My husband and I researched over 50 places to get married on the coast of NC. We knew we wanted to get married near the outer banks. After broswing theknot.com for what seemed like the 1,000th time, I stumbled upon a review of 108 Budleigh. I l...ooked at the website, emailed a few questions to Bonnie (who is amazing to work with) and we booked it, without even seeing it first in person.
We later drove to Manteo (we live in South Carolina) to finish up with all of our vendors and Bonnie was out of town. She was so kind to give us the code to view Budleigh for the first time. It was BREATHTAKING!!!
We knew we had to be creative, it's a great space for just a ceremony or just a reception. But we wanted to have everything in one location. We didn't think it could work at first, but the day of the wedding everything was perfect!
We had around 90 people at our ceremony and reception. The ceremony was in the same room and the reception. We ended up inviting our guests to watch us release doves by the pier to allow time to reset the room with the dinner tables/dance floor.
This venue was everything we invisioned. It was big enough for everyone to dance and mingle, but still small enough to be intimate.
We wanted to share our special day with close family and friends, and the upstairs area that we used for cocktail hour was plenty big enough for us to meet and greet our guests.
There is even a small room with a tv and sitting area, which the men enjoyed watching the Michigan basketball game after the reception.
108 Budleigh was perfect in every way. I recommend this to any bride who wants and intimate wedding and/or reception in a beautiful historic building in a great location!