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Sue Berkeley and Eli Bob, an Australian couple with a real love for buying things in bulk, tied the knot on Saturday at a place the bride calls “a place that I love”: their local Costco.
The store, in the Sydney suburb of Casula, was a natural choice for the couple’s venue, because as the pair say, they spend a lot of time shopping there.
“The initial idea of the wedding was meant as a bit of joke,” Berkeley told A Current Affair. “I’ve got a big family and so does he, and I wondered how we were going to do it. Then I thought I should get married at Costco because I’m there all the time — so it just made sense.”
To Berkeley’s son Josh, who walked her down the aisle, the venue was an obvious choice. “She loves this place so much, and she’s here all the time,” he told 9 News. “It’s like a second home.”
As the local news station 9 News reported, the couple’s wedding was attended by 90 of their family and friends and “200 confused shoppers.” While onlookers moseyed by, Berkeley and Bob’s ceremony took place under an indoor trellis adorned with flowers, next to tables covered with white tablecloths and scattered rose petals. Invitees were treated to pizza, hot dogs, bulgogi rolls, fountain soda and wedding cake — all of which cost around $10 per head. That works out to just $8 USD, a far cry from the average $68 per person average in the United States.
As Mashable points out, the couple may be the first Australians to marry at a Costco, but they’re not the first in the world; in 2015, a Central California couple, Robert and Meredith Bonilla, wed at a Costco in Santa Maria, California.
Sfgate.com