2023’s Best Places to Get Married
With Valentine’s Day around the corner and the average wedding costing $28,000, the personal finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2023’s Best Places to Get Married, as well as expert commentary.
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 | 11. Oklahoma City, OK |
| 2. Las Vegas, NV | 12. Tucson, AZ |
| 3. Tulsa, OK | 13. Columbia, SC |
| 4. Tampa, FL | 14. St. Louis, MO |
| 5. Atlanta, GA | 15. Cincinnati, OH |
| 6. Miami, FL | 16. Chicago, IL |
| 7. Knoxville, TN | 17. Charleston, WV |
| 8. El Paso, TX | 18. Wichita, KS |
| 9. New Orleans, LA | 19. Richmond, VA |
| 10. Boise, ID | 20. Charlotte, NC |
Best vs. Worst
- Fort Smith, Arkansas, has the lowest average wedding cost, $15,235, which is 3.1 times lower than in Honolulu and Pearl City, Hawaii, the cities with the highest at $47,813.
- Washington has the most event planners per capita, 71, which is 8.9 times more than Fayetteville, North Carolina, the city with the fewest at 8. ( I am in love with Fayetteville, NC)
- San Francisco has the most musicians per capita, 20, which is 58.8 times more than Anchorage, Alaska, the city with the fewest at 0.34.
I can honestly say that I am not surprised by some of the cities on this list. In fact, a few of the cities are on my travel bucket list, which I will share more about that soon. But I have been to a few of these cities, and I can see why they made the list.
