Marriage Halls in the USA & Elsewhere
@abhi_bangal (7684)
Ahmednagar, India
July 23, 2024 9:29pm CST
The marriage season will soon start here in India. The place where marriage functions take place, is called a marriage hall. The place is owned by someone, and they rent it out for people.
The rents are high in cities, while comparatively lesser in villages. How is the system in your place? Is it the same like here? What are your rents there? I'd like to know.
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@LindaOHio (204756)
• United States
24 Jul 24
We have a lot of different venues for receptions after a marriage. I don't know how much they are but some are very expensive. Have a good day.
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@abhi_bangal (7684)
• Ahmednagar, India
24 Jul 24
It's natural that they are expensive. I'm just assuming. Because such functions are very close to our heart. They are once-in-a-lifetime occasion. We invite a lot of guests as well. There are celebrations. Food is served to everyone present there on the occasion. Everyone enjoys the reason - which is, of course, the marriage ceremony.
I'm describing the general scenes of a marriage function. I hope we all have the same kind of functions.
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@ptrikha_2 (48555)
• India
18 Aug 24
I think in terms of PPP - Purchasing Power Parity, we cannot compare US and Indian rates.
May be we can compare rates of some similarly developing nations in Asia.
I think in India, we have Banquet Halls in various ranges. Some might come upwards of INR 12 to 15 Lakhs for one event.
Some could be within 5 to 10 Lakhs.
Of course, I might be off the mark as my own marriage took place some 16 years back.
May be the rates are much higher now.
I think in US, rates could vary from State to State.
Those in rural or suburban areas would be more affordable.
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@abhi_bangal (7684)
• Ahmednagar, India
18 Aug 24
What a coincidence my friend! Even my marriage has completed 16 years in last May. Looks like we are on the same path on at least a couple of things. Like, sometime back, you said you love to discuss cricket and that you found one such person in me. And secondly now this marriage thing Hahaha... 
I was just trying to gauge what the system there is and how it works like. I was not too much interested in the rents so I asked that question later.
Yes as you said the Purchasing Power Parity is definitely going to be different between the US and India. I would have simply calculated it taking the current dollar rate into consideration. But I was more interested in trying to know the culture and what the terms those people use like we use here.
We know how the Indian marriage culture works. Like we invite guests, we offer food in the form of refreshment or anything you might call that. And finally the bride is seen off to her new home. In some cultures in India the marriage function carries on for at least 4 to 5 days.
I was more interested to know how the US culture works in this way. If those people invite guests, how they offer food, what kind of methods they follow etc.
Your answer actually threw more light on the rents thing. As you mentioned the couple of rates and I think those might be there in more developed cities like tier one or tier two cities in India. Anyway, I came to know a few more things than expected.
I was just trying to gauge what the system there is and how it works like. I was not too much interested in the rents so I asked that question later.
Yes as you said the Purchasing Power Parity is definitely going to be different between the US and India. I would have simply calculated it taking the current dollar rate into consideration. But I was more interested in trying to know the culture and what the terms those people use like we use here.
We know how the Indian marriage culture works. Like we invite guests, we offer food in the form of refreshment or anything you might call that. And finally the bride is seen off to her new home. In some cultures in India the marriage function carries on for at least 4 to 5 days.
I was more interested to know how the US culture works in this way. If those people invite guests, how they offer food, what kind of methods they follow etc.
Your answer actually threw more light on the rents thing. As you mentioned the couple of rates and I think those might be there in more developed cities like tier one or tier two cities in India. Anyway, I came to know a few more things than expected.1 person likes this
