Stone Valley Meadows Reviews

Julianna, thank you so much for leaving a review! We appreciate you sharing your experience both with our team, our preferred vendors, and with how your wedding day went.

Thank you for giving your review, Kara! We loved acting as your coordinator the day of, and working with you during your planning! Your vision was beautiful and everything looked amazing!

Thank you so much for your review, Meg! We loved being your planner throughout your wedding process!

We were so glad to help you and be a part of your big day, Madi!! Thanks for trusting us to host your wedding.

Ashley, thank you so much for your review! We were thrilled to be a part of your big day and work as your coordinator. Best wishes to you both!

Audrey, thank you so much for your review! We greatly appreciate your kind words and are so happy that you had a fantastic time with us!

Thank you so much for your review, Hannah!! We were honored to be a part of your wedding day and honored that you trusted us to plan and coordinate it!

Thanks so much for your review, Jessica, and for your feedback on our cleanup package! Your wedding was beautiful!

Casey, your wedding was beautiful! We had a great time acting as your day of coordinator. Thank you so much for your feedback.

Thanks so much for your feedback, Abby! We are so happy that our staff members were able to help you on your wedding journey!

Thanks so much for your review, Kristen! We are so happy that you loved the space as much as we do and enjoyed the property on your big day.

Thanks so much for your feedback, Lorin! We loved helping you plan your wedding. It was stunning! We are so happy that we were able to make the day stress free for you.

Thank you for your feedback, Charlotte! We are so glad that you were able to utilize and enjoy your time in the suites.

Kelsey, thank you so much for sharing feedback from your beautiful wedding! We are absolutely LOVING the pictures that we have seen so far.

Katie, it was a pleasure getting to work with you to plan your big day! We loved being able to work with you one and one and help coordinate everything to make your wedding day perfect.

Krista, thank you so much for your feedback! Your wedding was beautiful, and we are so happy to have been a part of it. Those pictures are incredible!

Megan, thank you so much for your review! It was an honor getting to coordinate your wedding last month.

Thanks so much for reviewing us, Kelsie! Your day was beautiful and we can't wait to see how the pictures turned out!!

Thank you for the feedback, Mia, and thank you so much for being so flexible and understand when it came to our staffing switch! We appreciated it!

Jenna, thank you so much for your feedback. It was great getting to work with you to make your big day as magical as possible!

Zoey, thank you so much for sharing your experience with us! It was great getting to act as your planner and the coordinator for your wedding here in November. Best wishes to you and your husband!

Kelsey, thank you so much for your kind words! We are so glad that you and your guests found a home in our venue for the night. It was a pleasure getting to meet and work alongside you!

Thank you so much for your review Caitlin! It was great getting to me you and B. Your wedding was beautiful, we loved the bridesmaids dress colors!

Thank you for the review, Dawn! We are so happy that both you and your guests enjoyed your time here for your special day. Everything was stunning!

Thank you for your review Katelyn. Your big day was such a fun party to be a part of! We were blessed to get to work with you and host your reception.

Brina, it was an honor to be a part of your beautiful day! Everything about it, the colors, decorations, the DRESS was stunning!

Tiff, thank you so much for your review! It was a pleasure getting to host your corporate event and getting to work with you to make the gathering a special and fun event for your coworkers.

Thank you for the feedback, Rebekah! Your wedding was gorgeous and we were so thankful to be a part of your big day. We are so glad we were able to serve you.

Alyssa, thank you so much for taking the time to review your experience here at Stone Valley Meadows! It was a pleasure getting to meet you and work with you. We are so happy that you allowed us to be a part of your big day. We are so glad we were able to help you leading up to your event and assist you the day of! Your wedding was beautiful!

Thank you for your review, Nichole! It was great working with you and Nick throughout the process. Your wedding was beautiful!

Megan, thank you for letting us share in your special day! You were a pleasure to work with and your wedding turned out beautifully. Best wishes to you both!

Thank you so much for your feedback, Kari. It was a pleasure meeting you and helping you on your big day!

Thank you for your review, Shelby, and for including the pictures from your beautiful day! We loved being a part of your wedding!

Thank you for your review, Ashley! We love being able to provide our couples a beautiful and customizable backdrop for their big day.

Kathy, thank you so much for your review and feedback! Marney and Zach's wedding was beautiful and we were so happy to be a part of it. It was wonderful seeing the unique touches you put on the night with the band and with the family heirloom. It was a pleasure getting to meet and work with you all!

Kelsey, thank you for your review and the feedback on your event! We were so happy to be a part of your event and were excited to see your big day arrive. We are happy that you found our staff so attentive and helpful!

