About this vendor
Located in Sanibel, FL, Casa Ybel Resort is a 23-acre wedding getaway that rests on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. The hotel has 114 waterfront suites that feature balconies and private beach access. Nature is woven throughout the grounds of this resort, showcased through the sway of Australian Pines and the seagull calls that echo along the coastline. Couples and their guests will be able to enjoy this atmosphere as they sip on cocktails or lounge by the pool. Time can be spent at Coconut’s Bar and Grill or the Thistle restaurant. Alternatively, memories can be made on a bicycle, trolly, or hammock instead. Whatever a couple's ideal holiday activity is, it awaits them at Casa Ybel Resort.
Couples will have many options when selecting where they want their event to take place. In total, up to 200 guests can be accommodated on Casa Ybel Resort's grounds for a wedding celebration. The beach is a charming spot for a ceremony while the lawn offers ample space for a reception tent. Whichever area calls to a wedding couple, they will be able to enjoy the picturesque surroundings of Sanibel Island. To bolster these romantic locations, various wedding packages are on offer, as are add-ons that can be tailored to suit a couple’s specific needs.
The in-house wedding specialists at Casa Ybel Resort are pleased to assist couples in planning their big day. Coordination from rehearsal dinner to a farewell brunch is no problem, and any extra excursions a couple may wish to have can be accommodated. While staying at the resort, couples and their guests have the opportunity to enjoy private dining, elegant overnight suites, and more. During events, food is available for catering by the in-house chef’s team. This resort invites interested couples to reach out for quotes, recommendations, and any additional information about wedding accommodations.
Amenities + details
Ceremony Area
Covered Outdoors Space
Dressing Room
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
Liability Insurance
On-Site Accommodations
Outdoor Event Space
Reception Area
Wireless Internet
Business Attributes
- Asian-owned Business
- Black-owned Business
- Hispanic or Latinx-owned Business
- LGBTQ+-owned Business
- Native American-owned Business
- Pacific Islander-owned Business
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Settings
- Backyard
- Ballroom
- Beach
- Waterfront
- Estate
- Historic Venue
Venue Service Offerings
- Bar & Drinks
- Bar Rental
- Cakes & Desserts
- Cupcakes
- Other Desserts
- Destination Weddings
Awards and Affiliations
13-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2023.2022.2021.+10 more.
Best of Weddings
The Knot independently assesses vendors for this award—it’s never self-reported. We base it on firsthand experiences from real couples and guests, and they must have a 4.5-star average across 7+ reviews in the qualifying year.
Hall of Fame
Earned by winning 'Best of Weddings' four or more times.
Reviews
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4.9
out of 5.0156 reviews
My wedding at Casa Ybel was everything I dreamed of! Joanne made the planning process so effortless and easy while I was in Illinois! My family has been coming down to Sanibel sinc...
e the 70s so I’ve always considered this island my home away from home…and my wedding at Casa Ybel is my favorite memory out of the 27 years I’ve been coming down. I can’t thank Joanne enough!!
Casa Ybel did a fantastic job at making our destination wedding as memorable as possible! We came all the way from New Jersey to get married and create a family reunion to get our ...
families together after Covid! From the welcome bbq to the wedding to the farewell brunch! The staff fully took care of us and worked around the clock! Jessica and Joanne made our wedding vision come true and went above and beyond and we are forever grateful! Everyone that traveled had said it was one of the best weddings they have ever been to! EVERYTHING WAS TRULLY PERFECT! Thank you! Can’t wait to return to celebrate our anniversaries!
My wedding was absolutely wonderful at Casa Ybel. I planned the entire event from afar and it turned out perfect. The space was elegant and they turned my vision into reality. I w...
ould highly recommend the venue.
Great staff! Made my wedding day phenomenal!
We had our rehearsal dinner at Casa Ybel and everything was perfect. The food and drinks were enjoyed by all and everyone liked the vegetable choices. I thought the mushroom, aspar...
agus and spinach dish was particularly creative. The Bluetooth speaker system worked well for us. The staff that night was wonderful in every way and I mean wonderful.
As a Wedding Planner, dealing with the venue is most challenging thing.
I had planned a wedding at Casa Ybel last week and I can’t recommend it enough.
