Is $1700 an hour expensive for a badchen?

amother

Goldenrod

Sun, Apr 16 2017, 3:26 pm

My friend wants to know if its expensive.
(I'm not asking the people that don't use bachanim their opinion. )

amother

Sapphire

Sun, Apr 16 2017, 3:52 pm

A badchan charges by the hour? I never heard of such.
1700 for a wedding is hell expensive.
For a takunos wedding you can find badchunim for $6-900.
An unpgraded wedding night is probably
$12-1500.
Very expensive badchunim who's name goes before them charge $2-2500

Last edited by amother on Thu, Jan 09 2020, 6:05 pm; edited 1 time in total

amother

Goldenrod

Sun, Apr 16 2017, 6:13 pm

K so the guy gave it to her for cheaper and it was for the event not the hour. Gut yom tov girls!

mommy3b2c

Sun, Apr 16 2017, 6:29 pm

greenfire wrote:

do we get some inkling of what a 'badchen' is ?

A comedian. He tells jokes and sings songs by the mitzvah Tanz. He makes them up on the spot. They are all about the choson and kallah and their family.

amother

Goldenrod

Sun, Apr 16 2017, 6:46 pm

I don't think they make up the grammer on the spot because people call up random badchanim and somehow they know everything about each person. So obviously it is made up beforehand. But thanks for the info.

amother

Green

Wed, Aug 26 2020, 2:16 pm

amother [ Sapphire ] wrote:

Can anyone recommend a badchen for under $1800 in boro park? The badchen we hired just cancelled and I need someone for tomorrow night

dancingqueen

Wed, Aug 26 2020, 5:03 pm

amother [ Sapphire ] wrote:

Wowee! I’m going to become a badchan. 😂

(That’s a guy who does shtick at weddings right?)

Reality

Wed, Aug 26 2020, 5:08 pm

dancingqueen wrote:

Wowee! I’m going to become a badchan. 😂

(That’s a guy who does shtick at weddings right?)

Before becoming a badchen find out about the hours. Then you will realize why they charge so much!

amother

Denim

Wed, Aug 26 2020, 5:20 pm

Reality wrote:

Before becoming a badchen find out about the hours. Then you will realize why they charge so much!

There’s other staff working the same hours not getting that much. Even if there for entire wedding.

Reality

Wed, Aug 26 2020, 5:28 pm

amother [ Denim ] wrote:

There’s other staff working the same hours not getting that much. Even if there for entire wedding.

True. But he is ONLY working crazy hours. That's why they charge so much.

My husband is a musician. If he is playing at a wedding with a mitzva tanz he charges them extra for it. But people sometimes call him for only a mitzva tanz. Then he charges those people more money then the amount he charges for wedding+mitzva tanz. Because he is coming out special for a shorter amount of time and at a crazy hour of the night.

Sorry I don't know anyone to recommend!

amother

Slateblue

Wed, Aug 26 2020, 6:20 pm

amother [ Green ] wrote:

Can anyone recommend a badchen for under $1800 in boro park? The badchen we hired just cancelled and I need someone for tomorrow night

I don't know prices but did you try Fuchs? Schweitzer?

dancingqueen

Wed, Aug 26 2020, 6:26 pm

Reality wrote:

Before becoming a badchen find out about the hours. Then you will realize why they charge so much!

Tell me more.

Fave

Wed, Aug 26 2020, 6:59 pm

amother [ Slateblue ] wrote:

I don't know prices but did you try Fuchs? Schweitzer?

Schweitzer’s son is getting married tomorrow night so he is definitely out.

Good Luck Op and Mazel Tov!

amother

Sapphire

Wed, Aug 26 2020, 6:59 pm

amother [ Green ] wrote:

Can anyone recommend a badchen for under $1800 in boro park? The badchen we hired just cancelled and I need someone for tomorrow night

That's very late. Still looking?

amother

Coffee

Wed, Aug 26 2020, 7:05 pm

Reality wrote:

How does that make any sense? It's easier to go out at a crazy hour than to be out the entire evening until the early hours of the morning, including those crazy hours as well. Same price, possibly makes sense. But to charge more makes no sense at all.

cnc

Wed, Aug 26 2020, 7:10 pm

mommy3b2c wrote:

A comedian. He tells jokes and sings songs by the mitzvah Tanz. He makes them up on the spot. They are all about the choson and kallah and their family.

Definitely doesn’t make them up on the spot.... they spend hours preparing!