Description
Problem Set #11
Wedding cost estimation: Given the following information, calculate the estimated costs for a wedding with 250 guests and a bridal party of six, using the methods indicated. Show your work.
Note that members of the bridal party are already counted as guests, you dont need to add them twice.
Parametric estimate
Bottom-up estimate
Analogous cost estimate
You will probably notice some differences in the estimated values. Are these differences significant? What might cause the differences? If you were estimating a significant project in the future, which method(s) would you use and why?
Your mother points out you should probably have valet parking, which will cost $500. Which estimate(s) will change?
Wedding Cost Estimates
Item
Dollars
Grooms brothers wedding, last year, 175 guests, similar venue and style
$20,300
Catering
$65 per person
Photographer
$1,500
Rental of hall
$500
Clothing, bride
$2,000
Clothing, groom
$750
Flowers
$800
Other décor items
$500
Cake
$500
Gifts for bridal party
$80 each
Wedding planner
$2,000
Wedding planners estimate of typical cost for this kind of wedding
$10,000 plus $75 per guest
Note:
1.Every paper typed in this course should be in APA formatting (title page, reference page, NO abstract page, in-text citations, running head, page numbers, Times New Roman 12 font, 1 inch margins, double-spacing, etc ).
2.References (this does not count toward the required paper length).