About an hour and a quarter from St. Petersburg
St. Pete has the waterfront, the museums, and the 1920s hotels. What it does not have is a flat all-inclusive price with the photographer and officiant inside it. Saxon Manor is 66 to 70 miles north, an hour and a quarter, with three climate-controlled venues and one published number.
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Is it worth the drive?
St. Petersburg venues price by the hour, by the plate, or by request. NOVA 535 rents at $695 to $1,295 an hour with catering from a preferred list. Sunken Gardens rents its spaces from $5,750 to $30,000 with approved caterers and a 15 percent service charge. Isla Del Sol runs $120 and up per person plus a $1,000 to $2,000 ceremony fee and a 23 percent service charge. The Don CeSar and the Vinoy quote by request. All of them are beautiful. None of them is one number.
The hour-and-a-quarter drive buys a private estate instead of a downtown room: oaks, a historic house, three venues on one property, an in-house team, and a price that was on the website before you called. Pinellas guests make it a day trip; family that stays over blocks the hotels at the Suncoast Parkway and Cortez Boulevard, on the way in.
Your other options
Downtown, NOVA 535 (historic 1920 event space, up to 300) at $695 to $1,295 an hour and Sunken Gardens (city-owned botanical garden, up to 200 in the tent) from $5,750 to $30,000 are rental model: the space, then your caterer, bar, photographer, DJ, cake, officiant, and planner. On the water, Isla Del Sol Yacht and Country Club and the beach resorts price per person with minimums and a 23 percent service charge. The Don CeSar and the Vinoy do not publish prices. The Floridian Social and the Urban Stillhouse list from about $10,000 on The Knot.
A per-person waterfront package at $120 for 150 guests is $18,000 in food and drink before the ceremony fee, the service charge, and six vendors. Saxon Manor’s Garden Room or Barn is $15,000 to $21,000 for up to 150 with the ceremony site, reception, coordinator, chefs, bar and staff, photographer, DJ, cake, and officiant in the number. Florals are separate. Compare the finished totals and decide whether the water is worth the difference.
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 St. Petersburg: I-275 north over the Howard Frankland Bridge, the Veterans Expressway to the Suncoast Parkway (tolled), exit 46 to SR 50 east into Brooksville. Or I-275 to I-75 north and exit 301. Calculators put it at 66 to 70 miles and 73 to 77 minutes in normal traffic. Check FDOT’s Howard Frankland lane-closure page the week of the wedding. 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 two hotels at the Suncoast Parkway and Cortez Boulevard interchange (a Holiday Inn Express and a Fairfield Inn, about eight miles west of the estate) are the ones to block for guests coming up I-275 and the Suncoast Parkway. Your coordinator sends current rates for your date.
Before you ask
About 66 to 70 miles and an hour and a quarter: I-275 over the Howard Frankland, the Veterans Expressway and Suncoast Parkway to exit 46, then SR 50 east. Most Pinellas guests drive up and back the same day.
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.
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
