The Weekend Package
The pavilion and reception hall are complete and booking now. Call Melissa at (726) 238-8188 to schedule a tour.
Two packages, starting at $3,500. All nine yurts are included with our Signature package — lodging for up to 40 guests on site.
The Weekend
Setup Day
Wedding Day
Departure
Wedding Packages
Starting at $3,500
$1,000 refundable security deposit
Not included: Table and chair rentals, reception hall access, setup, takedown, cleanup, photography, linens, décor, flowers, cake, bartender, DJ, wedding planner.
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Starting at $6,500
$1,000 refundable security deposit
Not included: Photography, linens, décor, flowers, cake, bartender, DJ, wedding planner, and cleanup unless added separately.
Both packages: air conditioning, showers, a mini kitchen, a private cedar hot tub, and a palapa with outdoor furniture. The bridal yurt also includes a full-size light-up mirror and a lighted makeup mirror.
Call Melissa at (726) 238-8188 for add-on pricing and availability.
The Weekend Itself
River Yurt Village sits on 21 acres along the Medina River in Bandera, Texas, one block off Main Street and a quarter mile past the Beverage Barn. The Signature package gives you 48 hours of venue access: the covered 40' x 60' pavilion that seats up to 150 guests, kitchen access for catering, and all nine yurts for up to 40 guests. The enclosed, air-conditioned reception hall, holding up to 175 guests indoors, is available as a $1,500 upgrade.
On setup day your people arrive and check into the yurts instead of scattering to motels in three different towns. Each yurt has a private cedar hot tub in its own gazebo, an Argentine gaucho grill, air conditioning and heat, and all linens, pillows and towels provided. The rehearsal dinner happens outside under the stars, or indoors with the hall upgrade, and the evening usually ends around the fire pit with somebody in a hot tub still talking at midnight.
The wedding day is unhurried because nobody is driving in. The wedding party gets ready on site. The ceremony is in the pavilion, under the roof, so the forecast is not part of the plan. Dinner and dancing follow under the string lights — and with the hall upgrade, the covered walkway lets guests move from cool room to pavilion and back without stepping into the weather. Departure day is a slow morning at the yurts, goodbyes on the deck, and yurt checkout by 11am.
Why It Works
A wedding where the guests sleep on the property is a different event from one where they don't. There is no shuttle to organise, no last drink cut short by a drive, and no gap on the morning after where everyone has already gone. The people who travelled for you get two full days with you instead of five hours.
It also takes a line item off your budget conversation: all nine yurts are included with our Signature package — lodging for up to 40 guests on site. Four of the nine yurts are family yurts sleeping up to seven, with a master bed, bunk beds and a queen sleeper sofa, which is where the cousins and the kids go. The Love Bird honeymoon yurt sleeps four. The rest are built for couples. Between them the nine yurts hold up to 40 people a night.
Hill Country venues are mostly open-air barns and pavilions. Ours is too — and then there is the hall, available as a $1,500 upgrade: complete, fully enclosed, with real air conditioning. On a June or August weekend that is what keeps guests in their seats through dinner, and in February it is the warm room for the rehearsal dinner.
For Your Vendors
Bring your own caterer, florist, DJ or band and photographer. Both packages include kitchen access for catering, so your caterer works in a real prep space. The gravel drive runs up to the venue area for load-in and load-out, and the Signature package's 48 hours on the property mean setup does not have to happen in a rush on Saturday morning.
Vendors will ask about parking and unloading, the power at their station, and how much time they have on site either side of the event. Those depend on your date and layout, so call Melissa at (726) 238-8188 and we will go through access, power and timing with you or directly with them.
On A Tour
How many guests can stay on site? With our Signature package, all nine yurts are included — lodging for up to 40 guests on site. Our Intimate package includes two yurts.
What if it rains on Saturday? The pavilion roof covers its full 40' x 60' footprint, and the fully enclosed hall is available as an upgrade, so the day goes ahead as planned either way.
Can we bring a dog? Dogs under 35 lb are welcome, leashed when outside. Call Melissa at (726) 238-8188 with questions about bringing a pet.
What does it cost and which dates are open? Packages start at $3,500 (Intimate) and $6,500 (Signature), each with a $1,000 refundable security deposit; the reception hall is a $1,500 upgrade. Weekend dates go early in spring and fall. Call Melissa at (726) 238-8188 and we will tell you what is still available and what your weekend would run.
Weekend dates go early in spring and fall. Book a tour or call and we'll tell you what's still open.
Keep Exploring
The full picture: pavilion, reception hall, nine yurts and 21 acres on the Medina River in Bandera.
More about Weddings & Events OverviewA 40' x 60' covered pavilion seating up to 150 guests, sheltered rain or shine beneath the live oaks.
More about The Covered PavilionHolds up to 175 guests indoors; enclosed and air-conditioned, with a catering kitchen and a covered walkway to the pavilion.
More about The Reception Hall