{"id":18860,"date":"2015-01-18T21:16:36","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T05:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=18860"},"modified":"2015-01-18T21:16:36","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T05:16:36","slug":"love-and-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/love-and-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Love and Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/wedsalon.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>As Valentine&#8217;s Day approaches, here&#8217;s a brief look at love &amp; marriage!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2.4 million weddings are performed in the U.S. each year with the\u00a0median age for first-time brides,\u00a027, and grooms, 29 years. Eight years after you&#8217;re spent the average $28,500 on your wedding, pat yourself on the back if you are among the 59%\u00a0who\u00a0remain married&#8211;the average time for a first marriage to end in divorce is eight years. Weddings in the U.S. are an estimated $50+\u00a0billion\u00a0industry\u00a0involving\u00a0apparel, salons, photographers, DJs, bands, wedding planners, venue\u00a0rental fees, food, cake, limousines, flowers, wedding gifts, etc. About one-third of couples pay for the entire wedding, another third share the costs with their folks, and another third are paid by the parents alone. Weddings reflect the couple&#8217;s lifestyle with some\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/visit\/quirky-places-to-tie-the-knot.html\">unusual wedding locations<\/a> most would never pick! California State Parks features\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/parks\/california-state-parks-weddings.html\">wedding \u00a0venues<\/a> in woods, at beaches and other outdoor locations that have become quite popular. \u00a0Here are some bridal events to help the 4.8 million people who will tie the knot annually in the USA&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BEVERLY HILLS: Wedding Salon Jan. 19, 2015\u00a0\u00a0 RSVP at weddingsalon.com with code GCLAC for $15 tickets ($75 value). Time: 4-8 p.m. at the Montage Beverly Hills, 225 North Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, CA<\/li>\n<li>MODESTO:International Wedding Festival ~ Modesto\u2019s Largest Sunday, January 25, 2015 11am\u20134pm \u00a0internationalweddingfestival.com<\/li>\n<li>ROHNERT PARK: The Dream Day Bridal Show\u00a0Jan. 31, 2015 at\u00a0DoubleTree Hotel, Rohnert Park a-dreamwedding.com<\/li>\n<li>LAGUNA HILLS: Premier Bridal Shows\u00a0 Jan. 25\u00a0at\u00a0The Hills Hotel &#8211; Laguna Hills\u00a0premierbridalshows.com<\/li>\n<li>ONTARIO: Premier Bridal Shows \u00a0Feb. 8\u00a0at\u00a0Ontario Convention Center\u00a0premierbridalshows.com<\/li>\n<li>LONG BEACH: Premier Bridal Shows \u00a0Feb. 22\u00a0at Long Beach Convention Center\u00a0premierbridalshows.com<\/li>\n<li>NEWPORT BEACH Premier Bridal Shows March 8\u00a0at Radisson Hotel\u00a0premierbridalshows.com<\/li>\n<li>TORRANCE: \u00a0Jan. 25 at Holiday Inn wtexpos.com<\/li>\n<li>YUBA CITY: Yuba-Sutter Bridal Show Jan. 25 at\u00a0Yuba-Sutter Fairgrounds \u00a0chicobridalshow.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Valentine&#8217;s Day approaches, here&#8217;s a brief look at love &amp; marriage! 2.4 million weddings are performed in the U.S. each year with the\u00a0median age for first-time brides,\u00a027, and grooms, 29 years. Eight years after you&#8217;re spent the average $28,500 on your wedding, pat yourself on the back if you are among the 59%\u00a0who\u00a0remain married&#8211;the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18860"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}