LIST: Where Are The Best (And Worst) California Cities to Get Married?

Ah, your wedding day. What’s supposed to be one of the bests days of your life.

... Notice, we didn’t say “least stressful days of your life”? That’s because anyone who has ever been on the planning side of a wedding knows just how incredibly stressful and time consuming nuptials can be.

Two of the first tasks any bride or groom-to-be must decide are: where and when. And these just so happen to be major decisions.

That’s why the people over at WalletHub put together a list of the best and worst cities in the United States to get married. (Find out their methodology here.)

“To help couples find the most wedding-friendly destinations, WalletHub’s analysts compared 150 of the biggest cities across 18 key indicators of a cost-effective, convenient and enjoyable occasion,” company representatives said. “Our data set ranges from average wedding cost to number of venues and event spaces per capita to availability of hotels.”

After they’d crunched all the numbers, here were the final results:

The 10 Best Cities to Get Married In:

1. Orlando, FL
2. Las Vegas, NV
3. Atlanta, GA
4. Tampa, FL
5. Springfield, MO
6. Cincinnati, OH
7. Salt Lake City, UT
8. Miami, FL
9. Boise, ID
10. Tucson, AZ

The 10 Worst Cities to Get Married In:

1. Boston, MA
2. Fremont, CA
3. Oxnard, CA
4. Jersey City, NJ
5. Fontana, CA
6. Anchorage, AK
7. Worcester, MA
8. Newark, NJ
9. Yonkers, NY
10. Moreno Valley, CA

We also decided to look at the full list, and determine how cities in California stack up. Here’s how:

• Sacramento: 38
• Glendale: 44
• San Deigo: 46
• Los Angeles: 53
• Irvine: 62
• Santa Rosa: 66
• Fresno: 67
• Bakersfield: 70
• Modesto: 75
• Anaheim: 76
• Long Beach: 84
• Huntington Beach: 89
• San Francisco: 96
• Garden Grove: 109
• Santa Ana: 113
• Stockton: 121
• Oakland: 124
• Riverside: 126
• Oceanside: 127
• Rancho Cucamonga: 130
• San Jose: 131
• Ontario: 133
• San Bernardino: 134
• Chula Vista: 136
• Santa Clarita: 140
• Fremont: 142
  
• Oxnard: 143
• Fontana: 145
• Moreno Valley: 150

And here are some more of the key findings by WalletHub:

• The average wedding cost is highest in San Francisco, Calif., which is two times greater than in Springfield, Mo., the city with the lowest.
  
• The number of venues and event spaces per capita is highest in Orlando, Fla., which is 84 times greater than in Cape Coral, Fla., the city with the lowest.
  
• The number of event planners per capita is highest in Washington, which is 14 times greater than in Stockton, Calif., the city with the lowest.
  
• The number of photographers per capita is highest in San Francisco, which is 39 times greater than in Newark, N.J., the city with the lowest.
  
• The number of musicians per capita is highest in San Francisco, which is 104 times greater than in El Paso, Texas, the city with the lowest.
  
• The number of bridal shops per capita is highest in Salt Lake City, which is 31 times greater than in Detroit, the city with the lowest.
  
• The number of flower shops per capita is highest in Miami, which is 14 times greater than in North Las Vegas, Nev., the city with the lowest.

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