Hotels answer the two questions every mansion couple eventually asks: where do 200 guests sleep, and where does the party go after 11. These five range from a 20 room Gilded Age house where the Cliff Walk begins to a 232 room grande dame on Bellevue Avenue.
Buyouts are the fine print here. The Chanler requires all 20 of its rooms for two nights on weekend weddings, on top of roughly $40,000 in site fees and a $55,000 food and beverage minimum, while The Vanderbilt sells full 33 room buyouts. At the friendlier end, Hotel Viking packages run around $175 per guest and the Atlantic Resort starts near $12,500. Festival weekends erase courtesy room blocks, so lock housing early.
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Twenty rooms at the head of the Cliff Walk; weekend weddings buy out all of them for two nights, with tented lawns to about 200 and a food and beverage floor of $55,000.
On Bellevue Avenue since 1926, with a 250 seat ballroom, the 1859 Kay Chapel for vows, a rooftop for cocktails, and packages around $175 per guest.
Auberge runs this 1909 mansion a block off the harbor: garden receptions to 125, a roof deck over the masts, full 33 room buyouts, every proposal custom built.
Boutique rooms on the island's north end; the Telltale Room holds 125, fees run $450 to $1,850, and the pool and solarium make it the smart welcome party bet.
Two pavilion ballrooms near Easton's Beach combine for over 8,000 square feet, seat 300 plus, and come with all inclusive packages from about $12,500 and 142 rooms.
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