Historic Travellers Rest

e everything ran smoothly on our wedding day. Traveller's Rest is a beautiful venue, and we had the best time celebrating our marriage there!

, we were able to have our ceremony on the historic porch! My guests absolutely loved the house tour! The barn is air conditioned, which was important in September! The valets were AMAZING - one of them even stayed late to help my parents clean up! Only thing I'd warn you about is June- the wedding contact. She's not terrible, and she was fine on our wedding day ... she's just a bit of a nuisance. She isn't very organized (failed to send receipts after promising to do so), hard to get in touch with (always "our of the office" or experiencing "technical difficulties"), and pretty impossible if she disagrees with your plans (i.e. the rehearsal). I booked my wedding more than a year in advance and asked to schedule my rehearsal about a year out. My bridal party was coming from out of town so I wanted to get this finalized so they could book flights. In any event, there was a wedding the day the contract said we could rehearse (it's a contract, though). I assured June that we'd NEVER EVER dream of getting in someone else's way and would gladly even rehearse closer to the parking lot, and she was still flakey about this. Ultimately, I had my coordinator handle it, and it was all fine. I wouldn't let June stop you if you like the venue, just keep in mind you have to be direct and firm with her.

se were stunning, and the service was unparalleled. June Swartz and her team were kind, thorough and professional throughout the planning and execution process. I can't thank them enough for adding such a wonderful experience to my wedding weekend! I will absolutely recommend TR to my friends and colleagues.

ul the venue is however the reason it did not get 5 stars is because of the wedding coordinator. She is an absolute disaster. For starters, my contract was lost. She had to ask ME to send a copy of the contract that we signed for thousands of dollars. Then when I decided the send it over, she argued with me that the contract must have been a mistake because there were items in the contract (i.e. complimentary valet) that were not normally in contracts. After FINALLY wading through all of that with her and having to point out that a contract is a legal document and breaking it could have legal implications, we got our way. THEN the nightmare began. About a month before the wedding the coordinator (June) called me telling me that there was a wedding the day after mine and that the couple wanted there rehearsal to be the day of our wedding. I, of course, said that would not be possible. We had pictures all day, the vendors had to set up, etc. Long story short she told me too bad, she was allowing them to do it. When I told my wedding planner, videographer, and photographer they could not believe it. They had seen nothing like it before. They were also frustrated because it would cause them to have to deal with other people in their way. Fast forward to wedding day and my best man went to talk to this other couple's coordinator. The coordinator nor the couple had any clue that there would be a wedding on this day. Despite June telling me multiple times she had discussed this with them, they had absolutely no knowledge. She lied to my face. She never informed this other couple. Unprofessional and unethical to both parties. It's not over yet. My wife and I left the venue for our hotel around 10:30 that night. At 11:30, literally while we are in bed ready to go to sleep for our 7AM flight the next morning, June has the audacity to text me (rather than communicate through our wedding planner) and complain that, while cleaning up, the dumpster was filled to the brim, allowing no space for the next wedding. I told her that was not my problem. The contract did not specify what percentage of the dumpster that we were allowed to use. We followed every rule. During my honeymoon she texts me to tell me she would give us our deposit back (as if she was doing me a favor) but is changing the dumpster policy. Overall, she is one of the most unprofessional professionals I have ever seen. She is unorganized, rude, and quite frankly a liar. Travellers Rest is a stunningly beautiful venue but unfortunately it might not be worth it if you have to deal with their wedding coordinator for 9-15 months. Pay the extra $1000 and go to a similar venue with more personable coordinators.

wedding day perfect! Thank you Travellers Rest!

ith the wedding coordinator in a timely manner. The other draw back was that we were unable to set anything up in the barn for the reception the night before despite there being NO event that night. It was very stressful for my family and friends to decorate the day of.

you want, and it turned out to be so beautiful! I had some difficulty working with the event coordinator unfortunately. It was very difficult to get responses, and they have so many silly rules in place (i.e. guests are not allowed to park in the parking lot??). However, toward the end of my planning they hired a new event manager, named Cryssa, and she was amazing! It really redeemed the experience for me! The only other negative is that there are trains coming through right next to the venue. However, if you have your wedding on the opposite side of the house, it shouldn't be much of an issue.

essful when I had a question about something. And...no one bothered to inform us they scheduled a wedding rehearsal just a few hours before our ceremony and that wedding party rearranged our chairs and made us go back and do more work. That could have been avoided had there been a TR employee around like we were told.

r. only problem was the bridal dressing room didn't have a restroom, had to use the public one on the barn. Otherwise it was great! Got our deposit back, too.

rounds are beautiful.