Chelsea Sun Inn is a 200-acre estate in Mount Bethel, PA, about 30 minutes north of Easton and 40 minutes from Bethlehem and Allentown. Close enough that your Lehigh Valley guests drive up in under an hour. Far enough that the view from the ceremony site is the Delaware Water Gap, not a parking lot.
Why Lehigh Valley couples choose the estate
- One price, everything in. A 100-guest Saturday in peak season is $26,862 start to finish: venue, catering, staffed BYOB bar, photographer, DJ, video, florals, tax and gratuity. Monday–Thursday the same wedding is $21,716. No service charge, no corkage.
- Bring your own bar. Pennsylvania BYOB: you buy the bottles, our two bartenders serve them for $13.95 a guest, mixers and soft drinks included. No markup.
- Everyone stays. Thirteen suites in the 1811 stone mansion sleep 36. With the Wedding + Estate Stay the whole 200 acres is yours for 24 hours: pool, heated jacuzzi, fire pit and breakfast together.
- Five ceremony sites. The mountaintop over the Delaware Water Gap, the stone wishing well, lakeside by the fountains, the Grand Lobby, or the restored barn. Rain moves you, it never cancels you.
- Set up before you arrive. Decorated tent with dance floor and chandeliers, 300 chairs, tables and linens, an event manager, parking attendant and trolley. Free rehearsal and a free 2-hour engagement shoot.
No hotel block, no shuttles
Lehigh Valley weddings usually mean a venue in one town, a hotel block in another and a shuttle schedule in between. Here, your wedding party and family sleep upstairs. Everyone else is 30–45 minutes from their own bed, with the trolley running between the mansion and the ceremony sites all evening.
Getting here from the Lehigh Valley
| From | Drive time | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Easton | ~30 min | PA-611 N along the Delaware |
| Nazareth | ~25 min | PA-191 N to PA-611 |
| Bethlehem | ~40 min | Route 33 N to PA-611 |
| Allentown | ~45 min | US-22 E to Route 33 N |
| Stroudsburg | ~20 min | PA-611 S |
Free parking on the estate with a parking attendant. For guests staying elsewhere, hotels and rentals in Stroudsburg and Delaware Water Gap are within 20 minutes; we'll send a list.
Dates and seasons
Peak season runs May 1 to November 17. Off-peak dates (November 18 to April 30) are half the venue price for weddings up to 70 guests, with the ceremony in the Grand Lobby before the stone fireplace or in the barn under lanterns. Every 2027 date is priced on the Wedding page, and the cost calculator gives you a full total in 30 seconds.
