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12 min read · Checked November 5, 2026

# All-Inclusive Wedding Packages in NYC: What They Include

![Two women in their thirties, one with deep brown skin and one with light olive skin, in everyday clothes standing with clasped hands in the middle of a fully set hotel ballroom with round tables in white linen, gold chairs, a long buffet table at the far end and tall windows, a server in black polishing a glass at a side table](https://getmarriedinnyc.com/images/guide-all-inclusive-wedding-packages-nyc/two-women-touring-a-set-hotel-ballroom-for-an-all-inclusive-wedding-package-in-n.jpg)

An all-inclusive wedding package in NYC usually bundles the venue, food, drinks, rentals and staffing into one per-person or event price. Some also add a coordinator, DJ, cake, flowers or decor. The phrase has no fixed definition, so what counts as included changes from one venue to the next.

Packages often still leave out tax, service charge, gratuity, ceremony fees, your marriage license, an officiant, photography, attire, transportation and upgrades. Published rates run from [$135 per person at LIC Weddings](https://www.licweddings.com/package-menu) up to [$350 per person at Deity NYC](https://www.deitynyc.com/weddings) on a peak Saturday, as of November 5, 2026.

The method is the same everywhere. Price each package at your real guest count and date, add every required fee, then set that total beside separate quotes for the same scope.

## Key takeaways

- "All inclusive" is a venue's own label, so read the written inclusions line by line.
- A per-person rate is not your total; tax, service charge or gratuity, and ceremony fees come on top.
- Guest minimums and the day of the week can move the rate more than the venue's name does.
- The marriage license, officiant, photography and attire usually sit outside the package.
- A fair comparison uses the same guest count, hours, food, bar level, rentals and ceremony scope.

## What does an all-inclusive package usually include?

Most packages are built around the reception. You can usually expect the room itself, a food menu, a bar for a set number of hours, tables, chairs, linens, dinnerware and the staff who set up and serve.

Beyond that core, the lists diverge. [Deity NYC](https://www.deitynyc.com/weddings) in Brooklyn describes food, furniture, a [day-of coordinator](https://getmarriedinnyc.com/guides/do-you-need-a-wedding-planner-nyc/), a four-hour premium open bar and a DJ inside a six-hour event, with no administration, staff or rental fees. [The Royal Benjamin Sonesta](https://nyc.sonesta.com/the-benjamin/weddings/) in Midtown East lists passed hors d'oeuvres, a three-course dinner, a four-hour bar, a champagne toast, cake cutting, linens, printed menus, easels, table numbers and votive candles.

At [LIC Weddings](https://www.licweddings.com/package-menu) in Queens, the Butler package covers passed hors d'oeuvres, charcuterie, salads, a four-hour open bar, tea, coffee and dessert. The Silver package swaps in a buffet dinner. Linens, silverware, a microphone and a champagne toast appear on its list too.

So, two venues can both say "all inclusive" and hand you very different weddings. Treat the name as a starting point and the written proposal as the answer.

## What does an all-inclusive package usually leave out?

Start with the money added to the rate. Deity adds New York State sales tax. The Royal Benjamin Sonesta prices its packages plus tax and service charge. LIC Weddings adds tax and gratuity. The Long Island Marriott in Uniondale lists a 24% service charge and 8.625% state sales tax in its package document.

![An officiant in a dark jacket seen from the side walking down a narrow downtown street with a small cloth-bound book under one arm and a leather satchel on one shoulder, granite civic buildings and plane trees along the block in morning light](https://getmarriedinnyc.com/images/guide-all-inclusive-wedding-packages-nyc/officiant-walking-to-a-wedding-ceremony-on-a-downtown-nyc-street.jpg)

Next come the things a reception package does not replace. A New York [marriage license](https://getmarriedinnyc.com/guides/nyc-marriage-license/) is required whatever venue you book, and a [City Clerk ceremony](https://getmarriedinnyc.com/guides/city-hall-wedding-nyc/) carries its own fee. Officiant, attire, rings, invitations, hair and makeup, transportation and hotel rooms are separate unless your contract says otherwise.

Ceremony space is the line couples miss most often. Deity says a ceremony-space rental may apply if you hold the ceremony there, and the Long Island Marriott document lists an $850 ceremony room rental. Ask whether ceremony chairs, a rehearsal, an officiant and ceremony staffing are part of the package or priced apart.

Some packages name their own exclusions. LIC Weddings lists tent rental, additional chair and table rentals and live music as not included.

