It’s not new that Spain loves to party. Yes, these are new ways to unleash this hobby as other traditional celebrations like religious weddings, baptisms or communions fade away. For several years now, young Hispanics have been increasingly openly (and expensively) importing a celebration that until recently seemed exclusive to the United States: graduations. Graduations in style – with caps, banquets and dances. We are no longer talking about self-managed parties, but events whose costs can reach four figures per person.

There are even those who compare these events to weddings.

Like in Valencia, Wisconsin. When we talk about graduations, most of us think of US high school ballrooms, ‘Carrie’, ‘Back to the Future’, pastel dresses, gowns, caps and other US movies and clichés. Not anymore. Confirm today I grew upPointing out that these celebrations spread on two levels; Considering the ages, it is seen that Primary, Secondary, Baccalaureate, FP and graduate courses are also available, rather than being specific to faculties only. In terms of cost, prices per person are now comparable to weddings.

successful in spain. There will also be a third area in which they expand. Local. Graduation parties are now common all over Spain. All you have to do is look at the regional press to see this. These (and their costs) are being talked about in Madrid, Galicia, Asturias, Murcia, Aragon… With a model inspired by events on the other side of the pond, events to celebrate the end of each academic phase are growing and adding a new one. expense for houses.

But… Are they that expensive? As with weddings (research shows that the cost per guest of a wedding in Asturias has little to do with that in Madrid) there’s nothing written about how much spending a graduation party might entail; but the press is giving clues again. Vicen Inglada from the Valencian Community Consumers Association explains: I grew up It is stated that the cost between ESO and Baccalaureate students is currently between 50 and 300 euros.

And not excessive. At least that’s what other sources indicate. Lately Aragon Newspaper In his speech, he also touched on a study by a consumer organization that suggested the cost of graduating from schools, institutes and universities in the region could be between 290 and 600 euros. There are those who say that if the end-of-year trip is included, the total cost may exceed 1,000 euros. wedding book This is what is dedicated to dressing the groom in the links.

Part of the report on the cost of graduations published by Ucaragón.

“A significant effort”. The comment comes from Sonia Alconchel, mother of two teenagers, who announced in 2022: reporter what these mean for the country’s economies. “This is a constant expense for families. In our case, we had to deprive ourselves of things and slowly save up so that they could celebrate their graduation with other classmates,” he admitted.

The report mentions an 800-euro cruise, excluding dresses, shoes, hair and make-up, parties, a dinner organized more than two months in advance, a bus service, an open bar and a gift to the teacher.

Like a wedding? Graduation parties have reached such extremes that some have compared them to weddings, although Spain remains one of the countries where it is most expensive to say “I do”, with an average total of 21,056 euros. For the honeymoon, 3,000 to 6,000 euros are added to this. At least that’s according to data collected by Bodas.net. The overall bill for graduations increases with clothing, accessories, hairdressing, restaurants, photography services, gifts and travel expenses, if any.

Gold mine for companies. If there’s one upside to graduations for businesses that sell related products or services, it’s that they are held every year, especially between spring and summer. A lot. just a year ago Granada Today It was stated that 37 academic events will be held at the Granada Conference Center in the spring, with the participation of 50 thousand people.

These have become so important that there are now businesses, brands and salons that advertise focused on that business area. The huge amounts of money they carried also attracted the attention of fraudsters, who in some cases managed to get hold of large amounts of loot thanks to the reserves. This is not new either: in 2017 A B C It was stated that the scams can range between 4,000 and 6,000 euros.

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