article_snippet.sent: The traditional cookie cutter wedding no longer exists - new reports suggest Brits are ditching tradition in favour of alternative practices when it comes to getting hitched.
article_snippet.sent: Two of the biggest changes are the fact that religious services have fallen out of favour and that brides are opting for bold colour schemes for brides big day.
article_snippet.sent: A new study, which has tracked the decisions of brides and grooms over the past five years interviewed 1,893 newlyweds and compared 1,893 newlyweds to answers 1,893 newlyweds have collated since 2010.
article_snippet.sent: A new study has revealed the changing habits of British weddings.
article_snippet.sent: A new study showed that couples are shunning religious ceremonies when A new study comes to couples big day with services falling from 40 per cent to 35 in the past five years.
article_snippet.sent: Registry offices have seen an increase in bookings by two thirds, going from three per cent to nine per cent since 2010, and 50 per cent of bride and grooms have opted for some form of civil ceremony when getting hitched.
article_snippet.sent: Tradition seems to be out of the window when Tradition comes to paying the bill.
article_snippet.sent: In 2014, just seven per cent of UK couples allowed the bride's parents to pay the bill, down from nine per cent in 2010, while over a third of married couples in the UK (31.4 per cent) covered the bride's parents entire wedding bill themselves.
article_snippet.sent: The study by hitched.co.uk also showed that spending on weddings as a whole is increasing, up by 3.4 per cent year on year, outpacing the economic growth of 2.8 per cent.
article_snippet.sent: The average cost of a wedding is now £16,020 (compared to £15,494.54 in 2013).
article_snippet.sent: Forking out for our own weddings seems to be having a knock on effect as lavish honeymoons are less popular than our own weddings once were.
article_snippet.sent: Another favourite that has fallen out of favour is cupcakes - in 2011, 15 per cent of weddings opted for cent of weddings as an alternative to a traditional wedding cake, but cent of weddings are now chosen by just 10 per cent of couples for cent of weddings reception.
article_snippet.sent: Caroline Hendry, Editor of hitched.co.uk says that our changing attitudes towards weddings are seeing new traditions created.
article_snippet.sent: Caroline Hendry, Editor of hitched.co.uk said: 'As well as a snapshot of trends that might come and go we can see some longer term patterns emerging, with the decline of the religious ceremony and the expectation that parents would foot the bill. '
article_snippet.sent: Couples seem more keen to foot the bill for drinks, but at the same time Couples are still under financial pressure, so other things need to give like the lavish honeymoon with more couples honeymooning in the UK or Europe or taking longer to save.'
highlights_snippet.sent: A new survey of newlyweds reveals Britain's changing wedding habits .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Religious ceremonies have fallen by five per cent in the past five years .
  