Weddings To Go Key West

or simply telling you the truth. It really is. If we remember correctly, you wanted four chairs and a small table. We're not a rental company, and as you might imagine, it's very difficult to get staff to work...at sunrise...to make very little money...from such a small job. We also live on a very small island, and don't wish to appear as though we are competing with the local rental company who will rent you chairs and a small table for a "simple elopement". Obviously, based on this little bashing campaign that you're on...you didn't find anyone else to do it either. But...you still choose to play this game. It's just awful when you can't get your own way all the time...isn't it?

el your wedding. We asked...."are you sure?" (Because sometimes these things happen....). Amanda , crying, very upset replied "NO. This has been "very, very ugly". It's not going to happen." She also said.. "I realize that the deposit is non-refundable. Do I need to do anything else to end this?" "No", we replied. "Thank you for letting us know." We cancelled flowers, setup, photographer and officiant. Today....Amanda called back. She told us that she was "very embarrassed" and that "Having to ask us this was very uncomfortable". She asked if we would ever consider reinstating the wedding ....because her boyfriend "talked to her" and "they're trying to work things out". We explained that we had asked her if there was "any hope" for the wedding still happening...and she said "absolutely not." We agreed to reinstate her provided the date, in JUNE was still available. The date was....the time was not. We told her that we could still do it at a different time. We also told her that there was a $300 reinstatement fee because we have to pay staff over again and do the paperwork again. Her answer was quote: " Well, that's the price that he'll have to pay for his "ugly mouth". These terms are stated in the contract that they both signed. A while later, he calls, and want's "a deal". We explained that there was no "deal" and that we were willing to do the reinstatement at the new time....but that we had to know . At that point....he went off on us....threatened us with "bad mouthing" us on the internet....(like this).....and we hung up.

ading "wedding albums", and then search for date 2020-09-16....RICHARD AND ANGIE. YOU be the judge of how good or bad the photos are. We had to ask her several times.....to smile. She wasn't smiling. At the end, she actually asked our Photographer if he could "edit 50 pounds off her photos"? Why is it that the people who pay the least, complain the most? Angie never told the officiant that she needed her license immediately for insurance purposes. How would we otherwise know? What is really disgraceful is the bride calling us and calling us "f'ing assholes" , "no good mother f.....rs" and other names because we didn't drop off her license personally. (We need this for a $289. wedding package?) With the pandemic issues it was better that we mail it. Her license was mailed in the very next day by the officiant, who recorded it. She never told us that she needed the marriage license in 30 days. In fact, she didn't know that she need the license herself until she got back home. She told us that herself. We tell everyone, that it generally takes the Court 3 to 4 weeks to get your "certified" license to you. It's a habit. Angie never asked for a copy either. It is now 4:04 pm. I called the clerks office and found out that her license was delivered to the clerks office at 2 pm today. They received 178 licenses and Angies was 174. Only because I asked, the clerks office processed the license and is sending it out in the mail. So Angie, YOU ARE WELCOME. And please, try to be a bit nicer to people instead of jumping to conclusions and calling them names without knowing the facts.

On the day before the ceremony, we warned her that the weather looked pretty bad for "sunrise" , and asked if she would like to move it to later...when the weather would be much better. No. The morning of the ceremony, at 6 am. she called. We told her that in fact, it was raining, very low , dark cloud cover, and that we would need to move it back to later when the weather promised to be much better. No. "What about my brunch" she said. "What brunch" we asked? For my "20 " guests. She never told us that. She, wanted to do it out in the rain. Ridiculous. Then she said" Can we do it at our friends "rental" ? That's when Ray tried very hard to explain that it's raining there too, it will be very dark, Not enough light there for good photos. Too cramped. It won't look good. No! That's what I want. So we agreed. On the way over to the rental....at 6:30 am...in the dark, she called us again. "Some of my friends at at the beach..."and they say that it's fine". Frustrated at this point, we replied, "OK. We're going by there now. We'll just turn around and meet you there, OK?" No. "You need to help me!" "I don't know what to do!" Then, as we're driving she said "Oh never mind". Just come here!" So we did. Nowhere to park, people walking around everywhere...in the rain and the dark. We walked in, looked around, and they had small table lights turned on along with every single light in the house. Only....she wanted to be married outside in the back. (?) We did the ceremony and photos...in the dark basically. Oh, by the way....her dad read the prayer. Then we left. Christine....is out and out lying because it was raining, she couldn't be married out on the beach as planned at sunrise, and of course....that was our fault entirely, so now she wants to attempt to make us look bad even after all we did. Did we mention that this was a 15 minute $289 elopement package? Since then, she sent us a nasty email like this as well, lambasting us for "not showing her any love or compassion" ? "Pivot when things happen? " (Uhhh...didn't we do that two or three times?) The moral of this absurd , lie filled review: " Let no good deed....go unpunished". Next time you get married Christine, just have your friends shoot it with their phones OK? Do the next wedding planner a HUGE favor.

