Some say it’s tacky, others say it’s thrifty. A bride-to-be and her fiancé are preparing to walk down the aisle but in order to cover their wedding costs, they’re asking for corporate sponsorship.
Courtney McKenzie and Jamil Newell, of Palm Beach, Florida, decided to dump their plans for a big traditional wedding and opt for an destination garden celebration in Thailand in December.
The couple, who have created a website – Sponsor our Wedding – are hoping to attract some companies, and said they will “donate a percentage of money raised to charity”.
Courtney and Jamil.
On their website, they wrote: “We have created several sponsorship categories that incorporate your amazing company in our one-of-a-kind social wedding. We will be hashtagging, tweeting and instagramming our way through Thailand to our over 30,000 combined social media followers and we want to include some of our favourite brands on our adventure.”
Courtney told Cosmopolitan that their family and friends had been mostly supportive but some didn’t agree with their decision to incorporate brands into their big day.
“I’ve gotten a lot of emails saying, ‘This is so tacky,’ ‘How can you put a logo on your wedding dress? ‘Your daughter will never be able to wear your dress,'” she told the magazine. “It stings a bit. But we feel good about doing it. And it’ll be a fun story to tell our kids.”
According to the ‘Cost of Love’ survey by Bride to Be magazine, the average Australian wedding costs $48,296, so it might only be a short while before we see other couples here opting for a ‘sponsored’ wedding.
