Wedding Photo Booth Rental in Philadelphia: Booths, Timing and Prices

A wedding photographer follows the couple. A photo booth catches everyone else: the college friends squeezed into one frame, the grandparents who never ask for a picture, the cousins at 10 pm with their jackets off. Guests leave with a print or a clip on their phone, and you get the whole set after the wedding.

We are The Timeless Capture Booth Co., and this page covers one job: wedding photo booth rental in Philadelphia and the counties around it. It sets out which booth suits which wedding, when to run it during the reception, the guest book options, prints and templates, what to ask your venue, and what it costs at our published rates. We bring the booth to your venue and an attendant stays with it. There is no storefront or studio to visit.

On Google we are listed in the Photo booth category, with a rating of 5.0 from 14 Google reviews as read on October 3, 2026.

What a wedding photo booth rental includes

Whichever booth you choose, our pricing page lists the same base for every rental.

• Delivery, setup and teardown. The booth comes to your venue, and it is packed up and taken away after the last session.
• An attendant on site. A real person runs the booth and helps your guests for the whole booking, so neither you nor the venue staff has to.
• Props and studio lighting. Both are part of every rental.
• Unlimited sessions. Guests can come back as often as they like during the rental window.
• Instant digital sharing. Photos and clips go to guests’ phones on the spot.
• Custom design. Print templates, start screens, overlays and backdrop options are designed around your wedding colors at no extra charge.

After the wedding you receive the full gallery. What changes from booth to booth is what guests take home: a printed photo, a signed mirror print, a slow-motion video or a digital file. That is the main decision on this page, and the sections below go through it booth by booth.

Who a wedding photo booth suits, and who it does not

A booth earns its place at a reception that has a real stretch of open time after dinner, a guest list where the two families and several groups of friends do not all know each other, and a couple who want candid pictures of their guests as well as the photographer’s portraits. It gives people who are not dancing something to do, and it gives the ones who are a reason to step off the floor for a minute.

It is a weaker fit when the room has no spare 8 by 8 feet, when the schedule leaves less open time than the 3-hour minimum, or when the only free spot has no outlet nearby. There are answers to some of that. In a tight room the Selfie Station needs a footprint of only a couple of feet, and for guests who avoid cameras the Audio Guest Book asks for a voice and nothing else.

Which booth suits which wedding

We offer eight booth experiences. Three have published hourly rates, and five are quoted on request. The table puts them side by side, with floor space and rates as they appear on our own booth and pricing pages.

Booth	What guests get	Floor space	Published rate
The Timeless Snap	DSLR photos under studio lighting, unlimited prints, plus digital copies, GIFs and boomerangs	About 8 by 8 feet	$199 per hour Classic, $249 per hour Prestige, 3-hour minimum
The Reflections Mirror	Full-length touchscreen mirror with animations, photos guests sign on the glass, unlimited prints and digital copies	About 8 by 8 feet	$299 per hour Classic, $349 per hour Prestige, 3-hour minimum
The Infinite 360	Slow-motion video from a camera arm that circles the platform, with a custom overlay and music, sent to phones	About 10 by 10 feet, flat and level	$249 per hour Classic, $349 per hour Prestige, 3-hour minimum
The Glam Booth	High-key black and white portraits with a soft-focus finish, in color too if you want it, printed and texted	Ask us	Not published, quoted on request
Selfie Station	Digital photos, boomerangs and GIFs sent by text or email, with a custom overlay. No prints	A couple of feet	Not published, quoted on request
Green Screen Booth	Photos with the background swapped live for a scene you choose, with prints	About 10 by 10 feet	Not published, quoted on request
AI Photo Booth	A portrait restyled by a generative AI model and delivered by text	Ask us	Not published, quoted on request
Audio Guest Book	A vintage-style telephone that records voice messages, delivered afterward as individual audio files	A table, usually near the entrance or the bar	Not published, quoted on request

Printed keepsakes for every guest: the Timeless Snap

If the point of the booth is that every guest goes home with a print, the Timeless Snap is the plain choice, and it has the lowest published rate of the three priced booths. It is a digital booth with a DSLR camera, studio lighting and a 43-inch touchscreen, and prints are unlimited. Guests also get digital copies, GIFs and boomerangs on their phones.

