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Wedding Information and Requirments

The Manor Inn and Castine, Maine are great settings for a small to medium sized wedding. The picturesque town has several small hotels and accommodations that provide enough lodging for up to 150 guests.  In addition, rental properties are available. 

Castine has four churches: Catholic, Episcopal, Unitarian and Trinitarian.  One of our “parks,” Fort Madison, has a view of Castine Bay and Cape Rosier and is often a ceremony site of choice.   Some find the lighthouse grounds or the lawn of The Manor Inn to be a great place for a ceremony. Many have married in the living room of The Manor Inn, which accommodates smaller gatherings. When the bride and the groom reside out of state, a marriage certificate has to be issued in Maine. Our town office will be very helpful in arranging this.

When booking a wedding from the end of May to Mid-October, there are several activities for your guests.  Golf, tennis, boating, kayaking, hiking and biking are available in Castine.  We have yoga classes here at The Manor Inn throughout the year and we can arrange facials and massages for you and your wedding party.

The Manor Inn has several years of experience with wedding events and can guide you during the process of planning your reception.  Depending upon the size of the wedding and the type of food and beverage service you would like, we customize the menu and bar to your desires.

Requirements for booking a wedding event a The Manor Inn:

A typical wedding reception sequence at The Manor inn: (Note: We are always open to your ideas as to how you would like your event to be organized; this is just an example.)

Cocktail Hour—Usually last about one hour. Gives time for your guest to gather. Hors d’oeuvres can be passed and/or offered at a stationery location(s). If you want to provide drinks for your guests, you may do so with a variety of combinations such as, full bar, partial bar offering, beer and wine only—other drinks cash, non alcoholic punches, etc.

Buffet Style Dinner—Usually last for 1-1/2 hours depending upon the number of guests. Most of the dinners are served buffet style, because it offers the guest a variety of selections without having to ask your guest to choose at the time of RSVP. For groups of 30 or more this works well; for less than 30 people, a plated service is suggested.

Our library is configured so that there is a good flow for the guest to plate their food and then be seated.

For large groups over 100, we have placed stations around, so that food would be available in different areas. This is more casual and the food has to be less formal; however, we have done this on several occasions and the results have been good.

Plated Dinner—For a more formal sit-down dinner, we offer plated service.This is where an offering of two choices of entrées would be sent with the Wedding Reception invitation.

Champagne Toast—A time for the remarks from the best man and is often done just before the cake cutting, but it may be just before dinner.  Sometimes, it is eliminated altogether.

Cake Cutting—We do not make formal wedding cakes; but have many times supplied dessert cakes.  We can supply you with some names of cake makers. We do charge for cutting and plating “provided by other” cake.

 First Dance—If music is part of the program, then the bride and groom begin this portion of the party.  We had several different music venues here from small bands playing jazz to larger 7 piece bands planing swing or rock.  DJs also offer another alternative.

Cancellation polity—In the unlikely event that the wedding is canceled, all or some of the deposits maybe forfeited depending upon the time of the cancellation.

If you need assistance with local florist, musicians or photographers, we can supply a list for you to contact on your own.  We can suggest only those who have been here at The Manor Inn and participated in previous weddings.

Here are some numbers that might be helpful:

Town of Castine	207 326 4502
Castine Unitarian Church	207 326 9083
Trinity Episcopal Church	207 326 4180
Trinitarian Parish Church-UCC	207 326 9486
Our Landy of Hope Catholic Church	207 326 8228
The Northrop Cottage-Joan Drake	207 781 9817
Jean Russell Website: www.veronaislandflowers.com	207 469 7967 email:veronaislandflowers@yahoo.com
Cullen Schneider Fairwinds Florist Blue Hill, ME	207 374 5621 800 339 5621
Bah's Bake House--wedding cakes	207 326 9510
Sweet Sensations Rockport, ME	207 230 0955 www.mainesweets.com
Blue Moon Body Treatments: massages, etc	207 326 4683 or 326 460 4675
Mandi Blackwood: Manicure and Pedicure	207 326 4711
Spa at The Manor Inn- facials, manicures, pedicures, massages and body treatments, yoga and special dietary requirements	207 326 4861