## What do published NYC-area packages cost?

Here are four packages, read on November 5, 2026. They show how packages are structured. Prices change by date and season, so confirm every figure in a written quote.

Published package rates, read November 5, 2026

| Venue | Area | Published rate | Listed as extra |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Deity NYC](https://www.deitynyc.com/weddings) | Brooklyn | $275 to $350 per person, by season and day | New York State sales tax; ceremony-space rental may apply |
| [The Royal Benjamin Sonesta](https://nyc.sonesta.com/the-benjamin/weddings/) | Midtown East, Manhattan | $250, $300 or $375 per person, by tier | Tax and service charge |
| [LIC Weddings](https://www.licweddings.com/package-menu) | Long Island City, Queens | $135 per person (Butler) or $140 per person (Silver) | Tax and gratuity; tent, extra chairs and tables, live music |
| [Brooklyn Winery](https://www.bkwinery.com/wedding-faqs/) | Williamsburg, Brooklyn | Celebrations from $230 per person | Confirm in a written quote |

The three Royal Benjamin tiers differ in what they pour and serve. Higher tiers add stronger liquor, late-night bites and upgraded entrees. Brooklyn Winery includes a premium open bar for the event and lets you customize the menu and package.

The Long Island Marriott publishes per-person and event prices in its [package document](https://modules.marriott.com/resourcefiles/nycli-long-island-marriott-weddings-main/traditional-wedding-package.pdf). Request its current reception package and price schedule directly, since the headline rate depends on your date and menu.

For a national point of comparison, [The Knot's 2026 Real Weddings Study](https://www.theknot.com/content/average-wedding-cost) of 10,474 U.S. couples married in 2025 reports an average cost per guest of $292 and an average guest count of 117. That is a national average, so use it for context and not as a New York package price.

## How does a per-person price become a total?

Multiply the rate by the number of guests the venue will bill you for. Then add each charge that sits on top.

Here is one worked example using Deity's published Saturday rate for May to October, which is $350 per person with a 100-guest minimum. At 100 guests, the package is $35,000 before tax. If New York City's 8.875% sales and use tax rate applies to the full amount, as [NYC311](https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-01675) lists it and as [NYC Finance](https://www.nyc.gov/site/finance/business/business-nys-sales-tax.page) lists food and beverages sold by caterers as taxable, tax adds about $3,106, bringing the running total to roughly $38,106. Your venue will confirm the exact tax treatment in writing.

A smaller case works the same way. Fifty guests at LIC Weddings' $135 Butler rate is $6,750 before tax and gratuity.

Either way, you are not done yet. Add the ceremony fee if the ceremony is on site, any bar or menu upgrade, and the vendors the package does not cover. For how service charges, tax and gratuity stack on a quote, read [how to read a venue's service charge, tax and gratuity](https://getmarriedinnyc.com/guides/nyc-wedding-venue-service-charge-tax-gratuity/). For typical totals across the five boroughs, see [what a NYC wedding costs by borough](https://getmarriedinnyc.com/guides/nyc-wedding-cost-by-borough/).

## What changes the price?

Guest minimums, the day of the week and the season do most of the work. Deity publishes a full set of them, which makes it a useful way to see how much one venue's rate can move.

Deity NYC minimums and per-person rates, read November 5, 2026

| When | Minimum guests | Rate per person |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January to April, Friday | 80 | $300 |
| January to April, Saturday | 100 | $325 |
| January to April, Sunday | 80 | $275 |
| May to October, Friday | 80 | $325 |
| May to October, Saturday | 100 | $350 |
| May to October, Sunday | 80 | $300 |
| November to December, Friday | 80 | $300 |
| November to December, Saturday | 100 | $325 |
| November to December, Sunday | 80 | $275 |
| Monday through Thursday | 75 | $275 |
| Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. | 75 | $275 |

Read the table the way a budget reads it. A Saturday-morning event or a weekday saves $75 per person against a peak-season Saturday, and it also lowers the minimum you have to fill.

![A hotel banquet room at midmorning on a weekday with sun across a bare wood dance floor, round tables set for brunch, and pitchers of juice and platters of fruit and pastries on a sideboard where two servers in black chat](https://getmarriedinnyc.com/images/guide-all-inclusive-wedding-packages-nyc/weekday-brunch-reception-set-in-a-hotel-banquet-room-in-nyc.jpg)

[Brooklyn Winery](https://www.bkwinery.com/wedding-faqs/) points couples toward off-peak months and weekdays as the way to stretch a budget. Ask it for the full guest-minimum schedule for your date. Beyond date and season, bar tier, menu choices, event length and overtime all move the final number.

