·	Average age of a bride in the US is 25.3.

·	Average age of a groom is 26.9.

·	Average number of guests invited to a wedding is 178.

·	One-third of those getting married each year have been married before.

·	2.3 million couples wed every year in the US. That breaks down to nearly 6,200 weddings a day!

·	72% of all brides say they would have spent more time choosing their reception entertainment.

·	Entertainment, on the average, is 4% of the cost of the entire reception (Obviously securing the right entertainment represents at least 80% of the success of the reception).

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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!

·	When asked 81% of guests say the thing they remember most about a wedding is the entertainment.

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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 disc jockey.  (Our Comment:  This is mainly due to the fact that DJ’s don’t typically take breaks, and we are more versatile in accommodating requests and customizing the entertainment.  We have yet to see a band perform the garter auction, bouquet toss, grand march, etc).

·	$72 billion per year is spent on weddings.

·	93% of the brides say they would have spent more of their budget on the entertainment.

·	The average wedding budget is $20,000.

·	$1,016 is the average cost of wedding rings for the bride and groom.

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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's magazine.

·	$19 billion per year is spent on wedding gift registries.

·	$8 billion per year is spent on honeymoons.

·	The average honeymoon budget is $3,657.

·	Over 91 percent 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.

·	June is the most popular month for weddings, then August, followed by September and October.  Monthly breakdown:

·	99 percent of newlyweds take a honeymoon.

·	The average couple will spend three times more on their honeymoon than a regular vacation.

·	40 percent of honeymooners will travel within the United States, about 60 percent will travel to a foreign country.

·	Honeymoons usually last 7 to 9 days.

·	The most popular destinations are Las Vegas, Hawaii, the Caribbean, and Jamaica.

·	35 percent of brides and grooms have a valid passport.

·	The top wedding city in the world is Istanbul, Turkey with 166,000 for the year Las Vegas, Nevada is in second place with 114,000 weddings.

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