Formal receptions: the Reflections Mirror and the Glam Booth

The Reflections Mirror is a full-length touchscreen mirror in a frame that stands on its own. It greets guests with animations and prompts, takes the photo, and lets them sign it on the glass and pick a frame before it prints or goes to their phone. We suggest it for ballroom receptions, where it can fill a corner of the room as an attraction in its own right. The mirror photo booth rental Philadelphia page covers it in full.

The Glam Booth shoots high-key black and white portraits with a soft-focus finish applied live. It can also run in color, or offer both and let guests choose at the screen, and it prints as well as texting each photo. It suits black-tie weddings and engagement parties. For a loud, high-volume party with a lot of children in the line, another booth type is the better fit.

Dance floor video: the Infinite 360

The Infinite 360 makes video, not prints. Guests stand on a raised platform while a camera arm circles them, and the slow-motion clip, finished with your overlay and music, is sent to their phones. The platform holds one to four guests at a time, the booth needs about 10 by 10 feet on a flat, level surface, and we place it near the dance floor. The 360 photo booth rental Philadelphia page has the full detail.

A 360 booth and a print booth do different jobs. If you want both video and paper keepsakes, that means two experiences, and our cost guide also lists guest count as something that may warrant a second booth or attendant. Tell us your headcount when you call.

Small rooms and second stations

The Selfie Station is the smallest booth we offer: a touchscreen at eye level ringed by studio-quality light, with a footprint of a couple of feet. Delivery is digital, by text or email, and there is no printer. It fits a tight room, or works as a second capture point elsewhere in the venue. If printed keepsakes matter to you, we point couples to the Timeless Snap instead.

The Green Screen Booth swaps the background live for a scene you choose and approve in advance, and it prints. It needs about 10 by 10 feet, because the backdrop has to sit far enough behind guests to light evenly. The AI Photo Booth restyles a portrait in an artistic style you pick and sends it by text in about 30 seconds. It is digital first, and it works best as a second experience next to a booth that prints.

When to run the booth during the reception

Each priced booth has a 3-hour minimum, so the first timing question is which three hours. In our cost guide we advise booking the minimum for the busiest window of the event, usually after dinner through the dance floor, and not for the whole day. Guests who are seated for dinner and toasts are not at the booth, so those are the hours to leave out.

Work backward from the end of the night. If your last song is at 10:30 pm, a three-hour booking opens at 7:30 pm, so check that against the time dinner and toasts are due to finish. If you also want the booth open for cocktail hour, that means more hours, and each added hour is charged at the hourly rate.

Some couples want the booth open for cocktail hour, closed through dinner and open again for dancing. Ask us how the gap is charged before you sign anything. Another way to cover cocktail hour is a second, smaller station: plenty of events book both, with the main booth anchoring the reception and the Selfie Station covering the cocktail hour.

Setup happens before your guests see the booth. For the Infinite 360, the attendant arrives about an hour before your start time to set up and test it, and setup and teardown are not counted against your booked hours. Ask us for the arrival time for the booth you choose and give it to your venue coordinator, because it decides when the booth has to come through the door.

Where the booth stands matters as much as when it opens. A booth in a side room is easy for guests to miss, and one within sight of the bar or the dance floor is not. The Audio Guest Book is the exception: it is usually placed near the entrance or the bar, where there is a lull and not a line.

Four things to settle with your planner, DJ or band leader:

• The booth’s opening and closing times, written into the reception timeline
• A short announcement when the booth opens, so guests know it is there
• Whether the booth has to be in place before guests enter the room, or can load in during cocktail hour
• Where the line will form, so it does not block a doorway or the bar

Guest book options

There are three ways our booths can stand in for a traditional guest book, or sit beside one.

• The prints and the gallery. We describe the wedding booth as a guest book that makes itself: every guest leaves with a printed keepsake, and you receive the full gallery after the event. It is a record of who came and how they looked that night, and nobody is asked to write anything.
• Signed mirror photos. On the Reflections Mirror, guests sign their photo on the glass, so the message is part of the picture.
• The Audio Guest Book. A vintage-style telephone with no dial tone and no app. The greeting is recorded in your voice ahead of time, guests lift the handset, hear it and leave a message, and each message comes back to you afterward as its own cleaned-up audio file.

The Audio Guest Book reaches people who are not naturally in front of a camera, such as the grandparent who leaves before the dancing starts. A card explains it in one line, there is nothing to press, and no attendant stands over it. It pairs with any of our booths and is a favorite add-on at weddings. Its price is not published, so ask for it as its own line in your quote.

