Why are weddings so damn expensive?

> "Hello?" I'm, uh, planning a wedding for next spring." "a quick quote for

a venue for a family gathering"

"between 120 and 130 guests." "for 125 people"

"we're aiming for April 16th" "the 16th"

"That's going to be a $15,000 food and beverage minimum" "The food and beverage minimum is $17,000."

This 2000 dollar difference is what's known as the

"wedding mark-up"

where some venders charge a higher price for weddings than for other similar parties

so why are weddings so expensive?

The wedding website "The Knot"surveyed thousands of its members and found that the average

cost of their weddings was thirty-one thousand dollars last year that's not including honeymoon

wedding dresses average at thirteen hundred dollars and

catering comes in its $68 dollars per person. And those numbers are a lot

higher if you live in places like New York Chicago DC or San Francisco

the wedding industry is kinda weird and it's an industry that I have quite a bit

of experience in