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 handle the catering and the staff, 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 14 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?
Use − and + to reprice every figure below.
$35k
Typical estimate
The median cost for the Jersey Shore venues that include their own catering.
$21k–$54k
Typical range
Most venues here land somewhere in this range for a hundred guests.
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.
Every filled dot is one the Jersey Shore venue that can host 100 guests, shaded by its own estimate on the same scale as the New Jerseyguide'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 Jersey Shore venues fit your guest count and budget, and why
Guests
By budget and guest count
How many Jersey Shore 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 | $35k | 2 of 10 | 5 of 10 | 6 of 10 | 8 of 10 |
| 100 guests | $35k | 0 of 10 | 3 of 10 | 6 of 10 | 8 of 10 |
| 150 guests | $42k | 0 of 10 | 1 of 10 | 3 of 10 | 8 of 10 |
| 200 guests | $47k | 0 of 10 | 1 of 10 | 1 of 10 | 6 of 10 |
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, 2 more venues come in under $25,000 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 get the venue, food, and other vendors
A package covering the venue and food & beverage, plus at least three things you would otherwise hire and pay for yourself — a coordinator, a DJ, the florals, the cake, the invitations.
$35k
typical for the package
$21k–$35k
where 80% of these 2 venues land
And then you still buy
want the fewest decisions and the fewest separate contracts to sign.
What you’d still need to find out
Bundles differ a lot between venues so know exactly what you’re signing up for and what’s flexible.
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).
$42k
typical for venues with catering
$25k–$54k
where 80% of these 8 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.
The venue does the work, and your guests can stay the weekend. 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.
See venues with rooms on siteNearly 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.
See venues that fit your guest countOf the venues that say either way. Ask which hours they cover and who directs your vendors on the day.
See venues with a coordinatorIn service charges, admin fees, and tax. A service charge is not a tip to your servers, and it usually gets taxed too.
Compare full estimates, fees includedWhat kind of place
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.
5 of 14 venues here
Find venues like theseA 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.
4 of 14 venues here
Find venues like theseThe same wedding costs different amounts at a barn and at a hotel — and so does the shape of the bill. Three 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 country club / golf club earns it back on the menu; a beach charges you for the space.
Only the venues that price the room and the meal separately, with how many in brackets. Another 5 quote one package covering both, so there is no split to show for them.
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.
Set your date and compare pricesMost 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.
Compare full estimates for your guest countWind off the water can end an outdoor ceremony that rain would have survived. 57% 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.
See venues with a rain planof venues that say either way (12 here)
at least, of all venues (14 here)
at least, of all venues (14 here)
at least, of all venues (14 here)
a planner, insurance, security or similar, of all venues (14 here)
What affects the cost of your wedding
Wedding venue pricing is seasonal. 7 of the 14 Jersey Shore venues we track charge differently depending on the day, and 5 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.
9 of the 14 Jersey Shore 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.
7 of 9
would bill you above what your own 100 guests come to, by about $13k typically.
Most of them stop topping up from around 150 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 $3.2k — 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 9 Jersey Shore venues that publish their fees, the middle result is 30%, with most landing between 26% and 31%.
Service charge7 venues
22%
The venue’s charge for its staff. Not a tip.
Sales tax10 venues
6.6%
Set by the state, and charged on the service charge too at most venues.
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 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
Food & Bar Est.
See pricing and policies
Point Pleasant Beach
Helps you plan the whole wedding
Ask for pricing
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
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.
