Tides Folly Beach

After meeting with Caitlin Corrigan and touring this event space once, we had promptly booked and reserved with a down payment in August, 2019 (anticipating our May, 2020 wedding). Shortly after, I was diagnosed with cancer and it was clear that we would have to post-pone our wedding (which ended up working out better anyways because, COVID). We were able to get the same date of May 8 and move it back a year to 2021 without any issues. With my family, we did all of the planning and coordinating (seriously, pinterest for weddings. So many great ideas!) and probably emailed Caitlin way too many times with questions/concerns/anything under the sun. Caitlin always responded promptly, professionally, and knowledgeable (and if she didn't know, she would effectively communicate that and get back to me). Aside from Caitlin being a dream to work with, they were able to accommodate adjoining rooms, early check in, champagne in the bride and groom's room, early set up for the reception hall and arbor, adding or subtracting any tables/projectors/extention cords for the vendors, the things I never would have thought of. The wait staff was professional and efficient; we were having so much fun, we skipped cutting the cake and they stored it for us in the fridge.
Our wedding was an absolute dream come true and it could not have been so magical anywhere else. I highly recommend this venue and working with Caitlin Corrigan. She emits genuine passion and integrity for her career and customers.

We had a beautiful wedding ceremony on the beach in front of the Tides! The hotel staff was very helpful and professional in planning and executing the ceremony. Everything was perfect! Thank you :)

Tides was the perfect place for us to hold our beach wedding. It's basically an everything-included plan; Tides can provide the ceremony set-up, all catering including the cake (the food is great!), tables and chairs, etc. We had the ceremony on the sand and the cocktail hour and reception in an event space inside. Over the course of the planning year, Caitlin at Tides was absolutely delightful to work with; we ended up renting another space for the bridal party to get ready and the process was super smooth. The Tides hotel itself has a gorgeous renovated lobby/restaurant/outdoor bar, and the rooms have been redone, but you can tell the building itself is older and worn by saltwater, so the vibe is definitely casual beach, but everyone was happy.

We worked with Candice for arranging our Rehearsal dinner at the Shipwatch room over looking the pier. She was very accommodating to all of our needs as well as the rest of the staff. The food was wonderful and everyone really enjoyed it.

We had our ceremony and reception at the Tides and my husband and I stayed there on our wedding night. Everything was picture perfect. Candice was amazing to work with and I truly could not have asked for better. We did a lot of corresponding through email because I was planning all of this from another state. We live in Georgia and chose to get married in South Carolina. The price listed on my review included the ceremony (which would have included an officiant, but my dad was performing ours for us) and the reception which we chose to have before the ceremony since the ceremony was at 7:30pm and everyone at the Tides was totally fine with that! Since we booked both with the Tides, they included the room for the night (which my bridesmaids and I were able to use to get ready beforehand) and a bottle of champagne at no extra cost! Seriously, if you're in the area, book them!! Heck, book them if you're not.. I did!!

Rachel has been a great help through this whole process, she's very busy and doesn't answer her phone very often (most likely because she is out and about doing work around the hotel) but she is quick to reply to emails! The main reason I loved this place is because 1. They were very friendly and welcoming 2. I got a break down spread sheet of every thing I would be spending 3. Everything is included in the package, this is very convient!
Can't wait for the wedding in March!

Caitlin made sure everything was taken care of! She was very responsive!! Our beach wedding was perfect!

I am so happy I decided to have my wedding at the Tides. All the guest loved staying there leading up to the wedding. The food was excellent at the reception and the staff was so amazing and helpful. Our wedding was beautiful and the Tides did not disappoint.

We worked with Blair Stegall with The Tides to plan our wedding ceremony and reception. Everything was absolutely perfect. My husband and I booked The Tides as our venue and caterer about 14 months before our wedding and during all of those months Blair remained helpful and available whenever we had questions or concerns. We live about two hours away from Folly Beach and were able to do everything via e-mail and phone calls, although when I wanted to go have a face to face meeting with Blair she was readily available and always positive! I don't think our wedding would have turned out so perfect without her and the staff that worked so hard to set everything up and break everything down after, and take care of all of us for the duration and for our entire five day stay at the hotel. From the bartenders to the the staff helping with the food preparations, everyone was so friendly, down to earth, professional and happy. It was a perfect day!! The cost to have our event at the Tides, on their pool deck, and have it fully catered including oysters and opened bar was extremely reasonable. Since my now husband and I took on most of the cost on our own, we were on a strict budget and again Blair helped in so many ways to make sure we stuck to our budget. Thank you so much to The Tides and everyone that made our day possible!! All of our guests left telling us that it was the best wedding they had ever attended and I wouldn't change anything about it!! P.S. The food was outstanding!!!

We hosted our small reception dinner at Blu restaurant. From the first time we met with the catering manager until the night of the event we were impressed. We always felt "taken care of" in everyway. Since we ordered off the menu we had some special requests from our guests which were all granted. They took the time to set a special table for our large group and dedicated more than enough staff to make our service exceptional. The food was delicious and the atmosphere was festive. We could not have asked for more.