Hudson Valley venue guide
Updated
The Hudson Valley starts about an hour north of New York City and runs up both sides of the river, from Westchester and Cold Spring to New Paltz, Rhinebeck, and Hudson. You'll find historic houses and estates, working farms and barns, and inns and clubs that do the food themselves. Prices vary more here than the settings do, and what makes the difference is how much of the wedding the venue includes.
We've gathered details on 46 Hudson Valley 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?
Use − and + to reprice every figure below.
$49k
Typical estimate
The median cost for the Hudson Valley venues that include their own catering.
$27k–$91k
Typical range
Country clubs sit at the low end. Hotels, restaurants, and retreats that host the whole weekend sit at the top, with estates and barns in between.
These are our estimates, not quotes from the venues. A price well below this range usually doesn't include the food yet, so it isn't a cheaper wedding until you add a caterer. Your date, guest count, bar, rentals, staff, service charges, and taxes will all change the final total.
Every filled dot is one the Hudson Valley venue that can host 100 guests, shaded by its own estimate on the same scale as the New Yorkguide's map; grey ones don't publish a venue-with-catering price. Outlined dots are venues in neighbouring regions.
Narrow it down
See which the Hudson Valley venues fit your guest count and budget, and why
Guests
By budget and guest count
How many Hudson Valley venues come in under common budgets for the venue and food, at the guest counts couples plan for most. Each row counts the venues that can host that many guests and publish a full price for the venue and the food, so the list gets shorter as it grows.
| Guests | Typical venue and food | Under $15,000 | Under $25,000 | Under $35,000 | Under $50,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 guests | $46k | 0 of 27 | 2 of 27 | 9 of 27 | 16 of 27 |
| 100 guests | $49k | 0 of 27 | 1 of 27 | 5 of 27 | 16 of 27 |
| 150 guests | $55k | 0 of 25 | 0 of 25 | 2 of 25 | 10 of 25 |
| 200 guests | $64k | 0 of 20 | 0 of 20 | 0 of 20 | 5 of 20 |
Our estimates for the venue and food, including service charges and tax where the venue lists them, on a Saturday in peak season. Not quotes. A typical figure is shown only where at least five venues publish a price. On their cheapest published date, usually a weekday or a winter month, 4 more venues come in under $35,000 for 100 guests.
How venues price weddings
Pick one to see what its price contains, what it leaves for you to buy, and what it typically comes to.
You pay for the space and their kitchen
Venues publish their price in two ways: as a site fee plus a per-guest menu price, or as a bundled package (venue + food).
$49k
typical for venues with catering
$27k–$91k
where 80% of these 27 venues land
And then you still buy
don’t want to worry about sourcing a caterer or any outside catering fees.
What you’d still need to find out
Whether drinks are inside the menu price or billed separately, and what the service charge and tax add at the end.
You buy the space, then the food
You hire and pay a caterer yourself. Any fee the venue charges for letting an outside kitchen in is already in this figure.
$13k
typical for the venue rental
$7k–$33k
where 80% of these 11 venues land
And then you still buy
want a specific cuisine, a caterer you already love, or real control of the food budget.
What you’d still need to find out
What your caterer will quote, and whether rentals, staff and the bar come through them or the venue.
You buy the space and the drinks
Mostly wineries and event spaces that serve no food of their own. The price covers the space and drinks from their bar, and you hire a caterer for the meal.
$9.3k
typical for the venue and bar
$9.3k–$9.3k
where 80% of these 1 venues land
And then you still buy
want your own caterer but would rather not run a bar yourself.
What you’d still need to find out
Whether they have a minimum beverage spend and what your caterer will quote for the food.
Most venues here serve the food themselves and quote you a price per guest. A smaller group charges for the space and leaves the caterer, the bar, and the rentals to you. Both can end up at the same total, but only one of them tells you that in the first email. The other things worth knowing early: many properties have rooms, so people can stay over instead of driving back to the city, and there's room here for a long guest list.
The rest quote a price that already includes the food, or a minimum you have to spend on it. Check which one you're reading before you compare two venues.
See venues that charge for the spaceOf the venues that say either way, compared with 31% across New York. Most offer their own catering instead.
See venues that allow your catererRight on the property, compared with 33% across New York. How many people they sleep is the question to ask.
See venues with rooms on siteMost venues that publish a capacity seat 200 or more, so a long guest list doesn't narrow the search as much as you'd expect.
See venues that fit your guest countWhat kind of place
A grand house, lawns and gardens, and often a view of the river or the mountains. The price is usually per guest with dinner included, and there are often a few rooms on site. Ask which rooms you actually get, whether another wedding can happen the same day, and where everyone eats if the weather turns.
19 of 46 venues here
Open fields, a restored barn, and usually the whole place to yourselves. Many charge for the space and let you bring a caterer, which gives you more say over the food and more to organize. Ask what the kitchen has, whether heating and power can handle your plans, and what the venue requires you to arrange, like insurance or a planner.
16 of 46 venues here
Food, bar, and rooms all in one place, with a team that does weddings every weekend. Expect a price per guest and a minimum you need to spend. Ask about holding a block of rooms, any minimum-night stay, and whether the restaurant or other guests will be around on the day.
The same wedding costs different amounts at a barn and at a hotel — and so does the shape of the bill. Four ways to look at it, for 100 guests.
The venue rental across every venue that charges one as its own line — whether or not they also sell you the food. Just the room, nothing else.
Every venue that itemises a rental, including the ones that cater. Venues quoting a single package over the room and the meal never name a room price, so they aren’t here — and this is a part of a bill, not a whole one, so it can’t be subtracted from the next chart.
