Wedding vendors in Chicago: who puts a price on the website?
We read 212 wedding vendor websites in Chicago, IL. 49 publish any price at all — a starting-at, a package, a minimum. The rest say "inquire."
| Category | Websites read | Publish any price |
|---|---|---|
| Venues | 37 | 3 of 37 |
| Photographers | 32 | 10 of 32 |
| Catering | 22 | 2 of 22 |
| Videographers | 19 | 6 of 19 |
| Florists | 24 | 8 of 24 |
| Cake | 12 | 3 of 12 |
| DJs and bands | 20 | 7 of 20 |
| Hair and makeup | 15 | 4 of 15 |
| Transport | 10 | 2 of 10 |
| Hotels | 21 | 4 of 21 |
Websites read through 2026-10-01. Counts, not prices: a published number is usually a floor, and no vendor is named here. The national report.
What a wedding in Chicago costs, line by line, and what each choice changes →
The five questions we ask every Chicago venue
- Is the date available for your guest count, seated?
- What's the venue fee for that date -- and is your month priced any differently than the rest of the year?
- Is food and drink through you or a caterer you require, or do couples bring their own? If it's through you, what per-person or package price should we plan on, and is there a food and beverage minimum or service charge?
- Ballpark, what would your guest count run all in at your venue? If catering is separate from you, even "our couples typically end up around $X all in" is genuinely useful.
- What's not included in the fee that couples usually end up paying for -- cleaning, security, insurance, staffing, parking, that kind of thing?
In one email, with your date and your numbers in it — then chased, because most real numbers come from the second or third try.
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