Articles, tagged with "wedding costs", page 1
15th November 2011
One of the most impossible tasks when planning a wedding to stay within the budget, it never seems to be enough for all the things you want to do for your very special day.
The reality is that not everyone is fortunate enough to have an unlimited budge...
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Author:
lola blooms
05th October 2011
A couple months ago, I wrote that changing etiquette rules suggests that couples should always ask both sides of the family if and how they’d like to contribute to wedding costs. Now a new survey shows the economy is encouraging the same break from tradi...
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Author:
vponsale
12th August 2011
The average American couple spends over six hundred dollars on their wedding invitations, which is nearly three percent of total wedding costs. Many unmarried people shake their heads at such a statistic. We are, after all, living in the information age, ...
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Author:
Dan Burke
23rd June 2011
Many people already have their whole wedding planning out to the finest detail about the type of reception, bouquet, decorations, cars and other things that they want for their big day. When the big day finally arrives and we need to make our wedding day ...
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Author:
Gail Kaye
02nd June 2011
Most women have mixed feelings about being asked to be a bridesmaid. On the one hand, they are happy for their friends, but on the other, they worry mightily about what they will be asked to wear. For some strange, unknown reason, brides-to-be have a habi...
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Author:
Michael Burke
02nd June 2011
It is often said that the wedding day is all about the bride. There is one simple reason for this—the bride almost always puts in more work. Whether it is due to tradition or proclivity, women tend to do most of the wedding planning. Their number one prio...
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Author:
Michael Burke
01st June 2011
Before the advent of the printing press, weddings were announced as all other local news was announced: by the town crier. A man with stentorian voice would walk through the streets and warrens and alert the public of all upcoming nuptials. Anyone who hea...
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Author:
Michael Burke
20th April 2011
Wedding costs vary regionally from around $25,000 in the Midwest to $50,000 and more in the Northeast. The average wedding in the United States costs approximately $28,000, not including rings or the traditional expenses of the bridegroom’s family.
Be...
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Author:
Robbin Montero
13th April 2011
Weddings are big business in America. An industry that was once small potatoes has grown into a massive 40-billion-dollar-a-year empire. Even in the wake of the global recession, wedding costs continue to rise. The bill for the average modern wedding is j...
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Author:
Dana Horn
07th April 2011
Every couple wants their wedding day to be the most beautiful and memorable. However, these days the cost of a wedding can be enormous, especially if you do not plan well in advance of the special day. Fortunately, if you create a wedding budget and stick...
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Author:
Adrianna N
04th April 2011
Fashion is a fickle thing. Styles come and go over the years. But one particular tradition has helped create an enormous industry in the United States. Even as the total number of marriages continues to fall, the revenues for the bridal industry have hit ...
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Author:
meganburley
04th April 2011
The Western wedding has remained more or less unchanged since 1840. That was the year Queen Victoria married Prince Albert and started a new tradition. The white wedding was more than mere fashion. It came to symbolize a certain kind of marriage, at least...
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Author:
meganburley
30th March 2011
Ever since you were read fairy tales as a little girl, you have dreamed of Mr. Right. As luck would have it, he has arrived, swept you off your feet and just got down on one knee to ask you that one question you have waited to hear your entire life. Congr...
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Author:
Scott Jamieson
22nd March 2011
The northwest Indian province of Punjab is home to a very energetic and colorful people. Sikh wedding invitations are just as gala and extravagant as the wedding itself. In this land of rugged geography and agricultural bounty, nothing comes in small pack...
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Author:
Kathleen Chester
22nd March 2011
There are more than 10 million Indian marriages a year. Indian middle class families earning between $5,000 and $23,000 annually may spend up to an average $40,000 on a marriage. Some richer families may also spend up to $2 million! Considerably, average ...
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Author:
Kathleen Chester
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