Getting the trousseau trays done in Bengaluru

What should a tray cost when you pay someone to do it? Four gift businesses we work with told us their prices and terms, a plate decorator told our team hers, and we read the requests Bengaluru families sent us for decorated trays and plates. None of them has a set price for a trousseau tray yet, so the tray prices here come from Bengaluru packers' and gift shops' own pages. Here's what a tray costs, what the price leaves out, and which trays are easy to do at home.

8 tray and plate requests we read5 packers and decoratorsUpdated 21 Oct 2026, prices dated below
An illustration of one trousseau tray wrapped in cream satin, holding a folded magenta silk saree with a gold border, a pink organza bow, two roses and a string of pearls, on a flat saffron background
Picture: Illustration by mytribe
Q1

How much does trousseau packing cost per tray in Bengaluru?

A tray already dressed in fabric costs ₹750 to ₹1,100 at Bengaluru shops, sold in sets of two or five. For a packed set, one Bengaluru designer charges ₹15,000 for five themed trays with wrapping and personal notes, which works out to ₹3,000 a tray across the set. The shops' pages list the tray and its trimmings only, so ask what else is in. Dressing plates you already own costs much less (question 4).

  1. ₹750 to ₹1,100 a tray

    A tray already dressed in fabric, from a shop

    Sold in sets of two or five. One shop's set lists a golden wrapper, satin base and pink flowers, as a base for your saree

  2. ₹990 a tray

    A ready thamboolam tray, filled

    Dry fruit, chocolates and betel leaves in net, in a gift shop's set of five

  3. About ₹1,200 to ₹1,500 a plate

    Thamboolam plates styled and set out at your ceremony

    Decor Your Dreams, with dry fruit, a coconut and traditional items, as part of decorating the ceremony. Confirmed to our team

  4. ₹15,000 for five

    A set of five themed trays, packed for you

    One designer's set: bridal essentials, personal care, jewellery, home and living, mementos, with wrapping and personal notes. Works out to ₹3,000 a tray. Its page doesn't say who buys what goes on them

  5. ₹20,000 for three trays, up to ₹50,000 for six

    A packed set with the fruit, dry fruit and sweets

    Three trays with a fruit basket, a bouquet and 3 kg of dry fruit, ₹20,000. With 3 kg of sweets added, ₹30,000 for three trays or ₹50,000 for six. Same designer

  6. ₹10,000 a trunk

    A packed trousseau trunk, rented

    The designer packs it, within Bengaluru only; its page lists clothing, jewellery, personal care and sweets as what goes in. Plus a deposit it doesn't print, and it doesn't say for how long. ₹18,500 for a pair

Pictures: Illustration by mytribe, Decor Your Dreams.

Q2

Ready-made or styled thamboolam plates: what does the extra money buy?

A gift shop's ready thamboolam tray is ₹990: a dry-fruit potli, a potli of chocolates and betel leaves in net, delivered in a set of five. Decor Your Dreams' plates are about ₹1,200 to ₹1,500 each, confirmed to our team, with dry fruit, a coconut and traditional items, styled for your ceremony and set out at the venue by her. The extra pays for those contents, her styling and her time at the hall. She does plates as part of decorating the ceremony.

An illustration of a ready thamboolam tray: a small cloth potli of dry fruits, a potli of chocolates and betel leaves on a round tray, wrapped in clear net with pink flowers on top

A gift shop's ready set

₹990 a tray

About twenty decorated thamboolam plates of fruit, sweets and dry fruit wrapped in cellophane with pink flowers, in rows on green grass matting in front of a seemantham stage, with two dolls in sarees and brass lamps at the sides

Decor Your Dreams

About ₹1,200 to ₹1,500 a plate, confirmed to our team

Dry-fruit and chocolate potlis, betel leaves

Dry fruit, a coconut and traditional items

Wrapped in net with flowers

Styled for your ceremony

Sold in a set of five, ₹4,950

Part of her ceremony decoration

Delivered; you set them out

She sets them out at the venue

The ready set is drawn. Decor Your Dreams' photo is her plates at a seemantham. Photos: Illustration by mytribe and Decor Your Dreams.

Q3

Does a trousseau packer's price include the tray, and what costs extra?

A gift shop's price is for the tray itself. A packer's price is for the packing: the saree, jewellery, fruit and sweets are yours to buy unless the quote lists them. Before you compare two quotes, ask three things: is the tray in, are the flowers fresh or artificial, and is delivery in.

Q4

Can we do the trousseau trays at home ourselves?

Yes. You save the most by dressing plates you already own: flowers, cloth, ribbon and pins come to about ₹165 to ₹315 a tray, by our sum, before the saree and gifts that go on it. New wooden trays dressed at home cost about what a shop charges for a ready dressed one. Do the fruit, sweet and coconut trays yourselves. The saree tray is the one worth paying for, since the silk has to sit right without pins in it.

