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What no one tells you at the beginning

What no one tells you at the beginning Hidden fees

When thinking about planning a wedding or event in Israel, there are a few very important thing you must check with the venue or vendors before closing the contracts. Most of them will get you financially frustrated if you didn't.

The most popular is the ongoing additional costs that keep popping up along the way. Especially distressing when trying to work within a budget. All these costs are usually unavoidable, and you are already at that stage of planning, where you have no choice but to be ok with it.

One of the first things we ask all the venue and vendors we work with is:

1. What is included in our package?

2. What isn’t included in our package?

Some people may think that these questions are the same, but I assure you, the answers you will get are totally different.

We have listed here a few of the classic hidden fees that come up in almost every event, that you can ask about pre-signing the contract, and even have the opportunity to negotiate some of these in your package. Also included in the list are some smaller fees that are usually forgotten about, when putting together an initial event budget calculation.

- Vendor meals – some venue charges no fee, some half price, some full price, and you will need for photographs, musics, hostesses and event planning team, sound and light team,

- Tips for staff – waiters, kitchens, chef, bar, and managers.

- Overtime fees

- Hotel welcome baskets delivery fees.

- Postage for invites

- Stages/Podiums,

- Additional chairs for Chuppah/meal

- set up time

- special kashrut fees

- additional stands at the receptions

- light and sound

- wedding cake

- printing/name cards