Wedding vendors

Wedding vendors in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Fort Lauderdale is a city built around its canals and the Intracoastal, which is why so many weddings here happen on or beside the water: yacht charters out of the marinas, beachfront hotels along A1A, waterfront estates off Las Olas Boulevard, and the riverfront of downtown along the New River. Broward County reaches from the Hollywood Broadwalk in the south to Deerfield Beach in the north and west to the Everglades, with ranch and garden venues in Davie and country clubs in Plantation and Coral Springs. The pricing you see is drawn from our Miami-area data, which Broward shares vendors with, so expect South Florida rates for venues and catering. Here is what a Fort Lauderdale wedding costs, where couples marry, and when to book, with vetted, available Fort Lauderdale vendors matched to your date and budget.

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What weddings cost in Fort Lauderdale

Median ranges from vendor pricing in Our Day's Miami-area data (about 2,000 vendors). Actual pricing varies by date, guest count, area and vendor.
CategoryTypical range
Venue (venue fee)$5,500–$11,500
Catering$1,500–$4,000
Photography & video$2,000–$3,400
Florals$2,500–$3,800
DJ / live music$1,300–$2,000
Hair & makeup$100–$500
Event planner$1,700–$4,500

Where couples get married in Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale Beach & the Intracoastal

Beachfront hotels along A1A, yacht charters and waterfront estates on the canals, the classic Fort Lauderdale wedding and the priciest.

Downtown, Las Olas & the New River

Riverfront venues, rooftops and the restaurants of Las Olas Boulevard for a walkable celebration that keeps the water in view.

Hollywood, Dania & the south county

The oceanfront Broadwalk, boutique beach hotels and marina venues near Port Everglades, with easier parking and gentler minimums than the Beach.

Davie, Plantation & the western suburbs

Ranches, garden estates and country clubs toward the Everglades, where the venue line drops and availability opens up on peak weekends.

When to book in Fort Lauderdale

November through April is the season in Broward, and beachfront and yacht Saturdays in those months go 12 months or more ahead. The calendar has a few crunch points: the boat show in late October or early November, when hotels and the Intracoastal itself fill up; spring break in March; and the holiday boat parade in December. Summer is hot, humid and stormy most afternoons, and June through November is hurricane season, so build weather clauses into every contract; in return, summer gives you the year's best rates and the widest choice of dates.

Common questions

Fort Lauderdale prices like the rest of South Florida: venues and catering carry destination-market rates, especially on the beach or on a boat, while photography, music and hair and makeup run moderate for a metro this size. Florals sit in the middle. Where you marry sets the budget more than anything else here; an oceanfront hotel or a yacht charter and a ranch venue in Davie are different worlds. The ranges above come from real vendor pricing in our Miami-area data, which Broward's vendors are part of, and Our Day negotiates exclusive rates on your behalf.

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