Wedding Statistics

Stumbled across these today...thought-provoking!

Across the US during the engagement period, couples buy:
$4 billion in furniture
$3 billion in house wares
$400 million in tableware (salad forks?)

June is the most popular month for weddings
35% of weddings occur in the summer
$22,000 is the average amount spent on a traditional American wedding
$93,750 in dollars of an average Japanese wedding

Wedding Locations:
Las Vegas (100,000 weddings/year)
Hawaii (25,000 wedding/year)

The BRIDE:
Four out of five brides are employed.

Timing:
16% of weddings are in the morning.

Details: 67% of women continue to wear the same fragrance they wore on their wedding day

WEDDING COSTS BY CATEGORY

Reception 28.3%
Consultant 15.0% (if hired)
Wedding Rings 11.5%
Bridal Gown 6.1%
Groom's attire 0.8%

Honeymoon
Couples spend an average of $4,000 on their honeymoon.
That's three times as much as the average U.S. adult spends on a vacation.
The length of an average honeymoon is seven days.

Transportation Used for Honeymoon
76.2% Airplane
2.7% Railroad ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!