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The Ranch at Sugar Spring Ranch

The Ranch at Sugar Spring Ranch

Columbia, IL
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    Ryan M. Sent on 03/23/2023
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    Highly Recommend

    We attended the Boots & Beauties Daddy/Daughter Dance, and it was a great evening that was well planned with plenty of activities to keep the kids interested. The venue is beautiful, and the staff did a great job making sure guests were taken care of and having fun. I highly recommend Sugar Spring Ranch for their facilities and hospitality.

    The Ranch at Sugar Spring Ranch's reply:

    Thank you for your very kind words Ryan! We appreciate your positive feedback! Thank you for attending Boots & Beauties!
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    Brittany Sent on 02/28/2023
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    Best Wedding Venue!

    We are more than happy to share positive words about Ashley, Melinda, Amanda, and the amazing staff at Sugar Spring Ranch! We truly had the best day ever and it was thanks to you all. Our family and friends were so impressed by the property, the venue, the entire staff, and that hydraulic glass door! I have no doubt that we booked the best wedding venue in the St. Louis area. I would like to extend a special and heartfelt thanks to Amanda, who brought me comfort leading up to wedding day and that day especially. Losing my dad has been the hardest struggle of my life. She not only understood where I was coming from, but showed me every kindness to remind me that my dad was truly there with me that day. Even though our time together was brief, I could not have a deeper appreciation for her. Thank you again for everything! Sticking with Sugar Spring Ranch was the best decision we could have made for our wedding.

    The Ranch at Sugar Spring Ranch's reply:

    Thank you for your very kind words Brittany! It was an absolute pleasure hosting your beautiful day. We are extremely blessed to have you both part of our Sugar Spring family!
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    Monica S. Sent on 10/11/2022
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    100% Recommend

    8.20.22
    Our daughter’s wedding at Sugar Spring Ranch was the most beautiful celebration, beyond our wildest dreams. The team at SSR was easy to work with and very accommodating to our needs. We 100% recommend that anyone looking for a venue consider Sugar Spring Ranch.
    To the team: Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! Our guests were in awe of the beauty of your venue and everyone had an amazing time!
    We didn’t want the night to end!

    The Ranch at Sugar Spring Ranch's reply:

    Thank you very much for your kind words Monica! Your families happiness means the world to us and we couldn’t be more honored to have hosted this beautiful celebration. ❤️
    Our entire team wishes Jessie & Ryan a lifetime of happiness 🥰💍
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    Ayla C. Sent on 02/09/2022
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    Amazing service

    From our initial tour to our details meeting to the our wedding day, everything was so wonderful! We had great communication with Ashley throughout the whole process. She was very helpful and informative with all of the questions we had… and we had A LOT! This will forever be the best day of our lives and we are happy we had it at Sugar Spring Ranch :)

    The Ranch at Sugar Spring Ranch's reply:

    Thank you very much for your kind words Ayla! It was such a pleasure hosting you on your most special day with your friends and family. You were such a beautiful bride!
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    Tessa V. Sent on 05/16/2022
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    Beautiful!

    From the rehearsal to the actual wedding, everything went so smoothly!! I was so happy with how everything turned out! I know the barn will be beautiful for the new lucky couples!

    The Ranch at Sugar Spring Ranch's reply:

    Thank you for your very kind words Tessa!! It was our pleasure to work with a beautiful bride such as yourself. We hope to celebrate a milestone wedding anniversary with you & Frank in the future at the new barn!
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    Benjamin S. Sent on 05/16/2022
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    Great Experience

    One heck of a setup... a beautiful barn, great friendly staff. Feels like it could be in your neighborhood. If I only had my fishing license I'd throw a line or two
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    Allie R. Sent on 09/08/2021
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    Unpleasant To Work With In Trying Times

    Following the unfortunate events of Sugar Spring Ranch, this venue became very difficult to work with. In my opinion: amateur, unprofessional and unrealistic. As a bride I had to look out for myself and my wedding and move to a different venue as they had promised it would be done by September (this month) with no proof or plan of a rapid rebuild to show. I could not take that risk on my wedding or sit through the stress of wondering if a build would be done by my wedding. Luckily I received a full refund. But it took 3 months for that and for them to realize a rebuild by September was unrealistic.

    The Ranch at Sugar Spring Ranch's reply:

    Hello Allie,
    We are sorry to hear of your difficulties after our venue was completely destroyed in the horrific fire. It truly broke all of our hearts to see our beautiful building break down right in front of our eyes.
    We did communicate with you that your full refund did come straight from our insurance company. Unfortunately, we did have to wait on the insurance provider to process that payment back to you, as we previously explained, the whole situation was completely out of our control as was the fire.
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    Teresa M. Sent on 05/13/2022
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    Unprofessional Venue

    If you want to be truly disappointed Sugar Spring Ranch is your venue. I am not one to post anything negative about anything or anyone but I feel this needs to be addressed. My daughter’s dream wedding was nothing but a nightmare. When the original venue burned May 2021 our hearts were broken just like theirs but we stuck it out with them. We believed them when they said the new venue would be ready for our April 2022 event. When January came we were assured they were switching to Plan B and it would be ready. Three weeks later we were emailed they were moving us to their South location because the new venue would not be ready. Knowing at this point so close to the wedding we had no other options. I could go on and on with the list of promises we were promised at that point that DID NOT happen. They even started taking our decorations down at the reception before it was over. Placing the custom made cake topper in the gift card box causing it to get broken. Such a horrible experience with this venue.

    The Ranch at Sugar Spring Ranch's reply:

    We are so sorry to hear you were displeased with our services. Unfortunately, we had no control over the devastating fire that burned our facility completely to the ground. We have put our couples first and worked with everyone to reschedule, relocate or refund at their request. We did everything possible to reconstruct the building before your wedding, but had to deal with a perfect storm of permits, covid, contractor delays, material shortages and absolutely horrible weather. We maintained communication throughout and probably had more communications with you than any other client. Fortunately, we were able to offer our other venue at a much-reduced rate and blocked out your day just to make sure we could keep our promises. We opened our home to the wedding party to get ready free of charge for the entire day. We provided a complimentary limo bus at your last-minute request just hours before the ceremony. We provided a free concierge for the day to cater to your every need. We paid for invitations and postage to inform your guests of the venue change. We did not charge anything for your ceremony at the Ranch. We granted your request for additional early access to the venue at no charge. Basically, we tried to do everything in our power to make you happy. We did check the cameras and assure you none of the decorations were removed prior to the end of your reception. There was another event the following day, so we did have to reset the room. We also understand you were extremely upset you could not decorate the night before. Prior day set up is only available if the venue is not booked. As we tried to explain, we had another wedding that night and obviously could not set up your reception in the middle of theirs. We offered several other and creative options, including allowing you to decorate on Thursday. Our staff was willing to photograph every last detail, then take it down and have it reset exactly as you left it by 10AM for your approval. We boxed up all the extra food and brought it to you along with the cake topper, as a courtesy. The topper was boxed and presented in the exact same condition as it was received after the cake cutting. We are sincerely disheartened to read your review, but besides canceling another wedding so you could decorate early, we are not sure what else we could have done. Our staff will go over every detail to see if there is anything we could improve in the future.