If your guest list is closer to 20 or 30 than 100, look at [small wedding venues in NYC](https://getmarriedinnyc.com/guides/small-wedding-venues-nyc/) and [micro weddings in NYC](https://getmarriedinnyc.com/guides/micro-wedding-nyc/). Their pricing works differently from a 100-guest minimum.

## What is in the bar, the food and the rentals, and can you bring your own vendors?

Read the bar line first, because "[open bar](https://getmarriedinnyc.com/guides/wedding-bar-alcohol-rules-nyc/)" covers a wide range. Ask whether it is beer and wine, standard liquor or premium liquor, how many hours it runs, and whether cocktail hour is inside those hours. Most published packages here run four hours.

For food, ask whether the price covers passed hors d'oeuvres, a plated or buffet dinner, dessert, coffee and tea, and late-night food. For [rentals](https://getmarriedinnyc.com/guides/wedding-rentals-nyc/), ask about tables, chairs, linens, glassware, china, flatware and a dance floor. LIC Weddings, for example, lists linens, silverware and a microphone but excludes extra chairs and tables.

Vendor rules are set by each venue. Brooklyn Winery lets you bring an outside DJ or band, and all alcohol has to come from the winery. Deity includes a DJ in its package. At Deity, the Royal Benjamin and LIC Weddings, ask directly whether [outside vendors](https://getmarriedinnyc.com/guides/outside-vendor-rules-nyc-wedding-venues/) are allowed and what they cost.

If you want to swap an included item, ask three things: whether the venue allows it, whether it offers a credit, and whether an outside-vendor fee applies. Do not assume a removed item comes off the price. Put the answer in the contract, since a verbal yes does not protect you.

## How do you compare a package with separate quotes?

A package is not automatically cheaper or pricier than booking each vendor yourself. The only fair test is the same scope on both sides. Pick one guest count, one date, the same hours, the same food and bar level, the same rentals and staffing, and the same ceremony plan.

![A woman and a man in their thirties, one with fair freckled skin and one with medium brown skin, in everyday clothes sitting on a living room rug and arranging two rows of small blank blush and sage index cards, a closed laptop and a tote of folders beside them in afternoon window light](https://getmarriedinnyc.com/images/guide-all-inclusive-wedding-packages-nyc/couple-comparing-two-rows-of-cards-on-their-living-room-floor-to-price-a-wedding.jpg)

Fill in the package column from the written proposal, with every tax and fee added. Then collect quotes for each line from separate vendors and fill in that column. Compare the two final totals, and not the headline rates.

Package versus separate quotes: a worksheet for the same scope

| Line item | Package total | Separate quotes total | Question to answer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Venue and ceremony space |  |  | Is the ceremony space included? |
| Food and cocktail hour |  |  | Plated or buffet, how many courses? |
| Bar |  |  | Which liquor level, how many hours? |
| Cake, coffee and late-night food |  |  | Cake cutting fee? |
| Tables, chairs, linens, dinnerware |  |  | Anything excluded? |
| Staffing, security, cleanup |  |  | Charged separately? |
| Coordinator |  |  | Planning contact or day-of only? |
| DJ or band |  |  | Included, or outside allowed? |
| Flowers and decor |  |  | Included, or limited to what? |
| Photography and videography |  |  | Almost always separate |
| Tax, service charge, gratuity |  |  | Exact calculation in writing |
| Children's and vendor meals |  |  | Billed at a different rate? |
| Overtime |  |  | Hourly rate and end time |
| Total |  |  | Same guest count and hours? |

One more factor has no price tag. A package gives you one team to coordinate, and separate quotes give you more control and more contracts to manage. Count the planning time you have, even if you leave a dollar value off it.

## Which legal and permit costs stay separate?

A reception package does not cover the legal marriage. [NYC311](https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-02115) says you need a marriage license, which is usually valid for 60 days, and the ceremony must take place at least 24 hours after the license is issued.

If you also plan a civil ceremony at a City Clerk office, [NYC311](https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-02124) lists a $25 ceremony fee, an appointment, a valid license and at least one witness, with no more than six people in the room including the two of you and the witness. [Officiants performing weddings in NYC](https://getmarriedinnyc.com/guides/who-can-officiate-a-wedding-in-nyc/) must register, and [NYC311](https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-02856) lists a $15 registration fee.

