About an hour and ten minutes from Ocala
From Ocala the estate is 51 to 62 miles south, roughly an hour and five to ten minutes down I-75 or US-41. Ocala’s own venues are mostly clubs and hotels priced per person with a service charge on top; Saxon Manor is three venues on one estate at a published all-inclusive price.
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Is it worth the drive?
Marion County couples have good rooms to choose from and most of them price the same way: a rental fee, then a per-person food and beverage package, then a service charge of 20-plus percent, then the vendors you hire yourself. The total arrives in pieces. Saxon Manor prices the other way: one number for the venue, coordinator, chefs, bar and staff, photographer, DJ, cake, and officiant, and the number is on the website.
The drive is an hour, which is why Ocala couples who come here are usually the ones who priced the pieces first. The estate is a private, wooded property in downtown Brooksville with three climate-controlled venues, so the rain plan is a room and the ceremony and reception never depend on one space.
Your other options
Golden Ocala Golf and Equestrian Club publishes the clearest structure: a rental fee of $750 to $5,000, packages of $120 to $210 per person, food and beverage minimums from $5,000 to $45,000, and a 24 percent service charge. The Hilton Ocala’s Ocala Events venues offer all-inclusive packages (space, catering, hosted bar, coordination) without published prices. The Equestrian Manor at World Equestrian Center quotes custom packages by request; WeddingWire lists it from $14,000. The Country Club of Ocala lists from $7,400. Protea, the one barn venue in the set, and Enchanted Oaks Farm publish no pricing.
Run the club math at 120 guests: $150 a head is $18,000 in food and drink, plus the rental, plus 24 percent, plus photographer, DJ, cake, officiant, and a planner. Saxon Manor’s Barn is $15,000 to $21,000 for up to 150 with all of that in the price, and the Garden Room is the same range. Ask any venue for its inclusion list in writing, then compare the finished totals, not the first line.
Three venues, one estate
Luxury chic
Our largest space. Draped interiors, vintage detail and a private wooded setting — climate controlled, and built for a full guest list without ever feeling like a hall.
*The Barn can accommodate up to 200 guests maximum, and a $50 per person charge will be applied at any party size over 150.
Illuminated
Bright and light-filled, with garden views, an outdoor ceremony site in the butterfly garden, and enough light to photograph all afternoon.
Micro-wedding
A covered, climate-controlled corner of the estate for a smaller guest list with a bigger personality. Not a scaled-down wedding — a different one, chosen on purpose.
One number
The Barn and the Garden Room run $15,000 to $21,000 all-inclusive for up to 150 guests. The BoHo runs $9,500 to $12,500 for up to 55. Those numbers cover the ceremony site, the reception room, a coordinator, in-house chefs, bar and event staff, photographer, DJ, cake, and officiant. The full list is itemized here, and the pricing page explains where you land in the range. To see how that compares with other Florida venues, the all-inclusive comparison guide puts five side by side.
All three venues are climate controlled, and the rain plan moves your day indoors on the same estate at the same price. In Florida that is not a footnote.
Getting here
From Ocala: I-75 south to exit 301, then SR 50 (Cortez Boulevard) west into Brooksville, or US-41 south the whole way, which enters town as Broad Street. Calculators put it at 51 to 62 miles and 65 to 70 minutes in normal traffic; the spread is the two routes. We are in downtown Brooksville, 45 minutes from Tampa and 90 from Orlando.
Parking is on site. Ceremony and reception are on the same grounds, so nobody drives between them. The guest planning page covers accessibility, dietary needs, and timing for people driving home in the dark.
For family staying over, the hotel cluster at I-75 exit 301 on Cortez Boulevard (a Hampton Inn, a Holiday Inn Express, a Quality Inn, and a Microtel, ten to eleven miles east of the estate) is the one to block for guests coming down I-75 from Ocala. Your coordinator sends current rates for your date.
Before you ask
About 51 to 62 miles and an hour and five to ten minutes, depending on whether you take I-75 to exit 301 or US-41 straight down. Parking is on site and the ceremony and reception are on the same grounds.
The Barn and the Garden Room run $15,000 to $21,000 all-inclusive for up to 150 guests. The BoHo runs $9,500 to $12,500 for up to 55. Where you land depends on guest count and date, and you get your exact number on the tour.
Your day moves indoors on the same estate at the same price. All three venues are climate controlled and your coordinator makes the call while you are getting ready.
Florida gives you four kinds of place: the Gulf and Atlantic beaches, the Keys, the Orlando resorts, and the inland estates and ranches north of Tampa. The beaches and resorts price by the plate and depend on the weather; the inland venues are where all-inclusive packages and climate-controlled rooms live. Saxon Manor is one of those, in Brooksville, 45 minutes from Tampa, with three venues on one estate and published prices from $9,500 to $21,000.
The Knot’s 2026 Real Weddings Study puts the national average at $34,200 for 117 guests, about $292 a guest, which makes roughly $29,000 the national midpoint for 100. At Saxon Manor a 100-guest wedding in the Barn or Garden Room sits inside the $15,000 to $21,000 all-inclusive range, with florals, dress, rings, and honeymoon on top.
Generally the months venues are asked for least: in Florida that tends to be the hot, wet stretch from July through September, plus January outside the holidays. At Saxon Manor the range works the same way: a smaller guest list on a less-requested date sits at the low end, and you get the exact number for your date on the tour.
Booking 2027 & 2028
A tour takes about an hour. You’ll see all three venues, the Bridal Suites, and leave with real pricing for your date and guest count — not a brochure.
103 S Saxon Ave., Brooksville, FL 34601 · 45 minutes from Tampa · 90 minutes from Orlando