Rebecca, thank you so much for the kind words! We are so happy your day turned out beautiful. We wish you the best!

Thank you for the review, Kelsey! We are so happy you got to utilize and enjoy the full property on your big day!

Evening Carolyn,

We are glad to hear that you were happy with the space for your indoor ceremony.

When it comes to payments, we provide all the due dates and amounts due on the contract. Since we do not charge a late fee, we do not send reminders prior to the date, and instead only send them as a courtesy so that your wedding balance doesn't fall too far behind.

We are sorry to hear that whatever contact you used was not working for you. We are unsure as to what may have gone wrong since emails were exchanged, and any voice messages that we recieved were followed up with. With technology, it is possible that something was not going through properly.

Most of the paperwork that we do ask for, we like to go over in person at those meetings we set up, that way our couples don't have to worry about losing hard copies and so we can talk through everything with them in person.

Best wishes, SVM

We are sorry that you felt like our establishment did not provide the most to you on your big day, as we try and make every day as perfect as we can for our couples, but there are a couple things to take into consideration. Our staff is as flexible as can be with our couples. We are open until later at night to allow couples the chance to meet with us after they are finished working. We also are open on the weekends for long spans of time when we do not have events to give couples the opportunity to come meet with us also. Our staff always works to find a date and time that will work for our couples, their families, and even their vendors. We also have multiple people working at our establishment since we run 7 days a week and often, all day. We are not able to have the same one or two members of staff working 9 hours a day 7 days a week. With every rental of the space we include the following: all the tables and chairs (both indoors and outdoors) that we have in the space, a state of the art Audio-Visual system that runs inside the whole space and outside in the meadows, a cocktail lounge, a floor plan program where you can track your vendors and RSVPs, and two full suites as well as a meadow for outdoor ceremonies. It is up to our couples to maximize these that we provide. We provide the venue and all of the above to our clients, anything else is an additional cost just as it would be at any other venue. We give couples the option to add packages for clean up, coordination, and more. One of our options includes getting a planner from our venue, that will plan your day and get everything coordinated for you. As it goes for any other business or establishment, anything addition you wish to add other than the base service we provide, is extra. Packages and rental items included. We are a business and cannot give out items, say our rental bar, free of cost. We track all our rental and package items added on the e-contract that is signed by you as soon as you rent from us. This allows us to keep track of the items you add and the remaining balance due, and since it is on a portal you also have 24/7 access to this to see these updates and changes to the rental items and balance. We do not require you to pay multiple times for an item. If the item is added and paid for it will show up, if the item is never added onto your contract then you never pay for it, and you will be able to see that. The item in question that “did not work” is an older rustice ice container. Due to the heavy leakage you experienced, we have noted it and are working to get both our large and small rustic ice chests sealed to prevent any future issues. As for the seating, we have fit 225 and even 250 guests inside the main hall comfortably. We try and reach out to the couple when we get their floor plans to lend them suggestions on what will work better, best, and not at all. However, we cannot do this if we are not given your floor plan ahead of time. This is why we try and get your plan at least a week in advance. At the end of the day this is your wedding day and unless you hire our staff as your coordinator or planner, we are not able to control all decisions that go into your wedding. We are unable to act as the planner for every couple unless we are paid to do so, from a business standpoint and from a time management standpoint. We have limited control over events as it stands unless we are given direct access to the couple’s big day, and it is not our goal to over insert ourselves and make you feel as though we are trying to control your day. We try very hard to work with couples with different visions and budgets. We have seen couples who DIY everything, we have had many couples who hire our staff as their planners, and we see couples who come in with full on wedding planners. But what it comes down to is that we cannot offer all our staff member’s time and our items for free, and we cannot control if our efforts go unnoticed or ignored.

