Beach Wedding Venues- Undecided

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We plan to have our ceremony on the beach in the OBX, however are unsure of where to have the reception. We prefer to rent a large house and hold the reception outside under an event tent. Our other option is to rent a venue. We are torn between the pros and cons of each
IE:
 pro of house: cheaper, provide own alcohol and food, etc.
 con of house: We have 200 person invite list, I do not want to have to coordinate everything on my wedding day, and the weather can be volatile)

con of venue: expensive, limited vendors, transportation
pro of venue: wedding corrdinator often included, indoor / outdoor option

Has anyone had a beach wedding and worked with either of these situations? Any advice??

Thank you in advance!!!

Weezy56

We had a caslte-y wedding, not a beach wedding, so I can't speak on that. Whatever you decide though, I would recomend having a wedding coordinator if you can. We had an event planner/coordinator and it made a WORLD of difference. They made our table assignment poster, they set everything up, made sure we stuck with our timeline, coordinated with all the other vendors pre wedding, etc. I spent the morning of the wedding having quality time with my mom and bridesmaids getting ready and there was hardly any stress. It was money well spent.

AdeleDazeem

Have you spoken with rental agencies in OBX?  I only ask because many homes will not allow such a big event to happen on their property (liability, etc). 

Personally, I'd have a venue.  They can handle all the details (set up, clean up, food, decoration, cleaning, etc) for you.  Worrying about those things was the last item on my mind during my wedding.  Your guests shouldn't worry about those things, either.  I'd pay the extra money for the venue so I can enjoy myself that day.

[Deleted User]

Things to consider with house
-Not all house rentals will allow for an event at size, or will charge you extra, make sure to go through a rental home agency & advise them of what you want to do so they can find you a house that will allow that
-Make sure you have enough bathrooms
-It has to be large enough that if it rains, you can move everyone inside
-Make sure to have enough bathrooms (and you'll probably need to bring extra TP)
-Who is going to clean up house after event
-Parking, if you have even 150 people there, you'll probably need to account for 80+ cars
-Trash disposal (there will be a lot after an event that size, you won't be able to leave it for regular tash pick up

Venue pros
-Don't have to worry about weather
-They do set up & clean up
-When DJ is done, everyone leaves, you may have a harder time getting people to leave a house