Tides Folly Beach

inner with filet mignon, a salad, key lime pie) which was 50$ a head. The cake was good. It’s nice to have an inclusive package on Folly. I only had to hire a photographer, and decorate. Hope, the officiant was great! We had to move our ceremony inside due to wind (big storm rolled in later that night) the inside space is really nice with a great view of the ocean via wrap around picture windows.

terrupting our ceremony! The food that was catered through the hotel was excellent. It was harder for us since we live out of town to reach out and ask a million questions, but we made it through!

Brittany and Emma were beyond easy to work with. The venue was beautiful and a perfect location for a beach wedding with the reception in their ballroom afterwards. The food was amazing and everyone raved about it. My new wife and I highly recommend The Tides!

being under construction unfortunately but we angled everything away from the pier and the photos came out amazing! The reception was exactly what I wanted. Kaitlyn and her team were wonderful and very accommodating.

ain; we chose Tides because of the affordability. We are using the money we saved to close on our first home! 🙂 I also worked with Sam and Caitlin, but had a great experience with both. Caitlin called me when she became my point of contact, I was very imressed. Also, their restaurant had a nice wedding cake and food that accommodated everyone's dietary needs. Even if we weren't saving money, I would do it all over again. Thank you Tides for making our day so special!

ng the whole time we were there. The beach was beautiful and the beach bar was very convenient and a fun atmosphere! We would definitely stay there again!

have. Last minute changes were not a problem when dealing with Candice. The venue itself is absolutely gorgeous and the entire staff is extremely accommodating! This was the best venue we could have choosen.

ouse where we had our ceremony.... CAUTIONS: Tides doesn't allow you to bring your own food service or cake service or bar service, but they gave us really good food, bar was ok, and the cake was better than expected... all this saved me a lot of time (coordinating more and more stuff)...One more thing, we had to add dancing floor, parvillion area and some drapping (because there is way too many doors, and it needs more lightning).... My wedding was perfect, I loved every detail I planned... Tides was a great option overall...

nd a venue that would make planning a destination wedding as easy as possible, and the Tides did it all! My family had vacationed there a couple years ago, so I knew I loved the location and facility. Within the day of contacting them, Senior Sales Manager, Rachel Sneed responded. She answered the multitude of questions I had and responded to each and every phone call and email in a timely manner. She was particularly phenomenal in the few weeks leading up to our wedding when I kept receiving cancellations. She updated our BEO numerous times with our "Final Count." One of the best things about the Tides is that everything is on site. They make getting married easy! Any doubts we had about using their officiant were quickly put to rest when we met Hope Johnson. We met with her the Wednesday before our ceremony to go over our vows and responsibilities. She immediately made us feel at ease, and we bonded almost instantaneously. We could not have asked for a better person to marry us! She went above and beyond the day of our ceremony. As I was walking down in all my wedding finery to get married, I saw my groom in the hallway. I ducked behind a corner and was attempting to stay out of site when Hope came upon me. She rushed me (and my dog, Max!) through the back doors to her office, gave me a flute of champagne, and talked with me for the next 10 minutes before my ceremony. Any nerves I had were quickly forgotten, AND she kept me from seeing my soon-to-be. The staff at the Tides were amazing the entire week. I was astounded that they learned our names by the first day. They made us feel at home and were some of the kindest people I have ever met! A special shout out to Hunter! He went above and beyond during our stay! Thank you!!!

emails and calls. It finally came together in time for the wedding, though, and the event itself went great. The beach is gorgeous and adds so much to the atmosphere (and photos). We got married on the sand, then moved inside to a ballroom for our reception, where everything flowed smoothly. Our guests enjoyed the food and the scenery. There were a few minor snags: the groom's last name was misspelled on the menus, and the cake was served late, but overall it was the wedding we were hoping for and everyone had a good time. I'd recommend Tides as a wedding venue with the caveat to stay on top of the planning yourself (or hire a coordinator, which we didn't do).

