{
  "id": 2423963,
  "title": "69% of married couples felt ‘pressured’ to blow past wedding budget: survey",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/69-of-married-couples-felt-pressured-to-blow-past-wedding-budget-2423963",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-21T19:04:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Global News",
    "slug": "global-news",
    "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12029989/wedding-budget-survey/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A recent Wealthsimple survey reveals that 69% of married Canadian couples felt \"pressured to spend more than they were comfortable with\" during their wedding planning process. Of the more than 1,200 individuals surveyed, 6% spent \"somewhat under budget\" and only 1% reported spending \"very under budget.\" The average couple had budgeted $15,000, largely from personal savings, but the final bill averaged $25,000—a \"midpoint\" as many weddings actually cost closer to $37,000.\n\nMany couples turned to alternative funding sources, with 28% relying on family, 26% using credit cards, and 9% taking out a line of credit. Nearly a third (32%) of newlyweds noted that \"money became a point of tension with their family and friends during the wedding planning process.\" Guests and wedding-party members also reported feeling \"financially stressful\" attending weddings, with 36% having turned down at least one wedding or pre-event invite in the past three years and 22% spending over $1,000 to attend a single wedding. Twenty-two percent of wedding guests spent at least $2,000 to attend, and 14% ended up taking on debt to do so.",
  "summary": "More than 1,200 people surveyed regarding the costs of weddings, regardless of whether they were paying for their own or turning up for someone else's.",
  "key_points": [],
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        "title": "69% of married couples felt ‘pressured’ to blow past wedding budget: survey",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/69-of-married-couples-felt-pressured-to-blow-past-wedding-budget",
        "published": "2026-08-21T19:04:41.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}