Signature $150–$225 · Stay Chef from $950/day · Date Night from $550
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A WORKED WEEK — ILLUSTRATIVE MATH ON PUBLISHED RATES
WELCOME DINNER — 60 GUESTS × $150
$9,000
REHEARSAL DINNER — 30 GUESTS × $150
$4,500
RECEPTION — 60 GUESTS × $200 (MID-BAND)
$12,000
RECOVERY BRUNCH — 40 GUESTS × $150
$6,000
FOOD LINES
$31,500
STAFFING — PUBLISHED HOURLYS
ITEMIZED
SERVICE
20% · OWN LINE
GET
≤ 4.7120% · OWN LINE
THE RESORT ALTERNATIVE
F&B MINIMUMS
$7,500–$15,000 PER EVENT
SERVICE CHARGE
23–25%
Four catered events at a resort can carry $30,000–$60,000 in minimums before a single staffing hour. The villa wedding week undercuts that structure by not having minimums at all.
Resort vs estate, the full math →Corridor first. East side quoted.
Most wedding weeks we run are on the Kona–Kohala corridor — Puako estates, Mauna Lani and Mauna Kea resort-residences, Waikoloa villas, Kona coffee-farm venues. Waimea ranch venues and Volcano lodges are quoted with east-side travel accounted in writing.
Wedding questions.
From $150 a guest for food plus staffing (server $55/hr, sous chef $75/hr), with 20% service and GET up to 4.7120% itemized on their own lines. The venue-caterer market runs from a $75/person floor to $120–$250 a person at resorts — before their 23–25% service charges.
Yes — that is precisely our lane. Estates and villas have kitchens, sit outside resort catering contracts, and let the whole week happen in one place. We confirm the property’s event rules before quoting.
Constantly. Planners get itemized quotes that drop straight into a budget deck, and a crew that knows the corridor venues. East-side venues are quoted with travel stated plainly.
Yes, as a written quote. The east side is 2.5–3 hours from Kona over the Saddle; the quote accounts for crew travel honestly instead of hiding it.
QUOTE — SIX STEPS, TWO MINUTES
The wedding week, in writing.
We quote east-side service in writing because the island is big and permits are per-island. That is the whole reason.
The fee stack, itemized
- 20% service charge, always on its own line
- Hawaiʻi GET up to 4.7120%, on its own line (valid through 12/31/2030)
- 50% deposit locks the date — only after you have seen the numbers
- Gratuity is always voluntary
- Stay Chef groceries at cost with merchant receipts (zero retail markup)