House Warming

[chuang]

A friend is having a house warming ( thai style ) for his new house for about 50 guests....how much would it costs ..catering/tables/chairs/tents..is it better to go through hotel or private caterers....understand monks have to be paid for their blessing services......any advice is appreciated..thank you.

[MESmith]

Clicked on the topic, hoping for an invite.....

[NotEinstein]

Depends where they live....

In an established village, the temple usually has tables, chairs, cutlery, glasses, plates, etc. to borrow (just replace breakages + donation).

There are many small food caterers around for the type of fare on sale in the local markets. Just ask at the local market - my sister-in-law sells food in a market and caters like this on ocassion. 100-150 baht per head. We went to a wedding on Sunday and it was 120 per head, which included tables, chairs etc.

Of course, you could spend considerably more and use a restaurant/hotel.

Monks have to be booked in advance and will require chaufering, a donation bucket of monkly goodies and cash (500-1000) per monk.

[naboo]

Monks from the village temple are 500B a head,I drove them myself, on the way home we all stopped for a ciggie. Nice guys. Would have included table a chair rental and gazebos but we didn't need them.

Food we paid 5000B for about 50 people. Beer, whisky and soft drinks another 5000B or so.

After donations, we turned a profit, not the aim of course, but nice after the moving expenses.

[Beng]

Clicked on the topic, hoping for an invite.....

So did I.

[Beng]

Monks from the village temple are 500B a head,I drove them myself, on the way home we all stopped for a ciggie. Nice guys. Would have included table a chair rental and gazebos but we didn't need them.

Food we paid 5000B for about 50 people. Beer, whisky and soft drinks another 5000B or so.

After donations, we turned a profit, not the aim of course, but nice after the moving expenses.

Nice one !

[Dante99]

Good coverage of how it goes in a village.

Is the OP's house in a village?

[chuang]

Good coverage of how it goes in a village.

Is the OP's house in a village?

Not really...it's in Nong Phuen..mostly double-storey houses.around the area......anyway thanks for all info...

[LawrenceChee]

I would say between 5000 - 10,000 depending on the variety of the dishes and the duration of the catering