Aurora Vineyards

wedding! Unfortunately, our overall experience was significantly impacted by communication issues throughout the planning process. I’m a very organized, detail oriented person, so I may be more sensitive to communication delays than others, but there were several instances where the lack of timely and consistent communication created unnecessary stress. - It would often take at least 5 days to receive a response, and even then the responses would sometimes address only part of what we had asked. - About 6 months before our wedding, we were told that we would have to provide appetizers in order to begin serving alcohol. By that point, our budget had already been established, so learning that we would need to add roughly $800 in unexpected catering costs was difficult. We ultimately made it work, it’s just one of those things we wish was communicated much earlier. - 4 days before our wedding, our event manager reached out with several questions we had already discussed weeks prior, and then raised concerns about our reception layout. She had access to our layout for at least a month at that point, so it was incredibly frustrating to be told at the last minute we would need to significantly rearrange things. What made this even more frustrating, is that we had done a venue walkthrough before creating the layout, and at that time were told that what we had in mind could be accommodated. Thankfully, our original layout ended up working just fine, but the stress over this was completely avoidable. - At the end of the wedding, as we were walking out toward the vans, a staff member told us we needed to get back inside and clean up our centerpieces or we wouldn’t get our deposit back. We genuinely had not realized our centerpieces were still out, so we immediately went back in and took care of them. But the way this was communicated felt unnecessarily harsh and left a sour impression at the end of an otherwise incredible day. Overall, there were so many moments where a little more communication and attention to detail would have gone a long way. At times, we even got the impression that our questions and requests were more of a burden than anything else. Which was difficult when we felt we had been pleasant, responsive, and reasonable throughout the planning process. The level of uncertainty and confusion, along with the overall feeling we were left with was just disappointing and ultimately something we would have liked to avoid.

s is the best wedding space I've been to" comments. Communication with the team was made easy through Autumn, the event specialist. Our day went perfectly smooth. Aurora Vineyards does make you hire a wedding coordinator and was so worth it to us. We hired Christina Anderson (Instagram - @lavenderlaneevents2023) and she did an AMAZING job with our wedding especially if you're in the Camas/Washougal Area. We had around 130 people at our wedding which was PERFECT for the space at Aurora Vineyards. Any more and people would have needed to sit outside the reception space. It was exactly the right size.

If you are looking for a venue that is inclusive of setup, tear down, on-site getting ready suites, and catering, this is a wonderful choice! Aurora Vineyards had amazing catering. We went with their Taste of Italy package and it was delicious! Our guests had so many wonderful things to say about the food and landscape of the wedding reception and ceremony site. What we loved most about this venue was the different locations on the site for you to have the ceremony, reception, cocktail hour, etc. This also made it wonderful for photos and guests to have a beautiful view of Mt. Hood. We loved this venue and would highly recommend Aurora Vineyards for your event!

ated the most incredible environment for a beautiful wedding. I received so many compliments on how lovely the setting was. The food was outstanding and the day went without a hitch! Thanks so much to Kenedy for her help and to our wonderful chef! They also divided the fee into reasonable payments and were great about working with our wedding consultant. Many many thanks!