07/07/07: A Lucky Date to Get "Hitched?"

LONDON, June 29 /PRNewswire/ --     The date you get married is the one day you 'should' remember for the
rest of your life. People choose dates that are sentimental to them or that
hold some form of meaning. This year however a lot of people have decided to
wed on a date they will never forget. A survey by hitched.co.uk reveals that
the 7th day of the 7th month of the 7th year in the millennia, this year is
going to be the busiest day of the year to get married, and many couples have
been planning this special day for years, not just months

Brides and grooms across the world are counting on marrying on this
particular day for the known lucky number seven factor. How can it possibly
go wrong?

The number seven is viewed as a lucky number in many different cultures
and beliefs, and is also symbolized through out the world of nature.

- In casinos, the line 7-7-7 is a common winning line on slot
    machines
    - Seven blessings are recited under the chuppah during a Jewish
    wedding ceremony
    - Seven Lucky Gods exist in Japanese mythology
    - Seven is the number of colours in the rainbow
    - In Harry potter, Seven is referred to as 'the most magical
    number'
    - There are seven wonders of the ancient world
    - Seven is the number of deadly sins and virtues
    - It is traditionally thought that there are seven continents on
    earth
    - There are seven seas
    - The seventh son of a seventh son is supposed to be born gifted
    - There are seven visible planets and luminaries and each one rules
    a day of the week, which is where seven days a week comes from.
    - The common ladybird has seven spots



Notes to Editors

Statistics are based on a survey conducted on the
hitched.co.uk website. Taken by 2306 brides and grooms to be, 1403 of them
had set 07/07/07 as their wedding date.

About hitched.co.uk

Established in 1997, and receiving in excess of 14 million
page impressions and visited by 317,000 unique users a month, hitched.co.uk
is the UK's most popular online wedding website.