This may be the most Beautif...
ul resort, great amenities right onto to the beach and the views of the ocean were amazing.The property is superbly maintained.
I’m in love with Joanne and her team, they were amazing and so helpful the entire way through.
You all made the wedding beautiful and more than what I expected! They are incredible!
Thank you so much and God bless you all!
I truly hope to do more events here.
Thanks,
Sheena Brown
Experience Love Events.
The Casa Ybel staff is a dream to work with, especially when planning a destination wedding. They make everything super easy with a lot of resources and rentals in house so you don...
't have to work with a bunch of different vendors. The best part, the resort is absolutely STUNNING!
Casa Ybel brought my vision for our wedding to life! The staff was very professional and the service was great! Joanne was wonderful to work with as our wedding coordinator!
We loved everything about having our wedding here - the venue, the food, the accommodations and the ease of working with the event managers and staff. Make sure to request early c...
heck-in/late check-out if staying at the hotel!
Casa Ybel was a beautiful location for our wedding. The accommodations were good, pool area and bar was excellent. We had some problems working with Staff. We had very limited cont...
act with Joanne until a few days before the wedding and then during the walkthrough we were told our social hour was inside and not by the pool like we expected and had to pay $1500 more than our initial contract. We ordered an extra appetizer that we can’t seem to find, none of our guests had any of them? The speaker we rented was never moved to the social hour but Joanne refunded us for that rental. Finally, the front desk staff were rude when asking for some payment information since it “wasn’t their job” because of the secret accounting team who is control of everything apparently. The cake and flowers we ordered from off site were excellent along with the photographer. My advice is to keep good records on what is agreed upon and have someone there you trust to oversee that things get done as you expected them to be. The Noseeums also can be bad and don’t show up until days later so be careful and put on repellent.
First class all the way!. Thanks to Joanne Kreise and her staff for making my day extra special.!
From the day we called to ask for information to the afterparty for the wedding itself, Joanne Kreise and her staff at Casa Ybel went above and beyond. Our daughter's wedding was ...
perfect from beginning to end. We had 75 guests who absolutely loved the 3 days we spent at the resort. From the beautiful rooms, to the landscaping of the resort, to the amazing beach and views, the resort and amenities perfection! The Welcome Dinner the first night! The food was amazing and plentiful The waitstaff and chef went out of their way to make sure it was such an incredible event. Then the wedding!! There are no words! From the beautiful ceremony on the beach, the cocktail hour on the lawn, the reception in the beautifully decorated tent and the after party in the restaurant bar we could not have asked for more! The most delicious food and service you could ever ask for. And Joanne was with us every single step of the way! We didn't stress over anything because she always had things under control. This is from the minute we booked the wedding months ago remotely from New York, to meeting us six months before the wedding when we were able to finally get to Sanibel to see the resort for the first time and she spent over an hour with us giving us every bit of information we needed to continue planning from afar. And then for every event (Welcome Dinner, picking up the bride from our room, leading the bridal party to the ceremony and throughout the ceremony, the Cocktail Hour and the Reception and then the Farewell Breakfast) Joanne was there taking care of it all. We were there to just enjoy the weekend's events and all of our family and friends. I give Casa Ybel kudos for an amazing wedding and I give Joanne Kreise a million stars - she was beyond incredible and we could never thank her enough!
We searched many venues in our quest for a destination beach wedding. We live in Illinois, and had to plan everything from a far. When we saw Casa Ybel, we knew this was the place....
Nothing else compared to the luxury and beauty of this venue!
Jessica and Joanne, and all the staff that we came into contact with, including Robert at the Thistle lodge, were phenomenal. We decided on a beach side ceremony, with a patio cocktail hour, and dinner upstairs in the waterfront room.
JoAnne was very helpful and communicative during the entire planning process. She even picked me up from my room and drove me and my daughter to the ceremony site in a golf cart so we didn’t have to walk and be seen. She and her staff also set up all of our decor, and did a beautiful job.
The food was fantastic. All of our guests raved about everything…from the shellfish bar at cocktail hour, to their main course. The serving staff was excellent.
We can’t wait to go back and celebrate our anniversaries here! It will forever be one of our favorite places.
Highly recommend!
