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Only in Hong Kong would you find the introduction of the McWedding. It is exactly as it sounds, a wedding held at a McDonald's restaurant and apparently it is quite popular. Beginning in January, McDonald's locations in Hong Kong will be offering wedding packages complete with a wedding cake made of apple pies and Happy Meal toy favors.

The wedding package costs around £ 250 and includes a ceremony and reception for 100 guests. There are two stipulations to the McWedding: no alcohol and business will carry on as usual so no exclusivity. A few fast food weddings have popped up across the United States over the past few years, but this is the first time a fast food restaurant has actively marketed them as a wedding venue.

Surprisingly, there is quite a market for McWeddings. Helen Cheung Yuen-ling, director of corporate communications at McDonald's Hong Kong, told the South China Morning Post that they've been flooded with phone calls from fast food fanatics who can not wait to tie the knot at their favorite fast food restaurant. Perhaps these couples have met or dated at McDonald's but another proposed reason is the lack of social mobility and falling incomes among young Hong Kongers.

Perhaps these couples are onto something. In a world where many couples have to choose between paying for their wedding and making a down payment on their first home, a £ 250 wedding for 100 people sounds pretty good. Or maybe your wedding day should be your dream come true …. and for these couples it is both. I'm not suggesting we all go get married at our local McDonald's but maybe it's time to be a little more creative in order to keep costs from spiraling out of control. I love the challenge of saving couples money on their wedding and often you do not even have to sacrifice that much. Maybe McDonald's is not for you, but the Chinese are lovin 'it!

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Source by Heidi L Thompson