Bucks County venue guide
Updated
Bucks County runs from the river town of New Hope to farm inns and country clubs north of Philadelphia. It's the priciest part of southeastern Pennsylvania, and more venues here have rooms for guests than in the rest of the southeast, so a wedding here often doubles as a weekend away.
We've gathered details on 11 Bucks County 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.
$32k
Typical estimate
The median cost for Bucks County venues that include their own catering.
$16k–$53k
Typical range
A wide range, from country clubs at the low end to the New Hope inns at the top.
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, rentals, and rooms will all change the final total.
Every filled dot is one Bucks County venue that can host 100 guests, shaded by its own estimate on the same scale as the Pennsylvaniaguide's map; grey ones don't publish a venue-with-catering price. Outlined dots are venues in neighbouring regions.
Narrow it down
See which Bucks County venues fit your guest count and budget, and why
Guests
By budget and guest count
How many Bucks County 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 | $32k | 3 of 8 | 4 of 8 | 6 of 8 | 6 of 8 |
| 100 guests | $32k | 1 of 8 | 3 of 8 | 6 of 8 | 6 of 8 |
| 150 guests | $43k | 0 of 7 | 2 of 7 | 3 of 7 | 5 of 7 |
| 200 guests | $57k | 0 of 7 | 0 of 7 | 2 of 7 | 3 of 7 |
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, 1 more venue comes in under $15,000 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).
$32k
typical for venues with catering
$16k–$53k
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.
A weekend by the river, with more to add up. Bucks County gives you a small-town weekend within reach of Philadelphia and New York. It also adds more on top of the quoted price than most of Pennsylvania, and very few venues here say what happens to an outdoor ceremony if it rains. Budget for the fees and get the weather answer in writing.
Typical service charges, admin fees, and tax, compared with 26% across Pennsylvania.
Compare full estimates, fees includedRight on the property, compared with 26% across Pennsylvania.
See venues with rooms on siteOf the venues here, compared with 52% across Pennsylvania. Ask every venue directly.
See venues with a rain planWhat kind of place
Inns, hotels, and restaurants on the Delaware in New Hope, some with rooms upstairs. The top of the price range, and the most in demand. Ask how many rooms you get and what winter dates cost.
4 of 11 venues here
Find venues like theseA riverside mansion, a farm inn, and a lodge in the woods, several yours alone for the event. Ask how many guests can stay and where you go if it rains.
4 of 11 venues here
Find venues like theseClubs in the lower county with a ballroom, a lawn, and a kitchen on site, and the lowest prices in the area. Ask what the package includes and whether another event could be on the property.
2 of 11 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. Two 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.
Before you tour
Some Bucks County venues publish much lower prices outside the busy months. In January and February, River House at Odette's is 50% less, The Inn at Barley Sheaf Farm is 33% less, and Cascade Lodge is 23% less than in its busiest months. If you're open to a winter date, ask every venue for its prices by month.
Set your date and compare pricesAdd the service charge, admin fee, and tax to each quote before you compare. Then ask about extras no estimate includes, like overtime, parking, and rooms for your guests.
Compare full estimates for your guest countMost venues here don't say what happens if it rains. Ask where the ceremony would move, whether that space fits all your guests, and who pays if a tent has to be rented.
See venues with a rain planof venues that say either way (9 here)
at least, of all venues (11 here)
at least, of all venues (11 here)
at least, of all venues (11 here)
a planner, insurance, security or similar, of all venues (11 here)
What affects the cost of your wedding
Wedding venue pricing is seasonal. 7 of the 11 Bucks County venues we track charge differently depending on the day, and 7 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.
6 of the 11 Bucks County 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.
5 of 6
would bill you above what your own 100 guests come to, by about $25k 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 $4.6k — 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 8 Bucks County venues that publish their fees, the middle result is 31%, with most landing between 22% and 31%.
Service charge3 venues
20%
The venue’s charge for its staff. Not a tip.
Administrative fee4 venues
24%
Charged instead of, or alongside, a service charge — and usually taxed as well.
Sales tax7 venues
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 examples cover the county's inns, estates, lodges, and clubs, priced in different ways. Open a venue to see its pricing, capacity, spaces, vendor rules, and other planning details.
Bensalem · Up to 350 guests
Planning, rentals, and décor come with the venue
$15–25k · Venue Fee + Catering
See pricing and policies
Kintnersville · Up to 140 guests
Guests can stay on site, and the whole property is yours
$25–35k · Venue + F&B Min.
See pricing and policies
Kintnersville
Helps you plan the whole wedding
Food & Bar Est.
See pricing and policies
Jamison · Up to 240 guests
Planning, rentals, and décor come with the venue
$15–25k · Venue Fee + Catering
See pricing and policies
Holicong · Up to 200 guests
Guests can stay on site, and the whole property is yours
Catering Est.
See pricing and policies
New Hope
Helps you plan the whole wedding
$50–75k · 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.
