Vermont wedding venues, compared on the facts they publish

Maximum guest counts stated for the listed venues. Room and seating arrangements are detailed in each venue record.

Basin Harbor

300.

Jay Peak Resort

250.

The Essex Resort & Spa

350.

The Inn at the Round Barn…

200.

Trapp Family Lodge

250.

Woodstock Inn & Resort

225.

Mountain Top Resort

250.

The Equinox Resort

300.

The Barn at Boyden Farm

150.

Stowe Mountain Resort

350.

The Wilburton Inn

200.

Shelburne Vineyard

152.

Killington Resort

300.

The Wildflower Inn

200.

Sugarbush Resort

250.

Twin Farms

60.

Harpoon Brewery: Windsor …

200.

Sterling Ridge Resort

150.

Stratton Mountain Resort

200.

Mount Snow

300.

Okemo Mountain Resort

225.

Sleepy Hollow

165.

Retreat Farm

250.

The Old Gray Barn

200.

Hotel Champlain

600.

Riverside Farm

500.

Zenbarn

200.

The Grafton Inn

150.

Community Sailing Center

150.

The Barn at Top of The Wo…

170.

The Lilac Inn

200.

The Mansfield Barn

200.

Lareau Farm

150.

Farm Road Estate

300.

The Middlebury Inn

110.

Lake Morey Resort

250.

Stoweflake Mountain Resort

150.

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Compare venues by type

Barns, lakefront, inns and resorts, mountain properties and historic estates: what each type's real requirements are, and every verified venue in it.

Choose a region first

What changes between Vermont's wedding regions: guest travel, lodging supply, and the applicable local tax for the actual event address and purchase.

Understand the cost structure

Site fee, per-person package, minimum spend and tax: the components to separate when those charges apply, and the published figures for each.

Plan the Vermont-specific parts

The marriage license, who may legally officiate, how alcohol is served, and the seasonal windows venues state.

Vermont wedding calculators

Catering tax, venue capacity matching and the 60-day marriage license deadline: computed from published rates, never estimated.

Vermont wedding vendors

What each vendor category’s price turns on, and which decisions your venue has already made for you.

Plan the whole weekend

Guest lodging, the rehearsal dinner, welcome and farewell events, and what out-of-town guests need to know.

Alcohol rule

11 of 45; Whether you can bring your own bar is ordinarily decided by the venue's catering rule, not by you.

Music or end time

7 of 45; An earlier cut-off than you assumed changes the number of band sets you are paying for, and the shape of the evening.

Minimum spend

4 of 45; A floor on catering spend that applies whether or not your guest list reaches it.

Rain plan

9 of 45; At lawn-first venues the indoor alternative is often smaller, so the plan is a capacity cut.

One venue everybody still lists

Shelburne Farms appears on Vermont wedding directories and inspiration galleries throughout. Its own website says something different:.

We are not booking weddings at the Inn or Coach Barn for the foreseeable future.

Venues change what they do, and a listing copied from another listing keeps advertising what the venue has stopped offering. Check the venue's own page before you plan around it.

Do you cover vendors as well as venues?

Yes, but as decision guides instead of listings: see vendors for why there are no vendor listings.

Is the information on Vermont marriage law legal advice?

No. It summarizes and links the state's own published guidance so you can confirm it with the town clerk who will issue your license.

My venue is listed and something is wrong. What now?

Tell us through the corrections page and we will re-read your site and fix it. There is never a charge to be corrected or removed.

All venue types; Every verified venue, grouped by the requirements that come with the type.

Which Vermont venues publish their prices

How many of the nine facts each venue states, and which ones they leave out.