The venue itself is BEAUTIFUL! It fit my theme perfectly, but really that's where the glam ended for me. The price was reasonable when I booked it, but as I see the price go up in the upcoming year there is no way I could justify booking it lat...er on. There is quite a bit included in the fee, but it all disappears quickly. They say a wedding supervisor is included, but I highly suggest a planner or at least make sure your MOH or someone else has everything handled. Mine was nowhere to be found and did the bare minimum at the rehearsal and coming up with the timeline, which was really just whatever the caterer and I said but repeated. Luckily, my MOH and bridesmaids took on a lot of responsibility the day of, but overall it was a lot of miscommunication that could of been easily fixed if the planner had actually discussed things with me. My bridal party and immediate family came in early to set up the centerpieces and everything out on the tables for me.
The staff... the wonderful ladies that did my hair and make up are the only ones spared, but the gossip and disrespect from the others is uncanny! I was running late for my appointments, by 20 minutes and called to let them know and got the rudest responses back over the phone. Then when I actually got there the person on the phone was very easy to distinguish because she still had an attitude to my face, to a few of my bridesmaids! Then I find out later that her and other staff were talking about me in the salon within earshot of my mother getting her make up done after getting off the phone with me (they clearly didn't know she was there) and the lady doing my mom's make up had to tell them that she was there and they could hear them.
Overall:
The venue is beautiful.
The salon is a salon.
Extremely bad staff experience.
The cottage is nice, but simple (TV didn't work), breakfast was from panera bread, and good champagne.
Go ahead and get a planner anyway.