December 18, 2006
Fun Wedding Facts
Most people know that June is the most popular times for weddings, but did you know that December is also a popular time to get engaged? Just ask E!’s Guiliana DiPandi and the Apprentice winner Bill Rancic, who just got engaged this past week. Statistics show that 15 percent of all engagements occur in December and that 99 percent of the time men do the proposing.
Besides the popularity of engagements occurring in December, here are some other fun wedding facts:
• The average engagement lasts 14 months.
• 3 percent of brides plan on signing a pre-nuptial agreement
• The percentage of brides that change their names after getting married is 81 percent
• 99 percent of couples take a honeymoon.
• 40 percent of honeymooners stay at resorts
• 16 percent of all weddings are destination weddings.
• An average of 44,230 weddings take place in the U.S. each weekend.
• The median age for first time brides is 27 years of age (for grooms it is 29)
Money Matters:
• The average diamond engagement ring costs $2,000
• The average spent on wedding rings is $1,016
• The average wedding costs approximately $27,000 (or £13,800)
• A total of $72 billion is spent on weddings in the U.S.
• Weddings are a $50 billion per year industry
• The brides parents pay for 30 percent of all weddings
• The couple pays for 32 percent of all weddings
• 15 percent of weddings are paid for by both sets of parents.
• People spend $19 billion buying presents off of gift registries.
• People spend, on average, between $70 to $100 on wedding gifts
• The average couple spends $3,700 on a honeymoon.
Filed under Planning Your Wedding by Chris Morton