https://abc7.com/post/couple-sells-tickets-new-york-city-wedding-save-money-average-cost-reaches-tens-thousands-dollars/15169418/
"I said, 'People choose to go to Beyoncé concert, because they know that they're gonna have an experience. Let's put the stress on the guests, and let's sell tickets for a wedding,'" the bride said.
This sounds great! Someone trying to charge me a ticket would completely alleviate any guilt I might feel over not wanting to attend another fucking wedding.
I can't wait for the traditional wedding to die out. It's such a fucking scam of an industry.
It's money spent throwing a party and inviting your friends. It doesn't matter if its traditional or non traditional.
Throwing a rave as a wedding would be non traditional. Yet it wouldn't be news if someone charged money to go to the rave that they setup.
But it also wouldn't have to be perfect. I'm sure you don't have 30 shades of napkins to pick from for a rave and if some wall decoration falls down mid rave it wouldn't be a big deal
I don't remember what the charge was to get married at the courthouse with both our moms there. 20 bucks or something? And the judge gave us pencils that were like gavels with two erasers.
Meh it’s normal in Japan. Although rather than actually setting a price, it is just a cultural norm to gift money. ¥30,000 (about 200 USD right now) is the basic minimum, but it goes up based on relationship. If you plan and negotiate with venues well, you can end up paying nothing out of pocket.
Same in Croatia. The idea is that the combined gift amounts cover the cost of the wedding + leave a little bit extra
100-200€ per person is pretty standard
Removing the social expectations, it is a bit odd to take hundreds of dollars from each of your friends to have a party that you have full control over. I wouldn’t expect my friends to fund anything in my life. But hey, I live in a country that can’t even crowdfund healthcare on a national level so maybe my view is just skewed.
At least half the money is used for the guest’s experience (food, open bar and so on) including return gifts (as is the norm in Japan). This is generally a gift catalog which guests can choose an item from. It is surprisingly fun as it feels like you’re not the one spending more way. They have catalogs of different values to need individuals’ needs.
Close friends will often plan surprise acts to be performed during the wedding (singing or dancing and so on). So it is not entirely up to the host.
It is still customary to invite one’s boss and co-workers too. So yeah, it is culturally different from western countries I guess.
Further, the actual wedding is also done at the municipal office and costs little/nothing.
That’s true. If you just want to get married without a ceremony, you can do it for free here. It’s also common to get married on paper months before the actual party/ceremony which is great for getting name changes and other affairs in order before the actual wedding ceremony, which can reduce stress.
Standard practice in some cultures. Why all this shaming over something that is ultimately voluntary for the participants?
You guys have this all wrong. It says they were doing it to save money. It should work perfectly since they will only have to pay for the two of them.