The 2 best wedding venues in Hampton, ranked and compared

The Wedding Chapel at the Magnolia House Inn is an intimate ceremony-only wedding venue located inside the historic 5-star Magnolia House Inn in Downtown Hampton, Virginia; it has been open since 2006 and has hosted hundreds of marriage ceremonies, vow renewals and elopements under owners and certified Interfaith Non-Denominational ministers Lankford and Joyce Blair. The chapel accommodates up to 20 seated guests and offers ceremony packages from $250 to $900 (with elope-and-stay packages starting at $1,345 for two nights in a Queen Guestroom or $1,623 in the Ellington Suite). Packages typically include the wedding officiant, ceremony consultation, greenery, chair covers with colored sashes, music of choice for processional/recessional, a powder room for wedding preparation, filing of the marriage license with the Circuit Court and time for photography. Themed ceremony options include Unity Candle, Unity Sand, Jumping the Broom, Dove Release and Celtic Handfasting. Curbside elopements and Zoom virtual ceremonies are also offered; the venue is LGBTQ+ friendly. The chapel is ceremony-only but the coordinator assists couples in finding a reception location.

The Historic Post Office (HPO) is a restored Beaux-Arts building on Hampton, Virginia's waterfront, originally completed in 1914 as the area's largest US post office and reopened as a wedding venue in January 2017. The two-story space features dark wood floors, white brick walls, a wrap-around mezzanine, and two newly renovated dressing suites, accommodating ceremony or seated reception for up to 180 guests on one level, 250 across both levels, or 400 standing. Every package includes round and rectangle tables, 250 mahogany Chiavari chairs with ivory cushions, two wooden bars, customizable event lighting, a full-service warming kitchen, on-site staff, complimentary security, exclusive 9 AM access and a five-hour event window plus an hour for breakdown. A multi-functional courtyard is available for outdoor ceremonies or private parking, and HPO requires a day-of coordinator and use of one of its exclusive caterers (with a $500 non-preferred caterer fee).