Jessica and the catering staff were fantastic. They want above and behind to make sure everything was perfect. The food was perfect and the servers were on par.
What a wonderful experience! Not only was the room beautiful and well put together, but the staff went over and beyond. We were met with such professionalism at every level, from m...
anagers to wait staff. The food was fresh and delicious and certainly exceeded all expectations. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
JoAnn Kriese wedding planner at Casa Ybel is fantastic. I am although still waiting on a itemized bill I have asked for twice now. But I loved her. The resort is beautiful. Rooms ...
very clean and nice . JoAnn was very kind and did a great job. Treated our small ceremony as important as a large one. She was in constant contact with us . Reception room was beautiful , food was great and the service was great. Set up in the reception area was perfect.
Floral Artistry wasn't even close to what we had asked for. They are the floral vendor we used. Very disappointed in them . We supplied photos and drawings of what we wanted and was charged accordingly but wwwwaaaaaayyyyyyy off. They also said they RECORD all conversations between the bride to Be and them and still offered NO compensation for messing it up so badly. Would not recommend that floral vendor. We asked for two different colors of chaffon on the bamboo Arch on the beach , got to the ceremony and it was all White!! Terrible vendor. DO Not use!
Also we used Small cakes as the cake vendor. Also no where close to what we provided as a photo of the cake we wanted. Cake was pretty but we might as well have said" just do whatever you think" cause it was nothing like we ordered.
Folks just words to advise. When doing a destination wedding don't expect to get what you paid for from these two vendors.
We had an amazing experience working with Casa Ybel to plan our intimate beach wedding! The event manager, Joanne, was the best! She truly cares about making your day run smoothly....
The staff at the resort were very friendly and accommodating. The food was to die for. All of our guests really enjoyed it!
We recently had our 5/7/21 wedding at Casa Ybel Resort, after having to postpone our original date in 2020. Our coordinators made the postponement very easy for us, and we were app...
reciative of that. Our guests loved the resort; the beautiful landscape and everything in between. Our wedding day was made very special; the food, wonderful service and staff were hard to beat. Minus a few last minute changes that were made and some miscommunications from our coordinator, we are very happy to have had our wedding at Casa Ybel! Thank you to all for making our Sanibel wedding wonderful.
Casa Ybel Resort is an absolutely stunning location to have a wedding and we couldn't have asked for a better experience in working with Jessica Cardinale. Everything that the reso...
rt or Jessica could control went perfectly. A few of my favorite things about the resort during our wedding:
1. If you have your ceremony later in the day on the beach, all the beach chairs and umbrellas are carefully removed and the backdrop and setup for a ceremony is beyond stunning on the beach.
2. There is nothing more adorable than a walking down a wedding aisle that is sand. Natural, beautiful and memorable.
3. Pulling up in a golf cart in your wedding dress before walking down the aisle really makes the brides entrance unforgettable and unique.
4. Having the option for your guests to stay at the resort is WAY more helpful than you would ever think when planning a wedding and eliminates a lot of planning like transportation to and from, etc.
5. There is literally not a bad place on the resort to take pictures. Everything is current, classy and elegant.
I can see 100% why this is such a highly rated venue. Casa Ybel will forever hold a special place in our heart.
We had such a great experience with Joanne at Casa Ybel . She was so attentive to everything we wanted, easy to work with and professional. She made our wedding FUN and STRESS-FRE...
E ! She provided anything and everything we needed although we chose to keep it simple. She handled my family and friends perfectly and gave us everything we asked for on this day . From the perfect beach wedding , to a Beautiful dinner at the Thistle Lodge, we could not have asked for anything more!! The resort was picture perfect and the restaurant had the best food ! We look forward to anniversary’s there every year ! When it comes down to choosing Casa Ybel and Joanne for picking your wedding, We recommend them highly!
Our friends got married here it was beautiful their coordinator Joann couldn't have been better Highly recommend this place!
Married 4/7/21 can’t say enough about how beautiful Casa Ybel is and how outstanding the wedding coordinator Joanne was thru the entire process. What a huge help with every little ...
detail. Then on to the dinner wow top of the charts unbelievable food to die for can’t wait to celebrate our anniversary there. 5 stars + to the entire event from planning to the big day.
