Posts Tagged ‘Wedding Statistics’
Wedding Guest Survey Results
Wednesday, September 18th, 2013Cost of a Wedding
Friday, August 16th, 2013The cost of a wedding is a much debated topic amongst couples and their families. It is easy to set a budget, but much harder to stick to it! Where does the money really go these days? We have a helpful graphic from Nutmeg.com, the UK’s first online discretionary investment management company, a source of expert advice on your investemnt portfolio.
Survey of Brides to Be
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
Bride Survey Results
Friday, June 7th, 2013A recent survey of 250 brides conducted by Phase Eight shows that 2013 is going to be a very busy year for a lot of brides with 44% of you exchanging wedding vows this year, and 46% of you in 2014. A smaller proportion of brides like to take their time when it comes to planning the big day with 7.5% preparing to wed in 2015 and 2% enjoying an extended engagement and waiting until after 2016.
The weather is always a factor for a UK wedding, and spring and summer remain the most popular seasons as there are more opportunities for beautiful outdooor wedding photographs
Summer wedding – 42%
Beach honeymoon - 56%
Countryside honeymoon – 14%
Adventure honeymoon – 12%
Safari honeymoon – 10%
City honeymoon – 10%
There are a lot of things to consider when it comes to planning your dream wedding and one of the most important tasks is finding your dream wedding dress. 48% of you plan to try on 4-10 wedding dresses while 8% are taking no chances when it comes to finding ‘the one’ by trying on more than 20 wedding gowns!
44% of brides will be taking advice from their mum and a further 25% will have their best friend with them.
1 to 3 wedding dresses – 22%
4 to 10 wedding dresses – 48%
11 to 20 wedding dresses – 22%
More than 20 wedding dresses – 8%
Another big decision Brides-to-be face is where to hold their wedding celebrations. Demand is often very high for popular wedding venues and therefore decisions need to be made far in advance. The majority of brides surveyed (64%) plan to check out 2-5 wedding venues before committing to one whereas 20% of couples have your heart set on just one venue and don’t feel the need to look elsewhere. 8% are slightly fussier, looking at over 10 venues before deciding.
The number of wedding guests to invite can be tricky, especially if one person comes from a much larger family. The majority (63%) of you would like to see 50-150 familiar faces at your wedding while 7% would like to keep their special day small and intimate with just 1-20 wedding guests. Over 250 people is just too many according to you ladies, while 11% of you are willing to stretch to a 150-250 guest list.
We also wanted to know where you drew inspiration from for your big day. It turns out Mr Darcy still pulls on your heartstrings with 30% of you voting Pride and Prejudice as your favourite love story, closely followed by the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet.
Pride and Prejudice – 30%
Romeo and Juliet – 27%
Cinderella – 19%
Titanic – 13%
When Harry met Sally – 10%
When it comes to your first dance with your new husband, you love a bit of Adele, with ‘Make you feel my love’ hitting the top spot. The old classics do remain popular choices though with Barry White’s ‘You’re the first, the last, my everything’ coming in a close second place.
Adele - Make you feel my love – 27%
Barry White – You’re the first, the last, my everything – 21%
Percy Sledge – When a man loves a woman – 16%
Michael Buble – Everything – 16%
The Bangles – Eternal Flame – 13%
Celine Dion – The power of love – 4%
Westlife – I do – 3%
Wedding Survey Results
Monday, April 22nd, 2013Thanks to everyone who filled in the Phase Eight wedding guest questionnaire – just under 400 of you completed it and here we can share the results:
77% of you are attending a wedding this year.
The majority (45%) of weddings are happening June to August, with March to May being the next most popular time (31%). 19% of weddings are happening September to October, with only 5% winter weddings November to December.
We know you love to dress up, and this shows in how much you will spend on your wedding guest outfit:
4% will spend less than £50 on an outfit
26% will spend £50 - £100
56% will spend £100-£200
11% will spend £200 - £300
3% will spend over £300
When it comes to shopping for a new wedding outfit, it turns out Gok Wan is a girl’s best friend with 35% choosing him over your best friend or your mum! As for Mary Portas, maybe she can go for a coffee with Trinny & Susannah while you shop?
Gok Wan - 35%
Your best friend - 28%
Your mum - 14%
Sarah Jessica Parker - 12%
Trinny & Susannah - 6%
Mary Portas - 5%
When it comes to the question of whether you wear a wedding hat or a fascinator, 45% of you vote fascinator (is this the Duchess of Cambridge effect, we wonder?), 18% still love an occasion hat, and 14% choose a different type of hair accessory completely. 23% of you prefer to wear nothing in your hair at all.
In terms of how many outfits you’ll be wearing over the wedding celebrations, 60% of you will have one outfit, 33% of you wear two different outfits, and 7% of you will have three or more.
