Snow on the roofline, every window lit, and 400 acres of the Blue Ridge Mountains with nobody else on them. Our new manor estate in North Carolina’s High Country has a grand event hall built around a wood-burning fireplace, and it seats 150. Four more of our newest estates follow it: a streamside retreat by Green Lakes State Park, a Bel Air estate above the fairways, a Tulum jungle lodge, and a courtyard villa steps from Jaco Beach. The rest of the tour questions are in The October Check-In below. Rent the whole place from $7,600+. | | Featured Estate |  | Jefferson, North Carolina | Guests 150 • Sleeps 28 • From $23,500+ |
A brick English manor sits on roughly 400 private acres of the High Country, with streams, ponds and woodland running out to the mountain views. The Grand Event Hall seats 150 under chandeliers and timber, a deck off the hall handles cocktail hour, and the wedding party gets ready inside the manor. Fourteen bedrooms keep 28 of your people on the grounds all weekend, with a sauna, a steam room and a fire pit for the nights in between. |
| | The October Check-In | Four More Questions Before You Sign | Earlier this month we covered four of the eight questions on our free planning checklist. Here are the other four. Ask them on every tour. | Question Five On-site lodging that fits your group Are there enough beds for the wedding party and close family? Count bedrooms, then ask how many people they really sleep. The manor above has 14 bedrooms and sleeps 28. | Question Six Exclusive, private use Is the property yours alone, with no other events on the grounds? Ask about the whole stay, not just the wedding day. | Question Seven More than one event space Where does the welcome dinner happen, where do the vows happen, and where does everyone dance? Ask to see a separate spot for each. | Question Eight Planning support Is a coordinator or planner included with the stay? Ask who answers your questions before the weekend, and who is there on the day. | A four page PDF. A venue comparison sheet for your tours, the eight questions to ask before you sign, and all 46 planning steps counted back from your date. |
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| Also New To WedStay | Central New York, Bel Air, Tulum and Jaco Beach |  | Fayetteville, New York Event Guests 50 | Sleeps 6 | From $7,600+ |
A minute from Green Lakes State Park, this three bedroom house sits on a lawn between old trees and a private stream. Say your vows streamside, eat dinner on the deck, and finish the night around the fire pit. The cedar sauna and cold plunge are there for the wedding morning. |
 | Bel Air, California Event Guests 50 | Sleeps 12 | From $10,400+ |
A Mediterranean hillside estate looks out over the fairways of the Los Angeles Country Club. Vows on the garden lawn, cocktails beside a grotto pool with stone waterfalls, dinner on the terraces as the landscape lights come on. Six bedrooms sleep 12, minutes from Beverly Hills. |
 | Tulum, Mexico Event Guests 40 | Sleeps 19 | From $9,200+ |
Separate lodges connected by jungle paths, all opening onto one infinity pool in Tulum’s La Veleta neighborhood. A yoga pavilion waits for the morning after, and the open-air rooms let the jungle in. Tulum Centro and the beach road are minutes away. |
 | Jaco, Costa Rica Event Guests 50 | Sleeps 16 | From $13,800+ |
Archways, covered balconies and a private pool, inside a gated beachfront villa resort steps from the sand. Sunset cocktails happen on the rooftop sundeck with the Pacific in view. Surfboards and paddleboards come with the villa. |
| Dreaming of a specific corner of the world? We add estates every month. Tell us where you want to celebrate. Run the numbers with our budget planner or browse every estate. Missed an issue? Read every past newsletter on our site. | | From The Journal |  | A wedding photographer walks through what they check on every venue tour: where the light comes from, how high the ceilings are, where the sun sits at ceremony time. Take it on your next tour, along with the four questions above. Read The Guide → |
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