Jersey Shore venue guide
Updated
From Asbury Park and Point Pleasant down through Long Beach Island to Atlantic City and Cape May, most shore weddings happen at hotels, yacht and golf clubs, and resorts. These are places that host weddings every weekend: they cook, they staff it, they give you a coordinator, and a lot of them have rooms upstairs, so your guests can make a weekend of it.
We've gathered details on 15 Jersey Shore 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?
$35k
Typical estimate
A typical cost for the venue and food on a Saturday in peak season.
$21k–$54k
Typical range
Most venues here land somewhere in this range for a hundred guests.
$27k
On the cheapest date
The same venues on their cheapest published date. At the shore that usually means outside the summer.
These are our estimates, not quotes from the venues. Most shore venues price per guest with a minimum you have to spend, so your guest count moves the total more than anything else. Service charges and tax get added on top, and rooms for your guests are billed separately.
What changes the math here
Shore venues are set up to run weddings from start to finish. The kitchen is theirs, the staff is theirs, and someone on the team will plan the day with you, so there are fewer vendors to find than almost anywhere else. The rooms are the other half of it: more venues here can put your guests up than in the rest of New Jersey, which turns a Saturday into a weekend at the beach. What you trade is flexibility on food and a bigger add-on at the end of the quote.
Right on the property, compared with 45% across New Jersey. Ask about a block and a minimum stay in summer.
Nearly every one of the venues that publish a capacity seat 200 or more. If your list is long, this is the part of the state that fits it.
Of the venues that say either way. Ask which hours they cover and who directs your vendors on the day.
In service charges, admin fees, and tax. A service charge is not a tip to your servers, and it usually gets taxed too.
Hotel, club, or beach
The ceremony, dinner, the after-party, and everyone's bed in one building, which is the least driving for the most people. Ask how many rooms you can hold and by when, whether summer weekends carry a two or three night minimum, and whether anyone else has an event in the building that day.
A room with a view of the water or the course, their own kitchen, and a team that has done this hundreds of times. Usually no rooms, so your guests stay nearby. Ask what the food and drink minimum is on your date and whether members are around that day.
A ceremony on the sand with the reception just behind it. Ask who gets the beach permit and what it allows, what happens to chairs and sound in the wind, and where everyone goes if a storm comes through. The dress code for sand is a real conversation too.
What changes the shortlist here
The shore in July is a different place, and a different price, from the shore in October. Summer brings the best weather, the highest rates, minimum-night stays, and traffic on the parkway. The shoulder months are cheaper and quieter, and the ocean still looks like the ocean. Ask each venue what your date costs against its quietest month before you fall for a room.
Most quotes here are a price per guest against a minimum spend. Ask what the minimum is on your date, whether the bar counts toward it, and what happens if your numbers come in under. Then ask for the full list of what gets added: service charge, administrative fee, tax, valet, and a damage deposit if they hold one.
Wind off the water can end an outdoor ceremony that rain would have survived. 60% of the venues here say what happens to an outdoor ceremony if it rains, so ask the rest directly. Find out which room you move into, whether it fits everyone seated, how late you can make the call, and what a tent would cost if that is the backup.
Places worth a closer look
These include hotels, golf and yacht clubs, and ballrooms up and down the coast, priced in different ways. Open a venue to see its pricing, capacity, spaces, vendor policies, and other planning details.
Tinton Falls · Up to 200 guests
Guests can stay on site, and the whole property is yours
$15–25k · All Inclusive
See pricing and policies
Egg Harbor City
Outdoor ceremony, with an indoor space if it rains
Catering Est.
See pricing and policies
Point Pleasant Beach
Helps you plan the whole wedding
Est.
See pricing and policies
Asbury Park · Up to 300 guests
Guests can stay on site
$25–35k · Venue Fee + Catering
See pricing and policies
Ship Bottom
Outdoor ceremony, with an indoor space if it rains
Ask for pricing
See pricing and policies
Little Egg Harbor Township
Helps you plan the whole wedding
$35–50k · Venue Fee + Catering
See pricing and policies
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
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.
