No doubt about it, weddings are big business.

The average wedding in the US is over $22,000. In Canada, it is over $18,000, in the UK over 17,000 pounds and in Australia over $28,000! Our own wedding cost us about $6,000 or $7,000. As relatively cheap as that is, we were amazed at how fast the price tag grew beyond our original budget.

The good news is that there are plenty of ways to save money on your Big Day.

So we approached a couple of ‘frugality and wedding experts’ for some tips.

The result is the third article in our budding library of marriage articles on CouplesQuestions (the site, that is, rather than the blog).

Saving Money on Your Wedding was written by Darsi at Frugal Bride. The site is one of Canada’s best-known wedding websites, so we are pleased to have their expert contribution.

The figures for cost-of-wedding come from another great site, the Bargain Queen blog from downunder.

We get a fair amount of interest in how to save on wedding costs, so more on this topic soon. We promise!

Happy Couples, Happy Planet!