Wadsworth Homestead

ghter’s wedding on VERY short notice due to time constraints regarding military leave. The Homestead is not only a beautiful venue but also an experience for your guests as they take a step back in time. The Caledonia Inn catered a delicious meal! Our guests could not stop talking about the quality and presentation of the food. Will, thank you again for your attentiveness and willingness to make Chelsea and Joe’s wedding day a beautiful memory! You were a huge help to us from beginning to end!

dless complements from out guest about choosing to have our wedding there.

about this, it was addressed in a condescending tone and sarcastic replies. This is after spending over ten grand to hold down a venue. I only got replies when the event was less than a month away. As guests started to arrive, there was nobody there to greet our guests or tell them where to go; and I found out that my GROOM was having to do that. It wasnt until I was up at the alter where I looked out and saw that there were not enough seats to fit my guests, my family or my wedding party. I was embarrassed that my venue did not count the amount of chairs after I gave multiple counts of guests. Unfortunately, I did not see Lorie or Will all day with the exception of Will asking about the chairs which was clearly not heard and was ignored. We were never checked on at all in the bridal suite, there is not one time that I was approached by staff during my entire reception to see how everything was going and if we needed anything. For the reception I had a detailed outline that I worked with the caterer on to ensure that everyone's food would be hot when they began eating. This meant having my best man talk through salads to keep the speeches moving. I knew that it was going even further downhill when the salads were not delivered the entire speech. My best man actually mentioned in his speech “the salads should be coming out any minute” and they didn't. During the speeches we heard a large group of people talking loudly, laughing and watching videos on their phone SO LOUD that I couldn't focus on listening to my speeches. My MOH had to go to the back room during the speeches to tell the staff to stop talking. The food comes and ALL the dishes were cold. After 20+ minutes of waiting I realized that my best man and best woman did not have meals and my maid of honor was given the wrong dish 3 times before they brought her the meal she ordered. Prior to the wedding, I was told there would be two fires outside all night, and restocked wood and that the Wadsworth would be keeping them going all night. A little after 10pm, My sister/MOH had to run to the house to look for Will as none were lit. When she got to the house, Will was sitting on the porch smoking a cigar. After that, only one fire was lit and our best woman had to get piles of wood in formal clothing to keep the one fire going because no staff was around. We set up our entire venue the night before, I expect that because of this that the staff would be helpful with cleaning up. I entered the tent the next day and the staff didn't bother cleaning up anything, taking tablecloths off, nothing. That led to me tearing down the entire venue with my father who has terminal cancer (my venue knew this) & anyone who could help us. If the stress of all of this wasnt enough, my cake topper was missing for the entire morning/ early afternoon after my wedding and my mother and I had to chase staff from fridge to fridge while waiting for Lorie to answer which took two hours. The bridal suite also had a broken toilet, after Will “fixed it” it continued to not flush. In addition to the toilet being broken, there were dead flies on the windowsills in the room. When I first told Will about the toilet, he seemed annoyed with ME for saying it was broken. It remained broken my entire stay. Beyond disappointing.