What the UK wedding industry is worth

hitched.co.uk Each year UK Weddings are worth... £10,033,768,472 £36,127 Wedding Day Total cost per Guests expense £12,059 wedding £21,307 Honeymoon £2,761 A breakdown of the total cost of a wedding... MY WEDDING To-Do list ! Guest Costs: Decide who to invite! £1764 Accommodation - Start my Guest List? £6374 Clothes £2210 Food & Drink Charlotte Dean Nicola Caroline Simon Aimee £21,307 £2856 Abi 96 guests invited on average Avg cost per guest Stag & Hen Matt Fran Darren Sam £4665 £3438 - Who will eed accomodation? Gifts Travel Book my Wedding Venue Venue Costs: - Castle. stately home? - Nice hotel ?? iOi Food and drink - Canopes Champagne!!! Registrar fees Church fees £210 Catering Venue hire Entertainment Drinks Book Church & Registrar £2552 £1517 £490 £301 £156 Wedding transport: Wedding Car!!! - Vintage car? - Rolls Royce? £303 is spent on wedding cars - Limosine? 78% of brides still hire a traditional wedding car to travel to the ceremony Buy Wedding Insurance! Wedding Insurance - How much ? - Ask venue if they arrange it £24.23 Despite low costs only 47% of brides take out insurance! Average wedding insurance cost My Wedding Dress!! shopping shopping shopping!!! Bridalwear Bridal Gown: £913 - ballgown? - fishtail? - crystals!? Jewellery: £77 Find the perfect shoes!! Groomswear: £84 Lingerie: £61 ♡ Tiara? Jewellery? Veil? Headpiece: £55 Nag H2B about Groomswear! - colour of tie? Groomswear costs £270 on avg. However only 31% of grooms actually buy groomswear Shoes: £88 / Hair and Make-up - find a hairdresser/make-up artist Hair & Makeup - find photos of hairstyles - book trials for hair £177 is spent on mair & makeup Book our Honeymoon! 63% of brides pay for their hair & makeup - sun? sea? city break? Caribbean .? - African Safari!? Honeymoons 1% Australisia. 9% Africa £2,761; is spent on honeymoons 12% - No honeymoon 24% Europe Where 13% Far East 88% of newlyweds jet off on honeymoon newlyweds are spending honeymoons & Asia / Hire our Photographer!!! 24% 17% UK honeymoon The Americas / Hire a Videographer?? & The Caribbean - find a professional? - ask Uncle Joe? Photography Wedding photography Wedding videography on avg. costs £748 on avg. costs £360 * * wedding Flowers 78% vs. 39% gerberas peonies lilies How many couples pay a professional photographer or videographer? roses sunflowers!! Flowers & Cakes Wedding Cake Only 7% of brides opt not to have wedding flowers 89% of brides - book cake maker have a wedding - fruit? chocolate? vanilla? cake Choose Wedding Stationery - Invitations - RSVP cards Wedding Flowers: £392 Wedding cake: £337 - Thank-you cards - Place cards Stationery Organise our Gift List Wedding Wedding invites Thank you Cards Decorations £228 £197 £460 Get Married!!! £885 is spent on wedding stationery and decorations Figures are based on forecast of 277,736 weddings in 2011 Source: Hitched W.I.F.E | www.hitched-wife.org