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The Whole Weekend Fits on One Property: Inside The Videre Estate in Wimberley, Texas
The Videre Estate, just outside Wimberley in the Texas Hill Country, is built for the multi-day wedding weekend: one property for the rehearsal dinner, the ceremony, the after-party and the beds.
The multi-day wedding stopped being a destination-only idea a few years ago. Couples who once booked a venue for six hours now want a welcome party on Friday, a ceremony and reception on Saturday, and a Sunday morning loose enough that nobody sets an alarm.
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The estate sits on 400 private acres overlooking a private eight-acre lake1, ten minutes from the Wimberley town square and roughly an hour from both Austin and San Antonio2.
Destination · Texas
Texas Hill Country (Fredericksburg / Dripping Springs / Wimberley)
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The Stables Lodge is a second venue built for welcome parties and rehearsal dinners, with a built-in bar and its own farmhouse tables and crossback chairs, and events there are permitted to run until 2 a.m.1 Getting ready happens in two separate buildings: the French-inspired Chateau, which comfortably holds up to 20 people and includes a vanity room with five salon chairs, and the Palomino Lounge, listed with a pool table, shuffleboard, lockers and a shower1. The rental runs 14 hours2, roughly double a standard reception block, and long enough that the day does not have to be run against a clock.
Only one wedding is booked per day2. That sounds like a small thing until you have toured a property where the morning couple is loading out while the afternoon couple is loading in, and every vendor is working around a stranger's timeline.
The hall and the deck
The ceremony deck sits more than 80 feet above the lake2, and that number is what explains the photographs. Height is what separates a view from a backdrop, and at that elevation the Hill Country reads as depth rather than as a green line behind the couple. The deck seats up to 300 guests and connects directly to the ballroom1.
Indoors, The Videre Hall is a grand ballroom with four chandeliers and large windows onto the same view1, so the outlook does not stop at the door and the room does not need to be rescued with rented lighting. The furniture comes with it: wood farmhouse tables, round tables, and 300 crossback chairs, set by the venue's own staff before the couple arrives2.
That last detail is worth more than it sounds. Included furniture and included setup remove two of the most common surprise line items in a Hill Country budget, where rentals routinely arrive as a four-figure add-on and the labor to place them arrives as another one.
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Where the guest list sleeps
On-site lodging is the part that turns a long wedding day into an actual weekend. There are six Stable Suites sleeping two apiece, twelve people in total, each with a king bed, a private bath with a walk-in shower, a smart TV and a stocked coffee bar for the morning after3. A honeymoon suite in the same lodge adds a king canopy bed, an oversized tub and a lounge3.
The Rancher's Cabin sits apart from everything else on the property with a full kitchen, a dining table and its own outdoor furniture3, which makes it the natural place to put parents or a wedding party that wants to cook together the night before.
Total on-site capacity is around 20 people2. That is not the whole guest list, and it is not meant to be. It is the group that would otherwise be driving back to Austin at midnight, which is exactly the group you want to still be there at breakfast.
What it costs
Videre quotes by date rather than publishing a rate card, which is standard for estate properties where the package changes depending on how many days you book and whether lodging is included. What shapes the number in the couple's favor is the open third-party vendor policy2: caterers, photographers, florists and planners are yours to choose rather than drawn from a required list, so the largest lines in the budget stay competitive instead of being set by the venue.
Combined with the included furniture and setup, that puts a Hill Country wedding weekend here within reach of what a one-day Austin venue plus rentals plus a separate rehearsal dinner space would run. The way to find out for a specific date is to ask.
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Why it fits the Texas Hill Country
Our regional scoring has the Hill Country among the country's strongest ranch and vineyard destinations, with venue inventory that was purpose-built for weddings rather than adapted into them. What the region has historically been thinner on is properties that can hold an entire weekend without sending guests down the road at the end of the night.
Sitting between Austin and San Antonio also solves the guest-travel question that usually decides a Texas wedding2. Two major airports are each about an hour out, which means a guest list split between coasts, or between Texas and everywhere else, does not have to agree on a single city first. They agree on a weekend, and the property handles the rest.
The Videre Estate
Wimberley, Texas
(512) 987-2337
thevidereestate.co
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Every venue detail above is the estate's own published claim and has not been independently verified. Photographs are published by The Videre Estate. The Videre Estate is a WeddingUFO advertising partner. Confirm current pricing, capacity and availability directly with the venue.
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