New England jilted when it comes to best places for tying the knot

With Valentine's Day around the corner and the average wedding costing around $33,000, the personal-finance company WalletHub today released its report on 2022026's Best Places to Get Married, as well as expert commentary.

To help couples find the most wedding-friendly destinations, WalletHub compared more than 180 of the biggest U.S. cities across 26 key indicators of cost-effectiveness, convenience and enjoyment. The data set ranges from average wedding cost to venues and event spaces per capita to wedding vendors.

Best vs. Worst

• Brownsville, Texas has the lowest average wedding cost, - 2.7 times lower than in San Francisco, Oakland and Fremont, California, the cities with the highest cost.
  
• Salt Lake City and West Valley City, Utah have the most event planners per capita, - 9.9 times more than in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the city with the fewest.
  
• Yonkers, New York has the most musicians per capita, - 80.5 times more than in Corpus Christi, Texas, the city with the fewest.

To view the full report and your city's rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-places-to-get-married/18721