The second I stepped foot on the property I knew this was the venue! 🥰 The views are breathtaking and the food is TOP NOTCH! Whether you’re looking for a beach wedding or a weddin...
g filled with lush greenery, Casa Ybel truly has it all! Joanne and Jessica did a beautiful job helping me every step of the way throughout our whole wedding process! They are so accommodating and genuinely care that your wedding day go off exactly how you envision it. We held our rehearsal dinner, ceremony and reception here and they put on each event to perfection! Once we arrived on site, every staff member was courteous and helpful. Did I mention the landscape is beautiful in photos?! Our whole day felt luxurious and to perfection! Our guests are still raving about how beautiful our wedding was and how the food was the best they have eaten at a wedding. Thank you Joanne and Casa Ybel for making our wedding day so magical!
We had our dream beach wedding at Casa Ybel! Our first date was postponed due to COVID19 & the entire staff were so empathetic and easy to reschedule with. Our beach ceremony was p...
icturesque with the beautiful waves crashing behind us. The cocktail hour was excellent with amazing hors d’oeuvres and a great liquor selection. Our dinner was outside on the patio and it was such a fun spot with a tropical vibe, and the food was phenomenal! All of our guests said it was the best wedding that they have ever attended. I highly recommend Casa Ybel. They made planning a wedding from MN so easy and stress free.
I'm so thankful to Joanne and Staff for all the help that we received on our big day! It went so smoothly, and even though we were planning and hosting our wedding in the middle of...
a pandemic it honestly was so amazing. They never once made us cut our guest list or limit the amount of people we had attending. They worked with us through every request and hiccup. We are forever grateful they helped make our day as specials as it was!
We could not have asked for a more beautiful venue. The grounds are stunning and well kept. The waterfront room was the perfect size for our 30 person wedding. Everyone raved abo...
ut the food as well!
Where to start.... Casa Ybel was everything my husband and I were looking for and more! We knew very early in our engagement that we wanted to do a destination wedding on Sanibel, ...
and after the initial visit, we were absolutely captivated by Casa Ybel’s grounds and overall ambience.
Both Joanne and Jessica were ideal to work with while planning our special day, especially amid the pandemic.
We plan on coming back for years to come and will absolute be recommending the resort to all of our friends and family.
Casa Ybel was amazing!! Jessica and Joanne are fantastic as well as the rest of the Casa staff. My daughter’s wedding was in the middle of a pandemic and it was PERFECT! I can’t ...
imagine what they do under normal circumstances.
The staff was extremely friendly, punctual, and professional. Everyone was easy to work with.
Our experience with Casa Ybel was quite the rollercoaster. Due to COVID we had to cancel after making numerous adjustments. Throughout the entire process Jessica and Joanne were ab...
solutely amazing! Even in the final hour they stepped up to the plate with an amazing gesture and it will never be forgotten.
Jessica, Joanne, and all of the staff at Casa Ybel helped us quickly plan, create, and experience a beautiful wedding weekend!! We loved that our family and friends spent the whole...
weekend onsite with us hanging beach and poolside. Food is amazing at the Thistle Lodge and it was at our reception too!! The ceremony was held on the green grass surrounded by the beautiful palms...we love the lush tropical feel of the resort. Side note: for an August wedding the breeze probably would have been better on the beach. The Gulfview Room for the reception has an incredible view! I recommend getting your guests up there before sunset to enjoy it. Our guests raved about the view and room.
Tropical meets Classy!
It was perfect...well we'd like to rewind and do some things over but that's a given. Try to slow down and enjoy your day...they say it flys by and it really does!
-Beyond happy with all the vendors they use and those we chose from the preferred vendors list.
Casa Ybel was the perfect place to host my intimate wedding ceremony both for its sheer beauty and utter convenience. The day of, I chose to walk down to the beach to ensure the ce...
remony was set up as I pleased and the worker was very accommodating. Additionally, Joanne, the day of coordinator, was so sweet. When she came to pick me up in her golf cart, I was slightly delayed secondary to some hair issues and she stepped right in to help make everything as stress-free as possible. If you are looking to get married in Sanibel, I would highly recommend Casa Ybel!
