The suggested citation, if you quote from this publication, is: Ian R.H. Rockett, âPopulation. and Health: An Introduction to Epidemiology,â 2d ed., Population Bulletin,vol. 54, no. 4. (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, December 1999).
The Average Wedding Venue Cost. It's the reception hall that takes the biggest chunk out of couples' wedding budgets. The Knot surveyed almost 16,000 newlyweds. On average, they paid $14,006 for their reception venues. That's higher than what their predecessors paid the year before ($13,385). Wedding ceremony sites, on the other hand, cost $1,901, on average, in 2014.
In the NYC/NJ area you always give money for a wedding present since the receptions cost so much!! My niece's reception cost $250 a person, but since that is on the higher side, I don't think anyone felt obligated to give $500 for a couple!!!