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Destination Weddings from North Carolina: Planning Away from Home

Getting married away from home takes extra planning. The right help makes it feel simple. These are the destination wedding pros we recommend, with tips on travel, legal details and guests.

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If you are considering a NC destination wedding, this page is for you. Whether you’re a Raleigh area local looking for a nearby wedding getaway, or have found this website by searching for Southern wedding venues, we are so glad you’ve found us.

Heart of NC Weddings is the leading upscale wedding magazine for the Triangle area of North Carolina. For more than 35 years, we have offered engaged couples an annual list of hand-picked NC wedding vendors and venues. Each is selected because they are high quality and reliable.

We’ve visited each of the gorgeous properties you’ll find in our venue search. And we personally know each of these wonderful vendors across our state. Below, scan the page for vendors that stand out to you. Read more about each one on its profile page. Then, reach out to your faves, and don’t forget to share that you found them on our local NC wedding planning website.

NC Destination Weddings

We hope you will agree that NC is a most wonderful location for an affordable Southern destination wedding. It’s also conveniently located in the center of the eastern seaboard.

Most of the services featured on this page are NC beach wedding destinations venues, NC mountain venues, and vendors serving those areas. If you are seeking wedding venues in the center of the state near RDU airport, visit our full venue list.

NC Mountain Wedding Venues

Plan a gorgeous wedding in the NC Mountains. Weddings are popular in Asheville, Boone or Blowing Rock.

Area bed & breakfast inns, mountain-top barns, or lakeside resorts make unique wedding and reception sites. You, your friends and your family can all enjoy the ambiance of a getaway and the convenience of easy travel.

NC Beach Weddings

Plan an entire NC beach wedding on Bald Head Island, the Outer Banks, or even in the town of Wilmington! There will not be a shortage of things to do for your guests during the day. Plus, weather at the beach in NC is beautiful year-round. You may not know about the Inner Banks. This is an area full of riverfront towns which might be right up your alley!

New Bern, Fayetteville, Winston-Salem, Greensboro and Charlotte NC

There are so many fabulous cities across our state, each with a handful of excellent wedding venues to check out. We highlight venues in the NC Triad area of Winston-Salem and Greensboro. We also feature venues in central NC – from Fayetteville to Charlotte. Or, consider a small town destination wedding in a quaint town such as New Bern or Goldsboro. There are so many possibilities in the gorgeous state of North Carolina. Let your dream venue lead your wedding planning by exploring this page!

Why Trust Our Recommendations

How We Choose Our Vendors

We've been connecting North Carolina couples with wedding pros for more than 40 years. Every vendor in our directory is a local business we know – and we only recommend the people we'd send our own friends to. Read more about how we choose.

We review their work

Our editors look at real weddings, portfolios and style before anyone joins.

We check the business

Business registration, insurance and years of experience are part of every application.

We ask around

References from fellow NC wedding pros and past couples round out the picture.

Love is love

Every vendor supports our mission to represent all weddings, including LGBTQ+ couples. Read our statement on inclusivity.

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