Answered honestly
How much does wedding merch printing cost?
The honest answer: it depends on your moment, your headcount, and the keepsake — but here's the real math so you can budget before you call.
The short version
A staffed local station starts around $5,000. That's not just blanks — it covers the crew, the equipment, artwork prep, setup, and teardown for a typical wedding window. Staffing runs about $250 per hour per operator (already folded into that starting figure for a standard run), and a wedding outside our home region of Orange County, LA, and San Diego adds a $900 travel fee. Destination weddings are quoted with travel and lodging spelled out up front.
What moves the number
- Which moment: a welcome-party tote station, a reception favor bar, and a full bach-weekend setup are different scopes.
- Piece count: more guests and more keepsakes per guest means more material and more press time.
- Method: DTF pressing, a hat bar with patches, live embroidery, and UV DTF each carry their own cost.
- Blanks: the garment brand, color range, and size spread you want sourced.
- Hours: longer stations or a second setup add staffing time.
What you should never pay for
Be wary of a bare "station rental" price that leaves out the people running it. Our quotes bundle the operators, the equipment, the artwork, and the blanks together — because a press without a trained crew isn't a keepsake experience, it's a liability. The number we send is the number that gets guests keepsakes.
Related questions
Is there a minimum to book?
Local staffed stations start around $5,000, which reflects the crew, equipment, artwork, and setup for a standard window. Smaller, intimate keepsake setups (like a rehearsal-dinner embroidery touch) can sit below that when paired with a larger booking — ask us about combining moments.
Are the blanks included in the price?
Yes. Our quotes include sourcing the garments — the totes, tees, caps, or robes — in your colors and sizes. You won't get a surprise line item for blanks after the fact.
What does the travel fee cover?
For weddings outside Orange County, LA, and San Diego, a $900 travel fee covers getting the crew and equipment to your venue. For destination weddings further out, we spell travel and lodging into the quote up front so there are no surprises.
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Get an exact number.
These are ranges — your real quote depends on your date and headcount. Send those and we'll price it.
- Local start ~$5,000
- Blanks and artwork included
- $900 travel outside OC/LA/SD
- No station-only quotes