Casa Ybel on Sanibel Island is the PERFECT place to have a beach wedding. I always knew I wanted to get married on the beach but I wanted to find somewhere secluded with an indoor...
option for our reception so guests could cool down. The Thistle Lodge is just beautiful, we had our reception in the waterfront room upstairs. The view alone is stunning enough, but the Thistle Lodge itself is beyond words. Not to mention how delicious the food was! Casa Ybel exceeded our expectations in every way. It was truly the most gorgeous backdrop and the staff were all so kind and accommodating. Even in the midst of a pandemic they found a way to make our small wedding happen and make it special down to the smallest of details. My husband and I stayed at the resort for our honeymoon and will definitely be visiting again! There is no other place like it in all of Florida.
Casa Ybel was the perfect venue for my son's wedding when their "big" wedding had to be postponed due to COVID-19. Sanibel holds such a dear place in our hearts so their intimate ...
beach wedding was the perfect solution to their situation. The entire team at Casa Ybel did a stellar job. Jessica was patient and informative and very flexible during the booking process. Then Joann worked with the bride and myself during the quick planning process to be sure that every detail was covered. She even suggested we put more details into the table decor and that was a huge win as the tables and the reception room was beautiful and the perfect way to celebrate their new marriage. The Sailboat location for the wedding was perfection!! We hit the lottery with the weather and the sunset and the images are incredible. A huge thanks to the entire team at Casa Ybel for their kindness during what could have been a challenging time that turned to pure joy.
Everything about this resort was amazing. It’s absolutely beautiful and the staff was so nice and wonderful to work with.
The staff was exceptional and went above and beyond to make my daughter's wedding day the best it could be! The setting was even more beautiful than we had imagined it to be. Perfe...
ct!
Me and my husband got married at Casa Ybel on leap day, 2/29/2020 with 150 of our closest family and friends. We had an amazing time. The venue itself is stunning, both the ceremon...
y site and the happy-hour/reception site (only a few hundred feet away from each other). We hired Fabulously Chic Weddings, an outside wedding planner, who was instrumental in making sure everything was in order. The Casa Ybel staff were so pleasant and helped make our wedding day run seamlessly. If we had any issues, management and staff addressed them immediately. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone at Casa Ybel, we had a truly magical weekend of celebrations and we look forward to coming back (maybe for an anniversary trip!) soon.
My family and I have been going to Casa Ybel for over 30 years, and ever since I was little I (jokingly) dreamed I would get married there. When my Fiance proposed of all places at...
Casa last year I knew it was a sign and decided to make it a reality. Joanne and her staff made all of my little girl dreams come true when they hosted us for our wedding this year. Absolutely everything went PERFECTLY and that is all thanks to her and the rest of the staff at Casa Ybel. The venue was gorgeously decorated, the food was fantastic, and everyone who worked the event was incredible. Thank Banquet captain (i apologize i forgot her name!) was so sweet and helpful, our bartender Kevin was fantastic, and everyone else who I didnt get a chance to formally meet just made it a night to remember.
I fell in love with Casa Ybel the first time that I stepped on the grounds. Casa Ybel proved to be a great place for our wedding. The location and set up for a beach wedding was ...
wonderful, especially for a couple from out-of-state.
Our guest stayed on the grounds during our wedding and loved Casa Ybel as well. With the exception of a few small hiccups during the planning process, it was relatively smooth and turned out to be a great experience for everyone. We love Casa Ybel and will be returning again this year!
Casa Ybel Resort on Sanibel Island was the perfect place of our daughter and son-in-law's special day. The Resort is contemporary but maintains old southern charm and hospitality....
The grounds are beautifully maintained and the beach pristine which made for the wonderful backdrop to the beach ceremony and reception held on the lawn under a nicely set up tent. Jessica Cardinale, the director of sales and catering, Tori Weatherford, event coordinator, the wait staff and the very entertaining chef, made the day a dream come true. Our quests all remarked on the beauty of CasaYbel and the hospitality that was offered. Thank you Jessica for making a happen so efficiently.
Casa Ybel is such a beautiful, quaint resort. As a local wedding planner, I have worked at Casa Ybel many many times over the past 8 years and have always been extremely impressed ...
with their banquet staff, wedding coordinators, and food! A huge bonus for the resort is that they can include their gorgeous white tent with fabric liner, instead of having to rent it. That will save you thousands! For smaller groups the upstairs Waterfront Room is so beautiful with stunning view of the gulf! Overall, Casa Ybel is a favorite location of mine and I highly recommend it!!