Q5

How many trousseau trays do we need, and what goes on each?

There's no fixed number. Write down with the elders what has to be given, and the tray count follows from that list. You don't have to match the number the other side brings. Packers sell sets of two to six trays, and the 8 families who wrote to us asked for anything from 9 plates to 51 trays.

Q6

Is it safe to give a packer my silk saree and gold for the trousseau trays?

Keep the gold with you and put it on the tray yourself on the day, in a box the packer leaves ready. Tell them no pins or tape on the silk, and ask how they'll hold the saree in place. Write a list of what goes on which tray, and check it at handover.

Q7

How early should I book a trousseau packer, and when do the fresh flowers go on?

Book two to three weeks ahead for custom trays in a busy season, and a month or more if anything carries your names. The saree and gift trays can be packed a few days before. The fruit and fresh flowers go on the evening before or that morning. The four providers here who told us their terms ask for 40% to 100% upfront.

Q8

Who delivers the trousseau trays to the hall, and do we get them back?

Ask who brings the trays, and what it costs, before you pay: one packer we work with books a cab and charges the fare, a decorator sets her plates out at the venue, and a gift shop delivers to your door. Otherwise someone in the family drives them. Ask the other family whether the trays stay with the gifts. If they do, plain trays or your own plates make more sense.

Before you pay a packer, settle these six

  1. The tray list: what goes on each tray, and who buys it
  2. Whether the tray, the flowers, delivery and GST are in the price
  3. Fresh or artificial flowers, and who puts the fresh ones on
  4. No pins or tape through the silk, and a look at the design first
  5. The advance, and what happens if the date moves
  6. Who brings the trays to the hall, and who keeps them after
Find packers who answer these

What Bengaluru families asked us for

Requests to mytribe, in our words.

  • Fifty-one styled trousseau trays for an engagement, copying one reference photo down to the diagonal ribbon handle: a lilac tulle drape, a gold foil fan and fabric roses in the corner. Delivered to Kothanur, empty trays only, no gifts inside.

    51 traysTheir budget: ₹35,000

    A family in Kothanur

    Jul 2026

  • Twenty to twenty-five thamboolam plates packed and dressed at home for her son's wedding, carried behind the bride, with no stand. Modern and colourful over the usual traditional look, no black or white anywhere in it.

    20 to 25 platesTheir budget: ₹15,000 to ₹35,000

    A mother in JP Nagar 7th Phase

    Aug 2026

  • A traditional seemantham at home on a Sunday, with exactly 12 decorated thamboolam plates. They wanted the plate decoration priced on its own, separate from whatever goes inside the plates, and fresh flowers put next to artificial before deciding.

    12 platesTheir budget: ₹13,000 for all of it

    A family in Kasavanahalli

    Sep 2026

  • A seemantham at a party hall for about 60 guests: a green-and-yellow backdrop with flowers, one larger ceremonial seat, 11 decorated thamboolam plates at the front, a banner and entrance decor, with photos and an album in the same budget.

    11 platesTheir budget: ₹25,000 for all of it

    A family in Ramamurthy Nagar

    Sep 2026

Want us to find one?

Two quotes for "a tray" are rarely for the same thing: one is the tray alone, another packs your saree into it. Send us your tray list, your date and what you're giving the packer, and we come back with packers who fit, each priced for your trays, with the tray, the flowers and the delivery spelt out. We've seen their real work and called their past clients. It's free for you.

Decide these before you ask

Each one changes the price or who fits.

  1. Which function
  2. How many traysQ5
  3. What you're supplyingQ3
  4. FlowersQ7
  5. Getting them to the hallQ8

The packers and decorators in this guide

All five are on mytribe and tribe approved.

  • TThe Wrapped HeartsJayanagarShefali Bafna's studio for trousseau packing and gifts wrapped in cloth, in trays and boxes she makes herself. Gift hampers from about ₹500. For trays, ask for the price.
    Tribe approved
  • DDecor Your DreamsJP NagarAnita's thamboolam and aarthi plates, styled and set out as part of decorating a ceremony. About ₹1,200 to ₹1,500 a plate, confirmed to our team.
    Tribe approved
  • AArchBasavanagudiA husband-and-wife gifting store for trousseau packing, ring and haldi platters, and wedding trays. Gift hampers from ₹400. For trays, ask for the price.
    Tribe approved
  • HHamper itDelivers across BengaluruMakes every hamper to order at home, and lists ring platters and trousseau packing for weddings and newborns. Gift hampers from ₹1,800 plus delivery. For trays, ask for the price.
    Tribe approved
  • KKottanzDooravani NagarA store selling ready thamboolam bags and sets for wedding guests. Its thamboolam bags start at ₹300 on its own site, contents not listed.
    Tribe approved

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By the mytribe curation team
Updated 20 October 2026
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