Where Does the Hudson Valley Rank in Wedding Costs?

Every year the online wedding planning website, The Knot, does a survey of people who got married the previous year. They ask questions regarding (just to name a few things) the cost of the wedding, including location, cost per person, venue, honeymoon, bridal party costs (including gifts and outfits) etc. Then The Knot, ranks the locations across the US letting people know just how expensive it can cost to have a wedding.

The one trend that they noticed for 2016, this is their 10th year doing the survey, is that couples were spending more on each guest and having fewer guests in attendance than in previous years.

According to the Knot.com, these are the 25 most expensive places to get married in 2016. Notice that five locations of the Top 25 are in New York State. If you would like to compare these numbers to the results of last years survey, click here.

1. New York – Manhattan: $78,464
2. New York – Long Island: $67,831
3. New Jersey – North/Central: $62,606
4. Illinois – Chicago: $60,035
5. New York – Outer Boroughs: $59,027
6. Massachusetts – Cape Cod: $58,608
7. New York – Westchester/Hudson Valley: $54,428
8. Rhode Island: $52,328
9. Florida – Southern: $48,596
10. Pennsylvania – Philadelphia/Delaware: $48,093
11. New Jersey – South: $46,486
12. California – Santa Barbara/Ventura: $45,957
13. California – Los Angeles: $44,062
14. Massachusetts – Boston: $44,028
15. California – San Francisco/Greater Bay Area: $42,716
16. Louisiana – New Orleans: $42,628
17. Connecticut: $42,127
18. Texas – Houston/East TX: $40,285
19. DC – Washington DC/Northern VA/Suburban MD: $40,176
20. California – San Diego: $37,268
21. Texas –Austin/San Antonio/South TX/Central TX: $36,522
22. Maryland – Baltimore: $35,861
23. Michigan – Detroit: $35,576
24. California – Orange County: $35,303
25. NY – Capital District/Upstate NY: $34,874