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Compare wedding quotes side by side
Send 2 to 4 unsigned quotes for the same kind of vendor and see them side by side at one guest count. Free.
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| Venue A | Venue B | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per guest | $98 | $92 |
| Room rental | Not listed | $2,500 |
| Percentage charge | 22% service charge on food and beverage | 20% administrative fee on the subtotal, room included |
| Tax | 7% on food, beverage and the service charge | 7% on the subtotal |
| Comparable total | $14,072.21($10,780.00 + $2,371.60 + $920.61) | $16,027.40($12,620.00 + $2,524.00 + $883.40) |
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| Venue A | Venue B | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | $9,000 food and beverage minimum | Not stated |
| Ceremony chairs | Included | Not included |
| Deposit | Non-refundable | Not stated |
| Cancellation terms | As printed | Not stated |
How do you compare wedding quotes that are written differently?
Read the quotes into the same rows: the priced lines, the price per guest and the count it is priced for, the percentage charges with their rates and what they are charged on, tax, a minimum spend, what the quote says is included, what it marks optional, the deposit and payment dates, and the cancellation terms. Then put the prices per guest on one guest count and work out a quote’s total from its own lines. The free comparison does that from your files and shows the working.
What the comparison shows
- The price as the quote lists it, at the count the quote uses.
- Prices per guest, with the guest count the quote is priced for.
- Percentage charges such as a service charge or an administrative fee: the rate, and the base in the quote’s own words.
- Tax, with its rate and base, when the quote states them.
- A minimum spend or food and beverage minimum, as printed.
- What the quote says is included, and what it marks optional.
- The deposit and the payment schedule, and when payments fall.
- Cancellation terms, where the quote states them.
- Standard terms we did not find in the quote’s text, such as whether payments are refundable.
- A comparable total at the guest count you choose, with the working for it.
A figure on the page opens to the line it came from: the file, where in it, and the words as printed. Figures we could not find in the document’s own text are left out and counted, so you know they are missing.
How the comparable total is worked out
- A price per guest × the guest count you choose. A flat line counts once, as printed.
- A percentage charge × the lines its stated base names on that quote: “food and beverage” is the food and drink lines, a named fee is the line that names it, a subtotal is the priced lines. Rounded once, to the cent.
- Tax on its stated base, which can include a service charge when the quote says so.
- The total is the sum of those, and nothing else.
Lines a quote marks optional or suggested are shown and not counted. A minimum is shown beside the food and beverage lines at your count, and nothing is added for it: what a minimum is measured on, and what happens below it, is for the quote to say.
When the words do not settle something, such as a tax charged on “the total” next to a service charge, where the total may or may not include it, that quote’s total is not worked out and the page says why. Ask the vendor in writing, and the answer goes in the next version of the quote.
How to start
- Give us your email.
- Upload 2 to 4 quotes you haven't signed, for the same kind of vendor. The PDF the vendor emailed is the easiest to read.
- When the reading finishes, open “Compare your quotes side by side” from your documents page.
The comparison sheet takes two or three quotes you type in yourself, with no account and no upload.
After you book
When you sign one, the $79/month plan reads the signed contract: the payments and deadlines we find, with reminders to you and your partner, the terms it leaves open, and the rest of the planner. $79 a month. Cancel anytime, and it runs to the end of the month you’ve paid for.
Where it stops
The comparison reports what the quotes state and does arithmetic on it. It does not say which quote to take, what a price should be, or what a clause means for you, and it does not contact anyone. Terms can change before you sign, so check the document you sign.
Common questions
Is the quote comparison free?
Yes. It is part of the free read: you upload the quotes, we read them, and the side-by-side is yours whether or not you buy the plan. No card is needed.
Which quotes can be compared?
Two to four quotes, proposals or estimates you have not signed, for the same kind of vendor: two venues, say, or three caterers. A signed contract, an invoice, a price list or a sample contract is not compared, and neither are quotes for different kinds of vendor.
Why put the quotes on one guest count?
A price per guest only becomes a total at a count, and quotes written at different times may be priced for different counts. You choose the count once, and the comparison applies it to the prices per guest on the quotes, so the totals differ by price and terms rather than by headcount.
What happens when a quote does not say something?
The comparison says it is not stated. If a service charge does not say what it is charged on, or a line is priced for a number of guests without a price per guest, the comparable total for that quote is not worked out, and the page says which line stopped it.
Does it say which quote to choose?
No. It shows what the quotes state, side by side, with the arithmetic in the open. You can order the quotes by the comparable total, and that is an order, not a ranking: the totals leave out what a quote does not price, and the terms around the figures are yours to weigh.
Do you contact the vendors?
No. Nothing is sent to a vendor. The comparison is built from the documents you upload, and what you do with it is up to you.