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Have you noticed how lately so many weddings are taken place as so called "Location Weddings" where the wedding is scheduled in a way out location requiring guest to spend a lot of money flying there and paying for expensive hotels?
It looks to me the whole industry created around weddings has gone ballistic. What ever happened to the simple church wedding and a reception in a place that is affordable? Has everybody gone mad?
Here are the latest average prices for a Wedding in the US:
By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times - Saturday, February 4, 2017
Big fat weddings are still popular, Greek or not. But they will cost you.
The price of an average American wedding has reached a record-breaking $35,329 as couples seek to provide custom experiences for their guests according to a survey of 13,000 brides and grooms who tied the knot last year.
The most expensive place to get married is Manhattan, where a typical wedding will run $78,464; Arkansas is the cheapest at just $19,522.
“Couples are using their wedding day to make their first big statement as a couple. From invitations to the reception band, couples are spending more to put their personal stamp on every detail,” said Kellie Gould, editor in chief of The Knot, the well-read wedding magazine which conducted the survey.
Those personal stamps include such things as a custom “signature cocktail” created for the bride and groom, photo booths, fireworks, musical performances, dance performers, cigar rolling stations, wine and liquor stations and midway games.
All that and than a 50% plus divorce rate. Third highest in the world (Maldives and Belarus are higher)
Compare this to Europe - in this case Germany:
Average wedding (38%) is between €1000.00 and €5000.00.
26% between €5000.00 and €10000.00
9% up €10000.00 to €25000.00
1% more than 25000.00
13% up to €1000.00
The rest (to make 100%) had no plans to ever get married.
Are we (in the US) nuts - or what?
It looks to me the whole industry created around weddings has gone ballistic. What ever happened to the simple church wedding and a reception in a place that is affordable? Has everybody gone mad?
Here are the latest average prices for a Wedding in the US:
By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times - Saturday, February 4, 2017
Big fat weddings are still popular, Greek or not. But they will cost you.
The price of an average American wedding has reached a record-breaking $35,329 as couples seek to provide custom experiences for their guests according to a survey of 13,000 brides and grooms who tied the knot last year.
The most expensive place to get married is Manhattan, where a typical wedding will run $78,464; Arkansas is the cheapest at just $19,522.
“Couples are using their wedding day to make their first big statement as a couple. From invitations to the reception band, couples are spending more to put their personal stamp on every detail,” said Kellie Gould, editor in chief of The Knot, the well-read wedding magazine which conducted the survey.
Those personal stamps include such things as a custom “signature cocktail” created for the bride and groom, photo booths, fireworks, musical performances, dance performers, cigar rolling stations, wine and liquor stations and midway games.
All that and than a 50% plus divorce rate. Third highest in the world (Maldives and Belarus are higher)
Compare this to Europe - in this case Germany:
Average wedding (38%) is between €1000.00 and €5000.00.
26% between €5000.00 and €10000.00
9% up €10000.00 to €25000.00
1% more than 25000.00
13% up to €1000.00
The rest (to make 100%) had no plans to ever get married.
Are we (in the US) nuts - or what?
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