FYI

• On average, couples will spend $27,070 for their wedding in Midland TX
  

• On average, couples will spend $27,650 for their wedding in Odessa, TX

            (www.costofwedding.com)

• The average wedding costs between $25,000 and $30,000

• Most weddings take at least 200 hours of planning and organizing

• Most brides worry about:

1. Exceeding budget - 66% (most willing to go over budget on photography)

2. Forgetting a crucial detail - 50%

3. Party not being fun - 40% (most expensive element of the wedding)

4. Guests not showing up - 25%

• Most Popular Wedding Months:
  

Rank	Month	Percent
1	August	10.43
2	June	10.37
3	July	9.92
4	September	9.63
5	October	9.60
6	May	9.34
7	April	7.49
8	November	7.43
9	December	7.37
10	March	6.85
11	February	6.45
12	January	5.13

• For the past 20 years, 2.25 million to 2.40 million weddings take place each year in the United States, a third of them remarriages

• Most brides (30 percent) plan their weddings for 7 to 12 months

• An average of 189 guests attends a wedding

• The average cost of a wedding is $25,000 to $30,000

• Destination weddings tripled between 1997 and 1999 – from 3 to 11 percent

• Most (85 percent) weddings are held in a church or synagogue

• More than half of all weddings take place in the afternoon

• Hawaii is the favorite honeymoon destination

• While June typically has been regarded as the month for weddings, more weddings have been in August in the past decade than in June, including the past three years

• Four out of five brides are employed

• Money is the most-desired wedding gift

• Number 1 wedding city in the world is Istanbul Turkey with 166,000 for the year.

• Number 2 City in the world is Las Vegas, NV with 116,000 weddings.

• Number 3 City (2 in the US) is Gatlinburg, TN with 42,000 weddings.

• Number 4 City (3rd in the US) is New Orleans, LA with 36,545 Marriages in 2002. "Due to hurricane Katrina New Orleans will not match this number for a few years."