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Europeans seem to have it figured out. They spend an average of $5495 on their weddings. That's right, the average American wedding costs six times that of their European counterpart. Sure, everything's bigger in America, but there's more going on here. I blame the Disney Princess culture where girls are encouraged to envision their dream wedding from the moment they can walk. CNBC blames Pinterest.
It seems the grim reality of the recession has affected even the most romantic event â weddings. Itâs not often that prices come down rather than going up, up and up, but thatâs what weâre seeing with weddings. In 2008, the average cost of a UK wedding was over Â£20,000.However, in 2011 the average cost of getting married dropped by a massive 25% to Â£15,541 and in 2012 it will drop even further.dding to this figure the Â£3,000 average cost of a honeymoon, this means that couples are spending, on average, Â£14,441 on getting married in 2012. This figure represents a further Â£1,000 drop on the Â£5,000 decrease we saw in 2011.