Adventures on the Gorge

We got married here in June of 2021 and I'm so glad we picked this venue! All the guests loved the food and drinks. Jessica Campbell and Liz had everything set up beautifully and helped make sure the event went smoothly.

From the beginning we were wowed by so much even in the early planning stages - Jessica was the best. My son and daughter in law felt she really listened and was great about suggestions. The venue was lovely the view breathtaking. The staff was helpful. They made us all feel very special. The waitstaff was really good, they knew what They were doing and were friendly and made us feel so welcome. The food was simply amazing, it was plentiful and kept coming! I felt the wedding went so smooth. It was exactly as it should be. The day was beautiful and memorable and they even accommodated the dogs (in tuxes of course!). Part of the family was from Texas, part from North Carolina, part from WV, all of us were impressed! Thank you so much Jessica and team!!

Great views and experienced staff. Jessica is 11/10 for responsiveness, professionalism, and working with me to make my vision a reality. The very best nature has to offer along with a venue who knows how to make weddings work stress free.

We worked with adventure on the gorge for a year planning our wedding. My wife and I are from Michigan and I would like to share my opinion of the experience. Jessica Campbell was horrible to work with. I would rate her 1 out of 5 stars and here is why. She is Impossible to get a hold of and terrible at attention to detail. What kind of professional wedding planner states that she doesn’t return voicemails? I would ask her numerous times to call me back and she would continuously reply with texts or emails. From the first time my wife and I met Jessica she was too busy to spend any time with us. I had to send her our itinerary 3 different times. She didn’t know the colors of our wedding a week out. A half hour before our ceremony, the groom and groomsmen were moving chairs, wooden logs, and decorations from one deck to another in their suits because of a failure on Jessica’s part. Jessica stood between my wife and her father during their first look and was in all of their pictures. My wife had to ask her to get out of the way... I had to correct the invoice at least a half of dozen times over the course of the year because of incompetence. We asked her for a decoration list so we could plan for what we needed to purchase and she would not provide one. The night before our wedding we had to explain how we wanted the entire reception set up, where the food goes, where we wanted the tables and chairs, DJ, etc.… We tried to finalize those details for months leading up to the wedding and we felt like we should not have had to do that the night before our wedding. Jessica also promised to have 2 restaurant/ bars available to us during our stay and both places (smokeys and chetty’s) were closed during the week we were there. (October 23-October27th 2018). The point of staying on site was for the convenience of not having to leave for food and drinks. Cabins- We brought 45 people from Michigan to stay in cabins for 3-5 days. We rented 2- kaymoor cabins, 1- one bedroom outback cabin, 4- 2 bedroom outback cabins, martha’s place (vacation home) and paddle house (vacation home). All of the cabins were in great shape and full working order. All of our hot tubs worked, and we had everything we needed. The freezer in Martha’s place was not functioning, I called to inform the staff and they said they would send a technician out and the never did. The handle on the freezer was not operable in paddle house and someone before us tried to repair it with ductape. Besides these two things everything else was great. Both of the vacation homes were absolutely beautiful! During the process of booking all the cabins the staff did a very poor job at communication and I had to correct the lodging invoice many, many times. Every time I made a payment, or changed a cabin reservation I would ask for an updated invoice to be emailed to me. Almost every invoice I received was incorrect. I labeled were everyone in my group was staying on a map and then mailed that out to our guests. I booked our grandparents in kaymoor cabin #1 from the very beginning. One of my groomsmen called to book a kaymoor cabin and they put him in kaymoor cabin #1. So I called to fix the problem and they changed it back to how it was supposed to be. When we arrived they had once again moved our grandparents to a different cabin without our approval or notification. When I asked why this was done and explained how it created confusion and caused everyone’s map to be incorrect they could not provide an answer. I’m sure it seems like I’m fussing over nothing but just do your job the right way, the first time and all of these problems could have been avoided. Excursions: AWESOME! Our group went repelling (4 People), white water rafting on the new river (18 people), and gravity zip lining (12 people). We had a blast on every trip and all of our guides were great. We tipped all of our guides and really enjoyed them. Smokeys (Reception) this building is beautiful, the food was great, the bar was great. The scenery was perfect and we had some great fall colors. We loved the cliffs and giant rocks and of course the river valley. Other Vendors we hired: Officiant- Todd A. Gray. Todd was first class from start to finish and we would absolutely hire him again. Photographer: Emily Ferguson. Did a great job and gorgeous pictures! We are very happy with our decision to hire Emily. Lil Bit of Heaven Cupcakes: did cupcakes for our reception and a cheesecake for the bride and groom. They were off the charts phenomenal. First class business from start to finish and very reasonably priced. Party time DJ: Jeremy was a pleasure to work with and we enjoyed having him DJ. Pies and Pints: We had our rehearsal dinner here and we loved it. Great food, Great Service, Fair prices. This is my honest feedback of the last year of my life. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. (734) 735-2894. Kelly Poupard