You can’t put a price on love, but you can put a price on marriage – and it’ll probably be pretty high. In 2023, the average cost of a wedding in the United States was $35,000, according to a survey by the wedding website. the knot. In the United Kingdom, the average cost was £20,700. The venues are usually the biggest item, and then there’s the catering, the dress, the cake, the photographer and the florist.
How can couples finance these celebrations? If you got married in the last 10 years, we’d like to hear from you: what was your wedding budget and how did you manage it? What was the distribution of costs? Did you go into debt to finance your wedding? Did your family help you?
You can tell us how you financed your wedding using this form.
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You can tell us how you financed your wedding using this form.
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