Greece Wedding Cost Per Person, Outside Santorini

What a 20, 50 or 80 Guest Wedding in Greece Costs Per Person, Outside Santorini

"How much per person?" is the first question most couples ask about a Greek wedding, and the hardest one to answer honestly, because the number depends on how many people you invite. A wedding for 20 costs more per guest than one for 80 at the same estate. The photographer, the music and the flowers cost about the same either way, and fewer people share them.

This guide builds per-person estimates for 20, 50 and 80 guest weddings away from Santorini from published Greek prices, and shows the working, so you can swap in your own quotes.

TL;DR:

• Around 20 guests: about €225 to €700 per person.
• Around 50 guests: about €115 to €390 per person.
• Around 80 guests: about €90 to €310 per person.
• These cover the venue and food package, a photographer, music, flowers and a planner or coordinator. Guest transport, lighting upgrades, translations, VAT where a quote leaves it out, and your guests' flights and rooms come on top.
• Treat them as indicative. Real quotes for couples planning from abroad often land higher, and island weddings add travel costs for every vendor.

How we built these numbers

There is no official price index for Greek weddings, so this is our own estimate from published sources, all checked in October 2026:

• Venue and food packages: easywedding.gr, a Greek wedding directory, prices wedding estates around Athens at about €45 to €70 per person for simpler venues, €70 to €110 in the middle and €110 to €180 or more for premium estates (July 2026). Catering alone runs about €45 to €55 a head for a buffet and €55 to €70 for a served menu, before drinks.
• Photography: the same site puts an experienced wedding photographer at €1,300 to €3,000, with €300 to €800 more for island and destination weddings to cover travel and accommodation (February 2026). Photographers in our own vendor directory list packages from €800 to €1,800.
• Music: a wedding DJ costs about €500 to €2,000 or more, according to easywedding.gr (May 2026). DJs in our directory list packages from about €150 to €3,500.
• Flowers: a florist in our directory lists wedding packages from €580 to €1,980.
• Planner or coordinator: €1,200 to €2,500, from the 2026 ranges published by Big Fat Greek Day, a Greek wedding blog.

The low estimate takes the bottom of each range: a €45 per head package, a €1,300 photographer, a €500 DJ, €580 of flowers and a €1,200 coordinator. The high estimate takes a €180 per head premium estate, a €3,000 photographer plus €800 island travel, a €2,000 DJ, €1,980 of flowers and a €2,500 planner. Every per-person figure below is that total divided by the guest count.

The per-person table

The package cost rises in step with the guest count. The rest, €3,580 at the low end and €10,280 at the high end, barely moves. Spread over 20 guests, that is €179 to €514 per person before anyone has eaten. Over 80 guests, it is €45 to €128.

So more guests lower the per-person figure, and fewer guests lower the total. Decide which number you are trying to hit before you start cutting. Our post on the ideal guest count for a Greece wedding helps with that, and a wedding guest list keeps the headcount, and so the catering line, honest as replies come in.

20 guests: what it looks like

Picture a long lunch for 20 at a farm estate on Crete or in the Peloponnese: a civil ceremony in the morning, a set menu, a DJ or a trio of musicians until sunset. The low estimate is about €4,500, or €225 a head. A premium estate, a photographer who flies in and a bigger flower budget push it towards €14,000, or €700 a head.

Small weddings have one extra trap: minimum spends. Many venues set a minimum guest count or a minimum bill, and with 20 people you pay for the empty seats. Ask about it in your first email, along with whether the venue can be hired without its catering. easywedding.gr puts venue hire without catering at around €1,500 to €4,000 or more.

50 guests: the middle ground

At 50 guests the package line is €2,250 to €9,000, while the fixed costs stay at €3,580 to €10,280, so they still carry much of the bill. The per-person range narrows to about €115 to €390.

This is the size where the choice of estate matters most. Moving from a simple venue to a premium one adds €6,750 for 50 people.

