What would you charge for a New Year's Eve wedding in 2010/11 for 6 hours?
I'll tell you why I'm curious after I receive a few responses.
I'll tell you why I'm curious after I receive a few responses.
Weddings If you don't mind my asking...
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New Years Eve is always double to triple my normal rate for four hours. Each hour over that is O/T rate.
Taking into consideration, a Wedding is usually more than a regular Gig. Do you usually get booked on NYE? I would say at least your Wedding price for 6 hours plus 50% more. Its a booking, plain and simple. I would also ask for payment in full by a date in November to secure that price.
Here's the deal...
I had a potential client contact me via email. This client thought she was slick, and probably didn't think that I would find out that they were actually a vendor (wedding planner) seeking my rates.
They wanted a rate for a New Year's Eve wedding on 12/31/2010 for six hours and for approximately 200 people.
I quoted a rate of $1,065.
I received an email back, later in the evening saying (and I paraphrase), "I'm sorry but your rate is much more than I want to spend".
Her ideal budget is between $275 and $500 for a wedding reception on a prime holiday!!!!
I know that Ohio is a poor state, and it doesn't help that I'm in a rural area but DAMN!!!
I had a potential client contact me via email. This client thought she was slick, and probably didn't think that I would find out that they were actually a vendor (wedding planner) seeking my rates.
They wanted a rate for a New Year's Eve wedding on 12/31/2010 for six hours and for approximately 200 people.
I quoted a rate of $1,065.
I received an email back, later in the evening saying (and I paraphrase), "I'm sorry but your rate is much more than I want to spend".
Her ideal budget is between $275 and $500 for a wedding reception on a prime holiday!!!!
I know that Ohio is a poor state, and it doesn't help that I'm in a rural area but DAMN!!!
How much you wanna bet that she was trying to get a DJ for less than 500.00 but would have charged the client double maybe even triple that...
We charge $1000 for 4 hours then $150 an hour after that. I look at it this way...it's not only one of the biggest holidays of the year, but you also end up heading home after the event with all of the drunks on the road.
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Guest
Guest
NYE, is the one date out of the year i ask for $2000!
I have only booked one NYE gig in 5 years, If I had known they would take it at that price i would have asked $3000!
NYE is the one night I don't want to leave my house (don't ask me why becasue i really don't know!
I have only booked one NYE gig in 5 years, If I had known they would take it at that price i would have asked $3000!
NYE is the one night I don't want to leave my house (don't ask me why becasue i really don't know!
my usual for non-wedding is $1800.00 about 5 hours, for a wedding perhaps $2000.00 or more depending on what they ask for.
Since our job requires primarily working nights/weekends/holidays, we charge enough to cover the occasion on any date.
djsarge
Mac Daddy DJ
I recently upped my NYE rate. It used to be $1000 min, because I really DON'T want to work NYE. Unfortunately ( or fortunately, depending how you look at it) I keep getting booked. This year I raised it to $1250 for a straight party or bar gig. A wedding on top of that?
Well, since the $1000 seemed to be a going rate, If I were you, I would charge AT LEAST $1750. Of course, I'm talking about my area. Wouldn't fly in Kentucky, and too little in NY or LA.
Well, since the $1000 seemed to be a going rate, If I were you, I would charge AT LEAST $1750. Of course, I'm talking about my area. Wouldn't fly in Kentucky, and too little in NY or LA.
Our NYE rate is $2000. Wedding or not. Take it or leave it. If I stay home, I'll be safer but if someone does cough up my price, then I'll play.
I would agree about raising the price... not because I'm greedy and want the money... heck no... I've done a NYE wedding and not that it was too much of a pain... but due to a very heavy snow storm that hit about 1 hour before we packed out... I had over 18" of snow to drive through just to get home where previously when we arrived there was no snow on the ground at all.... I have mine set to $1200.00 this year.
Ohio, Delaware or elsewhere, NYE is a prime date in this business. Add a wedding on top of that and we wouldn't leave the driveway for under $1400.00. That's $700.00 for NYE and $700.00 for a wedding.
Gimme a break, folks. Ever priced rental venues and vendors on NYE? Ever priced 'em for a wedding? If a client can afford triple rates for a prime venue date and the trimmings that go with a wedding, I want a piece of that action.
I don't mean anything bad by this, just saying. We were working $275.00 for an informal dance at the VFW and Moose back in the mid '90s. That's more than 10 years ago. I bumped it to $375.00 later and they were cool with it.
What's up with a NYE wedding starting (read "that's all I'm gonna pay") at $275.00?
Methinks somebody's full of chit.
Ohio, Delaware or elsewhere, NYE is a prime date in this business. Add a wedding on top of that and we wouldn't leave the driveway for under $1400.00. That's $700.00 for NYE and $700.00 for a wedding.
Gimme a break, folks. Ever priced rental venues and vendors on NYE? Ever priced 'em for a wedding? If a client can afford triple rates for a prime venue date and the trimmings that go with a wedding, I want a piece of that action.
I don't mean anything bad by this, just saying. We were working $275.00 for an informal dance at the VFW and Moose back in the mid '90s. That's more than 10 years ago. I bumped it to $375.00 later and they were cool with it.
What's up with a NYE wedding starting (read "that's all I'm gonna pay") at $275.00?
Methinks somebody's full of chit.
I hear ya!! I thought my quote was quite reasonable.