After having some serious delays at weddings (like 5 hours between when we were supposed to be on and when we actually went on) I now (either as a caller or with one of my bands) charge at least $100-$150 per band/caller person, but include the caveat that a half hour delay is free, but every half hour after that is an extra $50 (not per person but total). This seems to be enough to have made people be a lot tighter on getting to the dancing on time.
Martha

On Mar 26, 2016, at 11:55 AM, Jeff Kaufman via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

I would ask for about 3x more for a wedding then for an evening of dancing:

* weddings are a lot of hassle

* you're only playing/calling for a short time, but you need to be there very early and schedules are not reliable at weddings -- this may be worse for bands than callers

* people spend so much at most weddings these days that they're typically willing to pay whatever (once I let someone negotiate me down a lot by them saying they were trying to save money and when I got therei found out that the food cost more per guest then they were paying each of us)

* I'd charge much less or free for a friend, especially if I would be at their wedding anyway: it's like a wedding gift

On Mar 26, 2016 2:23 PM, "Michael Fuerst via Callers" <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Central Illinois where I live?  $35-50, although our local callers would probably do such for free.
NYC?  $2000, but  $3000 if on a weekend
 
Michael Fuerst      802 N Broadway      Urbana IL 61801      217 239 5844


On Saturday, March 26, 2016 1:13 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:


Hey folks,

I've just been asked to call a wedding, and I don't have a good idea for what the going rate for these things is. What do you all charge for a wedding (say, 30 mins-an hour of dancing)? (And how might you adjust this rate for NYC?)

Thanks,
Maia

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