Bride and groom labelled 'scammers' after selling strangers wedding tickets for £750

An American couple decided to sell £750 tickets to their wedding to strangers off the internet and managed to raise thousands of pounds for charity despite some believing it was a scam. Marley Jaxx and Steve Larsen, described as Idaho-based digital entrepreneurs, first mooted what would become a ground-breaking initiative as a joke to their 21,000 Instagram followers.

But soon the plan became a reality and the couple were selling tickets to their £37,000 wedding, making room for 270 guests, most of whom were strangers from the internet. Marley said weddings the pair came up with the plan to be "disruptive" and to help raise money for schools in Africa.

The newlywed added that the decision was viewed by some as "scammy" at first, but the husband and wife have since gone on to raise £98,000 for the charity Village Impact, from their wedding and a post nuptials brunch. Weddings can be fraught occasions at the best of times and sometimes cause family splits, but Marley and Steve managed to get hitched without a hitch.

Marley told the New Yorks Post: "Weddings are so expensive, and selling tickets to one is disruptive," continued Jaxx, who, alongside her new hubby, donated the excess funds from their wedding to Village Impact, an organisation dedicated to building schools in Africa.

"We wanted to [sell tickets] from a place of heart and purpose, not scammy."

The happy pair were married in their hometown of Boise, the state capital of Iadho and home to around 230,000 people.

As well as tickets to the wedding and reception, there were also other options available to potential buyers including taking part in a "Biohacking Brunch", where guests could enjoy relationship counselling and health advice.

Marley added: "Our social media audiences actually came up with the $1,000 price point

"We asked them what they'd expect to pay for [these special experiences] and they said, 'A grand!'"