Weddings and flowers go together like gowns and graduations. They’re an essential element of the occasion. But when it comes to cost, more American brides may be trimming their spending on floral displays so they can afford other items such as fancy venues, dinners, drinks, and professional photography.
What is romance when it comes to wedding decorations?
Flowers of course. It seems incomplete to have wedding without flowers. When people compromise on including flowers in the decoration of a wedding, it really makes you wonder, is the romance dead?
The floral budget for a large traditional wedding in the U.S. can easily blossom into the thousands … depending on how many bouquets, boutonnières, corsages, centerpieces, and altar arrangements are ordered.
Bud, quit busting our budget
Coming back to the question, ‘is the romance dead?’. Investigating modern attitudes to romance, well its’s not so much about the romance as it is about the budget and the longetivity of flowers.
Fresh flowers will end faster than the honeymoon, but a few simple tricks will keep them from busting the budget. Martha Stewart’s wedding website now lists specialty companies that provide colorful silk flowers for rent at a fraction of the cost of custom fresh cuts. Something Borrowed Blooms caters to weddings in the U.S. and Canada with a typical fee of about $500. Compare that to Carl Denton Designs in Nashville, which will create a one-of-a-kind floral environment for more like $7,000.
So, is the romance dead really in weddings? Now that people have become unwilling to spend as much as they used to on flowers. No, absolutely not, improvising and not compromising having flowers is actually romantic.
Wedding spending falls with age
A March 2019 recent survey found the amount couples spend on nuptials varies by age. On average, brides and grooms are spending $15,269, with younger couples spending well above that number. Those ages 24 and younger reported spending $22,400 on average.
At age 35, the average wedding budget drops to $12,745. Senior citizens reported spending the least amount on weddings at $7,946.
Age may have something to do with a decrease in floral purchases, and overall budget-cutting for weddings.
Is the romance dead in mature couples? Well not really, they have other expressions of romance. Besides as people grow older their focus shifts from romance to practicality.
‘Is the romance dead’ is really something to consider when flowers at a wedding are not impossible to arrange at lower costs.