>> THE AVERAGE COST TO PLAN A WEDDING IS MORE THAN $20,000. AND ACCORDING TO A LEND EDU
SURVEY, A MAJORITY OF THAT IS
SPENT ON JUST THE VENUE. BUT
KEY ARE BROKEN, BRO AND HER
HUSBAND JOELLE HAVE FLIPPED
THE SCRIPT. YOU CAN SEE THEM
HERE HAVING A BLAST ENJOYING
WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN
EXPENSIVE WEDDING. BUT GUESS
WHAT? THE WHOLE DAY ONLY COST
A COUPLE $500. THEY FOUND A
WAY TO BE FOR GOAL FROM BUYING
THE DRESS ONLINE TO HAVE THE
CEREMONY ON THE SIDE OF THE
HIGHWAY, WHICH BEGS THE
QUESTION, IS THIS REALISTIC
FOR YOU AND OTHER COUPLES
TRYING TO TIE THE KNOT THIS
YEAR? WELL, JOINING ME NOW IS
BRITTANY JONES, OWNER OF
UNCORKED OCCASION. SO GOOD
MORNING. THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE WITH US.
>> IN THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
ABSOLUTELY. SO, OK, I AM
GETTING MET IN NOVEMBER. SO
THIS IS PRETTY PRESIDENT TO BE
WEDDINGS ARE SO EXPECT. SO I
HAVE TO ASK, IS IT REALISTIC
TO JUST SPEND 500 ON A
WEDDING?
>> I WOULD SAY ABSOLUTELY NOT.
UNFORTUNATELY, I WISH THAT
WERE THE CASE. BUT THERE’S A
LOT OF COSTS THAT GO INTO, YOU
KNOW, IT HOSTING AN EVENT IN
GENERAL, LET ALONE THE
WEDDING, DEPENDING ON THE GET
OUT.
>>CORLEY PEEL: YEAH, I FIGURED
THAT WAS THE TRUTH.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT WHAT ARE
THE WAYS THAT BRIDES AND
GROOMS CAN SAVE MONEY AND, YOU
KNOW, KIND OF CUT THE COSTS
HERE AND THERE.
>> I WOULD SAY STARTING WITH
BEING IN TO SHOW IT TO YOU
INVITE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY
NEED TO INCLUDE AN EXTENDED
INVITATIONS TO EVERYONE IN
THEIR LIFE WHEN REALLY THAT’S
A VERY INTIMATE CELEBRATION.
WE SHOULD BE VERY INTENTIONAL
WITH THESE INCLUDED. AND THEN
OTHER WAY, THEY’RE JUST BEING,
YOU KNOW, SMART WITH YOUR ARE
YOU ARE YOU USING YOUR YOUR
VENUE ICING WITH WHAT INCLUDED
YOU HAVE A VENDOR THAT MAYBE
PROVIDE MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF
IT THAT YOU COULD HAPPEN
>> COULD YOU KNOW SHE BOUGHT
HER WEDDING DRESS ONLINE.
THERE ALL, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS,
SHOW OR, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE YOU
CAN BUY FROM, YOU KNOW, I’VE
HAD A COUPLE RIGHT BY OUT OF
THE EVEN FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT KIND OF THIS FOCUSING ON
WHAT’S MOST IMPORTANT AND YOUR
MONEY WISELY, YOU KNOW, BY
USING THE PEOPLE HERE IN
POINT.
>> SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
UNEXPECTED COSTS? BECAUSE I
KNOW FOR ME WITH EVERYTHING
GOING ON WITH INFLATION, I WAS
REALLY SHOCKED ABOUT THE PRICE
OF FLOWERS.
>> I WOULD SAY FLOWERS AND
FOOD RIGHT NOW ARE THINGS THAT
ARE LITTLE BIT OUT OF OUR
FINANCIALLY, SHIPPING COSTS OR
YOU KNOW, IT’S HARD TO SOURCE
CERTAIN FLOWERS, ESPECIALLY
AND DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU
KNOW, WHERE FLYING AND THEN
FROM A WAY GETTING THEM FROM A
LOT OF OUR FOR LOCALLY HAVE
STARTED, YOU KNOW, FORCING
FLOWERS FLOWERS THEY CAN FIND
HERE IN FLORIDA BEFORE THEY
WERE AND, YOU KNOW, FROM OTHER
COUNTRIES OTHER PLACES,
THOUGH, AND THOSE ARE THE 2, I
THINK THAT WE’RE SEEING THE
MOST, YOU KNOW, INCREASE IN
COST. BUT EVERYONE, YOU KNOW
WHAT? THE COST OF EVEN LIVING
IN THE COST IN THE WAY TO GO
INTO EVERYBODY SERVICES. I
FEEL LIKE LOWLY FROM
INCREASING.
