Peruvians spend up to $90,000 per wedding.

Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Peruvians spent between 5,000 and 300,000 USD on a wedding, depending on the type of ceremony. But the coronavirus meant that Peruvians spent 40% less to organize their wedding. That percentage is reportedly on the mend, and today the couple and their families are reportedly willing to shell out between $5,000 and $90,000 for their dream wedding.

As he pointed out to the newspaper Ojo Carlos Scaglioni, organizer of the Wedding Fair, there are four types of weddings:

– Simple: in which an average of $5,000 is spent and has the minimum and essentials.

– The traditional: it involves more guests and the rental of a place. It’s more elaborate, so it costs $10,000.

– The premium: they cost $20,000 and are characterized by being more sophisticated. They take place in exclusive locations

– The lavish: in which sums of more than $90,000 are invested, such as media weddings, for example, that of Brunelle Horna.

In Puno and Huancayo, by tradition, this last type of marriage is generally celebrated, “without putting limits on the budget”, and engaging the fashionable orchestra.

The coronavirus has caused Peruvians to spend 40% less to organize their wedding.  (Andean)
The coronavirus has caused Peruvians to spend 40% less to organize their wedding. (Andean)

6% of expenses are for rings; 9% for civil and religious proceedings; 10% is to hire the DJ, photography and video; 25% is invested in costumes and the remaining 50% goes to catering, venues and others.

Bride and groom are now requesting recordings with drones and 360-degree cameras, personalized photo booths, shows with magicians, group choreography and special guests. Additionally, pet-friendly weddings are all the rage, requested mostly by millennials who are already in wedding season.

In February 2022, the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) announced that, according to information provided by the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (Reniec), January to September 2021 have been registered online 47,749 civil marriages in Peru.

At that time, in Metropolitan Lima (17,335) the highest number of weddings was recorded, concentrating 36.3% of marriages nationwide; follow-up of the departments of piura (2,780), Freedom (2,643), Arequipa (2,561), Lambayeque (2,379) and the Constitutional Province of Callao (2,118).

Minor number of marriages registered were in the departments of Madre de Dios (264), Moquegua (298), Huancavelica (310), Tumbes (360) and Pasco (375).

At the district level, the highest number of marriages was recorded in Santiago de Surco (1,227), Callao (1,071), Lima (1,053), Ate (1,042) and San Juan de Lurigancho (1,005).

According to information provided by Reniec, in 2020, 44,450 civil marriages were registered. Of this total, 43,608 registered online and 842 manually.

The highest number of marriages was registered in the metropolis of Lima with 14,458 and they represent 32.5% of the total registered in the whole country; followed by the constitutional province of Callao (4,748) and the departments of Piura (3,075), Lambayeque (2,616), La Libertad (2,214), Arequipa (2,163) and Loreto with (1,658). Meanwhile, the departments with the lowest number of registered marriages are: Madre de Dios (89), Huancavelica (175), Tumbes (267), Pasco (277) and Moquegua (286).

By district, the highest number of marriages that year were recorded in Callao (3,272), San Juan de Lurigancho (1,894), Lima (1,257), Miraflores (1,209) and Piura (1,126).

That year, the rate of marriages celebrated in the country was 14 per 10,000 inhabitants. The departments with the highest rates are the constitutional province of Callao and Lambayeque with respectively 42 and 20 marriages per 10,000 inhabitants.

Most men and women who marry are between 25 and 34 years old. Thus, the 25-29 year olds total 10,067 people and the 30-34 year olds reach 9,596 people.

According to the month of celebration of marriages registered online, 8,076 weddings took place in February, 7,418 in December, 5,379 in January, 5,008 in November, 4,640 in October, 3,461 in September, 2,893 in August, 2,629 in March and 1,891 in July.

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