The 1850 Settlement

uring the settlement, or feeding the donkeys, or playing outdoors games, or even starting a fire to make s'mores. Melissa was so helpful and patient throughout the whole process. Our guests LOVED the venue, we received so many compliments. Hopefully I am back for future weddings.

DONT DO IT! Our experience was as follows: we called and spoke with Melissa Watts, who is the Venue Manager, about setting up a tour. Melissa proposed a date and time for us to come out and we agreed to it. In the days leading up to our tour, no confirm call or email was received, but we chose to proceed as scheduled. Due to traffic on 281, we were running behind by about 5 minutes so we text Melissa to let her know we were delayed; no reply. We arrived; the gates were closed. We called Melissa; no answer. Left a message; days later, still no call back. Don't be like us, trust me, it's not worth sitting in traffic both directions.

eption in a place like that before (a lot of out of town guests). It was the best decision to book them for our NYE wedding.

e even gave us a bonus hour on top of letting us reschedule our big day. The day finally arrived and it was beautiful and everything we had every dreamed of. I highly recommend contacting Melissa at The 1850 Settlement for your big day. Also- our guests could not stop raving about how beautiful the venue was! SO impressive!

r my appt I was told the appt was rescheduled due to “standing water” (which I saw none) AND there were people on the property walking around. I drove over an hour to view the venue. My fiancé is in the military and is stationed out of town. We wasted our whole day planning around this. This is horrible customer service. I’m not even a client and I am so frustrated with management. Now I understand all the reviews!

a wouldn’t know what was going on. I could not have been more wrong. She went above and beyond to make sure everything went as planned. She helped find vendors when some of ours fell through, she set up all day with us, and she was an absolute joy the entire time. We had multiple vendors on site, s’mores at the bonfire, and we even had a Ferris wheel. The Settlement was the perfect location and size and I think they’ve found their perfect manager. Anna, Ben and I cannot thank you enough for making sure our wedding went as planned. I would recommend The Settlement and working with Anna to anyone looking for the best outdoor, rustic, barn wedding venue in Texas!

knew NOTHING about my wedding. I had spent a couple hours out of my day one day to fill out my floor plan that was supposed to be set up for me when we got there. The day we went to set up and NOTHING was done. There were WAY too many tables and chairs in the barn so my bridesmaids and I had to take them all down and haul them to the back which took about 2 hours .. and trust me , they are HEAVY ! My dad had built a bar for the reception barn and an entry to my outside ceremony made out of old doors. My wedding day, the new manager (this was her first day) and my dad agreed on them buying the bar for $250 and said that they wanted to keep the doors for a couple weeks to see if they had any interest in them and that if they did they would purchase them. At the end of the night the people we hired to clean up were kicked out 30 minutes prior to when they were supposed to be out and were told that there was no event the next day so they could come back the next day. Well, when we came back the next day everything was already cleaned up and there was no mention of ANY problems what so ever. A couple months go by and my dad expressed his concern to me that he had not yet received his deposit back. I called the manager and she said she needed to figure it out because I was her first wedding. Another month and a half went by and still nothing. I messaged them on Facebook , saw that they had “read” it so messaged them again the next day and THEY BLOCKED ME!!! After sending numerous emails after that they FINALLY responded and said that there was supposedly a broken chair in the bridal suite (why would you put a brittle broken chair in there for people to sit on then ?!) which also supposedly cost more than the $500 deposit! Ha ... yeah ooookay! They lied about the doors and said there was never an agreement to leave them there which was said to NUMEROUS people including my brother in law the day after the wedding when he went to finish cleaning up for us and their email response to me getting them back was a simple “per your contract you had 24 hours to get everything off our property”. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! They also tried to say I owed them money for the chandeliers, but I gave the owner cash for them that night. I FINALLY got them to agree to pay for the bar and waited and had to be on them constantly for that payment another month and a half. Y’all, this place is NOT worth the hassle! I would strongly suggest to steer clear from this place! Not worth the $5500!

even when she said she was going to be there (email). We had an appointment at venue 2 days prior to wedding to practice hanging decorations. The appointment was made verbally and confirmed via email and text and detailed who was to be there, what equipment, and that there was no other conflict at venue at that time. We got to venue and a rehearsal dinner was going on and no staff person was present. The bride’s mother of the other wedding came over and we explained our situation. She was gracious and said they would be finishing soon and then we could come in then. A staff person showed up about 15 minutes later, didn’t know who we were and said we couldn’t be there. When I showed her the correspondence dealing with our appointment, she begrudgingly worked with us. When we got to the venue the morning of the wedding on time, cleaning staff was just finishing cleaning but the tables and chairs had not been set up so our decorating got delayed. No property manager. The staff person did not identify herself until about 30 minutes before wedding. Despite repeated requests to talk to the owner or the property manager, as of to date, we have not received a phone call from either one. The property manager did contact the wedding coordinator after the wedding to make amends with her and the emails contained untruths and deflection of blame (the wedding coordinator copied us into the conversation). When we responded to the emails with documentation (copied previous emails and texts), we still didn’t receive any phone call from the property manager or owner. We had a beautiful wedding and we are very thankful. We just feel this isn’t the way to treat people or a way to do business and felt like we should give future families another perspective to consider. To 1850 Settlement’s credit, they did give back the deposit in a timely manner.

r it rained all morning. The staff worked very hard to get the parking situation taken care of. It took awhile because they did not have a plan B but they took care of it for us and got everything figured out. My only complaint about this location was communication. It was hard to get a hold and find out what was going on throughout the planning process and the night of the rehearsal dinner. Other than that is was wonderful. We were able to take engagement pictures which we loved, have an amazing wedding, and enjoy a great night full of fun and memories.

love with a rustic chic barn wedding when I started planning, and this was the closest barn from San Antonio. Besides the convenience of location, the barn itself is amazing. The details of the original settlement and the record of the newly built barn really sets it apart from any other venues we visited. The owners could not be more friendly. They even bought out a surprise pony named miss Scarlett during our cocktail hour that won the heart of all the guests. Our parents could not be more happy with our wedding and our guest could not stop gushing over how nice and fun the wedding was! Picking this venue was the best decision we made. The best part is the owner is relentless in improving the facilities constantly. By the time we had our wedding, there were so many more nice surprise updates in the facility and the decor that weren't even present when we signed our lease a year earlier! i would definitely recommend this venue and perhaps come back for how renewals in the future!