Hudson Bend Ranch 5102 Doss Road • Austin • Texas 78734

Every package at Hudson Bend Ranch in Austin, Texas, includes the Courtyard, Promenade, Cantina and Hideout for your ceremony, cocktail hour and reception, day-of use of the Casadecas house and Sunrise Casita for getting ready, and parking for 40 cars. The Single-Day Wedding and Juniper Package add Horseshoe Meadow, with its built-in Saloon bar and string-lit pasture, and the Laurel and Juniper packages include two nights of lodging for up to 20 people. You'll also get fifteen 5-foot round tables, ten 6-foot rectangular tables, 200 folding chairs, a sound system and covered cleaning fees. Tables and chairs are dropped off, not set up, and you'll pay separately for your vendors, event insurance and add-ons like heaters or ceremony benches.

Yes, the whole day happens on the ranch. You might say your vows in the Courtyard or on the Promenade, facing the Fountain, Pergola or Big Tree, move to the Cantina for cocktail hour, then celebrate in the Hideout or on the Promenade. With the Single-Day Wedding or Juniper Package, you can also hold the reception in Horseshoe Meadow, a short walk through the wildflower fields.

Yes, every package at Hudson Bend Ranch lets you bring in your own vendors, including your caterer, and you can bring your own alcohol, with built-in bars in the Cantina and Horseshoe Meadow. The venue does approve all wedding coordinators and planners. Let your caterer know the trash rule ahead of time: boxes are broken down and all trash, food included, is bagged and taken to the dumpster or the large lidded cans on the property.

Packages at Hudson Bend Ranch in Austin, Texas, start at $3,500 for a 9-hour Micro-wedding for up to 50 guests and $4,500 for a 12-hour Single-Day Wedding for up to 175 guests. The multi-day packages, which include two nights of lodging for up to 20 people, start at $7,000 for the Laurel (up to 50 guests) and $9,000 for the Juniper (up to 175 guests). What moves your price is the season, with March–May and September–November priced higher, and the day of the week. Plan on top for 6% hotel tax, event insurance of $125–$175, a $1,000 refundable damage deposit, your vendors and any add-ons.

The Micro-wedding gives you 9 hours at Hudson Bend Ranch and the Single-Day Wedding gives you 12, and those hours include setup and breakdown for all of your vendors. With the Laurel or Juniper Package, you're on the ranch for two nights, with check-in at 4pm and check-out at 10am. When the venue is free, a 1-hour rehearsal is included, typically the morning before.

Up to 24 people can sleep right on Hudson Bend Ranch across four places to stay. Casadecas has 5 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms and sleeps 16, the Sunrise Casita sleeps 4, and the La Rosa and Amaryllis Airstreams sleep 2 each. The Laurel and Juniper packages include two nights in Casadecas and Sunrise Casita for up to 20 people, and on their own, Casadecas is $1,250 a night, the Casita $250 and each Airstream $150, with a 2-night minimum. Check-in is 4pm and check-out is 10am.

Hudson Bend Ranch lets you turn your wedding into a weekend: the Laurel and Juniper packages give you two nights on the ranch for up to 20 people, with your rehearsal dinner, ceremony, cocktail hour and reception all on site. Every package lets you bring your own vendors, and the ranch is dog-friendly and LGBTQ+-friendly. It sits on five private acres in the Texas Hill Country near Lake Travis, with five celebration spaces, from the Courtyard to the string-lit Horseshoe Meadow, so your day can move around the property.