The whole bill — the room, the meal, and the fees on top.
Venues behind each figure in brackets. A venue can be more than one kind of place, so it may appear in more than one row.
Every bar is one whole bill, so what changes across the list is the split. A hotel earns it back on the menu; a winery / vineyard charges you for the space.
Only the venues that price the room and the meal separately, with how many in brackets. Another 4 quote one package covering both, so there is no split to show for them.
The floor, not the bill — what you owe before anyone has chosen a menu. A food and beverage minimum, a bar minimum and a fee for bringing your own caterer are the same move in three costumes, so they are added up per venue and shown together.
Only the venues that state a floor, with how many in brackets; silence is not a zero. A venue that says it has no minimum is counted at zero rather than left out. None charge an explicit outside-catering fee — in this corpus the minimum does that job instead.
What changes the shortlist here
Before you compare two venues, write down what each price includes: the space, dinner, drinks, tables and linens, staff. Then ask what gets added at the end. Service charges and tax go on top of most quotes here, and they aren't a tip to your servers.
Compare full estimates for your guest countMost guests will drive up from the city or take the train along the river, and cars are hard to find late at night outside the bigger towns. Ask how many people the property can sleep, whether you have to book a minimum number of rooms or nights, and where everyone else would stay. Then plan a shuttle before you set the end time.
See venues with rooms on siteA published capacity often counts the whole property, not one room with a dance floor in it. Ask how many people fit at seated tables with dancing, whether dinner and the ceremony happen in the same space, and what happens to that number when the backup plan for rain is in use.
See venues that fit your guest countof venues that say either way (46 here)
at least, of all venues (46 here)
at least, of all venues (46 here)
at least, of all venues (46 here)
of venues that publish a cutoff (9 here)
a planner, insurance, security or similar, of all venues (46 here)
What affects the cost of your wedding
Wedding venue pricing is seasonal. 23 of the 46 Hudson Valley venues we track charge differently depending on the day, and 28 charge differently depending on the month. Every figure below compares a venue with itself, so it says what moving your date does — whatever kind of venue you pick, and whatever the size of your wedding.
Day of the week
Months you’d consider
Peak months are selected to start. Tap any month to compare.
Saturday, peak season
The most expensive date most venues sell, and the date almost every published price assumes. Choose a different day or month to see what typically comes off.
Not every line on a quote moves. These are the ones that do, measured at the venues that move them.
The venue rental
What they charge for the space itself.
Their food & beverage minimum
The floor you have to spend with their kitchen. Off-peak the floor itself comes down.
The headcount they bill for
The min guest count they will charge you for, no matter what.
A date prices the room, not the food
The per-guest menu price changes with the date at only 7 of the 21 Hudson Valley venues that publish one alongside a date. A Tuesday wedding has a cheaper venue rental, not a cheaper dinner.
Off-peak, the f&b minimum moves too
Venues with a food and beverage minimum, the floor itself is lower off a peak Saturday. Ask what it is on your date before you compare it with anywhere else.
They may take a smaller wedding
Venues that bill a minimum headcount drop it off-peak, so a date can make a smaller guest list bookable at a venue that would otherwise charge you for people who aren’t coming.
30 of the 46 Hudson Valley venues that can host 100 guests put a floor under what you spend — a minimum on food and drink, or a headcount they bill for. It is the one charge that feels worse the smaller your wedding is, and it is rarely made clear on other platforms that show venue pricing.
18 of 30
would bill you above what your own 100 guests come to, by about $8.5k typically.
Most of them stop topping up from around 125 guests. Below that, inviting fewer people doesn’t lower the bill at these venues.
Cutting 20 guests takes $0 off the bill, even though they actually cost $3.9k — because of the minimum spend
A venue can set more than one.
What gets added at the end
Every pricing model carries them. At the 33 Hudson Valley venues that publish their fees, the middle result is 26%, with most landing between 8% and 33%.
Service charge14 venues
22%
The venue’s charge for its staff. Not a tip.
Administrative fee12 venues
23%
Charged instead of, or alongside, a service charge — and usually taxed as well.
Gratuity3 venues
20%
The tip that does reach the staff. Ask whether it replaces the service charge.
Sales tax28 venues
8.1%
Set by the state, and charged on the service charge too at most venues.
Named surcharges3 venues
20%
Operations, production, sustainability or a city fee.
Dots are sized by how many venues charge that rate. The gold line is the median rate, and every fee has its own scale: read the spread within a row, not across them.
Places worth a closer look
These examples include estates, farms, inns, and clubs, priced in different ways. Open a venue to see its pricing, capacity, spaces, vendor policies, and other planning details.
Monroe
Planning, rentals, and décor come with the venue
Ask for pricing
See pricing and policies
Chester · Up to 350 guests
You can bring your own caterer or use theirs
$75k+ · Venue + F&B Min.
See pricing and policies
Monroe · Up to 200 guests
Guests can stay on site, and the whole property is yours
$30k+ · Venue Fee Only
See pricing and policies
Walden · Up to 355 guests
Outdoor ceremony, with an indoor space if it rains
Under $15k · Venue + Bar Est.
See pricing and policies
Cortlandt Manor · Up to 180 guests
Helps you plan the whole wedding
Catering Est.
See pricing and policies
Highland · Up to 200 guests
Weekdays (Mon–Thu) cost 29% less than a Saturday
$10–15k · Venue Fee Only
See pricing and policies
Describe your guest count, your budget, and anything you can’t compromise on. See a ranked list of venues, with why each one fits, trade-offs, 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.
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.
