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Cindy McQuaid
Cindy McQuaid
Director of Sales

29 years in business

We speak English

Small team (2-10 members)

Chauncey Hotel & Conference Center is an elegant hotel wedding venue located in Princeton, New Jersey. The luxurious hotel is brimming with both style and convenient amenities to make it a fitting location for milestone moments. The staff’s thoughtful services combined with the peaceful grounds and versatile event spaces allow couples to easily curate the wedding of their dreams.

Facilities and Capacity

Chauncey Hotel & Conference Center graces 370 acres of tranquil woodlands, providing an exquisite landscape well suited for special occasions. This setting is complemented by memorable lake views, creating a backdrop sure to please couples and guests alike. The hotel itself has flexible spaces that can accommodate varying-sized events. Soon-to-be newlyweds can choose between indoor and outdoor areas for their vow exchange and celebrations. The conference rooms are able to accommodate up to 200 individuals in all, making it possible to host large gatherings here. Ceremonies can take place in the lakeside tented pavilion or by the gazebo. Couples and their guests can then move inside to the Solomon Dining Room, which has space for up to 150 attendees. Its many windows provide ample natural light while the patio affords loved ones amazing views of the surrounding area. With an overall ambience that is both refined and casual, the hotel’s spaces are a welcoming retreat for events of all kinds. The hotel’s B&B, Laurie House, can serve as the wedding party’s accommodation, dressing rooms, and as the location for rehearsal dinners and small receptions.

Services Offered

The professional coordinators at Chauncey Hotel & Conference Center can assist you with organizing your special day. In addition to helping couples plan larger festivities, the team has options for micro weddings and minimonies. Catering services are also provided, which include options of plated dinners, cocktail receptions, and more. The dining experience can be completed with the hotel’s premium bar service and carefully designed table settings. Only one wedding is held here at a time to ensure that each occasion is executed flawlessly.

Accommodation

There are 100 guest rooms available at Chauncey Hotel & Conference Center. These elegantly appointed rooms offer a welcome refuge after an evening of mingling, dining, and dancing. Laurie House also has seven guest rooms for overnight stays.

FAQ

Do you have a site fee for wedding receptions at your venue?

No

What is the starting site fee for wedding receptions during peak season?

$500

What is the starting site fee for wedding receptions during off-peak season?

$500

Do you have a site fee for wedding ceremonies at your venue?

Yes

What is the starting site fee for wedding ceremonies during peak season?

$1,000

What is the starting site fee for wedding ceremonies during off-peak season?

$1,000

Which of the following are included in starting site fee?

Chairs
China
Clean Up
Flatware
Glassware
Linens
Parking
Set Up
Tables

Which of the following are included in the cost of wedding catering?

Cake Cutting
Dessert
Server(s)
Wedding Cake

How many event spaces or rooms does your venue offer?

4

Describe your venue:

Historic Building
Hotel
Inn/B&B

What kind of settings are available?

Indoor
Covered Outdoor
Uncovered Outdoor

Which of the following wedding events does your venue service?

Ceremony
Reception
Bridal Shower
Engagement Party
Elopements
Rehearsal Dinner

What event services do you offer?

Accommodations
Bar Services
Catering Services
Clean Up
Event Planner
Event Rentals
Get Ready Rooms
Wifi

What catering services do you offer?

Buffet
Cocktail Reception
Dessert
Family Style
Hors d'oeuvres
Plated
Server(s)
Stations
Tastings

What bar services do you provide?

Bartender(s)
Champagne Toast
House Beer
House Wine
Liquor License
Open Bar
Premium Liquor
Signature Drink
Specialty Beer
Specialty Wine

What event items are available?

Altar/Arch
Audio Equipment
Chairs
Dance Floor
Furniture
Lighting
Tables
Tents

What food and beverage items are available?

Barware
China
Flatware
Glassware
Linens

What transportation and access is available?

Parking
Shuttle
Wheelchair Access

What months are included in your peak season?

May
June
July
August
September
October

What months are included in your off-peak season?

January
February
March
November
December

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Reviews of Chauncey Hotel & Conference Center

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The Chauncey Hotel in Princeton, NJ, is highly praised as a wedding venue, with guests complimenting the beautiful property, ease of having ceremony, reception, and accommodations in one location. Reviewers highlighted the excellent service from staff members like Rebecca and Amanda, who ensured smooth planning and execution of events. The food was consistently commended, and the venue's various options, including outdoor ceremony spots, tented reception areas, and the Laurie House rental, received positive feedback for creating a stress-free, enjoyable experience for couples and guests alike.

