Average Cost of Weddings
• $28,852.00 - Average amount spent in 2009.
• 100% - Increase since 1990.
• 200,000 - Increase in number of weddings per year since 1990.

Average age of bride and groom
• 27 - Average age of Bride.
• 29 - Average age of Groom.
• 63,000.00 - Estimated average household income.
• 14 months - Average engagement period.

Number of wedding occurring in America in 2007
• 2.3 million Americans were married this year.
• 44,230 weddings every weekend.
• 23 million bridesmaids and groomsmen.
• 380 million wedding guests.

Destination Weddings
•18% will choose to have a destination wedding.
• 440% - Increase in last 10 years.
• $28,806.00 - Average spent.
• 60 - Average number of guests attending.

Engagement Season
• Winter Holidays the most popular.
• 16% - Number of engagements in the month of December.

Who is Paying for it?
• 30% of brides parents will pay for the entire wedding.
• 32% of Brides & Grooms will pay for the wedding themselves.
• 15% will share the cost with both sets of parents.