A ceremony on the beach or overlooking the bay can be quite simply spectacular but, there is that nagging matter of the weather! The Portsea Hotel is one of the few venues that offers a back up plan if the weather is inclement. We can stage your ceremony on the North Terrace of the Hotel so that it goes ahead unimpeded, still with spectacular views across the bay. The Terrace is fully heated and provides a comfortable option that allows you to hope for the best and rest easy if the weather does not go precisely to plan.

Each ceremony held in the Terrace/Lawn area is complete with guest chairs, clothed signing table and 2 covered signing chairs, red carpet, umbrellas if it is hot, a cordless microphone and stand and an audio system with built in speaker for playing CD’s. The Hotel provides the above listed items for ceremonies held on the Terrace/Lawn only.

A ceremony is deemed to be for 1 hour in duration from the agreed ceremony start time. While we encourage you to take photographs in the Hotel grounds following the ceremony, guests are required to depart the ceremony area within one hour of the scheduled ceremony start time.

The Portsea Hotel is a popular venue and on busy days there can be general trade noise in the Terrace area. However, your ceremony supervisor will approach other patrons to ask for their co-operation during your ceremony.

The fee for a ceremony at the Portsea Hotel is $650.00. By booking your ceremony, you can either hold the ceremony in this location or know that it is there for you should you need to relocate your ceremony from the beach.

Unfortunately, due to the high level of demand for ceremonies at the Hotel, we are unable to accept ceremony bookings for weddings where the reception is not booked at the Portsea Hotel.