The dress, the cars, the flowers, chocolate cake for him, vanilla for her. For brides, grooms and parents faced with raiding savings to help with the costs, everything about the big day tended to be, well, a little bit too big. And for ‘big’, read ‘eye-wateringly expensive’. Before the pandemic rained misery on brides and grooms across the land like coronavirus-soaked confetti, the average wedding day was said to set couples back just over £35,000. Caught up in the Instagram dash to create the most lavish and fun social media friendly wedding, as well as the basics, there would be a stream of extras to fork out for: the photo booth, floral walls, sweet trolley and magician for the kids, burger van for evening reception snacks, DIY cocktail bar… Perhaps no wonder that in just six years, the average cost of the big day – at least according to Scottish Wedding Directory’s annual survey – had almost doubled.
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