Wedding venue · Guerneville, California · Sonoma
Dawn Ranch
Heads up
Dawn Ranch requires a full-service wedding planner for all packages and does not offer in-house planning or restrict vendors for florists, bands, or cake. All outdoor music ends at 10pm. Lodging is required for all packages and is not included in the venue fee. Tenting is required for outdoor events in April, May, and October. A 24% service charge and tax are additional to food and beverage minimums.
Cost breakdown
Every venue is priced across the same four buckets plus its required fees, so silence never reads as "free." A flat amount, like a food and beverage minimum, doesn't change with guest count.
Flat site fee as disclosed in the packet.
$30,000
$19,500 – $29,250 ($195/guest)
$7,800 – $11,700 ($78/guest)
$3,800 – $5,700 ($38/guest)
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Required fees and taxes
Required for all wedding packages. Venue does not offer in-house planning and does not lock clients into vendor lists.
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This is a combined Friday & Saturday minimum of $550 per guest for the 'Exclusive Wedding Weekend'. Other packages have different per-guest minimums: Orchard ($490), Weekday ($330), Winter ($330), Micro ($255).
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24% service charge applied to food and beverage minimums. Tax is additional.
$6,552 – $9,828 (24% of food & beverage)
Required for outdoor events booked in April, May, and October as part of rain contingency plan.
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Solid figures are stated in the venue's own packet. Light italic figures are flat market-rate placeholders filled in where the venue disclosed nothing — rough, not researched benchmarks.
From couples who toured
Real photos from members who visited in person. Nothing here is staged or from the venue.