[Craig T]

Stephanie, thank you. As this planning is full speed now, and I'm starting to desensitize to the costs, I'm really excited about the wedding and grand baby. With her university finished and paid for, and in her career job now… This wedding completes my job as a single father.

Thanks also for that wealth of data. Unfortunately, I'm located in #6 on the list of Top 20 Most expensive wedding areas…Santa Barbara/Ventura Country, CA. I guess it's not just irony that with all my negotiating, cash offers, and forcing competitive proposals from three different venues, that I'm projecting costs to land right smack in the middle of my region's $33.7K-$36.2K average.

Top 20 Most Expensive Wedding Areas

1. NYC (Manhattan): $70,730
2. NY (Long Island, Hudson Valley and NYC Outer Boroughs): $51,811, $45,695, $44,718
3. Northern/Central NJ and Southern NJ: $49,347, $36,694
4. Rhode Island: $41,169
5. Philadelphia, PA: $36,294
6. Santa Barbara/Ventura, CA, and Los Angeles, CA: $36,233, $33,745