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Beach Wedding Venue Stats, 2026
We mapped every beach wedding venue in America — 4,207 venues with 3,290,225 reviews between them. Here's where the venues actually are, which states have the most venues per resident, what venues say their packages cost, and how big the biggest venues really get. (Journalists & bloggers: cite freely with a link.)
The Beach Wedding Cost Index
What does a beach wedding venue actually cost? We collected the package and rental prices venues state on their own websites — 181 venues so far — and computed the median by state. Nationally the median stated package price is $1,800. The priciest state with enough data to publish is Alaska at a median $5,245; the most affordable is Michigan at $1,400. These are the venues' own stated prices, not estimates — always confirm current pricing with the venue.
| # | State | Median stated package price | Venues with stated pricing |
| 1 | Alaska | $5,245 | 5 |
| 2 | South Carolina | $3,000 | 8 |
| 3 | Washington | $2,601 | 12 |
| 4 | Maryland | $2,422 | 6 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | $2,000 | 6 |
| 6 | Texas | $1,714 | 7 |
| 7 | Hawaii | $1,700 | 15 |
| 8 | Florida | $1,600 | 35 |
| 9 | California | $1,600 | 28 |
| 10 | New York | $1,500 | 17 |
| 11 | Michigan | $1,400 | 5 |
Which states have the most beach wedding venues per capita?
Nationally there are about 13.6 beach wedding venues per million residents. The per-capita crown goes to Alaska at 194.6 venues per million — 144 venues for a state of 0.7 million people — with Hawaii at 134.8 and Maine at 88.3 close behind. Beach venues follow the coastline, not population: the states with working farms, rolling hills, and a drive-to-the-country wedding tradition keep the most venues on the water per resident. At the other end, Tennessee has just 0.3 per million.
| # | State | Venues | Per million people |
| 1 | Alaska | 144 | 194.6 |
| 2 | Hawaii | 195 | 134.8 |
| 3 | Maine | 124 | 88.3 |
| 4 | Rhode Island | 49 | 44.1 |
| 5 | Washington | 278 | 34.9 |
| 6 | Oregon | 146 | 34.2 |
| 7 | Delaware | 35 | 33.3 |
| 8 | Vermont | 21 | 32.4 |
| 9 | Florida | 694 | 29.7 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | 173 | 24.2 |
| 11 | Maryland | 130 | 20.8 |
| 12 | New Hampshire | 29 | 20.6 |
| 13 | South Carolina | 112 | 20.4 |
| 14 | Michigan | 190 | 18.7 |
| 15 | Connecticut | 65 | 17.7 |
America's beach wedding capitals
The towns and cities with the most beach wedding venues in the directory, by raw count. The list looks nothing like a normal "most of X" city ranking — beach venues cluster around small countryside towns within driving distance of big metros, not in the metros themselves. Top of the list: Lahaina, HI (24) · San Diego, CA (19) · Panama City Beach, FL (19).
| # | City | Beach venues |
| 1 | Lahaina, HI | 24 |
| 2 | San Diego, CA | 19 |
| 3 | Panama City Beach, FL | 19 |
| 4 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 18 |
| 5 | Miami, FL | 18 |
| 6 | Hilton Head Island, SC | 18 |
| 7 | Homer, AK | 18 |
| 8 | Galveston, TX | 17 |
| 9 | Naples, FL | 17 |
| 10 | Duluth, MN | 17 |
The biggest beach venues in America
Of the venues that state a guest capacity on their own website (426 so far), the median venue holds 150 guests (average 199). At the top end, the biggest stated capacity in the directory is 1,150 guests at Lighthouse Oceanfront Resort in Long Beach, WA. Capacity is always the venue's own stated number — confirm with the venue when you tour.
