San Francisco, CA · Prices checked October 2026
San Francisco booth vendors serve City Hall receptions, waterfront venues and wine country. Here is what three Bay Area vendors publish, from a $400 open-air booth to a slow-motion 360.
San Francisco wedding photo booths start at $400 at the 3 local vendors we checked, with starting prices up to $900. The lowest published package with prints is $400 for 2 hours at Peek-A-Booth. 360 video booths start at $500 for 2 hours. 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.
Unlimited pictures, instant 2x6 prints, QR code sharing, a personalized template, props, a lighting kit and a backdrop.
San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley and Daly City Free within 40 miles of San Francisco, flat fee beyondTheir price pageDSLR photos delivered by QR code, unlimited 2x6 or 4x6 prints, 70+ props, designer templates, an attendant and a Google Photos album.
Bay Area (San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose) May charge travel outside its standard areaTheir price pageVideo only, no prints. 3 hours is $1,200 and 4 hours $1,400.
San Francisco and Dublin; serves the Bay AreaTheir 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peek-A-Booth | $400 | 2 hrs | Included | Ask | $500, 2 hrs |
| Handsome Photobooth | $899 | 3 hrs | Included | Included | No price listed |
| The Movement Booth (Ian Chin Photography) | $900 | 2 hrs | Not in this package | Ask | $900 (main booth) |
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 San Francisco vendors we checked offer 5 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 youSan Francisco stays cool: highs run 58°F in winter and peak at only 70°F in September and October, the city's warmest months. Rain falls mostly from November to March (about 4.4 to 4.8 inches in December and January). Late summer fog means an indoor or covered booth is the safe choice for evening receptions.
Average highs between 62 and 86°F in those months. The wettest month is December at 4.8 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 San Francisco 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 3 San Francisco vendors on this page include prints in a listed package, so compare line by line.
Peek-A-Booth: free within 40 miles of San Francisco, flat fee beyond. 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 San Francisco vendors.
Channel: Wedding Planning Experts | Full Circle Weddings
A few setups that suit San Francisco venues, from the backdrop to the props.
A bridge print is the city's signature backdrop and works in any room.
A print of the Victorian row houses gives strips a soft, colorful look.
A cardboard cable car frame or bell makes a fun group prop.
A Bay Bridge lights print suits late-night dancing and looks good in a black template.
Grand halls and waterfront venues often have tight load-in windows and rules about what touches the floor. Ask the vendor for the footprint and the setup time, and give it the venue's vendor rules early.
Common San Francisco venues: city hall ceremonies, waterfront venues and wine country estatesA booth gives you a set, props and strips for the hours it runs. Everything else at a San Francisco 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 |
NewNewGuests 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 San Francisco 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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Short answers on San Francisco booth prices, prints, booth types and guest photos, from the sources on this page.
The 3 San Francisco 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.
The Movement Booth lists its 360 slow-motion video booth at $900 for 2 hours, $1,200 for 3 and $1,400 for 4. Peek-A-Booth lists a 360 from $500 for 2 hours.
Of the San Francisco packages we checked, Handsome Photobooth at $899 for 3 hours includes both prints and an attendant. Digital-only packages cost less but print nothing on the night, so check the line items before you compare prices.
If you want studio-quality portraits and prints, it can be. Handsome Photobooth's 3-hour glam package is $899 with DSLR photos, unlimited prints, an attendant and a shared album.
Between them, the San Francisco vendors we checked offer open-air, 360 video, glam, audio guestbook and GIF booths. 360 video booths start at $500 for 2 hours (Peek-A-Booth). 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 San Francisco 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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