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” The price is whatever the parties to a transaction agree to…
Correcting my own overly-broad comment. As reported here over the past several years, Rabbonim in various communities have placed caps on how much should be spent on weddings and potentially other simchas. I would imagine that in those communities for those who subscribed to the views of that daas torah, yidden would be obligated to limit what is charged so as to allow baalei simcha to stay within those caps.. In those cases, I believe the simcha halls, worked with specific caterers, photographers, florists, etc. to offer a “package price” for all the services that was within the allowable budget.