Got married at a vineyard upstate. What surprised me most was how many videos we got. Our photographer doesn't even shoot video so now we have hours of our wedding to relive
Connor B. · Hudson Valley, NYVerified couple · September 2025
Free wedding photo booth cost calculator
Wedding photo booth cost calculator: how much yours will run
Pick a booth type, set the hours and switch the attendant and prints on or off. You get a price range in seconds, and the 2026 booking data below tells you whether a quote is fair. Free, no sign-up.
5booth types
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Step 1 of 2
Your photo booth details
Include attendant (about +45%)A booth attendant helps guests, manages props, and keeps the line moving. Attended rentals run about 45% above drop-off in the 2026 booking data.
Include prints (+$150)Custom print strips or 4x6s with your names and wedding date. Many packages bundle prints, so switch this off if yours does.
Step 2 of 2
Your photo booth cost estimate
Enclosed for 3 hours$810 - $1,090estimated total range
Midpoint estimate$950before tax and gratuity
Booth base$550Enclosed, drop-off, 3h
Attendant$250Attended vs drop-off
Prints$150Custom print add-on
Photo booth
$810 - $1,090
- Only guests who walk to the booth corner
- Limited to your rental window (3h)
- Misses the ceremony, cocktail hour, candids
- Rental ends, gallery access may expire
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A photo booth covers one corner of your venue for 3 hours and costs roughly $810 to $1,090. A QR album collects every guest's shots and videos from the entire day. It starts free with 20 uploads, and paid plans are a one-time $49 to $89.
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How the estimate works: a 3-hour attended wedding package per booth type (open-air or enclosed ~$800, mirror ~$1,130, glam/360 ~$1,100, selfie station ~$590), scaled by how real prices grow with rental length, about a third less for drop-off, plus $150 for a print add-on. Built on Check Cherry's 2026 booking data. Real quotes vary by region, vendor, season and package, so get 2-3 quotes before booking.
01The short answer
How much is a photo booth for a wedding?
Answer
A wedding photo booth costs about $886 in 2026, the median of real wedding bookings. The middle half of couples pay between $631 and $1,305, and the price moves with the booth type, the number of hours, the attendant and the prints.
The figures come from Check Cherry's 2026 photo booth pricing guide, built from about 118,000 rentals booked through its software since January 2024 (updated August 2026). WeddingWire's cost guide lands a little lower, at a $650 average with most couples spending $425 to $1,000. Both checked October 2026.
$631 to $1,305
Middle half of wedding bookings (25th to 75th percentile)
Check Cherry, checked October 2026How the calculator works out your price
1
Choose your booth type
Pick a selfie station, open-air, enclosed, mirror or glam/360 booth. Each one starts from its own 3-hour wedding package price, taken from 2026 booking data.
2
Set the rental hours
Type 1 to 12 hours or tap 2, 3, 4 or 5. Three hours is a common package length.
3
Toggle the add-ons
Turn the attendant (about 45 percent over drop-off) and custom prints ($150) on or off to see what each one adds.
4
Read your estimate
You get a low to high range (15 percent either side of the midpoint), a cost breakdown and a comparison with a QR guest album.
The formula
A 3-hour attended wedding package for your booth type, scaled by the 2026 price curve for rental length, about a third less if you drop the attendant, plus $150 if prints are on. That is the midpoint. The range runs 15 percent below and above it, rounded to the nearest $10.
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02Photo booth prices for weddings
How much do photo booths for weddings cost by booth type?
The booth style moves the price more than anything else on the quote. The table puts the calculator's 3-hour base and its full estimate next to what people paid in 2026 booking data, so you can see where a quote sits.
| Booth type | What it is | Calculator 3h base | Calculator, 3 hours, attendant + prints | 2026 median (middle half) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selfie station | A camera or tablet on a stand, often digital sharing only, no enclosure | ~$590 | $740 ($630 to $850) | No separate figure |
| Open-air (classic) | Camera and lights in front of a backdrop, no walls, fits big groups | ~$800 | $950 ($810 to $1,090) | $615 ($495 to $810) |
| Enclosed | A booth with a curtain or walls, a few guests at a time, more privacy | ~$800 | $950 ($810 to $1,090) | No separate figure |
| Mirror | A full-length touchscreen mirror that talks guests through the shot | ~$1,130 | $1,280 ($1,090 to $1,470) | $866 ($600 to $1,185) |
| Glam / 360 | Glam: a black and white beauty-filter portrait. 360: a rotating arm that films slow-motion video | ~$1,100 | $1,250 ($1,060 to $1,440) | Glam $950 ($725 to $1,265), 360 $750 ($500 to $1,113) |
| Roaming (not in the calculator) | An attendant walks the room with a handheld camera | Not modeled | Not modeled | $702 ($464 to $1,073) |
Selfie station
What it isA camera or tablet on a stand, often digital sharing only, no enclosure
Calculator 3h base~$590
Calculator, 3 hours, attendant + prints$740 ($630 to $850)
2026 median (middle half)No separate figure
Open-air (classic)
What it isCamera and lights in front of a backdrop, no walls, fits big groups
Calculator 3h base~$800
Calculator, 3 hours, attendant + prints$950 ($810 to $1,090)
2026 median (middle half)$615 ($495 to $810)
Enclosed
What it isA booth with a curtain or walls, a few guests at a time, more privacy
Calculator 3h base~$800
Calculator, 3 hours, attendant + prints$950 ($810 to $1,090)
2026 median (middle half)No separate figure
Mirror
What it isA full-length touchscreen mirror that talks guests through the shot
Calculator 3h base~$1,130
Calculator, 3 hours, attendant + prints$1,280 ($1,090 to $1,470)
2026 median (middle half)$866 ($600 to $1,185)
Glam / 360
What it isGlam: a black and white beauty-filter portrait. 360: a rotating arm that films slow-motion video
Calculator 3h base~$1,100
Calculator, 3 hours, attendant + prints$1,250 ($1,060 to $1,440)
2026 median (middle half)Glam $950 ($725 to $1,265), 360 $750 ($500 to $1,113)
Roaming (not in the calculator)
What it isAn attendant walks the room with a handheld camera
Calculator 3h baseNot modeled
Calculator, 3 hours, attendant + printsNot modeled
2026 median (middle half)$702 ($464 to $1,073)
How to read the gap
The booking medians cover every event type and every rental length, while the calculator column is a full 3-hour wedding package with an attendant and prints. Wedding bookings run higher than the all-event figures ($886 median against $681 for all events), so expect a wedding quote to land above the right-hand column.
Where the calculator runs high
For mirror and glam/360 booths the calculator's 3-hour estimate with an attendant and prints sits near the top of the 2026 middle half, because it adds the wedding uplift to the all-event medians. If a vendor quotes well under it, that is in line with the data, not a red flag.
Booking data from Check Cherry, How Much Does a Photo Booth Rental Cost? A 2026 Pricing Guide (about 118,000 rentals since January 2024, updated August 10, 2026), checked October 2026. Check Cherry has no separate figure for enclosed booths or selfie stations. Calculator figures are the tool's own estimates, not quotes.
03Rental length
How many hours to book, and what each one adds
In the booking data, the first two hours carry most of the cost. Going from 2 hours or less to 5 hours or more adds about $500 to the median, so each extra hour costs less than the first ones. The calculator follows the same curve, so a fifth hour adds far less than the second one.
2026 median Top 10 percent start at Calculator: open-air, attendant + prints
2 hours or less
$495
$1,130
$720 midpoint
3 hours
$699
$1,250
$950 midpoint
4 hours
$800
$1,595
$1,060 midpoint
5 hours or more
$993
$2,221
$1,290 midpoint
2 hours
Covers the busiest stretch of the dance floor. Good for a short reception or a tight budget.
3 hours
A common package length. WeddingWire lists packages starting around $551 for 3 hours.
4 hours or more
Worth it when the booth opens at cocktail hour and stays through the last dance. Ask about idle time during dinner.
