You've heard of pop up shops. The pop up trend is now being applied to weddings. Stress free and affordable.
It's trending around the world, and it's found its way to Canada. It's especially popular in British Columbia, and now it's come to the Battlefords.
A pop up wedding allows the bridal couple to save costs and time yet have a nice wedding by sharing costs with other similar minded couples.
With an average of more than $27,000, Saskatchewan and Manitoba appear to be the most expensive provinces to get married in, according to a recent BMO survey聽 鈥� and that's without the honeymoon.
BMO InvestorLine released a study showing that Canadians plan to spend, on average, $15,000 on their weddings and invite an average of 100 guests. However, the study also found that almost 40 per cent of respondents who envision getting married at some point in their lives do not believe they will be able to afford their ideal wedding.
Further, the study found Canadians plan to cover 60 per cent of the costs associated with their wedding by drawing on investments or other savings that either they or their partner have. They will rely on the following other sources to cover the remaining costs: the bride and groom's parents (13 per cent of costs); credit cards and/or lines of credit (13 per cent of costs); contributions from friends via gifts or donations at bachelor parties or 鈥渟tag and doe鈥� events (five per cent of costs).
So, what if you want to get married but don't want to spend that kind of money (or generate that kind of debt)? Pop up weddings are definitely one way to go.
Blue Rentals in North Battleford is excited about this new trend, says co-owner Sharon Mohagen, and have scheduled North Battleford's first pop up wedding event for this year's Valentine weekend, Feb. 13 and 14. They are still looking for brides and grooms and will have information on pop up weddings at the upcoming annual bridal show Feb. 7 at the Western Development Museum, coincidently the venue for the pop up wedding weekend.
At their pop up weddings, says Mohagen, multiple wedding ceremonies and receptions happen in one day at the same venue. They are designed to eliminate stress and to help give couples the wedding of their dreams without the expensive cost. They are pre-planned and the bridal couple has almost nothing to plan. All they do is invite their guests, show up and celebrate.
Couples have to book in advance and there are eight wedding time slots to choose from.聽Each wedding is an hour and a half in length from beginning to end. The bridal couple pays a flat rate of $2,500 plus taxes for the entire wedding package.
The package includes the venue and decorations, marriage licence, marriage commissioner, the ceremony and music, the bride's bouquet, the groom's boutonniere, wedding cake, photographer, cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.
A maximum of 25 guests can be invited, and nobody in the party has to organize or, better yet, clean up!