A [park wedding](https://getmarriedinnyc.com/guides/park-wedding-permits-nyc/) needs its own paperwork. [NYC311](https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-02071) says a permit is required for park or beach events with more than 20 people, with a $25 non-refundable processing fee and 21 to 30 days of processing. Sound, tents and signage can involve extra fees through [NYC Parks](https://nyceventpermits.nyc.gov/parks/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2Fparks%2FHome.aspx).

If you or your guests prefer Spanish, the City Clerk offers a [Spanish marriage application guide](https://www.cityclerk.nyc.gov/content/marriage-bureau/online-application-spanish).

## What should you ask before you sign?

Bring these questions to every venue, and ask for the answers in the written proposal. The [signed contract](https://getmarriedinnyc.com/guides/wedding-contract-deposit-cancellation-nyc/) controls over any sample package page.

![A close view of a plain expanding document folder standing open on a wooden desk with five blank pastel tabs, a hand sliding a stapled stack of pages face down into its pocket](https://getmarriedinnyc.com/images/guide-all-inclusive-wedding-packages-nyc/hand-filing-contract-pages-in-an-expanding-folder-for-a-wedding-package-in-nyc.jpg)

- **Deposit and balance:** How much is the deposit, and when are the interim and final payments due?
- **Guest-count guarantee:** When is the guarantee due, and what happens above it? The Long Island Marriott document asks for a guaranteed number 10 business days before the event and charges guests above it accordingly.
- **Cancellation and postponement:** What is refundable if the date is canceled, moved or reduced?
- **Overtime:** What is the event end time, and what does an extra hour cost?
- **Dietary needs:** Which substitutions are available, and is there a charge? Kosher, halal, vegetarian and allergy needs are worth raising before you book.
- **Children's and vendor meals:** Are they billed at a different rate? The Long Island Marriott document lists a $35 children's meal and a $55 vendor meal.
- **Removable items:** Which parts of the package are fixed, and which can come out?
- **Fees:** Are there corkage, cake-cutting, outside-vendor, cleanup, security or delivery fees?

A plain document folder for the proposal, contract and payment records keeps all of this in one place. Pick one with labeled sections and a pocket for loose papers.

**Quiz: Quick check: all-inclusive packages**

1. What range of published per-person rates does this guide cite, as of November 5, 2026?
   - $135 at LIC Weddings up to $350 at Deity NYC **(correct answer)**
   - $50 to $100
   - $500 to $750
2. At Deity NYC's May to October Saturday rate, what is 100 guests before tax?
   - $3,500
   - $35,000 **(correct answer)**
   - $350,000
3. Does a reception package cover the marriage license?
   - Yes, always
   - Treat it as separate unless the contract says otherwise **(correct answer)**
   - Only on Saturdays
4. What does Deity NYC list for a Saturday event from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.?
   - $275 per person **(correct answer)**
   - $325 per person
   - $350 per person

## Questions couples ask about all-inclusive packages

These are the short answers couples ask for most.

### Does a wedding package include the marriage license?

Treat the license as separate unless the contract says otherwise. You apply for it with the City Clerk, and it is a different process from booking a venue.

### Are Saturday weddings always more expensive?

Often, but check the actual schedule. Deity charges $350 for a May to October Saturday and $275 for a Saturday event from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., so time of day can matter as much as the day.

### Do children and vendors cost the same as adult guests?

Not always. The Long Island Marriott document lists a $35 children's meal and a $55 vendor meal, and special dietary meals are priced accordingly. Ask whether your photographer, DJ and planner need a meal and what it costs.

### Can I bring my own alcohol or DJ?

It depends on the venue. Brooklyn Winery allows an outside DJ or band but supplies all the alcohol itself, so confirm both points before you plan around either.

## Your next step

Pick a date and a realistic guest count, then request a written proposal from two or three venues that fit. Fill in the worksheet above for each one, tax and fees included, and bring the signing questions to your next call. When one total comes out clearly ahead for the same scope, you have your answer.

### Terms in this guide

**All-inclusive package.** A venue's own label for a bundle that usually covers the venue, food, drinks, rentals and staffing at one price. The phrase has no fixed definition.

**Guest minimum.** The smallest number of guests a venue bills for; Deity NYC lists 75 to 100, depending on the day.

**Guest-count guarantee.** The number of guests you commit to by a set date; the Long Island Marriott document asks for it 10 business days before the event.

**Service charge.** A percentage added on top of the rate; the Long Island Marriott lists 24%.

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