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How Much Does It Cost to Host a 100-Person Event in Guwahati?

By Hotel Shiny Grand · Updated 1 November 2026

A hundred guests is the most common event size in Guwahati, and the most commonly mis-budgeted. The hall is negotiated over, the catering is estimated roughly, and the decor and rooms arrive as surprises in the final week.

Here is the arithmetic, using published rates, so you can copy it for your own function.

The two costs you control

Nearly every event budget in this city comes down to two lines: the hall and the food. Everything else is either fixed or negotiable in a way that depends on your vendors rather than your venue.

At Hotel Shiny Grand the hall holds up to 100 guests with rental from ₹25,000, and catering runs from ₹650 per plate across three tiers. Those are the numbers to build on.

Hall rental

₹25,000 is the starting figure for a hall of up to 100 guests. Confirm three things before you treat it as final: whether setup time is charged, what the hourly rate is if the function runs late, and whether any additional furniture is included or billed separately.

A hall is a room, and rooms are rented by time. The time is where the flexibility lives.

Catering, at three tiers

The gap between Silver and Platinum for the same hundred guests is around ₹45,000. That is more than the hall rental, which is why the tier decision matters more than the negotiation over the room.

The core total

Add the two lines and you have the part of the budget you can predict with confidence.

That is a real, defensible starting point for a hundred-guest function. Everything below this line is where budgets move.

Rooms for outstation guests

If a third of the guest list is travelling, you will need beds. Hotel Shiny Grand has 35 rooms from ₹2,500 a night across four categories, including a Superior Triple at ₹5,000 for three guests sharing.

Ten rooms for one night comes to ₹25,000 before tax. Twenty rooms for two nights comes to ₹1,00,000. This is the line that turns a modest event into an expensive one, and it is set by the guest list rather than by the venue.

Decor

The least predictable line in the budget and the one with the widest spread. Ask the venue whether decor must come from an approved supplier, then get three quotes for the same brief: entrance, stage or head table, and the tables themselves.

Give each vendor the same brief in writing. Quotes that describe different things are not comparable, and decor is where that happens most.

Beverages, AV and the small lines

Water, tea and coffee may or may not be inside the per-plate price. A projector, screen and technician are usually separate. Parking at Hotel Shiny Grand is free, which is a genuine saving for a hundred guests driving in from across Assam.

Ask for a single written quote that lists every one of those as a line, including whether tax is applied and at what rate. A five percent tax on a one lakh catering bill is five thousand rupees, and it should be visible before you commit.

A copyable budget template

1. Hall rental, including setup and closing time.
2. Catering, per plate times confirmed guests, plus ten percent contingency.
3. Beverages, if not included.
4. Decor, three quotes for one written brief.
5. AV and technician.
6. Rooms, by count and night.
7. Transfers, if guests are flying in.
8. Tax, at the applicable rate.

Total it, then compare that total with another venue's total built the same way. That comparison is honest. A per-plate figure on its own is not.

The 100-guest hall page and the catering price page carry the current numbers.