For $400, you can now marry at a Hong Kong McDonald's
McDonald’s, to be sure, has done its best to evolve the restaurant’s menu over the years.
When once there were just burgers and fries, now there are nuggets, fish filets and milkshakes. When once there were just burgers, fries, nuggets, fish filets and milkshakes, now there are wraps, salads and apple slices – healthier alternatives, relatively speaking.
But travel over to a McDonald’s in Hong Kong these days and you may see one new menu item you hadn’t before. A wedding, held at one of the fast food chains, for you and your wife … for $400.
Indeed, just when you thought there was something at Mickey D’s for everyone, the Hong Kong leg of the mega-restaurant has unveiled the McWedding, whereby couples can hold their ceremony and reception at a McDonald’s. Fully catered, of course.
According to the U.K.’s Daily Mail, the full-on wedding service can be yours for just £250, or a little over four hundred bucks.
Now, where did this idea come from? Glad I asked. McDonald’s corporate says the McWedding concept, if you can believe it, was born from a frenzied public desire to wed at the restaurant.
“People said they dated here, or met here, and wanted to get married here,” McDonald’s Hong Kong director of communications told the Daily Mail, noting they get about 10 calls a month from couples wanting to wed at the fast food chain. “We see this as a business opportunity.”
Already, one couple has wed at a Hong Kong McDonald’s, while the ceremonies will be open to the public next January.
Any McWedding ceremonies must be alcohol-free, of course, but the receptions are catered with delicious McDonald’s grub. And for just $400, that is surely a recession-approved wedding budget.
One caveat, though, for any Canadian couples looking to make the flight over for a McWedding of their own: get there early. Despite holding your ceremony for you, your McDonald’s wedding destination will still stay open to the general public, so you’ll have to carve out a little space first in order to toss that bouquet.
By Jason Buckland, MSN Money
(*Full disclosure: Yes, that is a Korean McDonald's sign, not one from Hong Kong. MSN's apologies in advance.)
Posted by: GONEIN60SECONDS | Oct 18, 2021 10:15:11 AM
Wished my x had married for $400, as he stole the college fund and 18 years of arrears of child support to pay for a big diamond ring and fancy wedding to a top whore without losing one wink of sleep.
Posted by: skullsession | Oct 18, 2021 1:02:17 PM
ha ha GONEIN60SECONDS you probably deserved it. You should put out more often and we wouldnt have to look for it elsewere.
Posted by: aaa | Oct 18, 2021 2:36:23 PM
This is off topic, but I agree with skullsession on this, and I"m a woman. 400 bucks for a wedding. Why even get married? what's the point?
Posted by: youarealldumb | Oct 18, 2021 2:55:55 PM
AAA I bet you're single. ha ha ha ha. What's the point? ha ha ha ha!!!! If you don't know the point of marriage then you're not even worth a McWedding. Ha ha ha ha ha Scandalous!!!! what's the point ha ha ha ha ha
Posted by: aaa | Oct 18, 2021 4:00:45 PM
Sorry to burst your bubble "youarealldumb," but I am married and I still believe that it's a dumb thing to do, for the guy. The wife usually just takes you for everything anyway in the end. It appears that "youarealldumb" could be the dumbest here.
Posted by: Markie | Oct 18, 2021 5:41:45 PM
Married at Mcdees
Divorced at Wendys
Posted by: Sam | Oct 18, 2021 6:28:50 PM
What ever happend to getting married for love and staying together for love? Where people choose to get married is not important, comunication is the key. I have been married twice and it took the second time to realize that I we were both in the wrong. I do not blame her nor should I, so those of you who have been takin you both deserve what you get. We tend to rush through life without the thought of others and wonder why me when everything goes to crap. Why not you I say as we all need to stop and look at we have before it is too late, not at what we think we should have.
Sam Miceli
Posted by: reprise | Oct 29, 2021 10:36:44 AM
comes with complimentary clown videographer for the honeymoon