We had our wedding at Bourne Mansion on June 15, 2019 and I could not be happier. Nothing else we visited (we saw A LOT in Westchester and LI) even came close.
The space was perfect with both beautiful, by the water/ocean OUTDOOR, as well a...s regal INDOOR spaces, able to hold large capacity (we were 250+ guests). We even got to extend until 1:30am for extra dancing, and there is only one wedding at a time, so the day is yours and yours alone.
Staff was personable, responsive, professional, on top of it all. Miriam Aronson helped the entire year we spent planning, even sending us pictures from previous weddings for inspiration. Steve Melita, the day-of Maitre D', made the wedding day, ensuring everything was in line, on time, and fun (and still found time to bring us signature cocktails all night, fix last minute table issues, make sure we were fed.. endless list). My mother and I got to enjoy the day as everything was being run smoothly.
Location is perfect distance away from Manhattan & Westchester (guests could either drive back or spend the weekend) for a pseudo destination wedding. Only drawback is that there is no lodging on location, but they have fully stocked bridal/groom changing suites for the day of.
We highly recommend hiring Deborah Minarik as the day-of coordinator; she brought us all breakfast at the hotel, brought everything over to the mansion (rings, weddings dresses..), prepared a detailed schedule (printed for everyone!), coordinated every vendor (flowers, photo..), even carried around my lip gloss and floss all night long.
Dinner was top notch (bride & groom get all three entrees + leftovers to take home!), and you get to print your own menus. Miriam threw in the seafood raw bar and ice cream sundae bar for us (THANK YOU). At the end of the night, we had pretzels for all the guests to take on the shuttle back to the hotel.
Thank you Miriam, Steve and Debbie!