A farmstay wedding, start to finish — our honest guide

Farmstay weddings have a moment. 60 guests, two days, one beautiful property, everyone under the same roof. But there's a lot of bad advice on Instagram about how this works.

Realistic budget

For 60 guests over two days at a tier-1 farmstay (pool, proper kitchen, enough bathrooms):

• Venue (full buyout): ₹3–6 lakh
• Catering: ₹1,800–₹3,500 per person per day
• Decor: ₹1.5–4 lakh
• Mehendi + sangeet + wedding function setups: ₹2.5–5 lakh total
• Mandap + pheras setup: ₹80k–2 lakh
• Total landed cost: ₹12–25 lakh for a ‘small’ wedding

Anyone quoting half of this is cutting corners somewhere you'll notice.

Timeline

• 6 months out: Shortlist 4–5 properties, visit 2, block one.
• 4 months out: Lock caterer, decorator, photographer.
• 2 months out: Sound, mandap, bar (if alcohol), local permits.
• 1 month out: Final headcount, menu tasting, room allocation.
• Week of: Light test, rehearsal, breathe.

The three mistakes we see most

1. Underbooking rooms. If the property has 12 rooms and your headcount is 60, you need a second property within 10 minutes. Not an hour.
2. Not asking about noise cutoff. Many farms shut down loud music at 10 or 11pm for local permits. Find out before.
3. Assuming the caretaker can run the wedding. They can't. You need a proper wedding planner — budget 10% of total.

Juxtravel's wedding properties

We maintain a shortlist of 30 properties across India specifically graded for wedding capability — full buyout, catering kitchen, generator, guest rooms, and (crucially) permissive local administration. Message us on WhatsApp and we'll send you the shortlist with a costing for your dates.