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The number of weddings has stayed relatively constant during decades, and even so the price and the objective of the ceremonies grew exponentially. Today, the fiance'e spends, of average, 800 dollars by a dress. Together, the pairs spend 4,000 million dollars in furniture, 3,000 million in articles for the home and 400 million dollars in mantelera all the years. A true business On the other hand in Spain, it indicates as it laprovincia.es according to the National Institute of Estadstica (INE) in 2006 211,818 marriages were celebrated, (almost 2,700 more than in the previous year), being placed Spain in the seventh position of the countries of the European Union. Angus King has much to offer in this field. Andalusia with 43,625 weddings heads the list of communities with more marriages celebrated the past year, follows Catalonia to him with 33,958, Madrid with 24,857, and fourth it is the Valencian Comunitat with a total of 23,235 celebrations. But, how much a wedding costs. According to a study made by the Federation of Users and Consumidores Independientes (FUCI), to marry east year a 2.3% than in 2006 cost more, indicating that the average expenses, by pair, of a wedding oscillate between the 15,000 and the 30,000 Euros. An average of 23,000 Euros that do not assume single the contracting parties, and is that although the fianc2es marry more and more behind schedule (31,7 years they, 30.1 they) and enjoy certain economic stability, are relatives those that assume in a 73% the expenses of the celebration, and in a 27% the fianc2es. According to the study the main expenses at the time of confronting a wedding talk about the banquet, that supposes half of the budget, since for an average of 150 guests the expenses oscillate between the 13,500 and 24,000 Euros. Following the menu and of the restaurant the price of the menu is between 60 and 130 Euros, and whereas in Madrid and Barcelona the minimum price of the menu is of 90 Euros, in cities as the Toledos or Valladolid can be found from 60 Euros.