Park Hyatt Aviara Resort 7100 Aviara Resort Drive • Carlsbad • CA 92011

At Park Hyatt Aviara in Carlsbad, the Aviara wedding package includes a 4-hour select open bar, three passed hors d'oeuvres, a champagne toast, a chilled starter, a choice of two entrées plus a vegetarian option, wine service during dinner and a wedding cake. The cake is a two-tier faux show cake decorated by your florist, with a custom cake available for an extra fee. Packages don't include the venue rental, the 26% staff and house charge or sales tax, and food and beverage minimums apply. Your events specialist can help you compare the three package levels.

Yes, you can do it all at Park Hyatt Aviara. Outdoor options include The Gardens (up to 600), with Pacific Coast and sunset views, the Heron Lawn (up to 1,000), the Palmer Pavilion (up to 130), the Secret Garden (up to 80) and two fireplace terraces, Avalon (160) and Laviana (80). Indoors, there's the Grand Ballroom (up to 600), the Aviara Ballroom (180) with its private courtyard, and the California Salon (200), which opens onto a private terrace. You can also hold a sunset reception outdoors overlooking the 18th green of the Aviara Golf Course.

Catering and alcohol at Park Hyatt Aviara are handled in-house, and the resort keeps a preferred vendor list for the rest of your team. If you're planning a cultural or religious celebration, outside catering is allowed for a fee, and the resort will help you work your traditions and customs into the day. The culinary team also makes custom tiered cakes. Ask your events specialist about the outside catering fee early if that's part of your plan.

At Park Hyatt Aviara in Carlsbad, plan on two main costs: a venue rental of $10,500–$21,000, which goes up with your guest count, and a per-person wedding package. Packages run $305 per guest for The Aviara, $335 for The Mariposa and $385 for The Blue Heron, plus a 26% staff and house charge and sales tax. Food and beverage minimums apply as well. Your guest count is the biggest lever, since it moves both the rental and the package total. If you're planning something small, the elopement package is built for up to 25 guests with a $2,000 food and beverage minimum, for weddings within 3 months of booking. Request a quote for your date to see your all-in number.

Your guests can stay right at Park Hyatt Aviara, and out-of-town guests can get special room rates and valet parking pricing. As newlyweds, you'll get a complimentary one-night stay in a honeymoon suite. The resort makes it easy to turn the trip into a weekend, with championship golf, tennis and pickleball at the Aviara Racquet Club, poolside cabanas, Topgolf Swing Suites and the Miraval Life in Balance Spa, which offers celebration packages for groups of 5 or more. Ask your events specialist to set up your room block when you book.

Park Hyatt Aviara sits on a bluff above Batiquitos Lagoon and the Carlsbad coastline, with ceremony and reception spaces spread across more than 250 acres. It's built for big weddings, with the Heron Lawn holding up to 1,000 and the Grand Ballroom up to 600, but small weddings work too through the elopement package for up to 25 guests. You can celebrate overlooking the 18th green of the Aviara Golf Course, put guests up on-site and keep everyone busy with golf, the racquet club and the Miraval spa. The resort also welcomes cultural weddings, with outside catering allowed for cultural and religious celebrations.