2024 Best Places to Get Married
With Valentine’s Day around the corner and the average wedding costing around $30,000, WalletHub has released its report on 2024’s Best Places to Get Married. To help couples find the most wedding-friendly destinations, WalletHub compared more than 180 of the biggest U.S. cities across 26 key indicators of cost-effectiveness, convenience and enjoyment. The data set ranges from average wedding cost to venues and event spaces per capita to wedding vendors.
Best Places to Get Married in the U.S.
1. Orlando, FL
2. Las Vegas, NV
3. Miami, FL
4. Tulsa, OK
5. Atlanta, GA
6. Tampa, FL
7. New Orleans, LA
8. Knoxville, TN
9. Chicago, IL
10. El Paso, TX
11. Fort Lauderdale, FL
12. Cincinnati, OH
13. St. Louis, MO
14. Shreveport, LA
15. Charlotte, NC
16. Oklahoma City, OK
17. Columbia, SC
18. Birmingham, AL
19. Tucson, AZ
20. Chattanooga, TN
Best vs. Worst
- Fort Smith, Arkansas, has the lowest average wedding cost, which is 3.2 times lower than in Honolulu and Pearl City, Hawaii, the cities with the highest.
- Washington has the most event planners per capita, which is 9.6 times more than in Huntington, West Virginia, the city with the fewest.
- San Francisco has the most musicians per capita, which is 65.2 times more than in Newark, New Jersey, the city with the fewest.