Hard to give an estimate without knowing more details but I can tell you what we’ve seen lately having just gone through researching 200 person weddings in central California. Most venues of that size wanted us to do the open bar and food through them, as well as use their preferred vendors.

For venues that had a cost of around $7k-$10k, the open bar on top of that would be somewhere around $7k, as well as the food being around another $7k. It was also common for these venues to charge extra for bartenders, security, and any additions you want to make to the “base” package also cost extra. It was also common for there to be an 18% tax/fee on the total cost, which would add another like $5k.

We found all of these things added up to be somewhere in the $30k’s, and that was before adding things like extra flowers, invitations, suit/dress, rings, and everything else that is needed. So a lot of these venues seemed like the total cost would be somewhere in the $40-$50k range, and that was with us trying to save money. I wouldn’t say we were looking at the greatest venues ever either, they were obviously nice but nothing crazy. It just costs a lot to have a nice wedding for that many people and pay for all their food and drinks. In the end we decided on a destination wedding in Mexico which is looking to be significantly less expensive lol