We asked you what your idea was for a fun hen do – and the results show that you love a bit of pampering, closely followed by a good boogie:
A spa weekend - 40%
Drinks and dancing - 21%
A cocktail class - 14%
Afternoon tea - 13%
Dinner and a theatre show - 12%
When it comes to wedding gifts, you’re a very generous lot, which means there are a lot of very lucky bride and grooms out there:
Under £50 – 29%
£50 - £100 – 52%
£100 - £200 – 17%
Over £200 – 2%
It’s not just wedding presents and new outfits you’re splashing out on, however, with 60% of you expecting to spend over £100 on transport and accommodation for a wedding.
And then we asked you who your dream wedding ‘plus one’ was. And ladies, we have to say you have impeccable taste. Let’s just hope that Brad, Tom and John Hamm/Don Draper don’t feel too put out about it (maybe we can send them a piece of wedding cake?):
George Clooney – 27%
Gerard Butler – 23%
James Bond – 21%
Ryan Gosling – 16%
Brad Pitt – 8%
Tom Cruise – 3%
Don Draper – 2%
We also asked – if money was no object, where would you love to attend a wedding? Maybe it’s no surprise after the weather we’ve had recently that you chose somewhere tropical, warm and a long way away from here! Your dream destination wedding choices are:
Caribbean– 37%
Florence– 33%
English countryside – 17%
Las Vegas– 8%
Paris– 5%
A Brides biggest Wedding Day Worry
Thursday, March 7th, 2013A rainy wedding day is the biggest fear of British brides to be, a new survey has found.
The survey by professional hair products retailer Fabriah.com gave 1000 brides-to-be a list of ten wedding nightmares and asked them to choose which one they feared most.
Bad weather - 27% Stain on the dress – 18% Car breaking down - 15% Hair disaster - 11% Flowers wilting - 8% Getting the vows wrong - 7% Best man losing the rings -7% Cake collapsing - 4% Being ill - 2% Inappropriate comments in speeches - 1%
Disastrous weather easily topped the poll with well over a quarter (27%) of respondents naming it as their main fear and completely out of their control. In second place was the fear that the wedding dress could be either torn or stained on the way to the ceremony, with 18% of women put it as their number one worry. One in eight thought the wedding car breaking down would be the biggest disaster, whereas a hair catastrophe polled fourth, scoring 11% of the vote.
Almost one in ten respondents thought that the flowers wilting would be their main nuptial nightmare making it fifth on the list. In joint sixth place were getting the vows wrong and the best man losing the rings, both scoring seven per cent.
In seventh and eighth place were the fear of the cake collapsing and the bride being ill on the big day which achieved four and two per cent of the vote respectively. Rounding up the list in ninth place with only one per cent was the concern about embarrassing speeches at the reception.
Francesca Davies from Fabriah.com commented: “Although it’s considered as lucky, bad weather has the potential to spoil a wedding. On top of that it is one of the few things a bride has no power over. I was surprised to see embarrassing speeches at the reception come so far down the list. You would have thought the mixture of new in-laws, stress from organising the day and alcohol would be a recipe for disaster. We deliberately omitted being jilted at the altar from the top ten as we thought this would completely skew the results, after all it is the ultimate wedding nightmare which every bride-to-be would choose. Fortunately, it doesn’t happen very much.”
One bride-to-be commented: “I’ve been planning my wedding for the past seven months and the thought of any of the things on this list happening doesn’t bear thinking about. Most of the stuff at weddings you can control but it is the things you have no power over like the weather and the car breaking down which really makes me nervous.”
Another said: “Obviously I would be upset if I was ill on the wedding day but I’ve been planning this for so long that I will crawl down that aisle on my hands and knees if necessary!.”
Wedding Shows 2009 – Some Interesting Statistics
Friday, November 13th, 2009After many successful wedding shows throughout 2009, we have been gathering a little bit of information about the people who attended – and some of the statistics make for an interesting read. We had a look at the responses from our wedding shows at Newcastle (Metro & Racecourse), Harrogate (International Centre) and Liverpool (St Georges Hall).
Reason for Coming
Out of all of the attendees who were questioned throughout our wedding shows, 56% of them stated that inspiration was the reason for them attending. Only 1% of people were looking to try on outfits, but with so much to see during the day, that’s understandable!
The wedding shows we hosted this year proved to be extremely popular, so we hope some of you took some great ideas to make your wedding that extra bit special.
Wedding Budget
Budgeting a wedding can be a difficult task, but can you really put a price on the perfect day?
Well yes, and some of the big spenders in Harrogate were willing to pay between £25,000 and £50,000 for their perfect wedding, more than any of the other attendees at locations in the North of England! The two wedding show locations in Newcastle discovered that 43% of people were looking to spend £10,000 and £25,000, which appears to be the average throughout our wedding shows.
Below is a complete chart of the price ranges from across our wedding shows.
Were you one of the attendees at our wedding shows this year? How much are you planning to spend on your big day?
