Got married 10/2022 . Everything was perfect 😍 Theresa and entire staff was amazing.. it is such a beautiful Venue.. highly recommend

Wow, where to begin. This is going to be a long one, but TL:DR = 10/10 would recommend.

My (now) husband and I picked Terraces of Rancho de Amor as our wedding venue way back in 2019. We originally picked this venue because it was within our budget, it included a lot of other vendors within the package, and the venue itself was absolutely beautiful. Then 2020 happened. We made the tough decision to postpone our wedding until May 1, 2021. Theresa, the venue owner, and all of our other vendors could not have been more accommodating or kind. Planning a wedding in the middle of a pandemic was not easy, but having this venue, and everyone involved, made the process a lot less stressful.

The venue: Terraces of Rancho de Amor. A beautiful outdoor venue tucked into the mountains, it really complemented our more minimal aesthetic wedding. We were able to rely on the natural beauty of each terrace as a decoration in and of itself, in addition to some of our more minimal flowers and decorations. I really cannot stress this enough, but Theresa was an absolute delight to work with. She was prompt, professional, and incredibly accommodating to our evolving plans. Theresa's eye for quality in the vendors she collaborates with cannot be understated, as each person included within the package was professional and easy to work with. Our wedding package included: catering, photographer, DJ, day-of coordinator, and a bartender. My husband and I live in Chicago, and only had a couple of days in California to prepare, and Theresa and her team made the set up and tear down process quick and painless.

Catering: We had a last minute switch of caterers but that ended up being for the best because we got so many compliments about how good the food tasted. We got the taco bar, with our choices of proteins and sides, and everything was excellent.

Photographer: Alex Slattery. Alex was included in our package and we could not have been more grateful to have her. She was great! She really heard what we wanted from our wedding photos and really brought the images to life. Also, we had a couple of young young kids at the wedding and she was great with them and able to keep their attention for photos. She was really fun, kind, enthusiastic, and most importantly calm, which really helped keep us calm on the day of.

DJ: Mike Medina Entertainment. DJs are integral to the flow of weddings, and Mike did a great job of keeping the energy up while transitioning throughout the wedding day. Mike took the time to understand what was important to us and integrated these pieces seamlessly throughout the event and timeline. He read how the event was flowing and was able to pivot in real time to react changing moods.

Day-of Coordinator/Bartender/Set-up and Tear-down: Each of these components were included as well, though I'm not sure if they have their independent businesses to shout out. Sara Hawks was our day-of coordinator and she was great throughout the entire process. She helped set up our decorations the day of, after the table settings had been laid, as well as helped us set up our arches and other bits and pieces. The weather was a bit breezy during that process, causing some problems with our signs, and Sara was quick to problem solve so that everything came together nicely. Theresa facilitated our interactions with our bartenders, and we simply had to provide the ingredients and recipes for the cocktails we wanted.

All in all, we couldn't have had a better experience. Wedding planning is stressful enough, especially when planning from out of state; everyone involved made everything so much better and we couldn't be happier with the results.