DeLand is Stetson University's town — brick main street, an hour from the theme parks and a world away from them — and Villa Festa, on East New York Avenue, is an Italianate villa venue that publishes something I wish more venues would: a wedding format literally called “50 Guests & Under.” Not a big wedding with a discount. A format built for the list you actually have.
City: DeLand, Florida
Guest count: Published “50 Guests & Under” wedding format
Outside catering: The venue doesn’t publish a catering policy on its website — ask before you plan around outside food.
Published prices: Day rental from $4,250; weekend rental from $6,850 (venue-wide starting prices)
Address: 518 E. New York Ave, DeLand
Venue’s own website: Villa Festa
The numbers, with the caveat attached
Now the numbers, with their caveat attached. The published starting prices — day rental from $4,250, weekend from $6,850 — are venue-wide starting prices, not a printed “50 & Under” package price, so treat them as the neighborhood, not the quote. Rental pricing also means the venue is the venue: food, rentals and staff are separate lines you'll assemble, which is either freedom or homework depending on your temperament.
Who should call: a couple with 35–50 guests who want a place with a face — a villa photographs like a destination wedding without the airfare — and who are comfortable building the rest of the day around a rental. Who shouldn't: anyone hoping the $4,250 is the whole bill. It won't be, and the venue doesn't claim it is.
What I’d ask before booking
- Is there a specific package price for the “50 Guests & Under” format?
- What does the rental include — tables, chairs, getting-ready space?
- What's the outside-catering policy?
The rest of the region is on the Orlando & Central Florida page; the full census is in the Florida guide. And when the venue math starts, what it costs to elope in Florida and what a Florida wedding venue actually costs will save you from the usual surprises.
Facts checked October 30, 2026 against the venue’s own website. Prices and packages change — if the venue’s site and this page disagree, the venue is right and I’m out of date.