>> SO WHAT ABOUT THE WEDDING
VENUE ITSELF? BECAUSE I KNOW
WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
WEDDING BOOM FROM ALL THE
BRIDE TO GROUPS WHO COULDN’T
GET WHEN COVID WAS AT ITS
WORSE. WHAT ABOUT THAT? SHOULD
COUPLES BE PREPARED TO SPEND A
LITTLE BIT AFTER THAT? THEY
WOULD, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 5 YEARS
AGO.
>> I WOULD SAY DEFINITELY A
LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 5 YEARS
AGO, BUT ALSO I’M NOT BEING
COMPLETELY MARRIED TO A
SPECIFIC DATE BECAUSE OF THAT
LETTING THEM A LOT OF THESE.
THEN YOU HAVE A VERY LIMITED
AVAILABILITY. AND I THINK IT’S
IMPORTANT BE REALISTIC. AND
KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE THAT
DREAM DATE, THAT YOUR BRAIN,
THAT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE IT
AVAILABLE. SO YOU MAY HAVE TO
COMPROMISE TODAY.
>> OR EVEN THAT THEY KNEW, YOU
KNOW IT THE DAY MORE
IMPORTANT.
>> OKAY. SO BE OPEN, BE
FLEXIBLE. SO WHAT CAN PEOPLE
EXPECT WHEN THEY START
PLANNING? WHAT SHOULD THEY
LOOK OUT FOR TO BE THE MOST
EXPENSIVE TO SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT COULD BE THE MOST
AFFORDABLE THAT THEY CAN KIND
OF SAVE ON THE COSTS ON.
>> I WOULD SAY STARTING YOUR
GUEST COUNT TO FIGURE OUT, BUT
THEN YOU YOU GO WITH, YOU
KNOW, HERE AND THEN YOU HAVE A
CAP WITH THE AMOUNT OF GUESTS
THAT THEY CAN AND THE KNOWING,
YOU KNOW, STARTING THERE AND
THEN FOR MAYOR, I WOULD SAY
YOUR FOOD IN YOUR BAR.
TYPICALLY THE HIGHER COST. AND
THEN, OF COURSE, IF YOU’RE
DOING PHOTO AND VIDEO,
DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF
SERVICES HERE, ONE THING AND
THAT LOOKING FOR VENDORS AT
DUKE ON BEACHES, BUT ALSO
PROVIDE FOOT OF THE VICTIMS.
THE TARGET FOR SET UP VIDEO TO
SEE YOUR PHOTO. THERE SOME
CATERERS THAT OFFER BAR
SERVICE OR MAYBE YOU’RE AT A
VENUE WHERE THEY HAVE FAR
INCLUDED? YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT
WHAT YOU’VE GOT AND TRYING TO
USE THE MOST OF PARTY, YOU
KNOW, INCLUDED THERE. AND THEN
WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THE
THINGS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED,
JUST I WAS OR NOT ALWAYS IN
EVERY ASPECT, BUT WHETHER IT
THAT YOU ARE PEOPLE YOU’RE
INVITING ELECTED OR NOT OR YOU
COULD BE $100 FOR LEFT THE
DOOR IN THE WAY OF YOUR
FLOWERS. MAYBE AT THAT.
>> A PRIVATE PARTY THAT YOU
THEY’RE OKAY THAT BETTER ABLE
HANDLE. ALL LOVE BUT YOU KIND
FOCUSING ON LIKE YOU HAVE AND
HOW CAN YOU DO THAT? ONE WHITE
OR JUST MAKE THE MOST OF THAT
MOMENT FOR THAT THING.
>> OK, I LIKE THAT LESS IS
MORE IT COULD BE SO DIFFICULT.
BUT IT IS SO IMPORTANT AND SO
CRUCIAL. WELL, THANK YOU SO