Wedding Statistic: Estimated Number of Saturday Weddings

This week's wedding statistic comes from The Wedding Report. The graph estimates the number of Saturday weddings for 2010 compared to the number of Saturday weddings in 2009. With more and more brides looking for discounts to cut their wedding budgets, there are estimated to be 10% less Saturday wedding events come 2010, due to the higher cost to have a wedding on this day of the week. It seems Friday weddings are beginning to show momentum as becoming a more popular alternative.

Wedding Stat: Brides Spending Less On Shoes

The latest wedding industry statistics issued by The Wedding Report shows that brides are spending less for wedding shoes in 2009. The average cost spent declined to an average of $83 compare to an average of $94 in 2008.

Relevant: Average cost of a wedding photographer

The Average Cost Of A Wedding Drops 14% In 2nd Quarter 2009

The latest wedding industry statistics issued by The Wedding Report confirms that couples are continuing to cut back on their budgets when it comes to their bridal celebrations, but certain areas are starting to see an surprising increase in demand . Here are some highlights:

*The average cost of a wedding drops another 14% from $19,212 in Q1/2009 to $16,546 in Q2/2009.

*Items that saw the largest decrease in demand; items related to the gay honeymoon and day-of-coordination, with decreases as much as 54%.

*Items that saw the largest decrease in spending; jewelry, reception and ceremony accessories, with decreases as much as 52%.

*Items that saw the largest increase in spending; transportation rentals and decorations, with increases as much as 68%.

*Items that saw the largest increase in demand; Combined services (ceremony and reception) including music and services related to the reception, with increases as much as 180%.

Relevant: Average cost of a wedding cake

**Results are based on 909 survey samples of both couples and wedding vendors across the US

13 Interesting Wedding Statistics For 2009

We thought our readers may find these 2009 wedding statistics interesting. Enjoy!

2,190,363 couples were wedded in the U.S. in 2008.

The world's longest-married living couple, Zelmyra & Herbert Fisher of North Carolina, were, at press time, preparing to celebrate their 85th anniversary.

$707,051,028 worth of wedding cake and fondant frosting (more than 16 tons) was consumed last year in the U.S.

The average American wedding costs $28,704.

In frugal Mississippi the average drops to $18,562.

In spendthrift New Jersey that jumps to $36,113.

Behemoth David's Bridal claims roughly 30% of the wedding-gown market, with dresses that start at $99. These discounts continue to bring down the average cost of a wedding dress.

Steel tycon Lakshmi Mittal spent an estimated $60 million on a five-day French wedding for his daughter, Vanisha, which included a 1,000 person engagement party at Versailles.

The discount chain Filene's Basement has held its Running of the Brides event at dozens of stores each year since 1947.

At one store, shoppers cleared the racks of 3,000 marked-down dresses in a record 37 seconds.

In 1960, an American bride was typically 20 years old and a groom was 23. Today, they're 27 and 29, respectively.

Six countries currently allow same-sex marriage: Belgium, Canada, Holland, Norway, South Africa, and Spain.

December is the most popular month to pop the question, accounting for one in five engagements.

Thanks for the guys over at FastCompany for sharing this data.