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The results are in! Our latest survey on weddings last year is now live. The results cover topics including how much people spend on a wedding, what the best memories of the day were and which suppliers...
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With over 600 respondents, this survey focused on couples married in 2011, and was sent to registered hitched.co.uk users who gave us their wedding dates for 2011. Who answered our survey: Unsurprisingly...
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Whilst the total wedding spend is just over £16,000, more couples stuck to their budget or underspent than overspent....
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Satisfaction with wedding suppliers was generally high , but there were significant scores for dissatisfaction with florists and bridal wear shops. The supplier category which seems to disappoint the most...
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The UK's most popular wedding website hitched.co.uk , surveyed thousands of newlywed couples last year to reveal an industry worth a whopping £10 billion . Planning an engagement through to the...
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The latest government published data for the total number of marriages in the UK for 2010 is 277,736. The most recent year is currently provisional and it is expected that this number could increase by...
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The latest government published data for the total number of marriages in the UK for 2009 is 266,950 . The most recent year is currently provisional and it is expected that this number could increase by...
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Whilst the total wedding spend is just over £15,000, more couples overspent than either stuck to their budget or underspent. In a recessionary climate and with an event as important as a wedding...
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We asked brides what their wedding dress size they were or will be when they walk down the aisle....
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Hitched.co.uk has published the results of a poll conducted on its site which show that over two-thirds of respondents did not think the rise in tax would affect their honeymoon plans. With only 4.4% claiming...
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Government published data for the total number of marriages in the UK for 2008 is 270,403 . To view the latest government published figures for total marriages in 2009 , go to: hitched-wife.org/266-950...
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For the second year running, America is the most popular honeymoon destination. Places like the Caribbean and South America are popular destinations as 22% of Hitched viewers suggested....
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Couples paying for their own wedding have risen by 1% in the last year, as the bride’s family paying has decreased by 1% ....
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Even with lower budgets, more people are expecting to go over budget this year. With 3% less people planning on sticking to their budget....
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Wedding budgets have also decreased since last year, with a 5% decrease in people budgeting between £5000 and £15,000 . These figures exclude the cost of the honeymoon...
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The 2010 Hitched annual survey has revealed that people are inviting less people to their wedding compared to their 2009 results. The number of people inviting 50 to 100 guests has decreased by 7%, whereas...
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