Click me
Transcribed

The Hidden Costs of a Wedding

THE HIDDEN COSTS of a WEDDING Having an engagement party? Mailing out save-the-date cards? Planning on an open bar at your reception? There are more wedding expenses than the dress, venue, dinner and cake – the ones you might forget about when making your budget. Pre-Wedding &vents According to a 2011 American Wedding study: 35% 36% of couples have an engagement party of the time, the Engagement Pariy bride's parents foot the bill up 21% from 2009 Bridal Shower Bachelor/Bachelorette Party · $35-$150 of brides-to-be have an average of 00000 86% Per-person cost of a mid-range bachelorette 2.3 party (dinner at an ethnic restaurant or steakhouse + 1 activity like belly dancing bridal showers lessons or bar hopping) Average number of bachelorette party 6) 6) attendees $15 $40 12 to Per-person cost for a bridal shower luncheon at a mid-range restaurant Q4D Total average cost of a bachelorette party $420 - $1,800 Rehearsal Dinner 87% }} 94% of brides-to-be have a bachelorette party of couples have a rehearsal Average number of bachelor party dinner attendees 10 1111 .... 700 S685 600 500 to $411 400 Average bachelor party cost .... 300 $1000 200 Average cost of a rehearsal dinner at a .... 100 mid-range restaurant Postage and Siationery Engagement announcements $72 - $ 120 Save-the-date mailers $79 - $ 131 Wedding invitations $173 - $288 Stamps $75 - $ 125 Ceremony programs $74 - $124 Guest book $41 - $69 Thank you cards $63 - $105 50 100 150 200 250 300 Licenses, Sales Tax and Service Charges Over 3 in 4 couples tip Marriage license fees Average tips paid for $10 - $115 TIPS wedding day services: $271 - $451 Per-person quotes Add 30% to the quoted cost including "++" means service charges and tax are not included Enieriaining Extras Bar Setup Cake-Cutting Fees: Open Bar: $2800 $2-5 $30 - $200 for 4 hours per bartender per guest Corkage Fees: 1.50 - $3 per bottle opened by the venue Organist: Bagpipe Player: $175-$250 music $175-$250 per hour DJ: $100-$300 per hour Live Band: for a 4-hour performance $2085 by 5 musicians erererer er Don't let unplanned expenses put a damper on your special day. Keep your costs down by thinking ahead when budgeting your wedding. SOURCES http://weddings.costhelper.com/bagpipes-wedding-cost.html http://weddings.costhelper.com/wedding-music-band.html http://weddings.costhelper.com/wedding-dị html http://weddings.costhelper.com/organist.html mintcom hfp://wodding.theknot.com/wedding-planning/wedding-budget/articles/10-hidden-wedding-costs.aspx http://weddings.costhelper.com/open-bar.html http://www.bridalguide.com/planning/wedding-budget/unexpected-wedding-costs http://www.usmarriogelows.com/marrioge_licenses/cost.shtml http: //www.costofwedding.com/index.cfm/action/search.weddingcost/zipcode/0000 http://www.ewednewz.com/2011/06/brides-announces-findings-from-2011-american-wedding-study/ http ://www.groom411 /www. http: 1.com/wed bp.htm http: w.bridesnightout.com/posts/bachelorette-party-history.html //weddings.costhelper.com/bachelorette-party.html http://weddings.costhelper.com/bridal-shower.htmlt Ш

The Hidden Costs of a Wedding

shared by killerinfographics on Apr 01
544 views
3 shares
0 comments
Having an engagement party? Mailing out save-the-date cards? Planning on an open bar at your reception? There are more wedding expenses than the dress, venue, dinner and cake - the ones you might forg...

Publisher


Category

Lifestyle
Did you work on this visual? Claim credit!

Get a Quote

Embed Code

For hosted site:

Click the code to copy

For wordpress.com:

Click the code to copy
Customize size