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The Chauncey Hotel in Princeton, NJ, is highly praised as a wedding venue, with guests complimenting the beautiful property, ease of having ceremony, reception, and accommodations in one location. Reviewers highlighted the excellent service from staff members like Rebecca and Amanda, who ensured smooth planning and execution of events. The food was consistently commended, and the venue's various options, including outdoor ceremony spots, tented reception areas, and the Laurie House rental, received positive feedback for creating a stress-free, enjoyable experience for couples and guests alike.

Weddingwire
4.5/5 39 reviews
Google
4.3/5 421 reviews
Kristin
Kristin Sent on 11/17/2024
5 out of 5 rating

The Perfect Day!

The Chauncey Hotel was the perfect wedding venue for our special day!
We also rented the Laurie House for the weekend and having that extra space for the bridal party to get ready in and a place to hang out in on Friday and Saturday night was amazing!
The venue itself was beautiful! Our guests raved about beautiful the property is and how perfect it was to have the ceremony, reception and hotel all in the same location!
The food was amazing. Even as the bride I ate my entire meal!

Rebecca was top notch! She was extremely responsive all year long with my many questions and emails prior to the wedding.
On the day of, everything was well organized and ran on time! We were able to fully enjoy our day knowing Rebecca was there making sure everything was perfect.
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User1570385 Sent on 05/08/2025
5 out of 5 rating
Ours was a same gender wedding reception. We would give the entire staff and particularly the Catering Sales Manager, Catherine Geer, a rating of more than 5 stars if we could. We were treated with great respect and dignity. The setting was gracious and pleasing, the food supervision, preparation and service could not have been better overseen by Dora who was always flexible and pleasant. The attention to the smallest detail by everyone involved was truly outstanding. We very highly recommend the Chauncey. You will not be disappointed.
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Alison Sent on 05/16/2017
5 out of 5 rating
We absolutely loved our wedding at the Chauncey. Amanda took such good care of us, down to every little detail, and made sure our day was perfect! The food and service were outstanding, and our guests had a fantastic time. We couldn't have been happier!! - Alison
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Jonanthan Sent on 09/24/2014
5 out of 5 rating
My wedding was hosted at Chauncey. The weather was great and the grounds were beautiful. Special events coordinator Cathy was very responsive and answer all my questions and last minute requests in every way. The staff was very accommodating. The gazebo for the ceremony looked great, the cocktail hour looks like a fancy yard party and the tent looked magical at night. I also reserved their historic house for my wedding party for the whole weekend which was very convienient for everyone to stay at one place and get ready together. At night we all sat outside at the house's backyard firepit roasting smores. This venue gave me great lasting memories of my wedding and Im glad I found this hidden gem. Thank You chauncey
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User1127243 Sent on 04/06/2013
5 out of 5 rating
My wife and I got married at Chauncey and had a WONDERFUL experience despite a rather unusual event. We got married on 8/27/11, the day Hurricane Irene hit New Jersey. The state of NJ was in a state of emergency. All our wedding plans had to be adjusted (location of the rehearsal dinner, ceremony, and reception at Chauncey; the times, etc.). Chauncey was in the path of Hurricane Irene, so we had to leave earlier than originally planned, and our guests and ourselves could not stay at Chauncey overnight for safety reasons.
Planning a wedding is stressful, and you hope things go smoothly on your wedding day. Nothing went according to plan due to Hurricane Irene, but the staff at Chauncey helped make a stressful situation the best it possibly could be. They helped organize all the rescheduling, even booking a new hotel for us and all our guests that had planned on staying overnight at Chauncey. Our wedding was beautiful, the food was delicious, and Chauncey’s staff went above and beyond anything we could expect. The staff were extremely accommodating, helping to make our wedding a memorable experience, which our family and friends still talk about to this day. I would highly recommend to anyone planning their wedding at Chauncey. It’s a wonderful place to get married, and we never felt we were treated any differently as a same sex couple.
Colleen
Colleen Sent on 08/10/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Book Chauncey for your wedding!

Chauncey Hotel and Conference Center is the perfect place for a wedding! The grounds are absolutely beautiful, and the tent is the perfect place for a reception. Having everything, including the hotel, on site made everything easy for our guests. The food was outstanding and the staff were very professional, kind, and accommodating. Amanda was the best coordinator - answering all of our (probably) annoying questions and easing our nerves throughout all of our planning. We cannot say enough great things about her. Lastly, we highly recommend booking the Laurie House for your wedding. It’s the perfect place for the bride and groom, as well as the bridal party or close friends to stay. Definitely worth every penny! Overall, we are so happy that we had our wedding at Chauncey - it was absolutely perfect.
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A. Mirb Sent on 09/12/2019
5 out of 5 rating

The best wedding venue and staff

Amanda and staff were so easy to work with and did an amazing job at our wedding this past weekend. I would not hesitate to recommend the Chauncey. The food was incredible and everything was handled so well.
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Gina Sent on 06/26/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Our Wedding was PERFECT!

