Looking for destination wedding ideas for ~70 guests, Preferred Date: Fall 2029

Hi everyone! My fiancé and I are starting to seriously look into destination wedding options for fall 2029, and I’d love to hear from anyone who has planned or attended a destination wedding.

We’re expecting around 70 guests total. Ideally, we’d love for everyone to be able to stay on-site, but we’re also fine with having our core group of 36 stay at the venue and having everyone else stay at a hotel or other accommodations within about a 15-minute drive.

We’re hoping to keep the wedding around $35,000 or less. We know that can be a little ambitious for a destination wedding, especially with 70 people, but we’re trying to find a location where we can get the most for our money. We’re also planning pretty far in advance, so we’re hoping that gives us some time to save and spread out the costs.

Here’s basically what we’re looking for:

• Preferably Europe, but we’re definitely open to other locations.
• Fall 2029, but we’re flexible on the exact date.
• Around 70 guests.
• Ideally, accommodations for everyone on-site, but 36 on-site + the rest within about 15 minutes would work too.
• Ideally $35K or less (this may not exist lol).
• We love historic estates, châteaux, villas, castles, manors, etc. Basically anything that feels a little more unique and romantic than a typical hotel ballroom.
• Not a beach wedding. My fiancé is not a beach guy (I know, what is wrong with him).
• Somewhere that isn’t too difficult for our guests to get to from the U.S. would obviously be a plus.

We’re still in the research phase, so I’d love to hear about specific venues, countries, or areas that you think we should look into. Especially interested in places where you actually had your wedding or have been to one.

TLDR: If you had a destination wedding in Fall 2029 with around 70 guests and a budget of $35K or less, where did you get married and what did you end up spending? I’d also love to hear about anywhere you’d recommend avoiding.