St. Louis, MO (KMOX) - Tariffs may dampen the sound of your wedding bells next year. KMOX Business Analyst Jerome Katz says brides and grooms should read the fine print. "People who have signed contracts in 2025... ...may find clauses that let the vendor add a tariff cost to be paid by the couple."
Listen to KMOX Business Analyst Jerome Katz on Wedding Costs
Katz says if you signed a contract with vendors last year for a wedding this year, you're probably ok. He does point out that most wedding dresses are made in China so bridal stores are now shifting sourcing to minimize tariff impacts.
One of the biggest weddings of the year was the Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos Venice destination wedding. They reportedly paid well above $20 million. What will a destination wedding cost the average American couple? Katz says a domestic destination wedding is around $39,000. An international one is closer to $41,000.
Katz' figures come from The Knot, which estimates the average US wedding costs $33,000. But that doesn't include the ring, or the honeymoon, which can add more than $5,000 each.
Jerome Katz is a professor in the Chaifetz School of Business at Saint Louis University. You can hear him on KMOX's Total Information AM every Wednesday at 8:30 am.
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