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Miami, Florida

Venue

In Miami: The range here is the widest in the country and it is not a mistake: the venue line runs from about $8,000 to $50,000, because a raw warehouse in an arts district and an oceanfront resort ballroom are both ordinary Miami weddings. Decide which family you are in before you tour anything, or you will spend weeks comparing quotes that have nothing in common. The calendar also inverts what most couples expect. Peak season runs roughly November through April, when the weather is the reason people come, and summer is the discount season. Atlantic hurricane season runs June 1 to November 30 and peaks August through October, which is the same window as the cheap dates. That trade is a legitimate one, but only with a written postponement clause that names who decides, on what trigger, and what happens to your deposit.

The venue is the single largest decision on this list and usually the largest line in your budget — it sets your date, your capacity, your whole look, and often which other vendors you're even allowed to bring. Venues fall into two broad families. *All-inclusive* spaces bundle tables, chairs, a coordinator, and sometimes catering and bar in-house; they cost more up front but fold many line items into one. *Blank-slate* spaces — a barn, a field, a hall, a family home — are a beautiful empty canvas you build on; they look cheaper until you add the rentals, catering, and staffing they require. When you tour, ask what's truly included, the all-in cost *with* taxes and service fees, the real capacity, the rain-or-heat backup, noise curfews, parking, accessibility, and which vendors you must — or cannot — use.

Timing — *Book by ~12–18 months out · maps to your **Venue** budget line*

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