Wedding Survey Results

03/25/13 01:21 AM

Wedding survey results from 2012...

U.S. couples, on average, spent more than $28,000 on their wedding. And that doesn’t count the honeymoon.

A survey conducted by XO Group Inc., the company behind the wedding websites TheKnot.com and WeddingChannel.com. The survey involved more than 17,500 U.S. brides married in 2012.

2012 Wedding Statistics:

Average Wedding Budget: $28,427 (excludes honeymoon)
Most Expensive Place to Get Married: Manhattan, $76,678 average spent
Least Expensive Place to Get Married: Alaska, $15,504 average spent
Average Spent on a Wedding Dress: $1,211
Average Marrying Age: Bride, 29; Groom, 31
Average Number of Guests: 139
Average Number of Bridesmaids: 4 to 5
Average Number of Groomsmen: 4 to 5
Most Popular Month to Get Engaged: December (16%)
Average Length of Engagement: 14 months
Most Popular Month to Get Married: June (17%)
Popular Wedding Colors: Blue (33%), Purple (26%), Green (23%), Metallics (23%)
Percentage of Destination Weddings: 24%
Based on average wedding spending in 2012, these are the areas around the U.S. where couples spend the most on their weddings:

New York City (Manhattan): $76,687
Chicago, IL: $49,810
New York Metro (Long Island, Hudson Valley and NYC Outer Boroughs): $49,002, $46,300, $39,602
Northern/Central New Jersey and Southern New Jersey: $48,496, $35,375
Rhode Island: $47,399
Santa Barbara/Ventura, CA: $42,319
Boston, MA: $39,239
Philadelphia, PA: $38,369
Connecticut: $38,009
San Francisco, CA: $35,344
Los Angeles, CA: $35,308
San Diego and Orange County/Inland Empire, CA: $34,136, $33,848
Baltimore, MD: $33,366
Washington, DC/Northern Virginia/suburban Maryland: $33,118
Houston, TX: $31,978
Southern Florida (Miami, Fort Lauderdale and surrounding areas): $31,288
Savannah, GA: $30,618
Sacramento/Reno/Tahoe: $30,458
Hawaii: $29,636

After Bridal Fair & Wedding Expo 2013

03/13/13 12:53 AM

It’s been a little more then a week since the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel Bridal Fair & Wedding Expo 2013. It was an amazing experience as usual. It’s always great to go out there to meet the upcoming newlyweds. This was the first year it was a night time event. So we had the task of lighting up the area where there was the acoustic musician and the fashion show runway. We did a 10 1/2 hour lighting set up and this is how it looked.

Our goal was to make the area lit up enough without having to use the fluorescents. So we did hanging string lighting and paper lanterns over the runway. We used string lighting in other areas like the check in table and over the elevators for safety. We then did uplighting in magenta around the perimeters. We also have white uplighting behind the stage and touches of white around the room for enhancement.

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We also lit up the area around the acoustic musician.

There was also a Eclipse Effect Entertainment booth inside the Moku’ola Ballroom along with the rest of the vendors and we had our new business cards on hand.

We were happy with the turn out of people and we were glad people got to enjoy our work. and can’t wait till the 2014 Bridal Fair. It’s some time away, but you’ll see us there.