I feel like I say the same thing over and over in regards to my fondness and love for Palmetto Bluff in Bluffton, South Carolina. But when a place holds so much meaning and so many sweet memories for you, it’s hard not to gush about it!
I cannot remember the first time my family and I ever visited Palmetto Bluff, but I know that it was sometime before 2007. We would travel to South Carolina from the midwest, and one day meandered over to Palmetto Bluff to walk around the property.

The little chapel on the May River caught my eye, and when I ended up meeting and getting engaged to my husband, the memory of that little chapel popped back up in my mind. We decided pretty swiftly that a destination wedding was the route we wanted to go, and I inquired about getting married at Palmetto Bluff right away. We ended up getting married there, and it was the most peaceful and beautiful wedding scene. I’ve never once had a second thought about that being the perfect place for our wedding.
I loved, too, that we had a relatively easy-to-visit place to return to for anniversaries and to show our kids one day. And while these were just loose plans and hopes that we had right after we were married, I’m happy to share that we’ve actually done that. We’ve been back to Palmetto Bluff a handful of times and brought all of our kids with us as well.
It’s become a bit of an annual tradition to rent a home through VRBO and stay in Wilson Village for a long weeke...