Fun wedding facts

Entertainment, on the average, is 5% of the cost of the entire reception. (Rhythm in Motion feels that securing the right entertainment represents 80% of the success of the reception!) During wedding planning, brides say their highest priority is there attire, followed by the reception site and caterer. Reception entertainment is among the least of their priorities. Within one week after their reception, 78% of brides say they would have made the entertainment their highest priority! 65% of all couples that chose a band to entertain at their wedding, said, if they had it to do over again, they would have chosen a DJ. 2.3 million couples wed every year in the United States. That breaks down to nearly 6,200 weddings a day! $72 billion per year is spent on weddings. Average age of the bride is 26 Average age of the groom in 28 Average engagement time is 17 months. Average cost of wedding entertainment (band or DJ) is $953 The average wedding budget is $28,000. $6,478 is the average cost of wedding rings for the bride and groom. Traditionally, the father of the bride would pay for everything. Today, however, the bride and groom themselves pay for the wedding about 30 percent of the time; the bride's parents pay about 17 percent of the time. As for the rest of the time, costs are covered by different sources – the bride and groom, and one or both sets of parents, according to surveys by Bride magazine. $19 billion per year is spent on wedding gift registries. $8 billion per year is spent on honeymoons. The average honeymoon budget is $3,680. More than 91% of all to-be-weds register for gifts. The couple receives gifts from an average of 200 guests. Most wedding guests spend between $70 and $100 on a gift.