The Eldred Preserve 1040 State Route 55 • Eldred • NY 12732

Booking The Eldred Preserve in Eldred gets you the Venue Experience: planning and timeline guidance, day-of venue staffing, in-house décor, tables, chairs, linens, a dance floor, basic preset lighting and standard AV. You also get a chef's tasting for up to four, a digital RSVP portal, and a complimentary Signature King Suite at The Bradstan for your wedding night. Food, bar, cake and the $750 ceremony fee are priced separately, and full-service planning, custom décor, advanced lighting and engagement shoots aren't included.

Yes, you can do both at The Eldred Preserve, and every outdoor ceremony site is within walking distance of the reception area. Choose from an outdoor amphitheater, a covered pavilion, the waterfront lawn or the indoor event space, then head to the formal event space and its open-air terraces for the reception. The outdoor ceremony fee is $750 and covers chair setup and breakdown, seating coordination and rehearsal planning, with a suggested size of 50–100 guests.

All food and drinks at The Eldred Preserve come from the venue itself: outside caterers, outside cakes and outside liquor aren't permitted. That includes your wedding cake, which starts at $600 and serves up to 100. The ceremony fee doesn't cover an officiant, altar or arch, florals, tenting or transportation. Vendor meals run about $55 each, and drones are allowed with advance approval, insurance and an FAA Part 107 certificate.

At The Eldred Preserve in Eldred, the Venue Experience runs $50–80 per person, set by day and season: a peak-season Saturday (June–October) is $80, and Monday–Thursday from November to April is $50. Food and drinks are added on top, with seated dinners at $60–115 per person, cocktail hour packages at $20–55, and five-hour open bars at $75 or $90. An outdoor ceremony is $750, and most food and beverage carries 8% tax and a 21% service fee. The formal event space has a 50-guest minimum, so you'll pay for 50 even with fewer. All in, a Friday or Sunday wedding for up to 50 guests runs about $14,000–24,000, and a Saturday wedding for 100 about $27,000–46,000.

You get five continuous hours for your event at The Eldred Preserve, and your wedding party can use the sitting rooms starting four hours before. Need more time to get ready? Access from 9am is available for $250 an hour. Vendors typically arrive no earlier than 9am, and everything has to be cleared out by 2am the following day. Amplified music is allowed indoors and outdoors, with some restrictions.

If the weather turns at The Eldred Preserve in Eldred, your ceremony moves indoors. The event coordinator makes the call with you at least four hours before the ceremony, and the move happens automatically when precipitation is forecast or temperatures get extreme. The ceremony sites include a covered pavilion and an indoor event space alongside the outdoor amphitheater and waterfront lawn, and every ceremony site is handicap-accessible. One thing to know: there are no refunds for rentals you don't end up using.

Your guests can stay right on the property at The Bradstan Boutique Hotel, which has 28 rooms, from standard rooms and Bradstan Jr. Suites to Signature Suites and cabins, all steps from the celebration spaces. Room blocks are optional, and the more rooms you reserve, the bigger the discount: 5% for 5–9 rooms, 10% for 10–17, 20% for 18–27, and 30% when you book all 28 for a full buyout. Friday and Saturday stays from June through October need two nights, and the discounts don't apply on major holiday weekends. Hotel guests get the pool, hot tub and Sunrise Lake, plus Wi-Fi and continental breakfast.

The Eldred Preserve's biggest draw is that your guests can stay where you celebrate: The Bradstan Boutique Hotel's 28 rooms sit steps from the ceremony and reception spaces, and a full buyout makes your group the only overnight guests on the property. The setting covers 35 acres in the Catskills, with access to Sunrise Lake and an adjoining 600-acre preserve. Weddings can stretch into a full weekend, from a welcome reception to a farewell brunch. It works for small groups too, with elopements, microweddings for 15–45 guests and celebrations of up to 100.