Congrats!! The cost of your wedding really all depends on what you want to do and where you choose to do it. If you just want to do a ceremony and reception, it can definitely be done for $15,000. At that point, it just depends where its done and who you go through. If you choose to do more activities (a welcome reception, group activities, goodbye brunch...) it can add up quickly! You can contact both the hotel and wedding coordinators, they should both give you free estimates and then decide from there. We started planning without a coordinator and wound up getting one with the venue that will coordinate the ceremony. In fact, I'm positive the Ritz has a team of coordinators that work on weddings, if you choose to use that hotel. The simplest way, IMHO, is to go through a hotel. the downside, it won't be the cheapest and could be kind of "cookie-cutter". We started planning a hotel wedding for simplicity and now the only thing there is the goodbye brunch, and I'm not even set on that. We needed more flexibility and the hotel was not very responsive. Now I'm on my own for planning, other than the ceremony, but I don't mind because I'm a planner by nature.
