20 US cities · 62 vendors · Prices checked October 2026
We read the published packages of 62 local booth companies, three or four per city. Pick your city for prices, hours, what each package includes and setup ideas that suit local venues.
The median US wedding photo booth booking is $886 in 2026, and the middle half of couples pay $631 to $1,305. Across the 20 cities below, the cheapest published starting packages run from $228 in Philadelphia to $699 in Seattle. Pick your city to see what each package includes.
National figures: Check Cherry, August 2026 (about 118,000 bookings since January 2024). Local prices: vendor pages read in October 2026.
The booth covers one corner for a few hours. A QR code on each table opens your album in the browser, so guests add the photos and videos from their own phones too. No app, no account.
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Each city page lists three or four local vendors with their published starting price, hours, prints, attendant and 360 rates, plus the best months for an outdoor booth.
The rose bars show the middle half of US bookings for each type in 2026. Mirror and glam booths sit at the top, roaming and open-air at the bottom. Longer rentals cost more, from a $495 median for two hours or less to $993 for five hours or more.
A camera or tablet on a stand, a ring light and a backdrop. No walls, so big groups fit in one shot and the booth packs into a few cases.
Best for: Most venues, big groups, tight load-ins
Guests stand on a platform while an arm circles them and records slow-motion video. Great on the dance floor, but it makes clips, not prints.
Best for: Dance floor energy, social sharing
Classic booths print 2x6 strips or 4x6 photos on the spot. Ask for a second copy of each strip and a guestbook, and you get a signed album by the end of the night.
Best for: Keepsakes for guests and for youHours, prints, an attendant, props, a custom print template and the online gallery. Two packages with the same headline price often differ on exactly these.
Some vendors include travel inside a set area and charge beyond it. Ask for the travel line and how early they arrive to set up before you compare totals.
Ask for the exact footprint and the number of outlets the booth needs, then send both to your venue. A 360 platform needs clear space all around it.
Ask when the online gallery goes live, how long it stays up and whether you can download every photo and clip in full size.
Need more? The photo booth rental cost guide breaks prices down further, and the photo booth ideas guide has backdrops, props and themes.
A booth gives you a set, props and strips for the hours it runs. Everything else at a wedding ends up on guests' phones, scattered across dozens of camera rolls unless you collect it.
| Photo booth | Guests' phones + QR album | |
|---|---|---|
| What it captures | Posed shots and clips at one spot in the room | Candids from the whole day: getting ready, ceremony, toasts, dancing |
| When it runs | The hours you book, usually 2 to 5 | All day, and the morning after |
| Prints | Strips on the spot with most print packages | None on the night, prints later if you want them |
| Staff and space | An attendant and a corner of the room | A QR code on a table card, no floor space |
| Where photos end up | The vendor's online gallery | One shared album you keep |
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A wedding planner walks through booth types, what drives the price and whether guests still line up for a booth now that everyone carries a camera.
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Guests scan one QR code and every phone photo lands in the same album as the booth shots. No app, first 20 uploads free.
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No app, no account
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Guests scan a QR code and upload in the browser, booth hours or not. The first 20 uploads are free, then you pay once, no subscription.
For collecting every original
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One-time payment, no subscription
For big guest lists
One payment. Yours to keep. No subscription. No renewals. No surprise charges.
Secure checkout. Polar, Apple Pay, Google Pay.
Money-back guarantee: if your guests never upload a single photo, you get 100% back. See how it works
Short answers on booth prices, hours, 360 booths and guest photos, from the sources on this page.
Check Cherry's 2026 guide, based on about 118,000 bookings since January 2024, puts the median wedding booking at $886. The middle half of weddings pay $631 to $1,305, and the top 10% pay $1,973 or more. Across all event types the median is $681.
Of the 20 cities on this page, the lowest published starting price we found was $228 in Philadelphia. The highest lowest-price was $699 in Seattle. Starting packages differ in hours, prints and attendant, so open the city page to compare what each one includes.
Check Cherry's 2026 data puts the median 360 video booth booking at $750, with the middle half between $500 and $1,113. Each city page lists the 360 prices local vendors publish.
Most packages run 2 to 5 hours. The US median is $699 for 3 hours, $800 for 4 hours and $993 for 5 hours or more (Check Cherry, 2026). Many couples run the booth from cocktail hour through the first hours of dancing.
May, June and December are the busiest months for booth bookings, at about 14%, about 12% and about 12% of the year's bookings (Check Cherry, 2026). For a Saturday in those months, book soon after the venue and photographer.
A booth gives you a set, props and printed strips during the hours it runs. Guests' phones capture the rest of the day: the ceremony, the toasts and the dance floor. Many couples keep the booth for the strips and add a QR code album so every guest's phone photos land in one place.
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