Our cost guide lists guest books among the add-ons, and the one our site describes is the Audio Guest Book. If you want a paper album for guests to stick a print in and write beside, ask us whether we can supply one, and otherwise plan to bring the album, pens and adhesive yourselves. Prints are unlimited on the Snap and the mirror, so ask how many copies print per session if you want one for the guest and one for the book.

Prints and templates

The print is what guests keep, so its design is settled before the wedding, not on the night. We design the print template in your colors, around your names and theme, and you approve it in advance. Start screens and overlays are designed the same way, and our pricing page lists all three at no extra charge.

Designs are available in English, in Spanish or bilingual. That matters when two families will read the keepsake in different languages.

Prints come out in under ten seconds on the Timeless Snap, in about ten seconds on the Glam Booth and the Green Screen Booth, and usually in well under a minute on the Reflections Mirror. Digital copies go to guests’ phones as well, and on the Snap that includes GIFs and boomerangs.

Backdrops are chosen to match the venue. Tell us the colors of the room and what the booth will stand in front of. Our pricing page lists backdrop options at no extra charge, and our cost guide lists premium backdrops among the add-ons that can change a price, so ask which kind the backdrop you want is.

What to send us for the template:

• Your names as they should appear, and the wedding date
• Your colors, or a copy of the invitation so the print can follow it
• The language or languages for any wording
• Anything that should not appear, such as a hashtag you are not using

Ask to see the design before the wedding and decide who signs it off. The gallery on our main site shows strip and full-frame print layouts from real events, which is a quick way to decide which layout you prefer.

Venue rules, space and power

Venues set their own rules for outside vendors, and those rules differ from one to the next, so the reliable move is to ask yours early. We confirm floor space, power, load-in and timing before the day. These are the questions to put to your venue coordinator so the answers are ready.

Question for your venue	Why it matters for the booth
Where can the booth stand, and how big is that spot?	The Snap and the mirror need about 8 by 8 feet. The 360 and the Green Screen Booth need about 10 by 10 feet, and the 360 needs a flat, level surface.
Is there a standard 110V outlet within reach of that spot?	The Snap, the mirror and the 360 each run from a standard outlet nearby. A spot with no outlet close to it is the wrong spot.
When can vendors load in, and through which door?	For the Infinite 360 the attendant arrives about an hour before the start time, so ask us the arrival time for your booth. If the room is closed to vendors at that time, the schedule has to change.
Are there stairs, or an elevator that vendors must use?	It changes how load-in is planned, and it is better known before the day than found out at the door.
What paperwork do you require from outside vendors, such as a certificate of insurance?	If the venue asks for documents, send us its vendor requirements with your date request, so the question is dealt with before anything is signed.
What time must vendors be out of the room?	Teardown follows the last session, so the booth’s closing time has to leave room for it.

Outdoor and tented receptions

A booth can work outdoors, with conditions. For the 360, the ground has to be level, the spot protected from rain and wind, and an outlet nearby, and we recommend a covered or tented area. Philadelphia’s climate normals show why we ask for cover: every month from May through October averages between 3.3 and 4.4 inches of rain at the airport, and the average high in July is 87.8 degrees.

Tents bring a City rule of their own. In Philadelphia a tent permit is required for tents larger than 400 square feet, and for tents larger than 10 feet by 10 feet in a City park. Ask your tent supplier who is applying for it. It is worth knowing before you promise the booth a canopy of its own on a park lawn.

For a wedding on City property, the City’s special event permit page says an event there may need a permit from the Office of Special Events, and that events on City property need general liability insurance of at least $1,000,000 naming the City of Philadelphia. Events in Parks and Recreation spaces get their permits from that department instead. The permit belongs to the event organizer, not the booth company, so ask whoever holds your venue booking where it stands.

Wedding photo booth prices as published

These are the hourly rates on our pricing page, with the three-hour and four-hour totals worked out in our cost guide. We publish them so you can set a budget before you call.

Booth	Classic rate	Prestige rate	3 hours at Classic	4 hours at Classic
The Timeless Snap	$199 per hour	$249 per hour	$597	$796
The Infinite 360	$249 per hour	$349 per hour	$747	$996
The Reflections Mirror	$299 per hour	$349 per hour	$897	$1,196

All three carry a 3-hour minimum. Each has two published rates, Classic and Prestige. Ask us what the Prestige rate adds for your date and have it written into the proposal. The Glam Booth, Selfie Station, Green Screen Booth, AI Photo Booth and Audio Guest Book have no published price and are quoted on request.

