Let's Get Real About Weddings

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐈𝐬 𝐈𝐧!

2020 Weddings Revealed

𝙒𝙚𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝘿𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙

96% 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨!

43% still had their ceremony and reception in 2020

32% had the ceremony and pushed the reception to a later date

15% postponed the entire celebration

Cost per wedding guest went up - from $214 in 2019, to $244 in 2020.

𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 & 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 # 𝟏 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬.

𝘐𝘯 2019, 𝘎𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘱.

80% of couples reduced or limited the number of guests invited to their celebrations.

52% of weddings had less than 50 guests in attendance.

𝐎𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝟗𝟓% 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏.

This means that wedding vendors are being booked much earlier than in the past - 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 2022 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘦.

𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥!

43% of couples added a virtual/streaming option to their wedding.

5% had a full virtual celebration

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣....𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦/𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥!

With the reigning champion of Barn Venues following closely behind.

And we also saw a 15% increase in couples getting married in their hometowns.

In 2020, nearly 60% of receptions were either fully or partially outside, compared to 43% in 2019.

𝘼𝙣𝙙...𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙧𝙤𝙬...𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙋𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙜!

"Perfect" by Ed Sheeran.

'𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞' 𝐚𝐧𝐝 '𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰' 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬!

*𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘵/𝘞𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦 2020 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨'𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺.