Twice as many couples delay the big day
One in five recent newlyweds has had to postpone their nuptials, predominantly for financial reasons, a new survey reveals.
Half of those forced to delay their big day did so due to budgeting issues, according to the savings specialist ING Direct.
Twenty years ago, just one in ten couples pushed back the date of their wedding.
ING attributes the proliferation in postponements to the steady rise in the cost of staging the event.
The typical couple in the UK now spends £18,500 on the big day, compared to £4,300 two decades ago.
Lavish ceremonies in castles and exotic locations, replete with orchestras, ice sculptures and fireworks are far more commonplace today, fuelling the rise in average costs.
More than four in ten couples overspend on their wedding, typically to the tune of £3,700, in the pursuit of the perfect day.
A quarter admitted to feeling pressured by pictures in magazines to throw an extravagant party, while 14 per cent said oneupmanship had encouraged them to upstage family and friends.
Fifteen per cent of the married couples surveyed by ING said they never expected to get hitched, because of the costs involved.
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