The 10 Best Family Reunion Destinations in the Southeast in 2027

Pigeon Forge’s tourism site says you can rent cabins big enough for up to 100 people, so everyone fits under one roof. Its reunion page lists large cabin rentals and hotel room blocks at properties like Margaritaville Island Hotel or The Ramsey Hotel and Convention Center. Wear Farm City Park covers 118 acres with sports fields, playgrounds and pavilions, and the page lists the Great Smoky Mountain Wheel, a 200-foot observation wheel, plus the free 6-mile paved Riverwalk. Lodging prices are not published on those pages.

Visit Myrtle Beach says the area works for a dozen relatives or hundreds. Together Resorts properties sleep up to 70 guests each, or up to 140 when two are reserved together, and single-family homes with 8 to 10 bedrooms sleep 20 to 30 guests. The destination cites 60 miles of beaches and offers complimentary planning assistance. Prices are not published on those pages.

The Hilton Head Island Visitor and Convention Bureau has a page for family and military reunions that covers a reunion for 20 or 2,000, with oceanfront hotels, inns and resorts, vacation homes and villa rentals. Activities include family-friendly games and competitions, golf tournaments, island excursions and boat cruises, and the bureau will help create a customized activity. Prices are not published on that page.

Alabama’s Beaches offers lodging for groups of any size, with condos and beach houses, many with indoor and outdoor pools, fitness facilities and tennis and volleyball courts. The destination has 32 miles of sugar-white sand beaches across Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and Fort Morgan. Its reunion page notes many restaurants and catering options that serve large groups, and you can reserve the pavilion at Gulf State Park. Prices are not published there.

The Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, the official tourism authority for Dare County, runs a Group Planners page for family reunions. The Outer Banks span over 100 miles from Duck to Hatteras Village, and cottage courts put groups of houses around a common courtyard, which suits extended families. The site advises booking roughly 9 to 12 months ahead for larger oceanfront homes. Prices are not published on those pages.

Florida’s Historic Coast offers complimentary services for reunions, with lodging for groups large and small and group-friendly restaurants and attractions for all ages. The area cites 42 miles of Atlantic beaches. Its reunion offers include private tours aboard The Pellicano and Family Reunion Packages with Ancient City Tours, and Beachcomber Cottages on Vilano are four coastal homes, all on Beachcomber Way. Prices are not published on those pages.

The Lodge 30A in Santa Rosa Beach has 85 guest rooms and flexible room blocks of 10 or more rooms for family reunions. South Walton is 26 miles of sugar-white sand beaches and 16 beach neighborhoods, and Southern Vacation Rentals serves Seagrove, Grayton Beach, Santa Rosa Beach, WaterColor, Sandestin and Miramar Beach and says it can handle an annual family reunion. Prices are not published on those pages.

Visit Savannah says Savannah Riverboat Cruises suits a family reunion, with a capacity for 1000 passengers. The Owens-Thomas House parterre garden can be reserved for up to 100 guests, and Page Island, outside Savannah and reached only by boat from River Street, accommodates up to 300 guests. Gray Line Savannah runs a Tybee Island Dolphin Tour that is ideal for families, couples and visitors of all ages. Group lodging capacity and prices are not published on the pages we used.

Chattanooga’s tourism site describes Talking Water Nature Retreat’s Songbird Neighborhood, four cabins around a central pavilion that host up to 26 guests, 15-18 minutes from downtown. Scenic View Log Cabins has 15 cabins that sleep 1 to 14 guests each, and Wauhatchie Woodlands has 30 cabins at the base of Lookout Mountain. The county has over 11,000 rooms. Prices are not published on those pages.

Explore Asheville’s group-buyout list, which is not a reunion page, includes The Lazy Tiger Hostel in Woodfin, which sleeps up to 24 with a full kitchen and parking for 17 vehicles. Wrong Way River Lodge and Cabins has 16 standalone A-frame cabins, Earth & Sky Dwellings has 20 vacation rentals within walking distance of each other, and Engadine Inn and Cabins in Candler has five B&B rooms and six mountain cabins on 12 acres. Prices are not published.