5 Star Lodge and Stables

se while this is a stunning venue, the day-of coordination services that you pay for as part of booking it is not worth your money. Before the wedding - The coordinator was pretty absent the entire time leading up to our events and didn't make an effort to help "coordinate" much at all (I assume because at the time I wanted to plan everything myself, and we couldn't afford their other planning packages). When we did meet upon my request, they never remembered our names or key details of our events. I also never received a timeline from the coordinator, as promised in the contract. I constantly felt like a bother to them asking basic questions or trying to schedule a venue visit. There was one email exchange so abrasive that I considered changing venues because of this person. During the wedding day - the coordinator was again mostly absent, and I spoke to them exactly two times the entire day. Both me (the bride) and at least two guests had to ask them multiple times to remove neighbors' dogs from the pavilion while we were taking photos. I never saw the coordinator during the reception, except for at the bar having a glass of wine or driving up and down the road in the Gator. In between events of the wedding weekend, the encounters we did have with the coordinator were needlessly abrasive (as they were leading up to the wedding). There were multiple instances of this kind of behavior towards our guests that happened before the reception that I will leave out here. I'm so grateful I found a different day-of coordinator within budget because I don't know what would have happened had I trusted this person to do what was outlined in the day-of services. I understand there may have been confusion because I hired a second coordinator, but there isn't an excuse for unprofessional behavior. We don't have any regrets in choosing 5 Star, but the guise of having basic coordination services caused so much unnecessary stress in what was already a very hectic time. I am purposefully not leaving a Google Review because this person has a separate events business that appears to be very successful - just don't book them for weddings.