Saturday, December 1, 2007

Wedding facts/Trivia for 2007 taken fromPeople Magazine July 2007 Issue

Stats of the Union:
Average cost of a Wedding: $27, 690
Average length of an Engagement: 17 Months
Average age of a Groom: 27
Number of Weddings in the U.S. in 2006: 2,155,000

Texas is estimated to play host to the most weddings this year: 191, 072
North Dakoda will have the fewest with 4,192

The longest wedding dress train measured 3,949.8 feet and was worn in Caudry France, on Aug. 5, 2006

Around 116,000 weddings take place in Las Vegas each year

The average number of wedding guests is 167

Average price of an engagement ring: $2,100

Average price of a wedding band: $650

Average number of weddings taking place in the U.S. every day: 5,904

The World's most expensive nuptials on record: $60,000,000
That's how much Billionaire Lakshmi paid for his daughter Vanisha's 2004 wedding.

The most expensive wedding dress on record was laced with 150 Carats of Diamonds. It was created by dressmaker Renee Strauss and jeweler Martin Katz. To date it remains unsold.