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Fun Facts

• The average wedding takes around 250 hours to plan.

• The average cost of a Canadian wedding is $22,360.

• There are more then 160,000 Canadian marriages a year.

• 69% of brides set a budget and stay on it.

• 15% of engagements occur in December

• 99% percent of couples take a honeymoon

• Honeymoons are a $12 billion dollar a year industry

• 63% of honeymoons are foreign

• 16% percent of weddings are destination. Destination weddings will continue to rise in 2008 as wedding costs escalate. The better valued areas will be the Caribbean and Mexico

• There are an estimated 115,000 weddings in the world per day

• 14% of the budget is spent on a honeymoon. 

Photos from the 2008 Weddings on the Border show

(Photos by Kristen Heatley of Lime-Light Photography unless otherwise noted)

Jennifer Jacula Photography booth (photo by Jennifer Jacula)   Modelling fashions from Ooh La La Modelling fashions from Ooh La La and Cliff Rose for Clothes   Warn Noyce singing Dancers from Fame Studio   Dancers from Fame Studio      Modelling fashions from Ooh La La   Happily Ever After Booth      Happily Ever After Booth   Pampered Chef booth Co-op Wedding Cakes booth   Lloydminster Exhibition Catering booth      Lloyd Ex Catering display; model for Cliff Rose for Clothes   Noyce Photography booth      Modelling fashions from Ooh La La and Cliff Rose for Clothes Modelling fashions from Ooh La La and Cliff Rose for Clothes

For more information, please contact:

Happily Ever After Wedding Consulting

Kaylie Franklin