nightgoat

For the night party, we had 300-400 guests at 40 tables catered at 1200 baht per table with food and whiskey, 48,000 baht.  Ponglang band with instrument and stage rental was about 16,000 baht.  Rental of the school yard next door for the event was 1000 baht.  Total: 65,000 baht.

Other expenses were the Klong Yao band for the wedding procession, 3000 baht. 500 baht to the officiant.  Photographer/videography was about 5,000.  Studio pics in Bangkok were about 10,000 baht, including a large framed picture for the party.  I can't recall how much we gave the monks for the morning blessing but 2,000 baht for 9 monks I think.  Fed guests trickling in from out of town over two or three days, including 1.5 cows slaughtered on site totally maybe another 20,000 for food, beer, rental tents, etc.  

All told, just north of 100,000 baht for everything.  The exchange rate was considerably better then, so it was maybe $9 per guest, all inclusive.  We got back about 80,000 baht as gifts from the guest which paid for most of it.  I had a great time and really enjoyed it, but make sure your drink of choice is provided.  For some reason beer wasn't part of the package, so I had to dispatch somebody to get me some Singha since the guests only wanted whiskey, apparently.  

Worth every satang I spent, I have to say, so enjoy yourself!

sabaijai, on 2011-08-28 22:15:04, said:

Awesome, exactly what I'm looking for and surprisingly robust website for this place.  Looks like they sponsor a lot of events too, which I'll have to check out.