Yesterday, TLS reported about a hall in Lakewood offering an all-inclusive wedding package for $4,500.
Upon TLS releasing the phone number, the hall was inundated with phone calls from parents looking to take advantage of this ridiculously-low price.
So what’s the catch?
The hall says they are offering this price to the first 25 bookings, after which the price will change to $7,000.
The package includes a meal for 100 – plus an additional 120 people for dancing, music and singer, flowers, photographer, and a videographer.
“This is an innovation that is long overdue and is now open to the public,” the hall said.
Call 848-226-2299 to inquire about available dates.
NEW: TLS has learned a Lakewood hall will be offering all-inclusive wedding packages for $4500 for 100 guests, plus 120 for dancing. Will include flowers & decor, music & singer, photographer and videographer.
— The Lakewood Scoop (@LakewoodScoop) June 10, 2020
Is the chuppah setup pictured…included???
That’s $45.00 a plate..
It’s $45 per person for the entire package, not just the meal. That’s a steal.
This is very nice, in contrast to others who are taking unjust advantage of the situation.
Which hall is this?
how is this a good deal no one makes wedding for 100 people standard wedding is 350 is so the price is a standard wedding price
exactly the point – weddings were huge and costs exorbitant and there was no option to make a smaller, cheaper wedding. this allows someone to chose to make a wedding with immediate family only for the meal and to invite other relatives and close friends to dancing at a lower cost. kol hakavod!
You are so wrong wedding costs of takanah weddings are not exorbitant they are the cheapest anywhere. why would anyone want to spend less, you can but youll have a nebbie wedding more people is more simcha. a full takana wedding is $25k or less not the end of the world with this mind set people will be screaming in a few year why spend $4,500 lets spend $2000 with only 30 people. does it cost money to marry off a child of course but we should be happy to pay and enjoy the simcha with lots of people
sweetheart, some people cant afford that.
Please lets change the chasunas to this format!
Whoever has made a recent chasuna has raved that it is amazing!!
Only family (and option of close friends of chassan and kallah) for chupah and seudah.
Then have simchas chasan and kallah with more dancing for neighbors and friends.
Make it in a nice backyard if you want those have been real nice!
The limits should be set by what type of acquaintances you invite. If you have 250 first cousins, you can’t not invite first cousins. What’s a wedding without your close cousins? Is that considered overspendin/extravagant to come from a large family? Rather, invite all uncles/aunts and first cousins, and set the limit on the number of friends and distant relatives. Everyone else can come by dancing.
are you so close to TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY cousins that you cannot get married without them?!
If you have 250 first cousins you are not close with more than a few of them. I have well over 100, living here in Lakewood, and to be honest I can’t say I know more than the 12-15 in my age range. It would be lovely to have them all at simchos but they are definitely possible to exclude for anyone looking to scale down the size and tone our events.
If you have 250 first cousins, are you REALLY Close with ALL of them, MOST of them?? it’s way overdue to get back to basics- First cousins can come to dancing, why do they need to be at the meal ?
Is there any reason the location of this venue is a secret? Why?? Sounds odd.
While the initial price of $4500 is a great deal,and i am sure the owner is taking a loss on that,the standard price of $7000 is not a bargin at all.The regular halls in town that have lobbies,chupa rooms etc.are only charging now ,$8000 for 100 people and 25 children ,and more people allowed for dancing.
Compare appeles to apples please.
To resident there shouldn’t be any limit set fo anyone. This is not a takanah or anything just good ol capitalism at its best
P.s. this is not in any way intended to be a criticism to the person behind this business venture. On the contrary Kol hakavod
To all other commentators please stop trying to put everyone else into ur box. We are all different with different circumstances and priorities
Thank you
Avi,
Seriously? Your welcome to make any wedding you’d like… But having this low cost option is terrific! Why go into deep debt over a wedding??
Regarding… the above and the “simcha initiative” corona inspired kabala that was published here on Lakewood Scoop:
I think we need to look at making the wedding less extravagant as the goal. Like no
special effects lighting , no carving stations and ice sculptures with couples initials and all the other hoopla and excess.
But why focus on less people at a simcha? You can end up insulting family, friends, colleagues, shul members.
Let’s do it simpler post corona, having learned that simpler is also beautiful, but let’s not exclude and hurt others.
$7k for 100 people isn’t so cheap. A full wedding at Beis Feiga isn’t much more, and comes with a full package and more people. Limiting to 100 people is too few to become mainstream. You need minimum 100 per side, to allow for 35 family members per side (each side father and mother family), 10 family friends per side (20 couples, so 40 people), and 10 of chosson kallah friends each. These are not at all extravagant. Less than that will never become mainstream. It wasn’t the 300 people vs 150 people that made chasunas so expensive… It was going all out to make an over the top fancy affair. Cutting the standards (10k diamond rings and 5k chosson watches gotta be on chopping block too-most people spend more on non wedding expenses than actual wedding) is as important as cutting guest list. If there should be a big drive to cut guest list, it should be at shabbos Sheva brachos, which costs a lot more per person than wedding.