They gave Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn a run for their money.
Party animals are now paying to be wedding caterers thanks to a new website that allows couples to fill empty seats before their big day.
Not A Crasher Wedding was launched this month by a San Diego couple – and so far, they’ve filled seats at four weddings in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Washington and San Antonio.
Hannah Emerson was excited when she first saw an unusual opportunity being advertised on TikTok.
“I was like, ‘Oh my god, Heck yes!’ Because I’ve been wanting to crash the wedding. But obviously you can’t do that and be respectful about it, so this was perfect,” he told The Post.
The 26-year-old detective paid $70 to attend a wedding in Seguin, TX, two hours from her home in San Antonio.
Her husband took her there, but she refused to be with him and the other.
“He thought it was the weirdest thing ever. So he stayed in the car the whole time,” she said.
When Emerson arrived, he looked at the “fancy seat chart,” thinking his name would not be written.
“And so it was!” he said in disbelief.
He spent four hours at the shindig — which included a taco buffet and an open bar — where he sat at a table with three other crashers.
“I’m waiting for someone to be like, ‘Who are you?’ But no one asked,” said Emerson, whose video of the incident has garnered more than 5.5 million combined views.
He and his companions went wild when the DJ announced that the bride and groom would go to each table to take pictures.
“We were like, ‘Hey, does that include us?’ Then they called Table 5, which was just the four of us who crashed,” he said.
The Not a Wedding Crasher website allows prospective guests to browse available weddings, learn about couples and check prices.
Geniuses create a profile and upload a form of identification, and the couple – who earn 80% of each sale – must approve them before they can be given a physical address.
Founder Jeff Besen, who runs the company with his wife, Karina, told The Post that couples themselves set prices, which range from $25 to $75 per person.
“Things like catering, alcohol service, bar versus dry bar, venue, and location all contribute to the overall cost,” he says.
When Julius Wu heard about this new site, he thought the wedding of strangers would make for a great night for him and his wife, Diane.
“You can go to many restaurants, many comedy clubs and many movies,” said Julius.
The couple from Los Angeles drove an hour to attend the 25-person reception in Topanga, which was $40 for a cocktail hour, seated dinner, dessert and open bar.
They arrived early, and even crashed the party.
“We were planning a retreat, but when we talked to the wedding planner, he said, ‘Hey, we know about you guys. We want you to be a part of this,'” recalls Julius 53, an IT manager.
The Wu family was also one of the first to congratulate the groom.
“I think we probably beat most of the visitors to talking to him,” Diane, 52, an aerospace engineer, said with a laugh.
At the reception, they were even seated next to the best man.
“There was never anything strange,” said Julius.
We didn’t have to pretend to be someone else or make up a story.
Kristine Ulrich of Scottsdale, AZ, “had so much fun” hosting an outdoor wedding in Gilbert.
“I met the groom and I told him, ‘Honestly, of all the weddings I’ve had in my life, it’s the Top 5,'” he recalled.
“The wife came to me later in the evening and gave me a big hug … I really did not expect to be received in such a way that I was not welcomed.
Ulrich, 61, joined five other crashers for the $25 event and reception, which was alcohol-free, but included mocktails, hors d’oeuvres, pizza and a dessert bar.
The former human resources manager now works as a lunch lady at an elementary school, when one of her co-workers questions an unusual after-school activity.
People say, ‘Why are you going to a stranger’s wedding?’ And I think there’s a why and why not people … and this ministry is for people who say, ‘Why?'”
