Destination Wedding in Hyderabad – The City of Pearls
Details on Cost of Destination Wedding in Hyderabad!
EDITED: FEBRUARY 2023
This post elaborates on cost of destination wedding in Hyderabad in the venues famous for hosting weddings. Most popular amongst all is The Taj Falaknuma Palace for royal wedding. Taj Deccan, Taj Krishna, ITC Hotels are other famed venues. However local venues like Golkonda Resorts, Alankrita resorts are great alternatives. Read on…
Hyderabad city’s rich past and regal architectural legacy is well known all over the world. However, the recent wave of restoration of Hyderabad’s storied heritage had helped the city more to emerge in culture which is a boost to tourism and service industry. The wedding industry looks up to Hyderabad as one of the fastest emerging destinations for hosting a royal style wedding. 7/10 couples have Hyderabad on their wedding destination choice list. One among the top ten weddings of the year is hosted in Hyderabad. Yes! the destination is that popular. Below are instants for why is it important to comprehend the cost of destination wedding in Hyderabad.
Rich architecture, delicious food, royal clothing will instantly charm you to say yes to host your destination wedding in Hyderabad. When you visit this city for a recce you will be driven by the warmth of this city. To host your lifetime event here is rewarding. Your wedding photos will be the memoirs.
This post shall comprehend the cost of destination wedding in Hyderabad. Prospective wedding hotels, venues, décor, suppliers that could make up for an eternal wedding in Hyderabad. Read on…
Cost of Destination Wedding in Hyderabad: Bride and your group
Hello! Prospective bride, Let’s assume that you are a group of 100, looking for a 2-3day wedding celebration in Hyderabad. Hotel Accommodation, Wedding venue, F&B, Décor, Logistics etc are your primary requirements. However, you are done with substantial research, but still curious about the basics and the Budget. For your interest here we go…
Getting there
Hyderabad is easily accessible from around the world given to its smart connectivity.
Air: Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is about 30 min drive from the heart of the city. OLA, Uber and Private Taxis are easily available from the airport to reach the city. Hyderabad is connected to Delhi , Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and all other major cities of India via Air. Many international airlines land directly at Hyderabad.
Rail: Hyderabad Deccan Railway station is a terminus. The city is well connected by train services to all the important cities in India. There are many super fast express trains connecting Agra to Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai.
Accommodation
Hyderabad has offers a variety however, it completely depends on the type of the hotel and the budget you are looking at. If your specific of a heritage property, The Taj Falaknuma Palace is the one, booking this property is however not so easy, in case you are serious, here are few guidelines:
A proper prior appointment is necessary to visit this heritage property, a casual visit is not entertained. To check out the ambiance, you may pre book a meal: Lunch or Dinner, the hotel may also then arrange a property tour for you.
The Taj Falak numa Palace has around 60 rooms, a pool side, lawn, a lush banquet to host wedding and related functions. A buyout for a day of all the rooms and venues would cost around INR 25 – 30L including stay for 120 – 150 guests.
Meals: INR 12000 – 15000 Per Person Per Day includes: Lunch + Hi Tea and Dinner.
Budget of other star rated Properties:
- • Hotel Property : The per night Cost of a Standard room of a 5 star property is around INR10-15K + GST
- •Resort Property: The per night Cost of a Standard room of a 4 star resort property is around INR 8-10K + GST
*Tip: You may avail a decent discount in group bookings above 60 rooms
*Another Tip: Invest in a wedding planner for better guidance on selecting hotels, venues and setting up a budget.
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 venue charges:
- •5 Star Property: Venue Charges may vary from INR 3Lacs + GST Per function (T&C)
- •4 Star Properties: Venue Charges may vary from INR 2Lacs + GST Per function (T&C)
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 2000 + GST onwards, Dinner: INR 2500 + GST onwards, Hi-Tea: INR 900 + GST onwards. Wedding Feast: Lunch or Dinner: INR 3500 + GST onwards.
- 4 Star Property:Lunch INR 1800 + GST onwards, Dinner: INR 2000 + GST onwards, Hi-Tea: INR 700 + GST onwards. Wedding Feast: Lunch or Dinner: INR 2500 + 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.
You could calculate the cost of stay & food along with GST in the 5*/4*/3* properties on a per person basis.
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 2500 + 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.
DÉCOR
Decor plays a major part while comprehending the cost of destination wedding in Hyderabad. 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 wedding in Hyderabad, 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 wedding in Hyderabad. Locally sourced elements would make the décor come to life.
Tip: Décor of Vibrant colored drapes, Traditional props, elegant lighting – would make your wedding in Hyderabad, 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
PRE WEDDING FUNCTION
Sangeet/ Mehendi or any other similar function following could be typical requirements:
- •Hyderabad Favorite: Most interesting will be hiring a troupe of Local classical music, storytelling of the bygone. The Nizami Sufi sangeet nights would be mesmerizing. These troupes may charge INR 30K + GST onwards.
- •DJ with music console: A standard local DJ charges around INR 30K + 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 horse/vintage car: Groom entry shall be the highlight of the wedding. Nothing could be more enchanting than a groom procession in a decorated horse along with a carriage, just like the Mughal warriors. 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 destination wedding in Hyderabad 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 20K + GST onwards for the bride on her wedding day, includes, make up, hair do, draping etc.
- •Pre Wedding Function Make up for Bride: INR 15K + 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 destination wedding in Hyderabad. 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.
Basically, on an average, the cost of Destination wedding in Hyderabad will be INR 30L and upwards, for 2nights, including 100 guests.
(Inclusion: Stay in classic properties, F&B, Décor for 2Functions, Entertainment for 2Functions, MUA for bride and groom for all functions, airport transfers)
Hope the above information helps to understand the cost of destination wedding in Hyderabad
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