Small Wedding Venues

Kinda high in my opinion for your guest count. I am paying less than that for my all-inclusive venue for about 50 people.

View Quoted Comment That’s what I’m thinking too! What type of venue are you using if you don’t mind me asking?

Take a look at eventective.com which has more of a variety than TheKnot lists. Are you wanting something something all inclusive? Often they have 5-6 figure food/beverage minimums that must be met along with guest count minimums in addition to rental fee and other admin fees. So they are not the budget options they are advertised as.

It depends; what all does that $13,000 include? We are having about 40 people at a hotel venue and it’s going to be around $10,000 for the venue rental fee, food, bar, and taxes/fees; and the venue is providing tables, chairs, plateware, and bar/wait staff.

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I'm using a country club

It really depends on what it includes. If that includes food, cakes, ceremony and reception seating, and coordinator then I would entertain the idea. It definitely depends on your area also. I found a bunch of veggies on the Wedding Wire app that were inclusive.
You can also follow hashtags on Instagram for vendors in your area, and see what venues they post from. I discovered a ton of venues that I didn't know about this way. For example, I live in Austin so I follow #atxweddingphotographer #hillcountryweddings #atxcatering etc.

*venues, not veggies 🙄

View Quoted Comment This was so helpful! Thank you so much

View Quoted Comment This was so helpful! Thank you so much.

View Quoted Comment This is bar and wait staff, open bar and dinner, chairs and dining accessories!

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I agree, For 40 guests with 5 passed appetizers, plated dinner with two entrée choices, five hour premium open bar, tables (cocktail and dining) chairs, linens, cake and champagne toast along with separate ceremony we are at $12,500. I shopped around a lot and this was the best price I could find.

Prices are very high here .. that’s not uncommon for them to charge that much … a lot for venues I’ve seen and all kinds are about 4,500 for venue rentals alone .

I spent most of 2021 dealing with your same issue. We wanted a spring wedding on the beach for 40-50 guests and the f

I spent most of 2021 dealing with your same issue. We wanted a spring wedding on the beach for 40-50 guests and the food and beverage minimums at most venues killed our budget! What part of FL are you looking in?


(Sorry I don’t know what happened with my previous post!)

I live in Sarasota, Fl and we are planning our wedding for april 2023, around 70guests. All the ceremony/reception venues we’ve found so far are around $17,000+😫 i wish i could give you some tips but we are struggling to find a budget friendly venue ourselves. Good luck to you tho! If i find or hear of any good venues I’ll definitely let you know