The final quote depends on the date, the hours and any add-ons. Our cost guide names seven things that move a price:

• Booth type. A digital booth costs the least, and 360 and mirror booths cost more.
• Hours. Each hour past the 3-hour minimum adds the hourly rate.
• The date. Saturdays from May through October and dates in December are the peak.
• Prints or digital only. A booth that prints is priced differently from one that does not.
• Add-ons. The guide names premium backdrops, custom branding and guest books.
• Guest count. A large guest list may warrant a second booth or attendant.
• Travel. A small travel fee may apply beyond our core service area.

Three things are not on the price list, and each is worth a question. Payment and cancellation terms are confirmed in a written proposal or booking agreement, not on a web page. Ask whether sales tax applies to your booking and whether the quote includes it: Pennsylvania’s rate is 6 percent, with a further 2 percent local tax on purchases made in Philadelphia. Travel is the third: Bensalem and Lower Bucks County carry no travel fee, and for a venue farther out, ask for the charge as its own line in the quote.

Booking: how it works and how far ahead

1. Check the date. Call with your date, venue, guest count and the booth you are leaning toward. An inquiry on its own does not reserve the date.
2. Get the written proposal. It confirms availability, price, scope, payment terms and cancellation terms.
3. Approve the design. We design the print template, start screen and overlay around your names, colors and theme, and you approve them in advance.
4. The wedding day. The attendant delivers the booth, sets it up, runs it and breaks it down.
5. Afterward. Guests already have their prints and digital copies, and you receive the full gallery.

On lead time, we advise booking two to six months ahead for weddings and peak dates. Peak means Saturdays from May through October and dates in December. For other events our guide is three to four weeks, but a wedding date does not move, so earlier is safer.

Ask us when the gallery will be delivered and have the date written into the proposal, as you would with your photographer.

What to check before you book any wedding photo booth

These questions apply to us as much as to anyone else you call.

• Is the price per hour or per package, and what is the minimum? Ours is per hour, with a 3-hour minimum on the three priced booths.
• Is setup time billed? Get the arrival time and the billing start time in writing.
• Is an attendant there for the whole booking? Ask who it will be on the day and when they arrive.
• Are prints unlimited, and how many copies print per session? This decides whether a paper guest book is practical.
• Is the template design included, and do you approve it first? Ask when the proof will reach you.
• What floor space and outlet does the booth need? Get it in feet and pass it to the venue.
• When is the gallery delivered, and in what form? Ask for a date, not a promise of soon.
• What are the payment and cancellation terms, and is tax included? Read them in the proposal before you pay anything.
• Is there a travel charge to your venue? Give the venue’s full address when you ask.
• Can you see prints and photos from real events? Ask for wedding examples in particular.
• What happens if the reception runs late? Ask how an extra hour on the night is priced and whether it can be added on the spot.

What other Philadelphia photo booth pages leave out

Before writing this page we read the Philadelphia pages of five other photo booth companies. As we read them on October 3, 2026, none of the five showed an hourly rate or a package price. Each pointed the reader to a quote request, an availability check or an online order instead, and none stated the floor space a booth needs or the outlet it runs on.

None said which part of a reception to book the booth for, and none set out deposit or cancellation terms on the page itself. One advised booking as early as possible and gave no timeframe.

Those gaps are why this page gives rates, minimums, footprints in feet, an outlet requirement, a lead time in months and a view on timing. Where we have not published a figure, as with the price of five of our eight booths, this page says so. Ask about those, of us and of anyone else.

More on each booth and on company events

This page is about the wedding itself: the reception timeline, the guest book, the keepsake and the venue. The 360 and mirror pages linked above are about the equipment, for couples who already know which booth they want.

A company event is a different brief. Branded start screens, logo overlays and the questions event planners ask are on the corporate photo booth rental Philadelphia page. A wedding template carries names and a date, not a logo, and the timing is built around dinner and dancing, not a conference agenda.

For every booth side by side across all event types, start at photo booth rental Philadelphia. Who we are and how a booking runs from our side is on the about page.

Where we take wedding bookings

We cover Philadelphia and Montgomery, Delaware, Bucks and Chester counties, the Main Line and South Jersey, including King of Prussia, West Chester, Norristown, Bensalem and Cherry Hill. Travel rates may apply outside that area. Bensalem and Lower Bucks County are inside it, with no travel fee.

Tell us where the reception is, and we will confirm floor space, power, load-in and timing before the day.

Questions people ask