Medians and top 10 percent by rental length: Check Cherry 2026 pricing guide, all event types. 3-hour package price: WeddingWire wedding photo booth cost guide. Both checked October 2026.
04Add-ons and fees
What gets added on top of the booth
Most quotes start with the booth and the hours, then grow. Here is what the 2026 data says about the common extras, and the questions to ask before you sign.
Attendant vs drop-off
Median attended rental against the median drop-off rental, across all event types. The calculator uses the same ratio: switching the attendant off takes about a third off the booth price.
Source: Check Cherry, checked October 2026Prints
Booth maker KRUU says prints are often part of a wedding package and puts typical wedding rentals at $400 to $1,000. The calculator adds $150 for custom prints (Check Cherry's median add-on is $147), so switch it off if your quote already bundles them.
Source: KRUU, checked October 2026Travel fee
About 18 percent of rentals carry a travel fee. When there is one, the median is $50 and the top 10 percent pay $150 or more.
Source: Check Cherry, checked October 2026Paid add-ons
Only 26 percent of rentals attach a paid add-on. Those that do spend a median of $147, and the top 10 percent spend $500 or more.
Source: Check Cherry, checked October 2026Checklist
Ask about these before the deposit
None of these has a standard price, which is why they are where final bills drift from the first quote. Get each one in writing.
- Setup and teardown time: is it inside your rental hours or extra?
- Idle time: what happens if the booth sits closed during dinner or speeches?
- Overtime: the per-hour rate if the party runs late
- Deposit size, when the balance is due and the cancellation terms
- Prints: unlimited, per session, or a set number of strips?
- Custom template, backdrop and props: included or extra?
- Digital gallery: how long it stays online and whether you get every file
- Sales tax, and whether a gratuity for the attendant is expected
Attendant, travel and add-on figures: Check Cherry 2026 pricing guide. Prints and the $400 to $1,000 wedding range: KRUU, cost to rent a photo booth. Checked October 2026.
05Season and trend
When photo booth prices are hardest to beat
Photo booth calendars fill up in the same months as wedding venues. When a vendor's peak Saturdays are booked, there is little reason to discount. Quieter months give you more room to ask.
Share of all rentals
Peak and quiet months
May
about 14%
June
about 12%
December
about 12%
January
under 5%
May, June and December together hold about 38 percent of all rentals in the Check Cherry data.
All events, January to June
Prices are creeping up
2024$675median
2025$698median
2026$700median
The typical operator raised prices about 8 percent, roughly $50, over the same period, per Check Cherry. A quote from last year's wedding fair may already be out of date.
Planning a May, June or December wedding? Book the booth once the venue and date are locked, since those months are when calendars run out. For a January to March date, mention it in your first message and ask whether there is a lower rate.
Monthly shares, first-half medians and the operator price change: Check Cherry 2026 pricing guide, checked October 2026.
06Getting quotes
How to get a fair photo booth quote in six steps
The aim is quotes you can compare line by line. Same booth, same hours, every extra on its own line.
- 1
Run the calculator first
Pick your booth type and hours, note the range, then check it against the booking data in sections 02 and 03. You walk into every quote with a number.
- 2
Ask two or three vendors for the same thing
Same booth type, same hours, same start time. Quotes for different packages cannot be compared line by line.
- 3
Get it itemized
Booth, hours, attendant, prints, backdrop, travel and tax as separate lines. Bundled quotes hide what you could drop.
- 4
Say which dates you are flexible on
May, June and December carry the most bookings. If your date is in a quieter month or on a weekday, say so in the first email.
- 5
Trim hours before you trim the booth
In the booking data the median rises from $495 at 2 hours or less to $993 at 5 hours or more. Covering only the dancing peak often saves more than downgrading the booth.
- 6
Read the contract before the deposit
Look for overtime rates, idle-time rules, the cancellation window and how long the digital gallery stays online.
