A wedding at golden hour at Perry City Manors, with the barn, tent and farmhouse in the Finger Lakes

Trumansburg, New York

Married Among the Pines

An intimate Finger Lakes wedding retreat where your closest people celebrate — and stay — together for the whole weekend.

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Our Own Wedding Happened Here

We know what this weekend feels like

We're Lex and Shona. We were married beneath these pines and celebrated in the wildflower meadow just beyond them — the same ground we now offer to other couples.

That's the reason Perry City Manors doesn't work like a conventional venue. There's no ballroom, no rigid timeline, no next wedding waiting in the parking lot. There's a quiet stretch of Finger Lakes woods and meadow, a few houses full of the people you love most, and enough room in the weekend for the slow morning coffee, the long dinner, and the last conversation by the fire.

The photographs on this page are from our wedding day.

Lex and Shona walking back down the aisle on their wedding day Lex and Shona among the goldenrod and wildflowers

Three Ways to Celebrate

However your weekend takes shape

Couples use the property in three different ways — and you don't have to hold your wedding here to make Perry City Manors part of your wedding weekend.

Dancing under the tent at a Perry City Manors wedding

Wedding Weekends

The full experience: ceremony and reception on the property, with family and your closest friends staying onsite from Friday through Sunday.

  • Ceremony in the pine forest
  • Reception in the wildflower meadow
  • Barn Manor for getting ready
  • Farm Manor & Barn Manor for lodging
  • Camp SkyTent tree tents, seasonally
A couple together among the pines after an intimate ceremony

Intimate Weddings & Gatherings

Smaller celebrations, and the gatherings that surround a wedding — the ones people often remember just as fondly as the day itself.

  • Intimate weddings & micro-weddings
  • Elopements
  • Rehearsal dinners
  • Welcome gatherings
  • Anniversary celebrations
Wedding guests at the house on the morning of the wedding

Wedding Accommodations

Getting married somewhere else in the Finger Lakes? We've hosted many wedding parties, families, and friends attending weddings at other venues.

  • A private home base for the weekend
  • Room for the wedding party under one roof
  • Peaceful, picturesque, and centrally located
  • Space for a welcome dinner or a farewell brunch
The sunlit path through the jack pine forest at Perry City Manors The meadow set for a reception at dusk, strung with lights

The Setting

Pines, meadow, and open sky

A stand of jack pines makes a cathedral of the ceremony — tall, quiet, and cool even in August. Past the treeline, the wildflower meadow opens to the sky and holds the reception.

The renovated Barn Manor gives the wedding party a beautiful place to get ready. Fire pits, trails, and porches take care of everything in between.

It is deliberately not a banquet hall. Nothing here is polished into anonymity — it's a working landscape that happens to be lovely.

Stay Together

Nobody has to drive home

The rarest thing we offer isn't the ceremony site. It's waking up the next morning with everyone still here.

18

Farm Manor & Barn Manor

Up to 18 overnight guests combined, in a mix of private bedrooms and shared sleeping spaces. Real beds throughout, two full kitchens, and porches made for the morning after.

6–8

Camp SkyTent

From May through October, unique tree-tent accommodations tucked into the woods add space for another six to eight guests — a favorite with the younger half of the guest list.

24–26

In Wedding Season

Together, roughly 24 to 26 people can stay on the property during the warmer months. Additional lodging for other guests is available nearby in Trumansburg and Ithaca.

Finger Lakes

Close to everything worth driving to

Perry City Manors sits just outside the village of Trumansburg, in the heart of the Finger Lakes wine region, between Cayuga Lake and Ithaca.

  • Taughannock Falls — about five minutes away, and one of the finest wedding photography locations in the region
  • Trumansburg village — restaurants, cafés, and shops within a few minutes' drive
  • Ithaca & Cornell — roughly twenty minutes
  • Cayuga Lake wineries — an easy afternoon for guests arriving early
Taughannock Falls, five minutes from Perry City Manors

The Day Itself

What the hours in between look like

Between the ceremony and the last dance there's a whole evening — a bar in the woodshed, friends playing on the porch, a table that won't stop laughing.

Guests at the Woodshed Bar during a wedding at Perry City Manors
Musicians playing on the porch at a Perry City Manors wedding
Wedding guests laughing together at a table in the meadow

Planning Your Wedding

How it comes together

We provide the property, the lodging, and a great deal of local knowledge. Your planner or coordinator runs the day itself.

  1. 1

    Tell us what you're imagining

    Share your dates, your guest count, and the shape of the weekend you have in mind.

  2. 2

    Visit the property

    Walk the pines and the meadow, see the houses, and picture where everything would go.

  3. 3

    Receive a custom proposal

    We'll put together a quote built around your dates, guest count, lodging, and how much of the property you'll use.

  4. 4

    Build your team

    We'll share trusted local vendors — caterers, rentals, planners, photographers — and coordinate access with them.

For larger weddings we ask that couples work with a professional planner or day-of coordinator. It protects the thing you actually came here for: being present at your own wedding.

Key Details

The practical answers

Event capacity
Up to 75 guests, depending on setup and requirements. The property is particularly well suited to intimate weddings.
Overnight capacity
Up to 18 guests in Farm Manor and Barn Manor, plus roughly 6–8 more in Camp SkyTent's tree tents from May through October.
Parking
Approximately 30 vehicles onsite. Larger events may require coordinated transportation or additional parking arrangements.
Outdoor event end time
9:00 PM. Celebrations continue indoors and around the fire pits.
Ceremony & reception spaces
Pine forest, wildflower meadow, and the grounds around Farm Manor and Barn Manor. Larger outdoor events should include a tent and weather plan.
Catering, rentals & alcohol
Arranged through your own vendors, with our recommendations. Tents, tables, chairs, and bar service are coordinated by you or your planner.
Location
Trumansburg, New York — Finger Lakes wine region, near Ithaca and Cayuga Lake, about five minutes from Taughannock Falls.
Season
Weddings are hosted in the warmer months, when the meadow is in bloom and Camp SkyTent is open.

Investment

Every wedding here is quoted individually

No two weekends use the property the same way, so we don't publish a one-size-fits-all package. After your inquiry we'll build a proposal around:

  • Your date
  • Event guest count
  • Overnight guest count
  • Accommodations
  • Length of stay
  • Areas of the property used
  • Event complexity

Whether you're hosting the whole wedding here, gathering for a rehearsal dinner, or simply using the property as your weekend home base, tell us what you have in mind and we'll send you a clear, itemized proposal.

A wedding dinner under the tent at dusk at Perry City Manors

Tell us about your wedding

Share a few details below and we'll be in touch about availability, a visit, and what a weekend here could look like for you. We read every one of these ourselves.