With couples spending an average of over $33,000 on their wedding and the industry growing to $81 billion in revenue, it’s important to choose 2019’s best places to get married.
The personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2019’s Best Places to Get Married as well as accompanying videos.
To help couples find the most wedding-friendly destinations, WalletHub compared more than 180 of the biggest U.S. cities across 27 key indicators of cost-effectiveness, convenience, and enjoyment. The data set ranges from average wedding cost to venues and event spaces per capita to weather.
Best Places to Get Married in the U.S.
- Orlando, FL
- Las Vegas, NV
- Los Angeles, CA
- Atlanta, GA
- Miami, FL
- San Francisco, CA
- Chicago, IL
- San Diego, CA
- New York, NY
- Austin, TX
- Tampa, FL
- Portland, OR
- Houston, TX
- Seattle, WA
- Denver, CO
- Tucson, AZ
- Scottsdale, AZ
- Cincinnati, OH
- New Orleans, LA
- Dallas, TX
Best vs. Worst
- El Paso, Texas, has the lowest average wedding cost, $13,220, which is 3.2 times lower than in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the city with the highest at $42,711.
- Washington has the most event planners per capita, 99, which is 24.8 times more than in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the city with the fewest at 4.
- Yonkers, New York has the most photographers per capita, 202, which is 40.4 times more than in Laredo, Texas, the city with the fewest at 5.
- San Francisco has the most musicians per capita, 17, which is 81 times more than in Kansas City, Missouri, the city with the fewest at 0.21.
