2017: Couples Spend an Average of $33,391 on Weddings
Spend per guest has increased (from $194 in 2009 to $268 in 2017), while guest count has decreased (from 149 in 2009 to 136 in 2017)
A Gay Wedding Is a Wedding. Just a Wedding.
With the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States in 2015, weddings among the L.G.B.T.Q. community have been on the rise. Nearly 3 percent of all weddings in the country are for a same-sex couple, according to the Wedding Report
Today is Busiest Wedding Day of the Year, at Cost of Almost $2 Billion
August 18, 2018. An average of 136 guests per wedding will attend this weekend’s celebrations. Each of those estimated 3.9 million guests will, on average, spend $261 on the event.
