Vendor reviews:
Hello all… I got married in the
Outer Banks in September, 2014 and wanted to give a review on all my vendors to help
anyone out that might have questions about them… This forum really helped me
out when I was planning our wedding down at the OBX from a distance (Virginia).
Flowers: Harris Teeter in Nags Head, I have to say
that my flowers were perfect and John Turner the flower gallery manager was
very easy to work with. I asked for
white daisies, mums, and roses and they were beautiful and my bouquet lasted a
week after my wedding even after the 4 hour drive home in a sand bucket… For
our center pieces and bridesmaid bouquets I asked for bulk flowers and we
arranged them the day before and day of and we also got mother of the bride and
groom wrist corsages. If you are looking
to SAVE this is where it is at!! Our cost was a 3rd of what it would
have been with other florist down there. And the flowers were perfect and gorgeous!!
Cake: I also chose Harris Teeter in
Nags Head, we also saved a lot here too, we wanted cup cakes and for the $3.50
plus that other bakers wanted in the area the cup cakes at Harris Teeter
averaged about $1.00 and were perfect, granted they were not some crazy flavor/fancy
cup cakes but that was not what we wanted anyways Chocolate, vanilla and red
velvet with a very tasty white icing with clear sprinkles. We also got a two tiered small cake for our
topper and anniversary that was beautiful and had light blue swirls. The girls at the bakery were very easy to work
with.
Venue: We got married at the Hilton
Garden Inn, in Kitty Hawk. Our ceremony
was on the beach just outside the hotel and our reception was in their
beautiful Pier House (we did a Wednesday wedding which was less expansive and
we partied the whole week with family and friends). Robin Rector was our coordinator and I can’t
say enough good things about her! If you book with them they also do the food for your
reception and we got so many complements on our food choices. We had about 100ish
people and that was a perfect amount for that space. Robin and her crew set up everything we just
dropped off decorations the morning of they set up… no worries hassle free... and their crew cleaned
up after we left.
Chairs for Ceremony: I do OBX
Chairs, Tony was awesome, very laid back and professional, super easy to work
with and very good with commutation. The
day of our wedding the beach at Kitty Hawk was almost nonexistent. But he set up the chairs and bamboo poles
just perfect and it worked out great the surf came up just to where we stood
and we did not get wet it was beautiful, could not have planned it better, It was not
what we talked about before but he was able to change things up last minute.
When Doves Fly: We did a dove release at our ceremony and had my aunt do a reading and it was worth it! If you can afford it I would recommend it!
DJ: We booked Coastal DJ and video
for the music. I have to say that with
the online set up of your songs, your wants, and your do not plays, it was very
easy, you could even pay online and set up your whole timeline! The owner was a little ruff at times to deal
with and we had a miss commutation that lead to some anxiety, but in the end he
did a great job for us and kept the party going! I would recommend him but just know that he
can be hard to deal with but the outcome is great.
Photographer: Coastal Shots, We LOVED working with Ryan we also booked him for our engagement pictures. I wanted to make sure that he did a great job
since this was my #1 importance for our wedding was great pictures so doing the engagement let me know how good he was. Ryan did a great job on both engagement and
wedding pictures caught some great moments and was super easy to work with very
prompted on communication and very laid back go with the flow. We also booked a photobooth through him which
we loved and the pictures we got from that are priceless would highly recommend
him and the photobooth! We are even booking a 1 year anniversary session with
him… FYI it took about 2-3 weeks after each to get our pictures from both sessions.
Rehearsal dinner: Mulligan’s bar
and grill in Nags head, I did not book this my Mother-in-law did and it was
perfect! We had the dinner in their screened in deck on the second floor and
their food was so good. From what she
told me they were also very easy to work with and very reasonable on price.
Lodging: My family booked two beach front houses
through Joe Lamb and they worked out perfect for our needs. The houses were right next to the Hilton which
made things really easy just to walk right on the beach to get to the hotel. I even walked out the house right to the
beach to where the ceremony was.
PS I have to recommend Duck Donuts
for morning after breakfast!!
Be happy to answer any questions…
Kathy Welch