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Singapore Wedding Package Nightmares
The planning and preparation required for the customary Chinese wedding is arguably one of, if not the most, stressful experience in a couple’s life. In Singapore and many Asian countries, bridal boutiques play an important part in the wedding process by providing couples with the necessary services to make the special day a successful one.
With an average of 24,500 marriages annually and an estimated spending of SGD$7,000 per couple, surprisingly, little is known about what goes on behind the scenes of this estimated $172 million industry. Couples are forced to rely on the hearsay of other couple friends who have taken the path before them, or on magazines that are dependent on the advertising dollar of the very boutiques they are writing about.
Nightmare of Hidden Costs
It is important that we make a distinction between Hidden Costs and Additional Costs. Hidden costs can be defined as extra costs a client has to pay when they can reasonably be expected to be included in the original cost of the package. Additional costs are the costs incurred when a client makes changes to or requests for additional items and/or services not originally provided for in the original cost of the package.