We found the Chauncey Conference Center by chance and it was the best thing that ever happened to us! Amanda is AMAZING! She is a true professional and handled every detail to minimize our stress. The food was delicious, the service staff was so attentive and accommodating, the grounds are gorgeous, we had the most incredible experience. I 100% recommend this venue for your wedding!!
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Elona Sent on 11/14/2017
5 out of 5 rating
We recently got married at the Chauncey and we couldn't have asked for a more perfect day and venue. The staff are great, quality of food is good and Amanda, the catering and events manager, is fantastic to work with. The grounds are absolutely beautiful so the pictures came out so nice.
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Michael Sent on 06/17/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Recent Bride - Zaina B.

I looked at 12 venues before deciding to look at the Chauncey Hotel and Laurie House and it was the only venue my fiancé (now husband) came with me to tour. He absolutely fell in love with the grounds (especially the fact that he could go for a run the morning of our wedding) and I knew right away that it was going to be perfect for us. Amanda was incredible from that day in January of 2021 all the way through to the wedding day. She was very attentive and understood our vision for the day. She accommodated all my very specific details I wanted incorporated and honestly executed them better than I could’ve imagined. We did work with Larissa as well when Amanda was on maternity leave who was great too! I was very big on communication and organization which I think helped the days run smoothly. I highly recommend renting out the Laurie House for the bridal party. All the bridesmaids/maids of honor stayed in the Laurie house and we still had plenty of room! The guys got ready in the downstairs gentlemen’s lounge and the women got ready in the room right off the kitchen. It was plenty spacious for 12 women plus 2 hair and makeup people. Since we had the Laurie House, we did the rehearsal dinner on the patio the night before the wedding. We did the barbecue package with three hour open beer and wine bar and the food was crazy delicious. They are so attentive and really make everything so easy. The day of the wedding was awesome. They had a carafe of coffee delivered to the Laurie House as well as lunch for the girls. Larissa and her team were on top of everything. The entire day was truly incredible. We made it a point to go to cocktail hour and eat all the food possible. Let me say the food was to die for. HIGHLY recommend the mac and cheese station! Everyone raved about the food! We lucked out with the perfect day for weather so everything outdoors was perfect. Dinner was fantastic as well! My husband and I got the beef and we are still talking about it. We had our own private waitress Nadine who was so sweet! They even had a plate of the cocktail hour appetizers ready for us! The day and night were incredible. Amanda and her team were great to work with. The location was perfect and I really can’t say enough good things about having a wedding at the Chauncey Hotel and Laurie House.
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Rebecca Jones
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Cindy McQuaid
Director of Sales

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Chauncey Hotel & Conference Center frequently asked questions

Chauncey Hotel & Conference Center includes the following items and services for wedding events in its starting site fee:
  • Chairs
  • China
  • Clean Up
  • Flatware
  • Glassware
  • Linens
  • Parking
  • Set Up
  • Tables
Chauncey Hotel & Conference Center includes the following items and services in its wedding catering costs:
  • Cake Cutting
  • Dessert
  • Server(s)
  • Wedding Cake
The space offered by Chauncey Hotel & Conference Center for wedding events is known for:
  • Historic Building
  • Hotel
  • Inn/B&B
Chauncey Hotel & Conference Center offers the following indoor/outdoor options for weddings:
  • Indoor
  • Covered Outdoor
  • Uncovered Outdoor
Chauncey Hotel & Conference Center offers the following types of wedding events:
  • Ceremony
  • Reception
  • Bridal Shower
  • Engagement Party
  • Elopements
  • Rehearsal Dinner
Chauncey Hotel & Conference Center offers the following services for wedding events:
  • Accommodations
  • Bar Services
  • Catering Services
  • Clean Up
  • Event Planner
  • Event Rentals
  • Get Ready Rooms
  • Wifi
Chauncey Hotel & Conference Center offers the following furniture and decor items for weddings:
  • Altar/Arch
  • Audio Equipment
  • Chairs
  • Dance Floor
  • Furniture
  • Lighting
  • Tables
  • Tents
Chauncey Hotel & Conference Center is recommended by 90% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 4.5 out of 5 with the following breakdown: 4.6 in quality of service, 4.6 in flexibility, 4.6 in value, 4.5 in professionalism and 4.3 in average response time.
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