the morning of that there was another wedding going on at the same time, which would result in me having to go through the back kitchen (dragging my dress through water on the ground) to get to my reception; however, the staff was amazing and even helped me hold my dress up so it wouldn’t get damaged and guided me to where I needed to be. The food was great—so good in fact, that nobody wanted to eat our wedding cake because they were so full after their four courses. During the reception, the only bathroom nearby backed up and started leaking sewage everywhere. The sewage leaked under the wall and onto the carpet in our reception room, but the staff was so apologetic, preparing a guest room for us to use as a bathroom, and even giving us a partial refund for the inconvenience. Our guests didn’t seem to mind (though, it could have been the alcohol that calmed their nerves haha). I would recommend Tides Folly Beach for any bride wanting a beach wedding. The beach is absolutely gorgeous, the pier makes for some amazing photos, the reception food and cakes are delicious, and most importantly, the staff is absolutely amazing—they will do their best to make sure your day is as close to perfect as possible. I am so incredibly happy with our choice to have our destination wedding at Tides Folly Beach! P.S. Make sure you put one of your friends on Beach Patrol to politely ask people to move out of the way so they will not be in your pictures. You would think people would be considerate enough to not sit between your arbor and the ocean, but they aren’t. We had one of our friends go ask everyone to move and they did—except for one woman who was on her cell phone and got the privilege of being photoshopped out of our pictures. haha

food was delicious, and the venue was awesome. I would not have changed a thing.

being at the Tides for the weekend was like being on vacation, 99% of our guests were out of town and having everyone all together was great!

l party which was also hosted by the Tides and they did a great job of setting that up as well. I gave them 4 stars only because the person that was assigned to host our event was at times stressful given the time sensative matter because she would not respond to questions for a few days and was a little bit distracted.

e wedding. She was nothing but calming, helpful and accommodating. Communication was slow via email, but every time I actually called she was available and helpful. We had a blast doing the food tasting and walk throughs. During the wedding weekend, the customer service staff was amazing in dealing with the huge amount of demanding guests we brought in. Everybody loved the hotel rooms, views, restaurant and atmosphere. Blair did a great job accommodating our hotel room needs like getting us a very late check out for us to get ready in one of the hotel rooms, transferring my suitcase to my honeymoon suite, etc. They did a great job getting vendors coordinated and in the right place. The florist somehow found me in my hotel room, the cake delivery went without a hitch, and I wasn't bothered about anything. There was one dilemma before the ceremony when the chair delivery that the Tides arraigned for our beach ceremony was not large enough. Blair did an excellent job breaking the news to my mom, with sandwiches and champagne and assuring us everything would be taken care of. The staff was a little slow in getting extra banquet chairs out to the ceremony location, but eventually they got our guests all seated and ready! The ceremony was very windy but completely gorgeous! We had a cocktail hour on the patio at Blu, most of which I missed but everyone raved about the food during this time. Then we moved inside for the reception that was in their restaurant, Blu. We had 120 people and they did an amazing job fitting all of the tables and making it not too cramped. We had some of our seating outside which worked out great and they had nice fire pits set up to keep things warm. We had a buffet meal and all of the guests raved about the food. The room looked beautiful with layout, decorations and set up which we left up to them. We had the time of our life dancing, mingling, and eating and the Tides took care of everything. Everyone said it was the best wedding they'd ever been to! Personalized, enjoyable, a great view and a good party! I can't say enough about Blair and the entire staff at the Tides.

ger in charge of weddings. We gave up on calling her and leaving messages because she never once returned them. Even the week before my wedding we had to email her three times just to get one response, with the exception of when money was involved. If we were paying for something then we got a response within 24 hours. My second issue is that we had on our contract that we had also rented out the outside deck. Later that night when I complained that there were people on the deck, not with the wedding drinking from our bar, they told us we did not rent the deck and that the people could stay. I really did like this place, the bartenders and waiters were fabulous. I just was very disappointed because I spent a lot of money on them and expected better service from the management.

y of to make sure everything went well. Not to mention the food was amazing! It was a bit on the pricey side, but I guess that's what I get for a beach wedding!

t and it was a beautiful wedding!

in 2010). The bed was comfortable and we had a window overlooking the beach. The housekeeping left much to be desired. I even asked a maid to clean our bathtub and left a little lotion to make sure it got down. She cleaned up the lotion but didn't scrub the tub! Beach towels are not provided by the hotel but you can buy them in the gift shop.