wedding in North Yorkshire, April, exclusive hire of Manor House with 20 guest bedrooms (to be booked by guests these weren’t included in lump sum)

65 day guests
Post ceremony drink
Canapés
Wedding breakfast
Drink for speeches
Evening buffet for 90 guests
DJ
LOVE letter hire
Sweet cart
Use of bridal suite and “getting ready room” on the morning of wedding
Then all the usual cake stand and knife, table linen, cutlery, chairs etc all included
£7500

It totally depends what you're looking for. Average cost for venue and catering for 65 guests 7/8k maybe?

We're paying 15k for a beautiful barn venue, 4 drinks per person (2x prosecco and 2 glasses of wine with dinner), generous canapes, four course meal and buffet for 100 guests. The cost includes exclusive use, wedding coordinator, all other staff, tables, chairs, cutlery, crockery etc. It is expensive but the quality and quantity of food are important to us. Similar venues were around the same price, including a very nice hotel at the coast.

My cousin is getting married in a hotel near our venue (not near the coast) and 100 guests would cost 5k. That includes decor, bridal car and a DJ, but I'm assuming the quality of catering won't be as good. Just depends on your priorities.

Our venue has a package for 7500 for 80 day and 120 evening guests on a Saturday.
So that's ceremony room, welcome drink, wedding breakfast with 1 glass of wine, evening buffet, dj etc.

However beware the added extras!! By the time we have paid for and extra glass of wine with the meal, Canapés and some venue dressing it's more like 10k

Venue is a stately home hotel

...bit by no means a posh venue. Its a bit run down tbh

*but

Thanks,
Family member has fallen in love with a venue (we will be helping with costs) and I'm trying to get an idea of what's reasonable. Any more information appreciated.

Agree to beware hidden costs. A relative chose a much more budget venue than us but found out quite close to the wedding that table linen, cutlery etc was an additional cost. The food was also borderline inedible.

A friend viewed our venue (before we even got engaged) but decided it was too expensive so went with something 'cheaper'. She says by the time she decorated it to the same standard and got external caterers she paid more for the other venue.

I'm trying to say this as politely as possible. Not sure how average cost of a venue is relevant in your situation. IMO if you're contributing to costs you should give what you're able/willing to give, and let the couple spend as they wish.

They don't have a lot of money so realistically we'll be paying for the majority of it! We can afford the venue they like but I'm not sure if it's reasonable as its a very long time since we got married and our parents paid!