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Originally Posted by HockeyPuck
Thanks for the insight... I have a couple questions, if you don't mind:
1. We're planning to have the wedding the weekend of August 12th. Is that the beginnning of hurricane season?
2. From your travels in VA/NC, can you recommend places to stay? If you could list the prices that'd be great too! We'd love to be as close to the beach as possible....
Thanks again!
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Sandbridge is the area I am most familiar with. We try to rent a house there every summer for a week. We've stayed at friend's houses in a couple of North Carolina beaches. And stayed at some big chain hotels in VA beach and Myrtle beach (I wouldn't recommend either of those places for a honeymoon, too commercial).
We only choose Sandbridge over the outer banks because it is closer. It is a little more expensive (mostly due to proximity to higher populations), and probably not quite as nice as the outer banks.
We are actually looking right now at booking a place in the outer banks for a week in August as well when my parents come down. We just use a website like this:
http://www.villagerealtyobx.com/. Houses generally are $3000/week. It is hard to find anything nice that is smaller than 4 or 5 bedrooms, so it makes it pretty pricey for a couple. I think there are lots of Condos and such available for a little less. These places are usually well equipped with full kitchens/big screen TVs/private pools/BBQs/etc.
That is getting into the heart of hurricane season. The likelihood of one coming at you the week you are there is small, just something to consider is all.
My wife grew up going to Emerald Isle and Atlantic beach. She really likes Emerald Isle.