Fake Weddings Are a Big Business In Argentina
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It used to be that if you wanted to go to a fake wedding, you’d have to pony up $100 bucks to watch Tony and Tina get married while you ate cold spaghetti and paid per drink at the “no host bar!” In Argentina, however, people who love a good party now have more options than half-baked dinner theater and crashing weddings: They can pay $50 to go to a fake wedding, complete with lots and lots of partying.
Falsa Boda, the company that specializes in bringing you to the pseudo-wedding of any guest’s dreams, was started in 2013 when five friends staged a fake wedding and found that people actually really liked going to parties where they could drink, dance, and meet others without having to buy a wedding present. And with 600-700 guests at each wedding, it’s a very lucrative endeavor.