My wedding was in June of 2022. I'd like to start out by saying our wedding day turned out amazing and everything ran much more smoothly than I expected. Jontae, our wedding day co...ordinator, was amazing. We had some issues with traffic and being extremely late to our rehearsal, and she was graceful and calmed me down. She was one of the few people at Vinewood that alleviated my stress. From the beginning of booking the venue, we were made to believe that our payment would be a certain price. We were aware from the beginning that since it was an "all-inclusive" venue, there would be rules. We booked the venue thinking it was a certain total sum. Then there was a venue rental fee that we weren't told would be outside of that sum. We paid that. Then, after specifically choosing our food, our total went up even more above their estimated range. We were fine with that. We wanted good food for our wedding. Then, we had our design meeting. At booking, they told us that most couples could fit design items in the small amount that was included in our original estimate, and we believed that. After our design meeting, that total increased another $10k. Not to mention that it took over a month for me to call and email multiple times to even get an invoice for the design part of my wedding. After seeing the estimate for that I was shocked. We were over budget by a shocking amount. So I emailed the design team, asking what we could do about it. I got no response again. So, believing I could do this based on what we discussed at booking, I booked my own florist a couple months before wedding day and paid deposit. I bought my own candles as well. Then comes the 30 days before wedding phone meeting. We went over the design portion, where I was struggling to take things out to stay in budget, and they said I couldn't get my own candles or get out of house florals not including wedding party flowers. This started a series of phone calls with multiple people in the venue because I already paid deposit for flowers. I told them no one was communicating with me. So, they eventually worked with me. I believe her name was Jennifer - she helped me out a ton and didn't make me feel like she was out to make as much money off me as possible. Things got figured out and I would be able to bring some of my out of house florals and my candles. Wedding week and rehearsal went well. Wedding day went surprisingly well, after stressing that things would not be the same after all these issues. I was surprised and I loved everything the design team did. It was beautiful and I wouldn't change it. What I would change is my venue if I did it again. Because from the beginning, it felt impersonal and it felt like everything was about paying up to them. At some points, we felt like we had to scramble to make a way to fit it into the budget. Communication was a big issue. Especially for the design team. I realize that prices are higher now for everything, especially weddings but my whole experience leading up to wedding day was stressful. And I was made to feel like I needed to spend tons of cash just because I had already booked with them and had no way out. Ultimately, our wedding day turned out beautiful and that is all I need.