80 guests: closest to a Greek wedding at home

At 80 guests the package costs €3,600 to €14,400, about the same as everything else at the low end and more at the high end, and the per-person figure falls to about €90 to €310.

Greek couples marrying at home budget in the same per-head terms. easywedding.gr's July 2026 guide to a 100 guest wedding prices reception packages from about €45 to €60 per person at the budget end, €65 to €90 in the middle, and €100 to €150 or more at premium estates, hotels and destination weddings.

Why quotes for couples abroad often come in higher

Our estimate leaves out lines that destination weddings usually add: guest transport from the airport or port, lighting for an evening reception, furniture hire at venues without it, translations and legal paperwork, and the extra a vendor charges to travel to an island. The wedding blog we took the planner range from counts those lines too, and publishes all-in figures of €8,000 to €18,000 for about 20 guests and about €24,000 for 75 to 80 guests on Crete or the mainland. Both sit in the upper part of our ranges or above them.

If a quote looks high next to our table, ask which of those lines it includes before you decide it is expensive.

VAT and the lines quotes leave out

• VAT. Greece's standard rate is 24%. Food services from restaurants are at 13%, but drinks, alcoholic or not, are at 24% (PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Greece). On some small islands of the North Aegean and the Dodecanese with populations of 20,000 or fewer, rates are 30% lower, so 17% instead of 24%.
• Service charges. Some caterers add one on top of food and drink. Ask whether yours does.
• A reserve. Keep 10% to 15% of the budget back for what you haven't thought of yet.

Ask every vendor, in writing, whether a quote includes VAT and service. Two quotes that look €20 a head apart can turn out to be the same price.

Who pays for what at a Greek wedding?

At a destination wedding, guests usually pay their own flights and rooms, and couples pay for the wedding itself. Some couples cover rooms for close family, which can easily become one of the largest lines in the budget. Our post on who pays for guest accommodation covers the etiquette. Guests should also know that Greek accommodation adds a climate resilience fee per room per night. From April to October it runs from €2 for rented rooms and 1 to 2 star hotels to €15 for 5 star hotels and villas, and it is lower from November to March, according to the government's September 2024 announcement reported by Taxheaven.

Getting quotes outside Santorini

Ask at least three venues in the same region for a quote at your real guest count, with VAT and service shown separately, and ask each one what its per-head price includes. You can browse venues, photographers, florists and planners by city in our Greek vendor directory.

Track every quote against your budget in a shared planning hub, and see our destination wedding in Greece page for the guest side: website, RSVPs and travel details in one place.

Want help with your budget?

We're not wedding planners. Email us at [email protected] and we'll suggest Greek vendors that fit your date, place, guest count and budget, and explain the paperwork. Neutral advice, free, and we pass your details to a vendor only once you say so.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a wedding in Greece cost per person? Outside Santorini, our estimate from published Greek prices is about €90 to €310 per person for 80 guests and €225 to €700 for 20 guests. It covers the venue and food package, a photographer, music, flowers and a coordinator, not travel, lighting upgrades or VAT left out of quotes.

How much does a small wedding in Greece cost? For about 20 guests, roughly €4,500 to €14,000 on our estimate, before transport, lighting and paperwork. Watch for minimum spends, which can make a small wedding cost as much as a larger one.

What does a wedding venue in Greece cost per person? easywedding.gr prices estates around Athens at about €45 to €70 per person for simpler venues, €70 to €110 in the middle and €110 to €180 or more for premium ones (July 2026).

Do Greek wedding quotes include VAT? Not always. The standard rate is 24%, with 13% on restaurant food services and 24% on drinks. Ask for VAT and service to be shown separately.

Why is Santorini left out? Caldera venues, boat logistics and island travel for every vendor put Santorini in a different price bracket, so averaging it in would distort the figures for the rest of Greece.

Recommended

• Greece Destination Wedding Budget Guide
• Ideal Guest Count for a Greece Wedding
• Your Greece Wedding Timeline From Abroad
• Destination Wedding: Who Pays for Guest Rooms?