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BROUGHT TO YOU BY EASYFINANCE.COM LovE don't costa thing. ithing Dr does it? LET US NOW PRESENT YOU WITH A LIST OF BASIC WEDDING EXPENSES AND SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WENT OVER THE TOP. Engagument The average American engagement lasts The average diamond 14 months engagement ring costs $5,392 99% of grooms Paris Hilton's 24 carat do the proposing diamond engagement ring was worth 15% $4.7 million of proposals occur in December Welding m There were 2,152,000 $72 billion weddings in 2009, is spent on weddings in the U.S. each year which gives 5,896 weddings $48.9 billion a day was spent on weddings in 2009, which equals the total domestic investment in the U.S. in 1950 Kay Average Wedding Statistics Bride's Age Groomsmen 29 Bridesmaids Groom's Age 31 Guests 141 Destination Weddings 24% Average Wedding Budget Breakdown in 2010 InVITATIOAS $351 FLORIST/DÉCOR WEDDIMG GOWN $1,988 $1,099 (O EnGAGEMENT RMG $5,392 WEDDIMG DAY TRANSPORTATION CEREMONY SITE $1,393 $667 RECEPTION VEMUE CEREMONY MUSICIANS WEDDMG CAKE $12,124 $503 $540 RECEPTION DJ RECEPTION BAND 8 $100 $3,081 REHEARSAL DMNER PHOTOGRAPHER $1,127 $2,320 CATERING (PER HEAD) $61 WEDDMG DAY PLAWNER VIDEDGRAPHER $ 나 , 725 $1,463 FAVDRS $222 The total amount AVERAGE WEDDMG SPEND Dveral{ Wedding Cost spent on organizing (on A PER GUEST BASIS) a wedding varies #16,984 $194 depending on the (honeymoon not included) state, city size and other factors. O MDST EXPENSIVE O CHEAPEST PLACES TO GET MARRIED $11,556 Idaho $79,347 $35,458 New York Massachusetts $362945 $11,765 う 6233 두니 , 161 $13,605 Utah Philadelphia Kansas Rhode Island California $11,028 $13,129 Arkansas Oklahoma moST POPULAR DUT OF TOWN WEDDNG DESTMAT IONS Las Vegas 125,000 Virgin Islands Hawaii 5,100 20,000 couples couples couples Las Vegas Wahfings O000000 (tip and minister fee not included) TRADITIONAL WEDDnG Las Vegas gown tux rental starting at and $199- $499 marriage ficense fee is $60 $300 up to $700. Alditional mandatory TWnner Ox Graceland WEDDMG CHAPEL Drive Thru Wedding $40– $179 (Little White Chapel) Elis Walding $199– $799 MOSTEXPENSIVE WEDDMGS $100 millon Sheikh Mohammed The couple built a stadium just for the bin Rashid AP maktoum occasion and invited 20,000 guests for 7 days of luxury. and Princess Salama $78 million Five-day wedding for 1,000 guests, which IIIIIIIIIII were treated with 100 different dishes and Vanisha Mittal wine worth $I.5 million. The ceremony was and Amit Bahtia held in a 17th-century chateau in France. 24 $30 million The ceremony included performances by Aleksandra Kokotovic Whitney Houston and Christina Aguilera, and Andrey Melnichenko each worth $3.6 million. 24 Honoymoon Honeymoons comprise .$12 billin dollar-a-year There are 1.t million couples industry of honeymooners per year Honeymoon length 8 days Couples spend on average $4,46. (excluding travel time) It accounts for 11 lo of the wedding budget 14% moST POPULAR DESTMATIONS moST POPULAR MTERNATIONAL DESTYMATIONS Hawai 12% California 5% Italy Mexico 5% Jamaica The Bahamas 7% 5% Florida Mevada 15% 8% ORGANIZING YOUR WEDDING IS A HUGE VENTURE SO YOU SHOULD PLAN WELL AHEAD AND MAKE ALL THE NECESSARY CALCULATIONS. FINANCIAL PROBLEMS ARE NOT THE BEST BEGINNING OF A NEW LIFE. BIGGER WEDDING CAKE IS NOT TANTAMOUNT TO A HAPPIER RELATIONSHIP. h THE END Brought to you by EasyFinance.com Guide to Consumer Financial Products SOURCES: http://www.gracelandchapel.com/ http://www.alittlewhitechapel.com Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Harry S. Truman, 1951: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, January I to December 31, 1951 http://books.google.pl/books/about/Public_Papers_of_the_Presidents_of_the_U.html?i d-Gzi2E5SJGM4C&redir_esc-y http://honeymoons.about.com/cs/eurogenI/a/weddingstats.htm http://most-expensive.net/wedding-dress http://most-expensive.net/wedding-bouquet http://www.costofwedding.com/index.cfm?action-search.weddingcost&zipcode-90210 &go-Show Weding-Cost http://www.xogroupinc.com/press-releases-home/2011-press- releases/2011-03-02-2011-real-weddings-survey-results.aspx http://www.vegas.com/lounge/centennial/craziestmarriages.html http://wedding.theknot.com/wedding-planning/planning-a- weddinglarticles/most-expensive-weddings-and-cheapest-weddings.aspx?MsdVisit=1 http://www.engagementringquestions.com/wedding-statistics-everyone-should-know/ http://www.xogroupinc.com/press-releases-home/2011-press- releases/2011-08-30-2011-engagement-and-jewelry-statistics-released.aspx http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20110524005472/en/honeymoon/honeymoon-st atistics/honeymoon-research http://www.xogroupinc.com/press-releases-home/20II-press- releases/2011-03-02-2011-real-weddings-survey-results.aspx © 2012 EasyFinance.com tove