Tuesday Delight: Weddings defy Economic Crunch
February 17, 2009 by Christine Gooding
Filed under Weddings and Honeymoons in the News
So while the whole world is waiting to see what happens with this financial crisis, weddings and happy endings carry on (as they should!)
According to The Australian, couples are still splurging on lavish weddings:
The economic downturn hasn’t dampened the bridal spirit with the average cost of tying the knot $49,202, an increase of 25 per cent in the past three years, a Bride to Be report says.
The magazine’s Cost of Love report, investigating the financial repercussions of romance, found couples are turning away from the traditional, splashing out to make their big day more personal.
“There’s no recession in bridal town,” Bride to Be acting editor Jacqui Mooney said.“It’s about quality not quantity with couples lavishing more money on fewer guests.”
Couples are spending an average $10,476 on their receptions, inviting 97 guests at $108 per head, the magazine’s online poll of 1007 couples found.
Less than a third choose to tie the knot in a church, with more than half opting for outdoor civil ceremonies “in a setting that’s significant to them as a couple”.
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Sounds good to me – we’re using a $6,000 budget right now, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.