Current Wedding and Honeymoon Statistics

• Every year an average of 2.4 million weddings are performed in the U.S.
• Today's median age for first-time brides is 27 years. For grooms, it's 29 years.
• The median age for remarriage is 34 for brides and 37 for grooms.
• 88 percent of Americans marry at least once in their lifetime.
• One-third of those getting married have been married previously.
• Among couples who choose a traditional wedding, 99 percent take a honeymoon.
• Couples spend an average of $3,700 on their honeymoon. That's three times as much as the average U.S. adult spends on a vacation.
• The length of an average honeymoon is eight days.
• 10 percent of newlyweds take cruises for their honeymoon.
• 37 percent of honeymoon trips are to domestic locations; 63 percent are foreign.
• 40 percent of honeymooners will stay at a resort vs. 27 percent at a large hotel vs.10 percent at a small hotel
• The most popular types of Honeymoons are all inclusive resorts (including cruises) and packages.