| # | Venue | City | Stated capacity |
| 1 | Lighthouse Oceanfront Resort | Long Beach, WA | 1,150 |
| 2 | Heceta Beach County Park | Florence, OR | 1,000 |
| 3 | Faena Forum | Miami Beach, FL | 1,000 |
| 4 | The American-Croatian Lodge | Eastlake, OH | 1,000 |
| 5 | The Port at Zeke's | Orange Beach, AL | 1,000 |
| 6 | Hub 757 | Suffolk, VA | 900 |
| 7 | District Pier at The Wharf | Washington, DC | 800 |
| 8 | West Beach Conference Center | Kiawah Island, SC | 800 |
| 9 | The Wharf Dockmaster Building | Washington, DC | 800 |
| 10 | The Icon | Detroit, MI | 800 |
| 11 | The Soundside Event Site | Nags Head, NC | 750 |
| 12 | Messina's at the Terminal Venue | New Orleans, LA | 750 |
| 13 | Thompson's Point | Portland, ME | 700 |
| 14 | Beach Terrace, a Carlsbad Hotel | Carlsbad, CA | 700 |
| 15 | Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Wedding and Meeting Venue | Hollywood, FL | 680 |
The wedding-weekend states: venues you can stay at
At least 1,843 venues (44%) offer on-site lodging — resorts, inns, and beach houses that turn the wedding into a whole weekend. The state-by-state map, ranked by lodging venues per resident, is the Wedding-Weekend Map; the door-to-door list is the venues with lodging directory.
America's densest beach-venue cities
Beach venues per 100k residents, cities over 50k population. Raw counts favor small countryside towns, so this table is the mid-size lens — the cities over 50k where beach venues cluster hardest per resident.
| # | City | Venues | Per 100k |
| 1 | Galveston, TX | 17 | 31.8 |
| 2 | Duluth, MN | 17 | 19.3 |
| 3 | Miami Beach, FL | 16 | 19.2 |
| 4 | Delray Beach, FL | 12 | 17.1 |
| 5 | Pensacola, FL | 9 | 16.7 |
| 6 | Redondo Beach, CA | 11 | 16.2 |
| 7 | Portland, ME | 10 | 14.4 |
| 8 | Olympia, WA | 8 | 14.2 |
| 9 | Erie, PA | 13 | 14 |
| 10 | Sarasota, FL | 8 | 13.8 |
| 11 | Fort Pierce, FL | 7 | 13.8 |
| 12 | Santa Barbara, CA | 11 | 12.6 |
| 13 | Newport Beach, CA | 10 | 12.1 |
| 14 | Daytona Beach, FL | 10 | 11.6 |
| 15 | Santa Cruz, CA | 7 | 11.2 |
Inside the venues
Of the 4,207 venues in the directory, 2,244 are definitive beach, oceanfront, and waterfront wedding venues — that's what they call themselves — with the rest being beach venues, and waterfront venues whose settings earn them a place here. From our venue-website and review mining so far (these counts are floors — they require evidence, and enrichment is ongoing):
| Venues that… | Count | Share |
| Host weddings (confirmed) | 3,564 | 85% |
| Offer on-site lodging | 1,843 | 44% |
| Offer all-inclusive packages | 548 | 13% |
| Have ocean views | 1,405 | 33% |
| Allow outside catering | 127 | 3% |
| Host elopements & micro-weddings | 548 | 13% |
Small-town destination venues worth the drive
Beach venues in towns under 30,000 people that still pull hundreds or thousands of reviews — the destination venues couples travel for, which in this niche is most of the magic.
- Hotel del Coronado — Coronado, CA ★ 4.5
- Hampton Beach State Park — Hampton, NH ★ 4.6
- Jenkinson's Boardwalk — Point Pleasant Beach, NJ ★ 4.5
- Fishermen's Village — Punta Gorda, FL ★ 4.6
- North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher — Kure Beach, NC ★ 4.6
- Cape Henlopen State Park — Lewes, DE ★ 4.8
- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore — Munising, MI ★ 4.9
- Sandbar Seafood + Spirits — Anna Maria, FL ★ 4.4
- Newport Beachside Hotel & Resort — Sunny Isles Beach, FL ★ 3.7
- Salisbury Beach State Reservation — Salisbury, MA ★ 4.6
- Clayton's Beach Bar — South Padre Island, TX ★ 4.3
- Quinault Beach Resort and Casino — Ocean Shores, WA ★ 4
- North Beach Resort & Villas — North Myrtle Beach, SC ★ 4.3
- Beach House Waterfront Restaurant — Bradenton Beach, FL ★ 4.4
- Perdido Beach Resort — Orange Beach, AL ★ 4.7
More data: the full stats suite
Each deep-dive below is its own dataset page with a downloadable CSV — cite freely with a link.
- America's Beach Wedding Capitals — the towns and cities with the most beach venues, raw count and per resident.
- The Best Cities for a Beach Wedding — venue density × venue quality, scored for every US city over 50k.
- The Wedding-Weekend Map — 1,843 venues with confirmed on-site lodging, mapped by state.
- America's most underserved beach-wedding cities — the biggest US cities with zero or one beach venue.