Wedding vendor price checker: see where your starting price sits

Pick your category and state, then type your starting price. The checker compares it with the starting prices listed on active WedStay vendor profiles in the same category and pricing unit, and shows where yours sits against the median and the middle half.

No. The comparison runs in your browser. The price you type is not stored, not sent to WedStay and not attached to any analytics event.

From the starting price each active vendor lists on their WedStay profile. Only prices in the same unit are compared, so a per person price is never measured against a per event price. The figures are read again about once a day.

A state figure appears once at least 10 WedStay vendors in that category and state list a starting price in the same unit. Until then, the checker compares your price with every WedStay vendor in the category across the country.

Line up every starting price from lowest to highest. The middle half is the range covered by the central 50 percent of those prices, from the 25th to the 75th percentile. The median is the price in the very middle.

No. It describes where your starting price sits among WedStay vendors; it does not recommend a price. A starting price above or below the middle can reflect experience, what a package includes and the market a vendor works in.