Wedding cost in Dubai 15th highest in the world: study
Hosting a typical wedding with 100 guests in Dubai costs $25,463, the 15th highest in a global study released by Holidu.co.uk, the search engine for holiday rentals, in partnership with Magmatic Research.
The study analyses the cost of hosting and attending a destination wedding in over 100 locations around the world. It identifies the typical cost of hosting a wedding in different locations, incorporating the price of hiring the venue, decoration, photographer, food, cake, drinks costs, as well as how much it costs guests to attend a wedding in each location, covering accommodation and travel costs.
The study researched the most renowned locations to hold a destination wedding, according to wedding blogs, websites and review sites, before cutting the shortlist down to over 100 of the most prominent locations with comparable data. Next, the researchers grouped the costs involved in hosting and attending a wedding into two categories: Costs for the Couple, and Costs for Guests.
The first category, Costs for the Couple, includes items that the couple getting married generally pay for when hosting a wedding, incorporating the venue, decoration, photographer, food, cake, and drinks. To collect price data for the venue, the researchers found the most renowned wedding venues in each location before taking a sample of the most representative venues and identifying the median price. They then sought typical prices for the decoration, photographer, food, cake, and drinks in each location. In cases where prices for multiple items were bundled together, regular prices in each location were identified and removed from the given cost to avoid double counting.
The researchers then calculated the typical overall cost to the couple of hosting a destination wedding in each location.
The second category, Costs for Guests, includes costs that are generally paid by attendees, incorporating accommodation and return travel to the wedding location from each city in the study. To obtain this data, the researchers found the median cost of accommodation in each location for two time periods in July and August 2022, and calculated the cost of staying for five-nights. Additionally, they researched the price of return transport for two time periods in July and August, from a range of countries to each wedding destination. They then selected the minimum possible price for each destination.
The table below reveals a sample of results for the locations where hosting a destination wedding costs the most. The ‘Total Wedding Cost’ incorporates the price of the venue, decoration, photographer, food, cake, and drinks for 100 guests.
The Hamptons, USA, Positano, Italy and Fogo Town, Canada rank among the most expensive wedding destinations with the total wedding costs at $45,987, $43,090 and $39,012, respectively.
Meanwhile, the cheapest place to host a wedding is Lahore, Pakistan ($3,530), ahead of Goa, India ($3,858) and Nha Trang, Vietnam ($6,316).
The most expensive wedding venues in the world
While the main study looks at the cost of a typical wedding in popular venues in each location, the researchers also collected data on some of the most expensive wedding venues in the world to reveal what is available for couples with a larger budget.
The most expensive wedding venue featured in the study is The Villa Casa Casuarina, Miami, where it costs around $120,000 to host a wedding with 100 guests. A wedding at Burj Al Arab in Dubai costs $54,450, the report said.- TradeArabia News Service