‘As if we’re real guests’: the startup selling strangers invitations to weddings

A Parisian couple are the first to use an app allowing guests to buy a seat at their wedding. You’re invited – for €150

When Jennifer, an actor, visited a Paris wedding fair with her future husband as they planned their big day, she noticed a company offering something that seemed bizarre.

A Paris startup was proposing couples sell tickets to their wedding to a handful of strangers via an app in order to help pay their costs. In return, the paying ticket-holders, who may not otherwise be invited to many weddings, could mingle with other guests and enjoy somebody’s happy day.