North Carolina offers couples a wide variety of beautiful locations for their wedding ceremony. From mountains to beaches, a couple can find the exact location and accommodations for their wedding. Many locations offer on site catering and reception areas for couples. The hardest part of getting married in North Carolina is narrowing down your choices.

Before you start looking for a location in North Carolina, determine your needs. Answer the following questions before beginning your search to help narrow down your options.

• How many guests will be attending?
• Do you need on site catering?
• What is your budget?
• Do you have religion specific needs?
• Do you want your ceremony inside or out?
• Do you need rooms for your guests?
• What time of year will your ceremony take place?
• Do you prefer the mountains, piedmont or coast?

Country clubs, convention centers and resorts are popular for medium to large weddings in North Carolina. Locations of this type often offer complete privacy for your wedding party. The Gateway Club in Waynesville is located in a historic downtown area and includes a grand ballroom. For a beachfront wedding, the Courtyard Marriott in Carolina Beach offers a quiet, coastal wedding with plenty of room for a reception and rooms for your guests to stay. For race fans, the Speedway Club in Concord is located near the Lowes Motor Speedway and offers competitive pricing and catering. Numerous other clubs and convention centers exist throughout the state.

Three extremely beautiful locations exist for a very picturesque, memorably marriage ceremony. First, Castle Lady Hawk, which is located near Asheville in Tuckaseegee, provides you with a secluded sixty acres. For anyone wanting a fairy tale wedding, what could be more perfect than a castle? Vendors are available nearby for all your wedding needs. For a peaceful, serene setting, consider Rocky River Vineyards in Midland. The vineyards can be used for both ceremonies and receptions. Rosedown Weddings is a Greek revival estate located in Smithfield. Rosedown Weddings has both indoor and outdoor options and has a pond and two gazebos for pictures and ceremonies.

Numerous locations are available along the Blue Ridge Parkway and overlooking the beautiful North Carolina mountains. One such place is Lake Eden Events located in Black Mountain, which provides you with a scenic ranch near Boone and Asheville. Also near Boone are The Courtyard at Little Acres in Marion, which has room for up to five hundred guests, and White Horse Black Mountain in Black Mountain, which provides you with on site catering, DJs, decorating and a bar.

The piedmont area of North Carolina boasts the beautiful Castle McColloch in Jamestown for the perfect princess wedding. There is room onsite for a private ceremony and reception for both small and large groups. For large groups, Twelve West Main in Thomasville will seat up to four hundred, but accommodates small groups as well.

For those wanting to get married near the coast, you can choose both indoor and outdoor weddings. If you choose to have your ceremony on the beach, there are locations available to host your reception afterwards. The Havelock Convention Center in Havelock has ample room for large weddings and receptions. The Litchfield Plantation in Pawleys Island provides you with a beautiful Spanish plantation on six hundred acre estate. Another popular plantation for weddings near the coast is the Quail Plantation in Wilmington.

If you want to have your wedding ceremony in North Carolina, you can feel confident that you’ll be able to have the wedding of your dreams, no matter how big or small. For a list of locations in North Carolina, see the Gathering Guide.