Average Wedding Cost..
Wow.
I came across this site recently: http://www.costofwedding.com/Â which calculates the average cost of weddings by zipcode and even breaks it down by things like wedding attire, ceremony costs, reception costs etc.
And its pretty accurate too..
For a wedding in Miami Beach (I used the Palms’ zipcode 33140) the average cost is 37,386.40, not including the honeymoon, engagement ring or wedding planner.
In my own mind we spent 30,000, but there were so many things I didn’t count like alterations, groom’s suit, hair & makeup, my dress (!!) that easily add up to that extra 7k.. not that I would ever tell my husband that. So I would say that number is almost dead on.
Ways I could have saved alot more? Apparantly If we had decided to get married in Ft. Lauderdale just 20 miles north, it would have only cost us 25,565.70 – more than 10,000 less!!
 And here’s the big shocker.. according to this site, had we had our wedding in NYC (where we are originally from) our wedding would have only cost $28,314.70. What?? Miami beach is more expensive than NYC? One of the reasons we decided to have it in Florida as opposed to New York (where 99% of our friends and family still live) was because we figured no where could be more expensive than NYC to have a wedding.. Of course i did use the zip code 10009, our last NYC address in the way way east village (alphabet city actually). I’m sure that a zip code on the upper west side would yeild a higher budget.. I’m off to check!
Add comment September 1st, 2006
