for a Budget-Friendly Big Day Planning your nuptials on a budget? These affordable Long Island wedding venues offer elegance at fair prices.
When you're trying to save money on your wedding, you already know you might make or break your budget by selecting a venue. Long Island is considered to be a pretty precious wedding spot, with couples spending a lot on their wedding location. If you're doing your homework, though, it turns out there are some cheap wedding venues on Long Island that won't break the bank. Be mindful, though, that you will need to hold your wedding during the off-season or on a day that isn't Saturday, or invite fewer guests to take full advantage of lower prices — large weddings on Saturday nights during peak season (usually spring and fall) would inevitably cost more than smaller off-night weddings.
When you schedule your special day the right way, these affordable wedding venues on Long Island will cost less than average.
Restaurants are among Long Island's most affordable wedding locations and this Italian Garden City eatery is a favorite. You can rent out the main dining room or a private event venue, depending on the size of your party. There are many catering packages to choose from, including a $79 per person four hour party or a $89 per person five hour party (with a minimum of 100 guests). The modern restaurant has space for up to 200 guests, and your crew will love the food and comprehensive wine list for sure.
There's nothing like a wedding with water views but wedding venues on the waterfront appear to be pretty expensive. This wedding venue on the Bay Shore blends a lovely atmosphere with growing price points. Captain Bill's Bayview House is situated on the Great South Bay, and provides indoor and outdoor spaces for your big day. The Bayview Room boasts water views, cathedral windows and crystal candlesticks, while the smaller Waterview Room is suitable for smaller gatherings, including wedding dinners, bridal showers, and engagement parties. There is scope for up to 250 guests, and pricing starts at $82 per person for an all-inclusive wedding package (including cake!).
Looking for a beautiful and inexpensive wedding location, check out this cheap wedding location on Long Island, in West Hempstead. This venue provides many all-inclusive wedding packages for less than 100 guests beginning at $9,950 that will make the planning process a breeze — not only will such packages include location, full catering, food, wine and a wedding cake, they can also include lighting, DJ, limousine, and floral arrangements. There's space here for a ceremony and reception for up to 200 guests and you'll love the spacious ballroom, complete with marble dance floor, chandeliers and more. Garners winning venue for this Couples 'Choice Award raves for its delicious food and impeccable service.
The Garden This event space situated on the top floor of Croxley's, an ale house in Farmingdale (just an hour outside of New York City), is perfect for a laid-back wedding reception, rehearsal dinner, post-wedding brunch or shower. The retractable roof gives the space an outdoor-indoor look, and there is room for a seated dinner for up to 100 guests (150 if you have a cocktail-style reception). For up to 100 guests, four-hour wedding packages start at just $69.95 per person, including a location, buffet dinner, drinks, cake and dessert. You and your guests will enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of the venue, plus the opportunity to decorate the room to match your perfect vision of the wedding.
Presumably you think expensive when you hear of country club or golf course weddings. This is not the case at this wedding venue in Long Island, located in Port Washington. If you're hosting your wedding on a Friday, Sunday or Saturday morning, you'll enjoy lower prices on their wedding packages particularly during the off season. For example, for a Saturday morning or Sunday wedding in January or February, the venue's winter bundle starts at just $55 per person. To compare, for a Saturday night wedding, weddings during peak season (May-October) cost $130 per person. Ceremonies cost an estimated $750 in an outdoor ceremony, or $500 in an indoor event. This venue provides a magnificent outdoor space for gazebo-complete ceremonies, and a beautifully decorated Grand Ballroom for parties, with room for up to 250 guests.
This Couples 'Choice Award-winning cheap wedding venue on Long Island provides some of the most detailed wedding packages we've ever seen. Located in Patchogue on the South Shore, as your backdrop, you'll exchange your vows with the Long Island Sound, and your reception in the elegant ballroom. The wedding packages for the venue start at $10,999 for 100 guests, which includes not only location, catering, premium bar and a wedding cake, but also DJ entertainment, limo service, photography and custom floral centerpieces. This all-inclusive venue will add an absolute breeze to your planning process.
Check out this Long Island wedding venue located on Lake Ronkonkoma if you've always dreamed of a tropical resort wedding but want to live close by. The lake offers a serene setting for outdoor weddings, and even an indoor lakeside chapel for you to exchange "I dos" on your wedding day, if you would prefer. The ballroom will sleep up to 150 guests at weddings. For 100 guests, wedding packages start at $9,995, including location, catering, open bar, wedding cake, limousine service, photography, DJ, lighting, floral centerpieces, and more. And —- bonus! —Amazing grounds with lush gardens and waterfalls are perfect for romantic photo ops (and included!).
Location: Lindenhurst NY.