Couple weds at Costco: 'It just made sense'

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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."

Wedding at Costco today 3pm. #wedding #costco #costcolife A post shared by New Products Australia (@newproductsaustralia) on Sep 22, 2017 at 6:41pm PDT

I have seen everything now, wedding at Costco #costco #wedding #costcocatering #cantbelievemyeyes A post shared by Mark Condi (@mark_condi) on Sep 22, 2017 at 10:01pm PDT

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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.

Eli and Sue can get married at Costco but for some reason SSM is subject to an Australia-wide vote?????? A post shared by Geneva Valek (@genevaisme) on Sep 22, 2017 at 9:22pm PDT

There's a wedding at Costco today haha A post shared by Nick Triantafillou (@xelfer) on Sep 22, 2017 at 5:47pm PDT

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.

A Western Sydney couple has become the first in Australia to tie the knot at Costco. #9News | http://9News.com.au Posted by 9 News on Saturday, September 23, 2017

View the local news report of the event above.

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.

Alyssa Pereira is an SFGATE staff writer. Email her at apereira@sfchronicle.com or find her on Twitter at @alyspereira.

