Golden Horseshoe Inn

I absolutely cannot recommend the Golden Horseshoe Inn enough for a small wedding. We had about 50 guests and Heather and her team made the planning process and the big day 100% stress free. Heather always replies to emails within 24 hours (which was particularly helpful when we were panicking about rain in the two days leading up the wedding) and she is very easy to reach by phone. You can tell that she has done this hundreds of times and has everything down to a precise science.

Honestly, she should charge at least double what she does for the services included. We never had to worry about flowers, the cake, hors d'oeuvres, set up, take down, flatware, stemware, dishes, linens, tables, chairs, aisle runners, etc etc. She also has a magical room full of many pieces of decor from cake stand options to seasonal accents.

Her father, Alan, was our officiant and he was flawless for our ceremony. We were able to craft a ceremony that felt very "us" from their selections of ceremonies that they provided and when we wanted to add in other elements, they were more than accommodating (we made a decision that my uncle would sing in the wedding about 2 weeks before the big day, and that was no problem).

If you're considering a small wedding in the Charlottesville/Ruckersville/Harrisonburg area and this place isn't on your list of places to see, you're making a tremendous mistake. So many of our guests asked us how we found the place (thanks WeddingWire) and some of my family from New Jersey told me that they wished they had a wedding like ours instead of their big country club weddings. All in all, an amazing day and Heather and her team are irreplaceable gems.