More fun wedding & marriage facts

Here are a few more fun wedding facts for your reading pleasure:

• The longest train for a wedding dress was made in Germany and measured 515 feet.
• The longest engagement on record was between Octavio Guillen and Adriana Martinez. They were engaged for 67 years.
• New Yorkers Richard and Carole Roble have taken their vows 55 times, all in different locations and at least once in each of the fifty states.
• On average, 7,000 couples marry each day in the United States.
• Seventeen tons of gold are made into wedding rings each year in the U.S.
• Valentine's Day and New Year's Day are the two busiest wedding days in Las Vegas.

Source: Wedding Facts and Trivia

Fun wedding facts

Here are some fun wedding stats we found. Hope you enjoy!

• The average American engagment is 16 months.
• June is the most popular month for weddings, then August, followed by September, October and May.
• The average age for first-time brides is 25; for grooms, 27.5.
• The average size of a wedding party is 12.
• On a traditional American wedding, an average of $22,000 is spent.
• $72 billion is spent on weddings annually in the U.S.
• The average amount spent on a bridal gown in $800.
• 53 percent of weddings happen in the afternoon; 31 percent in the evening; and 16 percent in the morning.
• 45 percent of honeymoons are to domestic locations, and 55 percent are foreign.
• Annually, an average of 2.4 million weddings are performed in the U.S.

Source: Wedding Statistics