Put your palms up, Houston. H-City has climbed via the ranks to turn out to be one of many prime 10 finest locations to get married in America this yr, based on a just-released examine from WalletHub.
WalletHub ranked 182 U.S. cities based mostly on the typical wedding ceremony prices; the variety of venues, distributors, and companies; and the variety of actions and sights in each metropolis.
Houston ranks No. 8 for 2025, and particularly stands out for actions and sights (No. 10) and services and companies (No. 15).
With greater than 130 completely different wedding ceremony venues to select from all through the Houston space, there is no scarcity of lovely and distinctive places to tie the knot. Plus, the bride and bridesmaids can get the occasion began early with with a buying spree at Houston’s forty first annual Bridal Extravaganza Present, or a luxurious spa getaway.
“Sure cities additionally make wedding ceremony planning simpler with an abundance of choices for wedding ceremony necessities, from florists to videographers to venues,” WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo mentioned. “The extra choices a metropolis has, the extra seemingly you’re to obtain aggressive pricing and to seek out locations that may work along with your optimum schedule.”
It is equally necessary to be budget-conscious, as weddings can value about $35,000 on common, WalletHub mentioned.
“When weddings can value tens of hundreds of {dollars} and costs have solely turn out to be much more outrageously inflated lately, it pays to carry your wedding ceremony in a metropolis that’s reasonably priced, each for these paying for the marriage and for company who might want to make lodging,” mentioned Lupo.
For the avid DIY-ers on the market, there’s loads of duties that may be achieved with out shelling out a whole bunch or hundreds of {dollars} – corresponding to creating particular floral preparations utilizing unconventional vessels as vases.
Houston is the second finest place to get married in Texas, with Austin climbing into first place statewide and No. 6 nationally. Two further Texas cities made it into the highest 25 finest locations to get married: San Antonio (No. 20) and Dallas (No. 23).
The highest 10 finest locations to get married in the united statesin 2025 are:
- No. 1 – Orlando, Florida
- No. 2 – Las Vegas, Nevada
- No. 3 – Miami, Florida
- No. 4 – Atlanta, Georgia
- No. 5 – Tampa, Florida
- No. 6 – Austin, Texas
- No. 7 – San Francisco, California
- No. 8 – Houston, Texas
- No. 9 – New Orleans, Louisiana
- No. 10 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida
