File this under “Stuff We Already Knew,” but its still shocking to see just how much we end up spending on weddings and all the other wedding-related stuff. I’ve run into several really great graphics illustrating exactly why the average cost of a wedding is inching toward $30,000. I hope its known that $30,000 would be a pretty great down payment on a house in most of the U.S. right about now.
TheKnot.com has been busy posting graphics money and weddings. First off, let’s look at the top 25 most expensive places to get married.
Graphic by TheKnot.com
I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised that it is so incredibly expensive to get married in Manhattan at $76,687 (!), but I was surprised to see Chicago so high up, above Long Island ($49,002), North/Central New Jersey ($48,496) and Rhode Island ($47,399) — it costs a whopping $49,810 to get married in Chicago. Seriously, I would have expected Los Angeles ($35,308) or San Francisco ($35,344) to be higher up, but compared to the East Coast, getting married in California seems like a deal. Plus our weather is better.