Wedding Cost Guide
Coral Gables, FL
Local wedding cost estimates across 9 styles — from intimate elopements to luxury yacht weddings. All figures reflect Coral Gables market pricing.
Each style's total is based on a guest count of 100 (fewer for yacht, destination, and elopement — shown on each style card) and covers the 11 essential wedding must-haves at real Coral Gables prices. Optional extras are greyed out.
A 10% contingency buffer for tips & overages is shown separately on top of each total.
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In this example budget, the total covers the 11 essential wedding must-haves for a guest count of 100. The optional add-ons further down are greyed out and not counted.
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About weddings in Coral Gables
Coral Gables is a city with an architecture board, and it shows. Zoning requires Mediterranean Revival, so you get barrel-tile roofs, stucco, oolite coral limestone and open courtyards, all of it under a canopy of old-growth banyan and live oak. It stops dead at the city line. The Biltmore, the Venetian Pool cut out of a coral rock quarry, and the Merrick House are the landmarks, and couples come from across Miami-Dade and from Latin America to get married inside them. What you won't do here is get married on a beach. Coral Gables is inland. Its only coastal point is the marina and mangrove lagoon at Matheson Hammock, so beach ceremonies and yacht charters happen in other cities. What happens here instead: ballrooms, historic estates, courtyards and country clubs, at the Biltmore, Loews Coral Gables, the Coral Gables Country Club, the Coral Gables Museum, Comber Hall and the Club of Knights. Hotel ballrooms take 300 guests. The historic clubs sit under 200. A wedding here costs about $49,800 for 120 guests. The venue runs $12,190, which is 3% above Miami and 8% above Fort Lauderdale. Food is $132 a head and an open bar adds $57. A photographer is $5,180, a DJ is $2,300, a live band is $6,320. One thing to budget time for rather than money: if you book a municipal historic landmark, the city has real rules about installing décor and about amplified sound outdoors. Ask early.
Wedding costs in Coral Gables: your questions answered
How much does a wedding cost in Coral Gables, FL?
A wedding in Coral Gables, FL costs about $49,800 for 120 guests. That covers the venue, catering, an open bar, a photographer, florals, a DJ, the cake, hair and makeup, and an officiant. Your number moves most with your guest count: roughly two thirds of a wedding budget scales directly with how many people you feed.
How much is a wedding venue in Coral Gables, FL?
A wedding venue in Coral Gables, FL costs about $12,190. That is the ceremony and reception space only. Food and beverages are not included, and most venues in this market charge for them separately.
How much does wedding catering cost per person in Coral Gables, FL?
Wedding catering in Coral Gables, FL costs about $132 per guest for food, plus roughly $57 per guest for an open bar. For 120 guests that is about $15,840 in food and $6,840 at the bar, or $22,680 all in. Most quotes you will see elsewhere combine the two, which is why catering estimates so often come in low.
How much does an open bar cost for a wedding in Coral Gables, FL?
An open bar at a Coral Gables, FL wedding costs about $57 per guest, or roughly $6,840 for 120 guests. Serving beer and wine only, with a champagne toast, costs about $32 per guest instead — about $3,840 for the same 120 guests. Choosing beer and wine over a full liquor bar saves roughly $3,000.
Is a food truck cheaper than a caterer for a wedding in Coral Gables, FL?
Yes. A food truck at a Coral Gables, FL wedding costs about $86 per guest, against roughly $132 per guest for a full-service caterer. Across 120 guests that saves about $5,520. The tradeoff is service: a food truck is cooked to order and casual, while a caterer brings staff, plated or buffet service, and handles the room.
Should you hire a DJ or a live band for a wedding in Coral Gables, FL?
A wedding DJ in Coral Gables, FL costs about $2,300. A live band costs about $6,320, which is roughly 2.7 times more. Ceremony and cocktail musicians — a harpist, a violinist, or a string trio — are a third and separate booking at about $1,380. They are different vendors, and many couples in this market hire a DJ for the reception and separate musicians for the ceremony.
How much does a wedding photographer cost in Coral Gables, FL?
A wedding photographer in Coral Gables, FL costs about $5,180. A videographer is a separate booking at about $4,830. Together they run roughly $10,010.
How much do wedding flowers cost in Coral Gables, FL?
Wedding florals in Coral Gables, FL cost about $5,180. That covers bouquets, boutonnières, centerpieces and ceremony arrangements.
How much is bridal hair and makeup in Coral Gables, FL?
Bridal hair and makeup in Coral Gables, FL costs about $750 for the bride alone. Each additional person — a maid of honor, mothers, bridesmaids — adds roughly $230. A bride with four others in the chair spends about $1,670.
How much does a wedding officiant cost in Coral Gables, FL?
A wedding officiant in Coral Gables, FL costs about $460, which typically includes the ceremony and the marriage paperwork.