Saving your hard earned money
I'm sure you've heard the nightmare stories concerning the high cost of the average wedding, and I'd like to make the case about having us Beachpeople perform your ceremony, and perhaps taking those all important wedding photographs... can provide not only a more stress free and low cost alternative, but to actually offer you an incredible experience to boot!
First, the costs! From the website TheWeddingReport.com , I'm going to list the national average costs for the usual wedding needs.
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| Year | Spending | Market Value |
| 2006 | $27,490 | $62,428,981,280 |
| 2007 | $28,800 | $65,968,646,400 |
| 2008 | $29,780 | $68,752,311,720 |
| 2010 | $30,570 | $71,682,523,050 |
| 2012 | $31,010 | $73,836,546,560 |
OMG! The following are only for ceremony
related expenses. These do not include reception costs.
| Bride Accessories | $346 | 1,992,803 |
| Groom Accessories | $121 | 1,672,122 |
| Groom Tux/Suit | $204 | 1,969,897 |
| Wedding Dress | $1,564 | 2,153,143 |
| Hair & Makeup | $190 | 1,878,274 |
| Ceremony Accessories | $176 | 1,786,651 |
| Ceremony Location | $452 | 1,878,274 |
| Ceremony Site Decorations | $406 | 1,809,557 |
| Officiate/Pastor or Priest | $274 | 2,290,578 |
| Ceremony DJ | $890 | 721,532 |
| Ceremony Band | $1,463 | 432,919 |
| Photographer | $2,373 | 2,084,426 |
| Videographers | $1,463 | 1,076,572 |
So that comes to $9922, or if you don't have a videographer, $8459! That is the average cost for your traditional wedding. You get to pay a ton of money for stress, stress, STRESS! You get a standard church or function room wedding, and chances are good that you will not have the slightest shred of a memory of your special day without referring to your expensive wedding photography because you were so stressed out!
Now lets talk about a beach wedding. Better yet, go here and then come back to this page.
Ready for some more math?
If you skip that $1500 wedding dress and go with something more beachie,
forgedaboud the groom's tuxedo and choose instead khaki pants or shorts and a
lightweight shirt, skip the location fee and decorations (we also offer beach
decorations for a very reasonable cost), a DJ for your ceremony location (a boom
box will work just fine), probably half of the bridal accessories, and the hefty
photography costs... you can see where I'm going with this. And I'm not even
addressing the fact that our officiant and photography offerings are so much
better!
As far as I've be able to ascertain, I'm the only old beach hippie wedding officiant on the whole east coast, and my unique style of officiating will change the whole tone of your wedding day!! My ceremonies are uniquely relaxed, spiritual, fun, romantic and just plain comfortable. Our photography is anything but the standard artsy fartsy imagery that graces all the wedding guide publications. We are reiki people who are seekers of energy. We are healing drummers who love the rhythm of life. We are hopeless love monkeys with an attitude... the attitude of romance! We go for the feelings by developing an easy and comfortable (and fun) relationship with you that shows in your images. We consistently deliver professional photography that is focused on your love for each other.
We offer extraordinary wedding services for extraordinary people. People like you!
910-575-88171