Cost of Beach Wedding in Chennai
From ‘Decent’ to ‘Luxury’ – cost of beach wedding in Chennai shall vary!
(EDITED: FEBRUARY 2023)
Chennai is popular for flaunting India’s most clean beaches and a beach wedding in Chennai is surely to be serene and exquisite. The main city of Chennai banks on the most commercial beach wedding venues, so its wiser to go a bit into the interiors and explore this beautiful beach destination Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram.
This destination is only an hour drive from the main city of Chennai. Its an ideal choice for couples who are seeking a beach wedding either in a Decent or Luxury budget. This beach town has variety of venues to offer. In case this has interested you… read on to know the cost of beach wedding in Chennai.
Imagine your wedding group
A group of 100 – 150 guests, this ideal for any Indian wedding. A duration of 2 – 3 days with versatile functions. Your choices are likely to be among the following…
Accommodation for your guests
Hotels or Resorts are categorized in star ratings and are priced accordingly. Cost of wedding in five star properties like Taj Fisherman’s Cove, Intercontinental Hotel, The Radisson Blu Temple bay are like likely to be the following:
Budget of star rated Properties:
- • Hotel Property : The per night Cost of a Standard room of a 5 star property is around INR15-20K + GST
- •Resort Property: The per night Cost of a Standard room of a 4 star resort property is around INR 10-15K + GST
Private venues are also available in case you are looking for an intimate wedding in a pocket friendly budget. MGM beach resort, Blue Bay beach resort , Ideal beach resort are some of the popular ones. Budgeted between INR 6 – 9K per night of a standard room.
VENUE
Each of these properties has venues which could cater to your pre wedding and wedding functions. Venues could be anything like AC Banquet, lawn area, swimming pool area or any special area of the property dedicated for wedding functions.
However the properties may exempt venue charges, if you guarantee the minimum number of rooms for stay. But if there’s a charge, it could be something like below
Here is a basic understanding on star property venue charges:
- •5 Star Property: Venue Charges may vary from INR 1Lac + GST Per function (T&C)
- •4 Star Properties: Venue Charges may vary from INR 50K + GST Per function (T&C)
Private properties shall have either one or two venue options to host wedding related functions. Venue charges might not apply incase you buyout the property for a certain duration. However if they have bigger venues, then they might charge a considerable amount.
FOOD
Breakfast is included in room tariff in most of the star properties, so you pay for another 2 meals and a snack, i.e. Lunch, Dinner & Hi-Tea respectively. Here is the breakdown on per person basis…
- 5 Star Property: Lunch: INR 3000 + GST onwards, Dinner: INR 4000 + GST onwards, Hi-Tea: INR 1500 + GST onwards. Wedding Feast: Lunch or Dinner: INR 4500 + GST onwards.
- 4 Star Property:Lunch INR 2500 + GST onwards, Dinner: INR 3000 + GST onwards, Hi-Tea: INR 1000 + GST onwards. Wedding Feast: Lunch or Dinner: INR 3500 + GST onwards
The cost mentioned above would be applicable for veg/non-veg meals. The cost per person of wedding feast may depend on the elaborate menu. You may also request DIY snack stalls or BBQ by paying extra charges.
At Private Venues: You may be permitted to bring your own caterer and liquor for functions against a charge. However this is not universal.
LIQUOR
Corkage is not allowed at most of the properties, so you may have to buy liquor from hotel. You may have options of packages and payment. You may have to pay INR 3500 + GST onwards per person for IMFL Liquor served for 3-4 Hours. For foreign liquor or any other special requests, you may have to pay in advance to the hotel. The best is to pay on per bottle consumed.
DÉCOR
Decor plays a major part while comprehending the cost of beach wedding in Chennai. It may depend on your demand and availability of resources. For example: If you are looking out to decorate your functions with materials which could be locally sourced from that destination, then the costs are on the standard level.
But then if you are looking out for something specific which would have to be imported, then décor costs may increase accordingly. Also costs may somewhat depend on your décor designer or planner (Please, I am not talking of any flower decorator here), as they are likely to charge more or less depending on their creativity standards.
However there is a standard cost for standard décor for beach wedding in Chennai, India. Here is a general observation of décor for functions comprising 100 guests…
- •Pre Wedding Function: Likely to be Engagement, Sangeet, Mehendi or any similar function: Décor starts from INR 2.5L + GST per function, this cost may include décor of structures, drapes, florals, lights, related props, also furniture to some extent.
- •Wedding Function: Likely to be the Wedding day function followed by Reception: Décor starts from INR 3.5L + GST per function, this cost may include décor of several structures, drapes, florals, lights, related props, also furniture to some extent.
- •Theme Party: Royal Theme decor for Mehendi/sangeet, Bollywood sangeet, Masquerade themed reception are a few ideas of theme parties you could arrange to engage your guests, these have particular décor sets which may cost you from INR 2.5L + GST per theme.
Tip: Choose from locally sourced elements for beach wedding in Chennai. Locally sourced elements would make the décor come to life.
Tip: Natural sets with local florals, soft color drapes and trendy props – would make your beach wedding in Chennai, a spectacular one.
You could calculate the cost according to the number functions you are likely to host and divide the total cost on per person basis.
ENTERTAINMENT & ARTISTE
PRE WEDDING FUNCTION
Sangeet/ Mehendi or any other similar function following could be typical requirements:
- •DJ with music console: A standard local DJ charges around INR 25K + GST onwards. However there endless limits if you want o spend, you can hire celebrity DJ who plays for high class parties, night clubs and savvy events at INR 80K+ GST onwards.
