Poconos & Lehigh Valley venue guide
Updated
From the mountain resorts and lodges of the Poconos to the historic hotels and clubs of Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton, this corner of Pennsylvania is where guests are most likely to stay the night. It's also one of the more affordable parts of the state.
We've gathered details on 13 Poconos and Lehigh 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.
$22k
Typical estimate
The median cost for the Poconos & Lehigh Valley venues that include their own catering.
$18k–$24k
Typical range
A narrow range. Resorts, lodges, and clubs here price close to one another.
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 the Poconos & Lehigh Valley 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 the Poconos & Lehigh Valley venues fit your guest count and budget, and why
Guests
By budget and guest count
How many Poconos & Lehigh 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 | $13k | 5 of 8 | 8 of 8 | 8 of 8 | 8 of 8 |
| 100 guests | $22k | 1 of 7 | 7 of 7 | 7 of 7 | 7 of 7 |
| 150 guests | $28k | 1 of 7 | 1 of 7 | 6 of 7 | 7 of 7 |
| 200 guests | $36k | 0 of 6 | 1 of 6 | 2 of 6 | 6 of 6 |
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.
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).
$22k
typical for venues with catering
$18k–$24k
where 80% of these 7 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.
$9.3k
typical for the venue rental
$9.3k–$9.3k
where 80% of these 1 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.
A weekend in the mountains, at a lower price. Half the venues here have rooms for guests, far more than the rest of Pennsylvania, so the wedding can easily become a weekend. Nearly all provide a coordinator, and most say what happens if it rains. Prices start lower than elsewhere, though more gets added on top of the quote, so add up the fees before you compare.
Right on the property, compared with 26% across Pennsylvania.
See venues with rooms on siteOf the venues that say either way. Most help plan the whole wedding.
See venues with a coordinatorOf the venues here, compared with 52% across Pennsylvania.
See venues with a rain planTypical service charges, admin fees, and tax, compared with 26% across Pennsylvania.
Compare full estimates, fees includedWhat kind of place
Skytop, Shawnee, Bear Creek, and other Pocono resorts with rooms, a restaurant, and mountain views. Ask about a block of rooms, minimum stays, and how much you need to spend on food and drinks.
4 of 13 venues here
Find venues like theseA farm retreat, barns, and golf clubs, from the Delaware River to the Lehigh Valley, often at the lowest prices in the area. Ask what the package includes and what you bring yourself.
6 of 13 venues here
Find venues like theseHotel Bethlehem, a castle outside Reading, and restored spaces in Allentown and Easton. Ask how the ceremony and reception fit in the building and where guests will park.
5 of 13 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. 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 resort earns it back on the menu; a barn / farm charges you for the space.
Only the venues that price the room and the meal separately, with how many in brackets. Another 1 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.
Before you tour
Many venues here have rooms, but a room count isn't a guest count. Ask how many people can stay, whether there's a minimum stay or room block, and where everyone else will sleep.
See venues with rooms on siteThe Pocono resorts feel like a getaway, while the Lehigh Valley is closer to Philadelphia and New York and easier for guests driving in for the evening. Decide which you want before you tour.
See venues across the regionPrices start lower here, but service charges and tax add more on top than in most of Pennsylvania. Add them to each quote, then ask about rooms, overtime, and parking.
Compare full estimates for your guest countof venues that say either way (10 here)
at least, of all venues (13 here)
at least, of all venues (13 here)
at least, of all venues (13 here)
a planner, insurance, security or similar, of all venues (13 here)
What affects the cost of your wedding
Wedding venue pricing is seasonal. 5 of the 13 Poconos & Lehigh Valley 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.
6 of the 12 Poconos & Lehigh 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.
3 of 6
would bill you above what your own 100 guests come to, by about $16k typically.
At your guest count most of these floors are already met, so at most of these venues what you spend is what you chose. The ones that don’t clear are the first to ask about.
Cutting 20 guests takes $1.7k off the bill, even though they actually cost $3.5k — 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 Poconos & Lehigh Valley venues that publish their fees, the middle result is 28%, with most landing between 26% and 28%.
Service charge8 venues
22%
The venue’s charge for its staff. Not a tip.
Sales tax9 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 area's resorts, farms, clubs, and historic spaces, priced in different ways. Open a venue to see its pricing, capacity, spaces, vendor rules, and other planning details.
Allentown
Planning, rentals, and décor come with the venue
$15–25k · Venue Fee + Catering
See pricing and policies
Milford · Up to 170 guests
Guests can stay on site, and the whole property is yours
$5–10k · Venue Fee Only
See pricing and policies
Palmerton · Up to 250 guests
Outdoor ceremony, with an indoor space if it rains
$15–25k · Venue Fee + Catering
See pricing and policies
Easton
Helps you plan the whole wedding
Under $15k · Venue Fee + Catering
See pricing and policies
Stroudsburg · Up to 350 guests
Planning and décor come with the venue
Food & Bar Est.
See pricing and policies
Macungie · Up to 250 guests
Guests can stay on site
$15–25k · 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.