Stephanie, thank you for your review. As I said from the beginning my goal is to make sure your day is amazing. We take pride in not nickel and diming our brides hence why we include all the chairs ( both inside and outside) , tables, audiovisual system, outside patio furniture, furniture in grooms barn, furniture in the lounge, use of the entire property for the day ( where some venues charge for different portions of the venue like the bridal suite or etc)a program to utilize for your layout of our venue so that you can plan your room scape to name just a few. Like most venues, we do have items that brides can incorporate into their special day that are an additional expense. The wooden patties you asked about would be an additional expense. However, I would hardly consider that nickel and diming. You are correct, i did not know where the wooden patties came from but it was obviously an item that one of my other employees purchased to be use by the brides. It comes down to personal preference. As it relates to the outside chairs set up, they are not included in the set up / tear down package and as I stated some brides will not even use the meadow to get married. Therefore we also did not want to fuel questions that would consist of deducting items that were not in use. As you are aware, I did include those in those in at no charge. I was definitely taken back on how you handled the matter when you did accuse me of bad business practices. Your fiancé later discussed your tone and tried to smooth it over. As you have stated, in a comical gesture, I do state that the barn is not my “ main hustle” , the reason I share that with folks is to hopefully provide them with peace of mind that I am not miss managing my business and we have every intention of being here for them in the long haul. I think for most folks they can see that I have poured my heart and Soul into the venue with every detail that I believe that can make your day special. I think they can also see that it was a very expensive project and do not take the management of it lightly. As it relates to Covid like many venues, I have done everything on my side to be as accommodating with brides including waiving change fees, allowing them to put soft holds on other dates, allowing them to have small ceremonies on their actual day. We are all trying to navigate something that is truly unprecedented. As it relates to your zoom appointment, I had explained when you scheduled the zoom call that I had a private school at the facility looking at the barn for a prom and it could possibly run over and it might be best If i call you. However, you insisted on a zoom call. Obviously i took the zoom call and the school administrators came back to the barn and interrupted your call. Unfortunately, there is not a lot I could do about that. At the same time another group came in as well to look at the venue. I unfortunately could not ignore either of the parties. Again, I was trying to be considerate and even apologized to you multiple times for the interruptions. I think there are PLENTY of brides that can definitely attest to the fact that I will most certainly provide them with the opportunity to make payments, adjust due dates and etc. However, your request to pay $1000 and then pay the balance at 30 day before the event was unreasonable. I explained that in the event that you had to cancel the date I would not be able to rebook it. I also explained that if you had to cancel, you would have a better chance of rebooking your date and refunding those monies once another bride assumed that date. I also explained that I could be flexible with the payment plan, but you kept pushing to pay the remainder at the end. As you can imagine, I do not have access to your finances so I have no way of knowing if you can come up with $6,000 at the end which is why we do a payment plan. As I said to yo, this has been the policy even before Covid. However, what I am 100% confident that I know of several brides that will definitely concur that I have been more than flexible with their payment schedule. Especially for those folks who have lost their jobs and been furloughed and etc. however, that was not the case for you, you simply wanted to pay at the end because you felt my business would not be operational. It was at that point, that I explained my personal financial situation. I also explained that this was a completely new industry for me and I honestly didn’t know what was the best payment structure - that I was still working through those details. I was completely honest and up front with you as well as any bride. As we continued to meet, it became increasingly evident that I was not going to be able to meet your needs. For example, you wanted the All Inclusive Coordination package but stated that you would do the rehearsal off site if I was unable to do it on a Thursday. I explained that I could not make that guarantee because with all of the Covid brides potentially needing dates, I can not predict what May of next year would look like. I explained that I could walk your bridesmaids / groomsmen through the morning of worst case scenario and have stand ins for each of you. Justin stated you all would come at an earlier date and I could show you were folks would be. He was not open to us doing any sort of rehearsal the day of. I have done enough weddings to know, that not having a rehearsal at the venue before hand with your bridal party would be a HUGE mistake. Again, case in point, you have booked this package with us, but we are unable to fulfill the service in a manner that we know has been successful. You all refused to be open for my suggestion. Even though we have experience with having weddings at our venue. We know that several run throughs are always appropriate. Now if you think back to the very first interactions, when you accused me of not including chairs in meadow package ( as bad business practices) how do you think it would have ended if I was unable to effectively implement the day of coordination package which is literally 3 times the amount of money as the set up package or clean up package. I felt that you would have accused me of it being a rip off when in essence you were upfront handcuffing us to be able to do our job effectively . I honestly felt that you would immediately posted a bad review after your wedding that you didn’t get your monies worth, or it was a rip off etc. In my mind, I felt that the Day of Coordination was a critical component of the success of your day and I did not want to be apart of it not going the way that you had envisioned it. In summary, my goal is to make each brides day special, unfortunately early on in the process, I simply felt as though I was not going to be able to meet your needs. We have booked over 100 plus weddings and you all are the FIRST that I felt we were not going to be able to make happy. I fully expected to receive this review from you, but quiet honestly I would rather have a one star review from you now versus you not being happy with your wedding and then giving us a one star review. I realize you are disappointed, but I honestly felt this was a better option than not making you happy on one of the most important days of your life. I wish you and Justin peace joy and happiness. Again, at the end of the day, it’s not personal, we simply do not want to fall short of your expectations. I think that brides will be able to see from all of our 5 star reviews who ACTUALLY have had weddings at our venue that me and the team bend over backwards to make your day special. I hope you have a wonder wedding. Be well, Angela Norman