Venue hire swallows up big-day budgets
THE average wedding now costs around £18,500 – with the price of the venue swallowing up between a third and half of couples’ budgets, a survey by Debenhams Personal Finance found.
With couples tending to invite between 100-250 guests, the cost of the venue for the big day plus food and drink can take up significant chunks of the total spend on the happy occasion.
The wedding venue typically costs £7,500, or just over 40% of the total cost, the survey found.