- 2.3 million couples wed every year in the US. That breaks down to nearly 6,200 weddings a day!

- 72% of all brides said "they wish they would have spent more time choosing their reception entertainment".

- Entertainment, on the average, is 4% of the cost of the entire reception (Full Tilt Entertainment feels that securing the right entertainment represents 80% of the success of the reception).

- During wedding planning, Brides say their highest priority is there attire, followed by the reception site and caterer - reception entertainment is among the least of their priorities. Within one week after their reception, 78% of Brides said they would have made the entertainment their highest priority!

- When asked 81% of guests say the thing they remember most about a wedding is the entertainment / reception.

- 65% of all couples that chose a band to entertain at their wedding, said, if they had it to do over again, they would have chosen an Entertainor or Disc Jockey. (Our Comment: This is mainly due to the fact that DJ’s don’t typically take breaks, and we are more versatile in accommodating requests and customizing the entertainment. We have yet to see a band perform the garter auction, bouquet toss, grand march, etc).

- Average age of a bride in the US is 25.3.

- Average age of a groom is 26.9.

- Average number of guests invited to a wedding is 178.

- One-third of those getting married each year have been married before.

- $72 billion per year is spent on weddings.

- 93% of the brides say they would have spent more of their budget on the entertainment.

- The average wedding budget is $20,000.

- $1,016 is the average cost of wedding rings for the bride and groom.

- Traditionally, the father of the bride would pay for everything. Today, however, the bride and groom themselves pay for the wedding about 30 percent of the time; the bride's parents pay about 17 percent of the time. As for the rest of the time, costs are covered by different sources -- the bride and groom and one or both sets of parents, according to surveys by Bride's magazine.

- $19 billion per year is spent on wedding gift registries.

- $8 billion per year is spent on honeymoons.

- The average honeymoon budget is $3,657.

- Over 91 percent of all to-be-weds register for gifts. The couple receives gifts from an average of 200 guests.

- Most wedding guests spend between $70 and $100 on a gift.

- June is the most popular month for weddings, then August, followed by September and October in the Northern part of the US. The south is the complete opposite

Monthly breakdown:

January 4.7%
February 7.0%
March 6.1%
April 7.4%
May 9.8%
June 10.8%
July 9.7%
August 10.2%
September 9.6%
October 9.4%
November 7.4%
December 7.8%

- 99 percent of newlyweds take a honeymoon.

- The average couple will spend three times more on their honeymoon than a regular vacation.
40 percent of honeymooners will travel within the United States, about 60 percent will travel to a foreign country.

- Honeymoons usually last 7 to 9 days.

- The most popular destinations are Las Vegas, Hawaii, the Caribbean, and Jamaica.
35 percent of brides and grooms have a valid passport.

- The top wedding city in the world is Istanbul, Turkey with 166,000 for the year
Las Vegas, Nevada is in second place with 114,000 weddings.