i’m sure it has gone up everywhere. i can’t even recall the per plate price we paid 29 years ago in Pittsburgh, but i do know Pittsburgh was cheaper than DC which is why we got married there. so factor in DC prices and time passing and yes, it’s a good bit more than we paid.
A lot of the price depends on the venue.
Plus general inflation
Plus DC is really its own planet.
Ours is pricey but we could have gone elsewhere for half, maybe less than half.
Glad I’m not paying for it
:)
Location, location-I’ve no idea what it costs now, but when MrT5 and I got married, the out-in-the-country wedding venues were all the rage-still not as pricey as in the city though-we booked at one of the more popular ones, about 25 miles from here. The price per plate for the buffet wasn’t bad with the steamboat round, shrimp, etc.
The cub’s reception a few years later was nearly twice as much at one of the chichi one-price-for-all places in the city.