These FL Towns Among The Best Places To Get Married Nationwide

FLORIDA — Holy matrimony! Orlando has been named the best place to get married.

In what may not be a shocker to some people, no other city topped the tourist town of Orlando at No. 1, and Las Vegas, Nevada was second best, in a recent WalletHub survey.

“When weddings can cost tens of thousands of dollars and prices have only become even more outrageously inflated in recent years, it pays to hold your wedding in a city that’s affordable, both for those paying for the wedding and for guests who will need to make accommodations," WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo said in the ranking report.

"Certain cities also make wedding planning easier with an abundance of options for wedding essentials, from florists to videographers to venues. The more options a city has, the more likely you are to receive competitive pricing and to find places that can work with your optimal schedule.”

WalletHub experts analyzed 182 U.S. cities across multiple metrics, including the average wedding cost, the number of venues and event spaces per capita and hotel availability.

With a total score of 80.26, Orlando ranked 37th for costs, second for facilities and services and sixth for activities and attractions.

Experts believed Orlando topped its competitors because of its robust amount of essential wedding services.

The O-town tied for first with Honolulu, Hawaii and St. Louis, Missouri for most flower and gift shops per capita. Miami was fourth, though the 305 tied for first for most bridal shops per capita.

Visitors to Orlando may enjoy the city's "surprisingly cheap" three-star hotels, WalletHub experts reported.

They added Orlando is among the best in the U.S. for the number of venues, party equipment rentals, videographers and DJs.

Other Florida towns that made the top 100 on the best list were Miami (No. 3), Tampa (No. 5), Fort Lauderdale (No. 10), St. Petersburg (No. 40), Jacksonville (No. 46), Cape Coral (No. 88) and Tallahassee (No. 89).

If a beach wedding is in mind, experts say Miami may be the best destination as wedding vendors are plentiful.

The number of venues, party equipment rentals, makeup artists, bridal shops, bartenders and limousine services per capita are in abundance in Miami, according to the WalletHub report.

Guests may indulge in delicious cuisine as Miami was named the best foodie city in the U.S.

A three-star hotel stay is as low as $81 in Miami, and its affordable restaurants are rated at least 4.5 stars, WalletHub reported.

A 2023 wedding in Florida costed an average of $34,000, according to the online wedding vendor marketplace The Knot in an August 2024 report. In Orlando-Daytona Beach, the average cost dropped to $28,000.

A Tampa wedding in 2023 averaged $30,000, while expenses for a wedding in Miami-Fort Lauderdale averaged $39,000.

Florida's price tag fell in line with the Southeast region, which averaged $32,800.

The top 10 best places to get married, per WalletHub, are:

• Orlando, Florida
• Las Vegas, Nevada
• Miami, Florida
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Tampa, Florida
• Austin, Texas
• San Francisco, California
• Houston, Texas
• New Orleans, Louisiana
• Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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