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Last-minute hosting hacks for Americans with less to spend
Americans reduce holiday hosting budgets by 22% amid economic concerns, favoring simple menus, DIY decor, and crowd-sourced contributions, with 7 in 10 using value-seeking strategies.
- This year, Americans cut holiday hosting budgets 22%, relying on last-minute hacks to keep gatherings festive despite spending cuts, Food Drink Life reports.
- Amid rising prices and recession worries, PwC found 84% expect to curb spending over six months, with the average shopper planning $1,552 this year, down 5.3% from last year.
- Focusing effort on one surface, hosts can use a one-spot spread as a visual anchor and simple menus like a slow-cooker little smokies and board-style snacks, Jessica Haggard and JD Alewine recommend.
- This season, average gathering budgets fell 3% to $252, and only 43% of hosts say they will spend more, down from 70% in 2024.
- Consumers are shifting toward deals, trade-downs and DIY, with 7 out of 10 respondents saying they will use at least three value-seeking behaviors this season, and women lead at 78% versus 58% of men.
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Last-minute hosting hacks for Americans with less to spend
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