Copy and paste
Photo booth inquiry email
Hi [vendor name], We're getting married on [date] at [venue, city] with about [number] guests. We'd like a quote for a [booth type] booth for [hours] hours, starting around [time]. Could you send an itemized price with: - the booth and the hours - attendant (yes or no) and prints (included, or how many) - backdrop, props and a custom print template - travel or setup fees, the overtime rate and deposit terms - how long the digital gallery stays online Thanks, [your names]
Fill in the brackets and send the same email to every vendor so the answers line up.
Four things to question on a quote
A single bundled number
If the quote is one figure with no lines, ask for the split. You cannot drop an add-on you cannot see.
Gallery access with an end date you did not ask about
Some packages keep the digital files online for a limited time. Ask how long, and download everything before it closes.
Overtime that costs more than the booked hours
Receptions run late. Get the overtime rate in writing so the last half hour does not surprise you.
A quote far above the top 10 percent
For a wedding, the top 10 percent of bookings start at $1,973 in the 2026 data. A quote well past that should come with a clear reason.
07Is it worth it?
Pros and cons of a wedding photo booth
A booth is a party activity first and a photo plan second. It earns its price at a lively reception and sits idle at a quiet one.
Pros
- Guests get a physical keepsake to take home the same night
- A visible activity for guests who do not dance
- Group shots of friends that the photographer may not get
- An attendant keeps the line moving and the props tidy
- Prints can double as a guest book when guests sign a copy
Cons
- Only guests who walk to the booth corner take part
- Covers the rental window, usually part of the reception
- Needs floor space, power and often a setup slot from the venue
- Add-ons, travel and overtime can push the final bill past the quote
- Misses the ceremony, cocktail hour and candid moments
Book a booth if
You have a long reception with a dance floor and a crowd that likes to pose
Prints to take home matter to you and your guests
Your venue has a spare corner with power near the party
Skip it or go smaller if
Your budget is tight and the booth would replace something you care about more
It is a small or short reception where a booth would sit idle
What you want is every guest's photos from the whole day, not posed strips
Want ideas for making a booth worth the money, or ways to get the same fun without one? See wedding photo booth ideas, a virtual wedding photo booth and 11 photo booth alternatives your guests will love.
08Photo booth vs QR guest album
What the same budget gets you with a QR album
A booth and a QR guest album do different jobs. The booth makes posed prints in one corner for a few hours. A QR album collects the photos and videos guests take on their own phones, all day. Here is how they compare on price and coverage.
Our pickPix Wedding QR album
One QR code on every table. Guests upload photos and videos from the phone browser, no app and no account, from getting ready to the last dance. Free for 20 uploads, then a one-time $49, $59 or $89.
| Option | Typical price | What it captures | Who takes part | What you keep |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pix Wedding QR albumOur pick | Free for 20 uploads, then $49, $59 or $89 one-time | The whole day: getting ready, ceremony, cocktail hour, reception, after-party | Every guest with a phone, unlimited guests on paid plans | Original-quality photos and videos in one album, ZIP download |
| Open-air booth | $615 median ($495 to $810) | The rental window, usually part of the reception | Guests who walk to the booth | Print strips plus the vendor's digital gallery |
| Mirror booth | $866 median ($600 to $1,185) | The rental window, usually part of the reception | Guests who walk to the mirror | Prints plus the vendor's digital gallery |
| 360 booth | $750 median ($500 to $1,113) | Short slow-motion clips during the rental window | Guests who step onto the platform | Video clips, gallery terms vary by vendor |
| Drop-off booth (no attendant) | $450 median | The rental window, self-serve | Guests who find it, no one running the line | Prints or digital files, depending on the package |
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Pick a booth if
You want printed strips in guests' hands on the night and a staffed activity at the reception. A QR album does not print anything on site.
Pick a QR album if
You want every guest's photos and videos from the whole day in one place, in original quality. The $59 plan adds a live slideshow, which puts some of the booth's crowd energy on a screen.
Or run both
Keep a short booth rental for prints and put the QR code next to it, so the booth shots and everything else land in the same album.
Booth prices are 2026 medians and middle halves across all events from Check Cherry, checked October 2026. Pix Wedding plans: free tier with 20 uploads, Starter $49, Standard $59, Pro $89, all one-time payments. Full breakdown in photo booth vs QR code photo sharing.
