Almost all providers send the photo booth by DHL – set-up takes around ten minutes and all you need is a power socket. It only gets more expensive when someone delivers it, sets it up and stays on site during the party. When comparing, also look at the deposit, the print allowance and the return date.
Prices: package prices according to provider websites incl. VAT, as of October 2026. Promotional and seasonal prices may differ – get a binding quote before booking.
What does a photo booth really cost?
With the delivery providers compared, a photo booth starts at around €150 (digital only) or just under €200 with unlimited prints; with delivery, set-up or an attendant on site it gets considerably more expensive. Where exactly you end up depends almost entirely on the service model:
| Model | Price | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Delivered booth, self set-up | approx. €150–300 | DHL delivers and collects it, you set it up yourself in around 10 minutes |
| Delivery & set-up | approx. €200–450 | The provider comes by, sets it up and collects it again |
| Premium with attendant | individual, mostly on request | Staff stay on site for the entire event |
The cheap offers under €200 are almost always delivered booths for self set-up. That is not a drawback – according to the compared providers, set-up only takes a few minutes (KRUU states approx. 5 minutes) and just needs a power socket.
The cost traps: deposit, extra prints, travel
- Deposit or excess – many delivery providers now work with device insurance and an excess instead of a deposit (fexobox: max. €150) or with a down payment (fobotogo: €50). Where a deposit is required, you transfer it in advance and get it back once the booth is returned undamaged.
- Extra prints – once the allowance is used up, each additional print costs around €0.50. Expect about €2 in printing costs per guest.
- Travel charge – common with full-service providers beyond a certain distance. Blitzbox, for example, travels 30 km free of charge and then charges €0.50 per kilometre.
- Additional days – if you need the booth for the whole weekend, providers that charge by the day bill extra (HappyPhotoBooth: €99 per additional day). Fotobox.Store offers a weekend package instead.
- Express delivery – short-notice bookings cost extra.
- Return date – the booth usually has to go back on the first working day after the event. Miss it and you pay extra – HappyPhotoBooth, for example, charges the daily rate plus €25 per day of delay.
- Date-dependent prices – some providers (e.g. KRUU) show no fixed price but calculate it by date and demand. Saturdays in wedding season are then more expensive.
Unlimited prints or a fixed allowance?
This is the most important decision when comparing packages, and it depends solely on the number of guests. Packages with a fixed allowance typically include around 100 to 150 prints (HappyPhotoBooth: 108, fobotogo PARTY: material for over 150) – enough for a family celebration, but not for a wedding.
From around 80 to 100 guests, unlimited prints are worthwhile. At around €0.50 per extra print, the €50 to €80 surcharge for unlimited printing quickly pays for itself – and you don't have to worry during the party about whether there is still paper. Unlimited printing is offered by foboxy, fexobox, fobotogo, KRUU (Basic), Fotobox.Store and Fotobox Eventhelden (PLUS+), among others. Note: even a "flat rate" is limited by the material supplied – Eventhelden, for example, states it as 24 hours of photo booth fun.
If you don't need any prints at all, a purely digital package usually saves around €50 (fobotogo €148 instead of €198, fexobox €149 instead of €199, FunPixx €199 instead of €249) – you then get the pictures on a USB stick or in an online gallery.
Hire a photo booth or build your own?
A DIY set-up made of a tablet, ring light and software costs €400 to €3,000 depending on the equipment; a ready-made kit is around €576. The break-even point compared with hiring is therefore around the third event.
For a single wedding it is not worth it. Professional booths are designed for continuous operation, difficult lighting conditions and quick use by tipsy guests – home-made solutions fail much more often under real event conditions. Building your own only makes sense for photographers, DJs and event service providers who use the booth regularly.