Wedding

More brides and grooms are choosing to get married outside religious institutions.

Weddings are going digital. Think handheld devices at destination weddings streaming to Grandma, who couldn't fly out.

Based on U.S. Census data, hundreds of thousands of gay and lesbian couples are living together in the U.S. but not yet married -- a big market opportunity for wedding planners and vendors.

A Visa study finds that prom costs about $1,100 -- but kids from families with incomes under $50,000, and kids with single parents, spend more on prom. Turns out there’s a long tradition of chastising the poor for spending “too much” on big life events.

Wedding planning can be tough under any circumstance. But if you're a couple from two different backgrounds, how does that change financial perspectives and expectations around a wedding?

Commentator Beth Teitell on the new era of wedding wed-sites.