Get married on the riverbank, put a tent on the lower lawn, and let thirty of the people you love most sleep under the same roof. Edgetts Lodge is a six-bedroom log lodge on 38 private acres in Luther, Michigan, rented whole, to one group at a time.
Talk to Mark · (248) 894-5115Most venues rent you a room for six hours. Here you get the house and the land for as many nights as you book.
Because the wedding party sleeps at the lodge, the weekend starts on Friday and ends on Sunday instead of at midnight. Everyone gets ready in the same house, dinner the night before happens at the long table, and nobody drives anywhere between the ceremony and the reception. The morning after, whoever is still around makes coffee in the same kitchen.
We rent you the property and the beds. You bring the tent, the caterer, the officiant, the photographer, and the rentals, and you plan the day exactly the way you want it. There is no venue coordinator, no preferred-vendor list, and no package to buy. For a lot of couples that freedom is the whole appeal; if you want a turnkey venue, we are honestly not the right fit. Pricing starts from the normal lodge rate, though special events can carry their own pricing, and Mark will give you the number up front.
Couples almost always choose one of two places. The riverbank, looking out over 600 feet of the Wild & Scenic Pine, and you own both banks while you’re here. Or the red pines just up from the lodge, where benches set in rows under sixty-foot trunks make a room without walls.
The lower lawn holds a rented tent comfortably, with the lodge lit up behind it and the fire pits going once the sun drops. String lights across the yard and the log great room as a rain plan have carried more than one July evening.
Photos from weddings held at the lodge. Guests’ faces are blurred for their privacy.
We host small weddings of roughly 30 to 50 guests. The ceremony usually happens on the riverbank or in the pines, with a rented tent on the lower lawn for the reception. Thirty of your guests can sleep at the lodge itself, which is what makes a whole-weekend wedding work here.
You rent the whole lodge and the whole 38-acre property for your dates: the six bedrooms, the great room, the kitchen, the decks, the fire pits, the river frontage, and the lawns. The wedding itself is yours to plan: you bring your own tent, caterer, officiant, photographer, and rentals. We are the venue and the lodging, not a wedding package.
Yes. Weddings need to supply portable washrooms for the event. The lodge has three and a half bathrooms and they are there for the people staying in the house, not for a lawn full of guests. Arrange the portable units with your rental company along with the tent, and talk to Mark about where they go.
The two spots couples choose most often are the riverbank looking out over the Pine, and the stand of red pines just up from the lodge, where benches can be set in rows. Both are a short walk from the house, so guests can move from ceremony to reception without driving anywhere. Any arch or backdrop is yours to bring, along with the rest of your rentals.
Yes, that is the point of getting married here. The lodge sleeps 30 in 21 beds across six bedrooms and three and a half baths, so the wedding party and immediate family can stay on site for the whole weekend. Additional guests usually book lodging in Cadillac or Baldwin, both a short drive away.
Summer and early fall are the most popular. June through August gives you the warmest weather and the river at its best, and books earliest, often a year out. Late September and October bring peak color along the Pine, which photographs beautifully and is usually easier to book.
The starting point is the normal lodge rate for the nights you book: $4,990 per week in summer, or $690 to $790 per night from September through May, plus 6% Michigan tax and a $1,000 refundable deposit. Special events can carry their own pricing, so confirm the number with Mark rather than assuming the standard rate. Either way you book directly with the owner, so no booking or service fee is added on top. Your tent, catering, and rentals are contracted separately with your own vendors.
Call Mark at (248) 894-5115 before you book. Tell him your guest count, your dates, and roughly what you're picturing, and he'll tell you straight whether it will work on the property. He would rather say no early than have a couple discover a problem a month before the wedding.
Summer weekends book a year out, and Mark would rather tell you early whether your plan works than let you find out late. Call (248) 894-5115, or send your dates through the availability formand he’ll get back to you, usually the same day.
More about the property: the lodge and what’s inside, where all thirty people sleep, nightly and weekly rates, and things to do on the Pine River for guests who come early or stay late.