The average wedding today costs $27,000, but a lot of people are going the opposite way and having smaller scaled down weddings in destinations. It costs almost half what an average wedding costs. Did you know that no one had outlandish weddings until the 1970s? It was reserved mostly for royalty. But some people are spending up to $100,000 on their wedding. You need money to get started on your married life, so keep that in mind.