According to a new survey from peer-to-peer lender Zopa, Brits spend more than £112m to attend weddings every year, and the costs are rising. Eight per cent of those surveyed said that they had spent more than £1,000 on someone else’s wedding, while a further three per cent had spent more than £2,000.
THE AVERAGE wedding guest spends £390 on items such as accommodation and clothing, as the cost of attending a wedding celebration rises. Accommodation was named as the most expensive element of a wedding, with an average of £140 spent on hotels, B’n’Bs and self-service apartments. Stag and hen do’s cost an average of £121 per person, while the average wedding gift cost £101. Read more: Zopa reveals 38 per cent median gender pay gap Almost a third (32 per cent) of guests told Zopa that they spent more money on weddings, yet 54 per cent fail to budget for these costs.
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