“Wedding Table Booking”: Couple Shares ‘Pricing Guide’ Packages for Modern, Traditional Wedding

• A local content-creating couple satirically set up a pricing guide for their wedding tables for their reception
• There were three packages (bronze, silver, and gold) that guests could choose from, which had amazing perks
• Briefly News spoke to the wife, who revealed that the pricing guide was a way to poke fun at wedding planning

What happens when a couple takes wedding planning to the next level with a hilarious pricing guide for table reservations? Tisha and Thabang Mokoena made waves online when their satirical wedding packages resurfaced. The online community was both for and against the couple's supposed ceremony plans.

On their TikTok account, the content-creating duo showcased a poster on 3 July, 2024 that was in aid of their wedding, which took place in December 2024. It blew up on X (formerly Twitter) after the user @_BlackZA posted it on 29 July, 2025.

"Wedding table booking: Pricing guide," read the text on top.

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The couple had bronze, silver, and gold packages each costing R20 000, R30 000, and R65 000, respectively.

Below is what guests could expect with each package:

Bronze

• 1x entrance
• Personal waiter
• Meal platter for 10
• R5 000 bar tab
• Get a tag on Instagram based on their outfit

Silver

• 2x VIP tags
• Personal waiter
• First row seating
• R7 500 bar tab
• VIP pictures with the couple

Gold

• 2x VVIP tags
• Invitation to pre-wedding events
• Give a speech
• R10 500 bar tab
• VIP pictures with the couple

Briefly News spoke to Tisha, an enterprise sales manager for a global tech giant, who revealed that the pricing was 100% satire, adding:

"It was a playful joke inspired by the rising costs of weddings and the funny conversations couples have when planning.

"To be honest, we saw a poster of an event that had table bookings, and the prices were insane. We thought it would be a cheeky way to poke fun at how seriously people take seating plans and how much drama they can cause!"

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Tisha stated that her loved ones and people on TikTok ran with the joke, turning her comment section into a hilarious thread of people adding humour.

"However, on X, the tone shifted. Some people took it seriously, which honestly surprised us. We had a few laughs reading the passionate responses, but we're glad we can now clarify that no one paid a cent to sit at our wedding, except maybe in emotional labour."

Wedding table booking intrigues SA

The viral post had hundreds of social media users heading towards the comment section, not realising it was all done in jest. Some people wanted more details about the ceremony, while others shared their questions they were dying to get answers to.

@iThando told the online community:

"If they were high-profile people, this would make sense."

@sipho_mate jokingly said to people on the internet:

"My guy is trying to recover the lobola money."

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@mqhelenqabankos added in the comment section:

"It's my first time seeing a wedding that has a target market."

@Developer_RSA remarked about the wedding table bookings:

"Smart wedding. Making back all the money spent for the wedding preparations."

@LeagoRachuene shared their take on the set-up for the reception:

"There's nothing wrong with this. Folks will go book a VIP to go see Scorpion Kings, but when they want to see a union, they don't want to pay. So who's going to pay for the expenses? They are because when you attend a wedding, you are an expense, not an asset."

@Monalisa3000i wrote in the comments:

"First of all , I don't like anyone this much. To pay to attend your wedding? Forget it."

@mqhelenqabankos stated with a laugh:

"I need full details on this wedding. I want to see everything from start to finish."

Take a look at the picture posted on X below:

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3 Other stories about weddings

• In another article, Briefly News reported that South Africans swooned over a traditional Venda wedding, enjoying the extravagance they saw online.
• A Cape Town couple showcased their wedding at Home Affairs, followed by a small celebration with family and friends. The pair made sure to look stylish on their special day.
• Media personality Anele Mdoda got married in a lavish Xhosa-inspired ceremony. She shared footage of her full wedding journey, which was received with congratulatory messages.

Source: Briefly News