Laughing Waters Retreat Reviews

Laughing Waters in Gerton, NC was the perfect place to have our wedding weekend! The Laughing Waters Venue offers a great location, beautiful inside area, outside trails, beautiful architecture, plenty of parking, and amazing views. It was our dream venue!! We arrived 7/1/2022 and had our beautiful ceremony outdoors on 7/2/2022. The views, both indoors and outdoors, are spectacular. Laughing Waters was perfect for our all inclusive wedding as we were able to have our ceremony outdoors, followed by first dances on the main floor, then an easy transition downstairs to the reception. The indoors is great for both dining and dancing!
Julia Considine, the manager, is wonderful to work with and was so helpful the entire way through! Julia keeps open communication with you from the very first contact and makes you feel a part of the Laughing Waters family! They also work with a lot of great vendors that they recommend to you. We chose Sweets Mountain Bakery for our desserts table and gluten free cake. They did a phenomenal job with displaying the dessert table and the desserts and cake were absolute perfection! Our other recommendation was our officiant; Dr. Peggy Farmer. We can not thank Julia and Laughing Waters enough for recommending Peggy to officiate our wedding. Peggy soothed my introverted and anxious soul as well as guided family and friends through rehearsal and the ceremony with laughter and beautiful words that we will cherish forever. However, most importantly is how Peggy left a lasting memory on all five of our children as they still talk about how greatly they miss her and wish she lived nearer!
Our guests traveled from FL, NJ, the coast and mountains of NC, SC, TN, and Italy. Our guests were afforded the opportunity to relax and explore the trails. But most importantly, we were able to spend time enjoying one another’s company at what our three year old daughter affectionately calls the “Wedding House”.

We had our small wedding here. Despite the fact that it rained, was freezing, and the fall leaves were as green as they could be, it was perfect! We stayed at the cottage on site and it was amazing, peaceful, and everything we could possibly want. I would most certainly recommend this venue for a smaller wedding!

If you're looking for the perfect venue for an intimate, affordable, eco-friendly, rustic, woodsy, diy wedding...this is it! They are very flexible and responsive. The cabin is beautiful. We served dinner on the huge patio, then went inside for drinks, cake, and dancing. My guests raved about the awesome location. It's very secluded. The creek that runs behind the cabin just added to the magic of our big day.

We were really impressed with this beautiful venue for our Lord of the Rings-inspired wedding. We used the creekside as our ceremony location, and took photos all over the grounds. Heidi showed us the property and answered a ton of questions, and then kept in touch via email. We were able to have friends and family in the lodge, as well as on-site camping. The only downside of this venue is that it is not pet-friendly.

My husband and I love the NC mountains, and waterfalls especially, so this venue was the perfect setting for our wedding. Communication from Heidi with the Laughing Waters team was easy, quick, and helpful. All our guests loved the venue, saying it was beautiful and unique. We had a lot of freedom to decorate as we liked, as long as we put everything back as we found it. It rained the day of our wedding, so it was good that we had a tent outside and that the reception indoors was able to fit 70-80 people as long as we used the main floor and the basement for tables (but we still had room for dancing in the basement!). We had several of our family and some of the bridal party stay at the venue the nights before and after the wedding which was very convenient for us all.

Thanks so much, Laughing Waters!