Plan your parking the same way you plan your guest count.

Saxon Manor sits at 103 S Saxon Ave in Brooksville, on one property with one lot serving whoever is on site that day. That’s different from a hotel ballroom or a downtown venue sharing a garage with three other businesses. The Barn and the Garden Room each hold up to 150* guests, and at that size you’re not just fitting cars — you’re managing arrival timing, where the wedding party parks versus guests, and where the DJ and photographer set up so they’re not blocking a lane. The BoHo space tops out at 55, which is a much smaller footprint to manage, but the same basic questions apply no matter which room you book.

*The Barn can accommodate up to 200 guests maximum, and a $50 per person charge will be applied at any party size over 150.

Distance is the other half of this. Brooksville is about 45 minutes from Tampa and 90 minutes from Orlando, which means a large share of your guest list is driving in, not walking over from a nearby hotel. Some will arrive together as a group; most will arrive as individual cars over a 30- to 45-minute window before your ceremony. That’s the window where parking either goes smoothly or backs up onto the road, and it’s worth planning for on purpose rather than hoping it sorts itself out.

This is also why parking is included in what your event staff handles, not something you’re left to sort out alone the morning of your wedding. Your package includes bar and event staff whose job includes keeping the day running — that extends to directing arrivals, especially for a wedding at or near full capacity. You don’t need to hire a separate parking attendant. You do need to tell your coordinator your expected guest count and arrival pattern early, so staffing matches the size of the day.

The best time to think about parking is when you lock your final guest count, not the week of the wedding. Once your coordinator knows how many guests to expect, they can plan arrival flow, staff placement, and where the wedding party and vendors park separately from general guest arrivals. If you know a meaningful number of guests are coming from Tampa or Orlando and driving in as a group, mention it — carpooling among out-of-town guests can meaningfully cut down on the number of cars arriving in that arrival window.

Because Saxon Manor includes three-room Bridal Suites on site, some of your wedding party may already be parked and settled well before guest arrival starts, which reduces the number of cars moving during the busiest window. It’s a small detail, but on a 150-guest day, small details about timing are what keep the lot from feeling chaotic at 4:45 the afternoon of your ceremony.

If any guests need accessible parking closer to the entrance, or if you have guests arriving by rideshare given the drive from Tampa or Orlando, tell your coordinator during planning, not the week of. These are easy things to plan for in advance and much harder to fix in the moment. That’s really the whole point: the parking plan should match the wedding you booked, not get improvised around it.