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Wedding Venue Budgets 2027: What Your Money Actually Buys
Where a venue budget puts you in six wedding markets. Hotels lead the top quarter in five of them, but Ireland moves away from hotels as budgets rise and England stays with the country house.
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Top100 price index · UK and Ireland
The UK and Ireland Wedding Venue Price Index
£16,000
Top100 price index · United States
The United States Wedding Venue Price Index
$35,000
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