My daughters wedding was small on the beach at casaybell. They were very easy to work with and very accommodating. The only issue was we didn’t know how bad the no-see-um bugs were...
and everyone including the bride got eaten alive
Beautiful location and friendly staff. It was the perfect place for our wedding day!
We decided on Casa Ybel for our destination wedding ceremony and dinner. Our wedding was out of this world perfect in every way ! Tori helped coordinate with me through emails and ...
answered all of my questions and gave me fantastic advice. Jessica took over about a week before and the day of the wedding and was just wonderful . She was sweet and smiley and full of joy for us. Great ladies to work with !
The ceremony on the beach was perfect. The location is absolutely beautiful overlooking the Gulf of Mexico . The walk down the " Isle " was picture perfect .
We had our dinner in the waterfront dining room . The view ? It was a background of a tropical paradise for my guests . Ceiling to floor windows with the most beautiful view of the ocean and palm trees .My husband and I sat in front of the windows with that view behind us . Our pictures are beautiful . It was simply amazing . Every single guest at my wedding commented on how fantastic this venue was as well as the food . The majority of my guests were served plated Filet Mignon that was literally cooked to perfection . Many guests came up to us raving about the steak . " best filet I have ever had " How a venue can cook each and every steak perfectly is nothing short of magic!
This was truly the most amazing week of my life and choosing Casa Ybel and their lovely staff was just the best decision ever ! Other choosing each other.... !! Thank you Casa Ybel !! We will be back to visit ! I would give as many stars possible and then some for this destination wedding location. I highly recommend brides to be !!
We knew we wanted to have our wedding in Sanibel, and after brief researching Casa Ybel was the perfect choice. Shawn and I could not be more thrilled with how beautiful our weddin...
g day was, and we truly appreciated Tori's help and time with planning. The food was wonderful, and the restaurant/bar staff were helpful and provided exceptional service to us and our guests. We had a hurricane rain come through right as the ceremony was ending, and everyone was so accommodating to our guests and making sure everyone got from the ceremony to the reception quickly and with towels. Tori and Jeremy really rallied for us during this time and it meant a lot to us both! The venue is gorgeous and our experience was wonderful. Our day was filled with so much love and happiness, and we are so thankful to Casa Ybel for their part. 💕
We chose Casa Ybel resort kind of on a whim. We wanted a destination wedding, went and saw the venue which looked great but the day of could not have been imagined. The weather was...
perfect, Tori paid attention to every detail and set up my decorations better than I could have. The responsiveness of the staff leading up to the wedding day was excellent especially being miles away in Indiana. Contact is mostly via email but she answered every question I had. She helped me a lot with vendor choices which was great, and she chose very well! I could not thank her and everyone enough for making our day perfect!!
Incredible views, beautiful beaches, gorgeous rooms and super fun staff. Our wedding on 2-9-19 was just a dream come true. Tori brought my nautical wedding vision to life and my gu...
ests were all blown away by how gorgeous the wedding was. Jessica was above and beyond wit us and Tori is just so damn good at what she does. We plan to stay here every year on our anniversary.
Such a stunning venue! Tori and Jessica were so easy to work with and the food was amazing! So so so good!
I am so happy we chose to get married at Casa Ybel. The planning was so easy and stress free. The actual wedding day went flawlessly and the food was incredible! We used their pref...
erred vendors for flowers, music, and photography and could not have been more pleased. I would recommend Casa Ybel to anyone looking to get married in that area!
Our wedding was a couple weeks ago at Casa Ybel and we could not be more thrilled with our decision to have it there! We had a dreamy beachside ceremony and beautiful tented lawn...
reception--it was everything I had hoped of and more! I am still getting countless compliments from my guests-- the food, the location, the ambiance. I had been planning this wedding for over a year, and Tori is AMAZING to work with-- she's quick and responsive and offers super helpful suggestions on anything you can imagine. If you are getting married in Florida (and especially if you are looking for a beach wedding) - Casa Ybel should be top on your list!
Contact
2255 W Gulf Dr, Sanibel, FL
Casa Ybel Resort