Beach resort
Resorts in Brewster and South Yarmouth, and one on Nantucket, near the water and with plenty of rooms. The easiest full weekend. Ask how many rooms you have to book and whether other guests share the grounds.
Cape Cod venue guide
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Cape Cod and Nantucket wedding venues: beach resorts, inns, and clubs
A Cape Cod wedding is almost always a weekend away. Most venues here are resorts, inns, and hotels from Sandwich to Provincetown, plus a resort on Nantucket, and nearly all of them have rooms. Your guests arrive, check in, and stay where you get married.
We've gathered details on 8 Cape Cod and Nantucket venues. Pick a starting point and Sage will rank them for your day, with cost estimates wherever the venue publishes its prices.
What should you budget?
Venue and food for 100 guests
$22k
Typical estimate
A typical cost for the venue and food on a Saturday.
$19k–$28k
Typical range
A fairly narrow range. The inns and resorts here price close to one another.
These are our estimates, not quotes from the venues. They include service charges and tax when a venue lists them. Your date, guest count, bar, and rentals will all change the final total. Guest rooms aren't included.
What to expect here
Everyone stays where you marry, and the rooms are part of the plan
Nearly every venue here has rooms, far more than the rest of the state, so the room block is as big a decision as the reception. Most also say what happens to an outdoor ceremony if it rains, which matters by the water. Spaces tend to be smaller than on the mainland, and a good share gets added on top of the food and drink price, so ask for the full total.
- Have rooms for guests
- 88%
- State a rain plan
- 88%
- Typical size
- 190 guests
- Added on top of the price
- +31%
Of the venues here, compared with 34% across Massachusetts.
Of the venues here, compared with 69% across Massachusetts.
The most guests a typical venue here says it can hold.
Typical service charges, admin fees, and tax, compared with 26% across Massachusetts.
Resort, inn, or club
Start with the kind of Cape weekend you want
Historic inn
Inns in Sandwich, Dennis, and Provincetown. Smaller and more personal, and some give you the whole inn. Ask how many guests the inn sleeps and where everyone else will stay.
Club or restaurant
A golf club in East Falmouth and a garden restaurant by the Sagamore Bridge, for couples who'd rather keep the wedding and the hotel separate. Ask about a nearby room block.
Before you tour
Three decisions to make early
Settle the room block first
Resorts and inns often want you to fill a set number of rooms, sometimes for more than one night. Know what you're agreeing to before you sign.
Think about how guests get there
Summer traffic over the bridges can be slow on a Friday, and Nantucket means a ferry or a flight. Give guests a realistic travel time, and consider a date outside the busiest weeks.
Confirm the rain plan fits
Most venues have a backup for a beach or lawn ceremony. Ask where it is, whether it holds your whole guest list, and when they decide to move inside.
Places worth a closer look
Six Cape Cod and island venues to start with
These examples cover resorts, inns, a golf club, and a restaurant. Open a venue to see its pricing, capacity, spaces, vendor rules, and other planning details.
Red Jacket Resorts
South Yarmouth · Up to 190 guests
Guests can stay on site, and the whole property is yours
$35–50k · Venue Fee + Catering
See pricing and policies
The Cape Club
East Falmouth
Outdoor ceremony, with an indoor space if it rains
$25–35k · Venue Fee + Catering
See pricing and policies
The Sagamore
Sagamore · Up to 200 guests
Helps you plan the whole wedding
$15–25k · Venue Fee + Catering
See pricing and policies
The Dennis Inn
Dennis
Guests can stay on site, and the whole property is yours
$15–25k · Venue Fee + Catering
See pricing and policies
The Dan'l Webster Inn & Spa
Sandwich · Up to 150 guests
Outdoor ceremony, with a plan if it rains
$15–25k · Venue Fee + Catering
See pricing and policies
White Elephant Nantucket
Nantucket
Helps you plan the whole wedding
Catering Est.
See pricing and policies
Get a shortlist for your vision and budget
Tell Sage about your day: your guest count, your budget, and anything you can’t compromise on. You’ll get a ranked list of venues, with why each one fits and what to double-check.
Sage the Date reads each venue's own published details, including pricing, catering and alcohol rules, music curfews, rain plans, whether you get the whole property, and how many guests each space holds. Every estimate uses your guest count. When a venue doesn't say, we tell you instead of guessing. Searching is free and doesn't require an account.
Before you book
Three questions worth asking
- How many rooms do we need to book, for how many nights, and what happens if guests don’t book them?
- If it rains, where does the ceremony move, and does that space fit all of our guests?
- What will the total be for 100 guests once the service charge and tax are added?
How this guide is built
Sage reads each venue's own published pricing and policies, puts different kinds of quotes on the same footing, and estimates the cost for 100 guests. If a venue doesn't say something, we treat it as a question to ask, not a no. Venues can't pay to appear or to rank higher here.