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09Illustrative examples
Three photo booth budgets, run through the calculator
These are example setups, not real couples. Each one shows what the calculator returns and where that lands against the 2026 booking data.
Example
Small and simple
Open-air booth, 2 hours, no attendant, no prints
Calculator midpoint$390Range $330 to $450
Below the 2-hour median of $495 and the $450 drop-off median in the booking data, since a short drop-off rental is the cheapest setup there is.
Example
The classic reception
Enclosed booth, 3 hours, attendant and prints on (the calculator default)
Calculator midpoint$950Range $810 to $1,090
Above the $886 median wedding booking, inside the middle half of $631 to $1,305.
Example
All in on the party
Mirror booth, 4 hours, attendant and prints on
Calculator midpoint$1,440Range $1,220 to $1,660
Above the mirror-booth 75th percentile of $1,185 and just under the 4-hour top 10 percent of $1,595.
Comparison figures from the Check Cherry 2026 pricing guide, checked October 2026. To size the booth against the rest of your spending, try the wedding budget allocator.
10Watch before you book
Is a photo booth worth it? Two planners ask a booth owner
Wedding Planning Experts | Full Circle Weddings
Are photo booths dead? What to know before booking
Wedding planners Dan and Andrea DeWard talk with the owners of The Shooting Comet, a vintage camper photo booth, about how it differs from a standard booth, what guests do with it, how it changes the flow and energy of the reception, and how to decide whether a booth is worth it for your day.
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Photo Booth Prices
Wedding Photo Booth Cost FAQ
What couples ask before booking: the typical price, cost by booth type and hours, attendants and prints, hidden fees, peak months and cheaper options.
In 2026 booking data from Check Cherry, the median wedding photo booth booking is $886, the middle half of couples pay $631 to $1,305, and the top 10 percent pay $1,973 or more. WeddingWire puts the average couple's spend at $650, with most spending $425 to $1,000. Use the calculator above to estimate your own price by booth type, hours, attendant and prints.
Check Cherry's 2026 medians across all events are $615 for a classic or open-air booth, $702 for a roaming booth, $750 for a 360 booth, $866 for a mirror booth and $950 for a glam booth. Wedding bookings run higher than the all-event median, so treat these as a floor for a wedding quote.
Most vendors sell packages, not hourly rates. In Check Cherry's data the median is $495 for 2 hours or less, $699 for 3 hours, $800 for 4 hours and $993 for 5 hours or more, so each extra hour adds less than the first ones. The calculator follows the same curve: it starts from a 3-hour package price per booth type and scales it by these length medians.
A drop-off booth with no attendant is usually the cheapest, with a median of $450 against $656 for an attended rental in Check Cherry's data. Among booth styles, the classic open-air booth has the lowest median at $615. In the calculator, a drop-off selfie station is the cheapest setup, about $290 for 2 hours.
It depends on the vendor, so ask for an itemized quote. Booth maker KRUU notes that prints are often included in wedding packages. Attended rentals have a higher median ($656) than drop-off rentals ($450). In the calculator, switching the attendant off takes about a third off the booth price, and custom prints add $150.
About 18 percent of rentals carry a travel fee (median $50), and 26 percent attach a paid add-on (median $147). Also ask about overtime, idle time during dinner, setup outside your rental hours, the deposit, sales tax and a gratuity for the attendant.
Bookings cluster in May (about 14 percent of events), June (about 12 percent) and December (about 12 percent), while January sits under 5 percent, per Check Cherry. If your date falls in a peak month, book as soon as your venue and date are set. Prices also edged up, with first-half medians of $675 in 2024, $698 in 2025 and $700 in 2026.
A QR code guest album collects photos and videos from every guest's phone for the whole day. Pix Wedding starts free with 20 uploads, and paid plans are a one-time $49, $59 or $89 with unlimited guests. It does not print strips on the night, so some couples run both: a booth for prints and a QR album for everything else.