Estancia La Jolla Hotel and Spa 9700 North Torrey Pines Road • La Jolla • California 92037

Every wedding package at Estancia La Jolla Hotel and Spa in La Jolla, California, bundles the essentials: ceremony chairs and a sound system, dressing rooms, hors d'oeuvres, a plated dinner and a champagne toast. Your reception comes with tables, cocktail tables, chairs, china, glassware, flatware, linens and napkins, plus a dance floor depending on the space. You'll also get complimentary self-parking and an overnight stay for the two of you. Upgraded packages can add tableside wine service, an expanded bar, upgraded chairs and linens and charger plates. Plan separately for the 27% banquet fee and tax, and any vendors outside the resort, like your florist or photographer.

Yes, everything happens on the resort's 10 acres of gardens at Estancia La Jolla Hotel and Spa. The Garden Courtyard is the showpiece: two sweeping staircases lead down to a lawn and fountain, with room for a 420-guest ceremony. The Olive Lawn, framed by olive trees, seats 130 for a smaller ceremony. Then move inside to the La Jolla Ballroom, which seats 420 for dinner, or the Grande Room, which pairs with the Olive Lawn for up to 130 guests and opens onto a garden patio for cocktail hour.

Food and drink at Estancia La Jolla Hotel and Spa come from the resort's on-site catering team, and outside catering and alcohol aren't allowed. Other vendors, like your florist, photographer or band, are welcome, and each one needs to provide insurance. Need ideas? The resort keeps a preferred vendor list of pros it trusts, which is a great place to start.

At Estancia La Jolla Hotel and Spa in La Jolla, wedding packages run $225–$355 per person. Every package covers your ceremony setup, hors d'oeuvres, a plated dinner, a champagne toast, reception rentals, dressing rooms and an overnight stay for the two of you. Where you land in that range depends on the package: higher tiers can add tableside wine service, an expanded bar, upgraded chairs and linens and charger plates. A 27% banquet fee applies on top. Since pricing is per person, your guest count is the biggest lever on your total.

At Estancia La Jolla Hotel and Spa, the gardens are available from 10am to 10pm, and the ballrooms from 7am to 1am. Amplified music is fine indoors until midnight, so plan your garden ceremony and cocktail hour first, then move inside for dancing. If you want to keep the night going, the La Jolla Ballroom's patio and lawn can host a lounge, photo booth or late-night snacks.

Your guests can stay right at Estancia La Jolla Hotel and Spa, which has 210 guest rooms and suites, and yes, the resort sets up group room blocks. If you need more than 10 rooms a night, the weddings team can contract special group rates for you. The two of you get an overnight stay included with your package. Guests are about 15 miles from San Diego International Airport, and the resort is pet-friendly too.

Estancia La Jolla Hotel and Spa pairs a garden wedding with a full resort weekend. The 10-acre grounds hold more than 600 trees and 75 plant species around hacienda-style buildings, and the Garden Courtyard's twin staircases make for a grand entrance before a ceremony of up to 420. With 210 guest rooms, a full-service spa with bridal packages and a team that hosts rehearsal dinners, welcome receptions and farewell brunches, your guests can stay put from the first toast to the last mimosa.