Like me, you probably have a few saved the dates on your fridge because it's that time of the year. It's wedding season, right? And this year is a record year for wedding. So according to the knot, 2.6 million couples are expected to get married this year. That's 20% more than the prepandemic average. The Knot Wedding survey found last year's average wedding cost $34,000, and inflation is sure to push that number up this year. Claudia Moore is getting married and Eden in a few weekends, she says inflation. Has already impacted her big day.
Things like food, flowers, those really, the two main things that like went up, I feel like. Not significantly. Flowers definitely significantly, but food just a little bit because of the cost of, like you know, like we see it in the grocery store now. Those extra costs did force her to cut the guest list and make some changes. Instead of like a more fancy rehearsal dinner, we're kind of keeping it more low key now so that we can put that budget back into the wedding. With flowers, or you know, the food in general for the actual day of Moore says her biggest advice to brides facing price hikes don't focus so much on those small details. She says. For example, no one's gonna care if you used a wax seal or not.
On your invitations. It's those little things that often add up. That's what I've been thinking about this whole time is. Is this a little detail or is this something that will impact the entire day?.
