New York City, NY · Prices checked October 2026
New York booth vendors price by the hour and by the borough. Here is what four of them publish for weddings, what each package includes, and how to fit a booth into a Manhattan loft or a Brooklyn rooftop.
New York City wedding photo booths start at $400 at the 4 local vendors we checked, with starting prices up to $900. The lowest published package with prints is $400 at Photo Booth Rental NYC. 360 video booths start at $900. Nationally, the median wedding booking is $886 (Check Cherry, 2026).
Packages read off each vendor's own price page in October 2026. Links to every source are below.
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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We read each starting price below off the vendor's own website in October 2026. The black line is the US median for a wedding booking, so you can see at a glance who sits above or below it.
4 hours with an attendant, digital copies, instant text and email sharing, a custom template, props and a gallery within 24 hours. The Classic package at $1,099 adds prints.
Brooklyn; serves all five boroughs, Jersey City and Long Island Travel inside NYC included; outside the five boroughs may cost extraTheir price page3 hours with custom overlays and instant text or QR sharing. Unlimited prints and a live attendant come with its Premium package.
Sixth Avenue, Midtown ManhattanTheir price pageAn attendant, setup and teardown, unlimited sessions, an online gallery and a custom overlay. Open-air pricing is by quote.
West 46th Street, Manhattan; serves the five boroughs, New Jersey, Long Island and ConnecticutTheir price pageUnlimited prints, a custom template, props, digital sharing and an attendant. The final price moves with hours (2 to 5) and guest count.
NYC, Long Island, Westchester, New Jersey and ConnecticutTheir price pagePublished prices as of October 2026, not an endorsement. Vendors change packages often, so confirm the quote in writing.
| Vendor | From | Hours | Prints | Attendant | 360 or mirror |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Click & Joy Photo Booth | $799 | 4 hrs | Add-on | Included | No price listed |
| Luxe Booth | $895 | 3 hrs | Add-on | Add-on | No price listed |
| PhototekNYC | $900 | Varies | Not in this package | Included | $900 (main booth) |
| Photo Booth Rental NYC | $400 | Varies | Included | Included | No price listed |
Nationally the middle half of wedding bookings runs $631 to $1,305, and the top 10% start at $1,973. Check Cherry, August 2026 (about 118,000 bookings since January 2024). For the full breakdown see the photo booth rental cost guide or price your own package with the cost calculator.
The New York City vendors we checked offer 8 kinds of booth between them. These three cover most weddings.
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 youCentral Park highs sit between 62 and 80°F from April through June and again in September and October, the two stretches most NYC couples pick. July averages 85°F, and rain is spread evenly through the year at roughly 4 inches a month, so a rooftop booth always needs an indoor fallback.
Average highs between 62 and 86°F in those months. The wettest month is July at 4.6 inches, so keep a covered spot ready either way.
For a Saturday in those months, book the booth soon after the venue and photographer. Check Cherry
Two New York City quotes with the same headline price can differ by an hour, the prints or the attendant. Get these answers in writing, then compare.
Hours, prints, an attendant, props, a custom print template and the online gallery. 2 of the 4 New York City vendors on this page include prints in a listed package, so compare line by line.
Click & Joy Photo Booth: travel inside NYC included; outside the five boroughs may cost extra. Ask every vendor for the travel line 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.
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. Worth a watch before you call New York City vendors.
Channel: Wedding Planning Experts | Full Circle Weddings
A few setups that suit New York City venues, from the backdrop to the props.
A printed night skyline behind the couple, lit with two soft panels, reads as New York without a single prop. Keep it for the late hours, when the room lights go down.
A black and white print of the Brooklyn Bridge cables works well in brick and timber rooms in Dumbo and Williamsburg, and pairs with classic 2x6 strips.
A taxi roof sign and a few checkered props give guests something to hold and make the strips instantly local. Ask whether the vendor carries them or if you supply your own.
A boxwood or ivy wall is the safest backdrop for a hotel ballroom, nods to Central Park, and photographs well with both daylight and flash.
Lofts, rooftops and hotel ballrooms in New York often route vendors through a service entrance and a freight elevator with fixed load-in times. Send your booth company the venue's load-in rules early. Open-air and roaming setups pack into a few cases, which is why most Manhattan vendors lead with them.
Common New York City venues: hotel ballrooms, rooftop venues and industrial loftsA booth gives you a set, props and strips for the hours it runs. Everything else at a New York City wedding ends up on guests' phones: the ceremony, the toasts, the dance floor at midnight.
| 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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Guests who just posed at the booth scan the card and add their own shots of the same moment, no app and no account.
A live slideshow on the reception screen mixes booth shots with guest photos while the party is still going.
The booth gallery covers its hours. The album covers the whole New York City day, and the first 20 uploads are free.
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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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Compare New York City with other US cities, or plan the rest of your New York City wedding with the guides below.
For your New York City wedding: guests scan a QR code and upload in the browser. The first 20 uploads are free, then you pay once, no subscription.
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Short answers on New York City booth prices, prints, booth types and guest photos, from the sources on this page.
The 4 New York City vendors we checked publish starting prices from $400 to $900. Nationally, Check Cherry's 2026 data puts the median wedding booking at $886, with the middle half between $631 and $1,305.
Yes. Open-air booths need far less floor space than an enclosed cabinet and pack into a few cases, so they fit freight elevators and tight lofts. Ask the vendor for the exact footprint and send it to your venue coordinator before you sign.
These New York City packages include both prints and an attendant: Click & Joy Photo Booth at $1,099 for 4 hours; Photo Booth Rental NYC at $400. Digital-only packages cost less but print nothing on the night, so check the line items before you compare prices.
Some do. Click & Joy includes travel inside the five boroughs and says events outside them may cost extra. Get the travel line in writing on the quote before you pay a deposit.
Between them, the New York City vendors we checked offer open-air, glam, enclosed, 360 video, GIF and mirror booths. 360 video booths start at $900 (PhototekNYC). Open-air booths need the least floor space, so they fit most venues.
A booth gives you a set, props and printed strips during the hours it runs. Guests' phones capture everything else: the ceremony, the toasts and the after-party. At a New York City wedding you can run both: a booth for the strips during its hours and a QR code album so every guest's phone photos land in one place.
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