Wedding Venues in Buxton

Kate

5.0 out of 5 rating

5.0

Josh and I couldn't speak more highly of our experience with Our Lady of the Seas. Father Fred, Anita, (and the location) was the reason we decided to have our wedding in Buxton, NC (7 hours from our home). First, Father Fred is one of the most honest and accommodating Catholic priests you will ever meet. Josh is Lutheran and I'm catholic and Father Fred offered any "believers in Christ" (not just catholics) to receive communion at our wedding. He was also incredibly easy to talk to and very REAL. He also was a hoot at our rehearsal dinner. Anita is also AMAZING. She helped me through some bumps in the road (with other vendors) while wedding planning and even offered to keep our dog, who happens to be a pitbull, at her home for the week since our rental house wouldn't allow dogs lol. The view from this church is ONE OF A KIND and makes for a magical wedding experience. If you're Catholic and getting married on the outer banks, do yourself a favor and get married at Our Lady of the Seas!!!

P.J.

5.0 out of 5 rating

5.0

TL;DR: Beautiful venue, amazing food, and a final invoice that came in well below expectations—but the real standout was the exceptional customer service and how stress-free they made everything. We first reached out to The Inn almost 2 years prior to our wedding. Our non-negotiable was that we did not want to do any set up or breakdown and we wanted our dog to be a part of the wedding. We also wanted to avoid having to coordinate a lot of different vendors. My now husband really wanted to have in the Outer Banks but I was skeptical as we had people traveling across the country and it felt like we were adding a long drive to their travel – a worry that seems silly now that the wedding has passed and I’ve seen how much our guests enjoyed the venue. We chose the Wedding Weekend package and had our family and a couple best friends stay there with us. The unexpected benefit to this was that we were able to gather and catch up on the property outside of the rooms without bothering anyone. The Inn has several rental houses within walking distance so you do have the ability to really create your own community! From our first call with Steve for preliminary information, the bar for the hospitality was set incredibly high. During our planning, we had many issues that put our planning on hold – personal health, family health, and my father’s unexpected death. The Inn staff were incredibly understanding and even made adjustments to help us get through those times without having the added stress of wedding details. After each call, decision, or deadline they updated our working wedding invoice so the amount we were spending was obvious. Early on in the process, they provided us with a preferred vendors list and alternative lodging referrals. The only other vendors we used, outside of my hairdresser who traveled, were from that list and all of them were wonderful. One of the things that we really enjoyed in the planning process was the Wedding Weekend in December. We were able to spend a few nights at The Inn with other couples in the planning process. They had various vendors, wine tastings, food tastings, décor out for viewing, and the option of attending a specialty cocktail event. It was incredibly helpful for finalizing our decisions so we were able to have all of our major decisions done shortly afterwards. The weekend of the wedding was seamless. We had made gift bags for the people staying with us and The Inn ensured they were in their rooms before they arrived. Based on The Inn’s email communications with guests, they had made reservations and got to enjoy the delicious breakfasts in Café Pamlico. We were all able to relax before the rehearsal on Friday. Meredith did an amazing job of making sure everyone knew what to do for the ceremony. As my dad had passed during the planning, I had made the decision to be “passed off” during my procession with 4 different escorts so it was a bit more complicated than normal. Meredith also deserves credit for the idea of having my escorts follow behind me in a show of support once they had passed me off to the next person. After practicing the ceremony, we had invited everyone for the rehearsal dinner. We went with the taco bar and it was delicious (the fish received the most compliments)! It was also a lot of fun and provided the more casual atmosphere we had wanted for everyone to meet. The day of the wedding, the staff set up everything exactly how I had expected. We had brought wedding favors, signage, and some other items that we wanted out for our guests. I had checked in with Meredith to let her know my vision and it was executed perfectly. She checked in with me where I was getting ready and told me when I needed to move and where so that my husband wouldn’t see me prior to the ceremony. When I finally got in place, we realized I had forgotten my bouquet in the room and a staff member ran and grabbed it quickly. Whenever it was time to change locations, we got an advance warning and were escorted to where we needed to be shortly after. Throughout the night, there was always someone close by to make sure we had everything we needed or wanted. The next morning, we woke up to our final invoice, which was several thousand dollars lower than we had anticipated! Meredith had also included final information, such as where our items that were used were located so we could take them home. During checkout, the housekeeping staff was amazing. They helped my mom carry things out to her car and would come out with found items as they were cleaning so we could get them to the correct people – most of the time before they’d left. As I was in the lounge area gathering items from the wedding while guests were checking out, I could hear Steve speaking with each of them personally and sharing stories. While I would highly recommend being more responsible than I was in this regard, we had not made breakfast reservations for our checkout day. It was a busy Father’s Day and the staff still managed to do some rearranging so that I could have one final meal with my family before they left. The food there is so good that we had even returned for Father’s Day dinner that evening with my husband’s family (and with reservations)!