- •Male/Female Anchor: To engage your guests, you have to hire good looking and appealing hosts. So the need of a standard Anchor/Male comes at a cost of INR 10K + GST onwards. However you may hire celebrity Anchor/Male who hosts fashion events, bollywood events at a cost of INR 30K + Taxes onwards. Female/Anchors are expensive you may have to shell out INR 15K + GST onwards for a standard and INR 40K + GST onwards for celebrity anchors. Also, you may note that you may have to bear the expenses of travel/food/stay of these artists, if they are not sourced locally.
- •Mehendi Artiste: So, this is the most important service for any mehendi function and costs may vary. For bridal henna full hands/legs costs starts from INR 10K + GST onwards, whereas for individual guests cost starts from INR 2K + GST onwards, per guest.
- •Lady singers with Dholki: A group of 6 ladies may come at a cost of around INR 25K + GST onwards
WEDDING FUNCTION
- •Groom Procession in Elephant/vintage car: Groom entry shall be the highlight of the wedding. Nothing could be more enchanting than a groom procession in a decorated elephant. A vintage car entry along with spectacular dhol players would be another delightful entry of the groom as the emperor. This service may cost INR 50K + GST onwards.
- • Bride Entry in Palanquin with traditional folk dance: A bride may enter the wedding venue in a decorated palanquin followed by a folk dance performance specially choreographed for the entry. Could cost around INR 45K + GST onwards.
- •Jaimala: A decorated Stage with confetti showers, 2 flower garlands, along with back ground music may cost around INR 30K + GST. If you wish for some more effects like a hydraulic stage with cold showers, fireworks etc then costs may start from INR 50K + GST onwards.
PHOTOGRAPHY + VIDEOGRAPHY
Certainly! This is one of the major aspects while comprehending the services cost of beach wedding in Chennai However the cost for this service depends upon the fame & quality of the photographer, but generally it could range from anything in the following:
- •Candid Photography Stills: INR 75K + GST onwards Per Function
- •Traditional Photography Stills: INR 45K + GST onwards Per Function
- •Traditional Videography: INR 60K + GST onwards Per Function
- •Cinematography/ Wedding Film: INR 1Lac + GST onwards Per Function
- •Pre Wedding shoot: INR 25K + GST onwards for 8hours shoot
- •Pre Wedding Video: INR 40K + GST onwards for teaser & film.
Also, you may note that you may have to bear the expenses of travel/food/stay of these artists, if they are not sourced locally. Guess you would not like to compromise and would need all the above mentioned photography services, so calculate your budget accordingly.
MAKE UP ARTISTE
This is the most important service NOT ONLY for the brides but for the grooms as well. But then, the charming service which helps you doll up for your bid day comes with a price tag! Now let’s evaluate the cost for this service:
- •Bridal Make up & Hair do: INR 25K + GST onwards for the bride on her wedding day, includes, make up, hair do, draping etc.
- •Pre Wedding Function Make up for Bride: INR 20K + GST onwards per pre wedding function includes, make up, hair do, draping etc.
- •Groom Make up + Hair: INR 5K + GST onwards for the bride on her wedding day, includes, make up, hair do, draping etc
- •Pre Wedding Function Make up for Groom: INR 3K + GST onwards per pre wedding function includes, make up, hair do, draping etc.
- •Make Up/ Touch up, per guest: INR 2.5K + GST onwards for per pre wedding/ wedding function includes, make up, hair do, draping etc.
Also, you may note that you may have to bear the expenses of travel/food/stay of these artists, if they are not sourced locally.
LOGISTICS
An important aspect which cannot be overlooked while comprehending the cost of beach wedding in Chennai. Travel to the destination is generally paid by the guests themselves so I would skip this part. Travel within the destination which could be anything like airport/ station transfers, hotel to venue travel or going sightseeing. So the costs would be somewhat around the following:
- •Luxury Bus, 49 seater: INR 25K + GST onwards for 8hours, cost may not depend on KMs in this case.
- •AC coaches, 12 seater: INR 10K + GST onwards for 8hours, cost may depend on KMs or Hours, whichever is greater.
- •AC Car 5-8 seater: INR 3K + GST onwards for 8hours, cost may depend on KMs or Hours, whichever is greater
- •Vintage Car: INR 10K + GST onwards for 5hours maximum.
So technically, you pay depending on your schedule and requirement.
MORE SERVICES MORE COSTS
Apart from the essentials, if you wish for some extra services, you would have to set your budget accordingly. You could add any of the following or other services of your choice to your requirement and budget list. Say…
Puppet shows, Folk music players, Caricature artists, live bangle makers, fire jugglers, tattoo artists, comedian and the list is endless.
All of the above mentioned services could be hired at definite prices; you could set your budget accordingly.
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WEDDING PLANNER
Now that you know that without a Wedding Planner, planning a destination wedding is almost impossible, you should also know that Wedding Planning is a Service and your wedding planner with team add up to your wedding budget.
So let’s now comprehend the cost of a wedding planner.
So a wedding planner may charge you any one of the two ways:
- •Percentage (%) of Wedding Budget: A planner may charge a certain percentage of amount as their fee depending on the size of the wedding budget. Likely to be around 10-25% of the total wedding budget.
- •Fixed Fee: Most common fee structure of startup wedding planning ventures, they charge a fixed fee depending on the services and the responsibilities they undertake to make your Big Day special.
The choice completely depends on you and your capacity of expenditures.
So, looking at the breakup cost the minimum Lump sum budget that you require to host a wedding in a 5* beach hotel in Chennai is around INR 50L + GST onwards
(Inclusion: 2N & 3D, 100 guests, Stay in classic properties, F&B, Décor for 3Functions, Entertainment for 2Functions, airport transfers)
Hope the above information helps to understand the cost of beach wedding in Chennai
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