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was perfect! We booked the Sweet & Simple package from Germany via the Internet, which worked out great. On the day of the wedding, we met right on Smathers Beach and off we went ... the "registrar" was great, she found beautiful words and accompanied us well! And the photos (included in the package) are beautiful. The photographer took her time and had great ideas for the right motives. The weather was great, the location was great and everything was fine!

mited regarding what we can say here due to a pending defamation legal action by us against him stemming from a previous rant on another website attacking our owner personally, so badly that the website immediately removed Mr. Hutson's review from that site. This is what we can say: Please feel free to go to our website, go to “wedding albums”, and search for : “James and Michelle Hutson 2019-06-21 “. This was a very small budget $699.00 elopement package. There were a total of 11 people at this wedding, including the Bride, Groom, 2 children, and parents. Our responsibilities: * Bamboo arch with decorations. Done. * Fresh hand tied bouquet and boutonniere from the Florist. Done. * 6 pm. Start time. Done. * Officiant. Done. * Professional Photographer. Done. * 120 edited images on our online albums page . Done. * All images were edited...and available for viewing at 8:30 am. the next morning * Legal endorsement of Marriage license and filing with the Court. Done. Everything in our contractual agreement was satisfied...as promised. ** When you examine their online album, pay close attention to see if you can find one photo out of the 120 provided....where anyone looks stressed, upset..etc? No, you can't....because there aren't any. And the camera only shoots....what it sees. ** Does the Bride appear upset or about to cry in ANY of the images? No, she doesn't. **Does it look like “her day was ruined”? NO...it doesn't. (Because it wasn't .) ** Please pay special attention to the very last 5 photos....of James and Michelle. Do they look the least bit upset....to you? No...they don't. In fact, they're both smiling. Those last 5 photos were taken just 60 seconds before we left. Look closely. NOBODY crying. NO bride crying. EVERYBODY is happy. How do they explain that? They're lying. That's how. The bottom line: We have a contract for a reason. When the Bride, 6 months earlier, told us that they might bring their own Photographer, we said “that's fine”....just please let us know ahead of time for our scheduling. We perform in excess of 600 weddings a year. We must schedule everyone's wedding well in advance for planning. This was a June wedding....on a Friday evening, which made Photographer availability even more critical. We explained that. Had they wanted to use their own Photographer...it wasn't a problem, as long as we knew about it in advance and approve. It's no big deal. They decided to go with us. So we scheduled it . When we arrived at the beach, however, there was a woman there with a camera taking lots of “posed” photos. When we asked her to please stop and head down to the wedding site, she refused. She completely ignored us. * We asked her a second time a few minutes later again to please refrain from shooting while we were, to which she replied with a snotty remark...and kept shooting. At that point, we asked the Bride if she would prefer that whoever this woman was shoot the wedding...instead of us? (We were being serious. She could have shot the wedding.) Her answer was no. She wanted us to. (This was well before she walked down the aisle.) We had no idea who this woman with the camera was, but what we did know was that she was interfering. We asked her 3 times to stop...and she refused again. We finally gave her an ultimatum...her...or us.....and she finally put the camera down. To be clear, this woman wasn't just a guest taking snapshots. We have no problem with that. You can see guests with cell phones all over the place in many of our weddings. This woman, was intentionally interfering, and trying to get the attention of the wedding party etc. while we were shooting. We have a contract, and this behavior was in direct violation. At that point, we could have simply walked away. We didn't. * Oddly, this Groom emailed later that evening, and asked us to send him a copy of their signed contract, which we did...immediately. It appears....that was the first time that he had read it ! (The Bride.....is who booked the wedding...not him.) Not really sure why the Bride or the Groom didn't just ask whoever that was to simply put her camera down...but they didn't. Hmmmmm. How about that? Truth be known, they actually wanted this woman to take lots of photos, and they were going to do whatever they damn well wanted to do. We politely asked for her to refrain, and when that didn't work, we insisted....and they didn't like hearing the word no. That's what really is going on here. This Groom is obviously lying, and is now evidently trying to scam us into giving him his money back. Not happening. All 120 wedding images can't be wrong. We are Professionals. We are absolutely not going to be scammed, disrespected or ignored...by anyone...including this couple and their little Photographer friend. Enough said.

mited regarding what we can say here due to a pending defamation legal action by us against him stemming from a previous rant on another website attacking our owner personally, so badly that the website immediately removed Mr. Hutson's review from that site. This is what we can say: Please feel free to go to our website, go to “wedding albums”, and search for : “James and Michelle Hutson 2019-06-21 “. This was a very small budget $699.00 elopement package. There were a total of 11 people at this wedding, including the Bride, Groom, 2 children, and parents. Our responsibilities: * Bamboo arch with decorations. Done. * Fresh hand tied bouquet and boutonniere from the Florist. Done. * 6 pm. Start time. Done. * Officiant. Done. * Professional Photographer. Done. * 120 edited images on our online albums page . Done. * All images were edited...and available for viewing at 8:30 am. the next morning * Legal endorsement of Marriage license and filing with the Court. Done. Everything in our contractual agreement was satisfied...as promised. ** When you examine their online album, pay close attention to see if you can find one photo out of the 120 provided....where anyone looks stressed, upset..etc? No, you can't....because there aren't any. And the camera only shoots....what it sees. ** Does the Bride appear upset or about to cry in ANY of the images? No, she doesn't. **Does it look like “her day was ruined”? NO...it doesn't. (Because it wasn't .) ** Please pay special attention to the very last 5 photos....of James and Michelle. Do they look the least bit upset....to you? No...they don't. In fact, they're both smiling. Those last 5 photos were taken just 60 seconds before we left. Look closely. NOBODY crying. NO bride crying. EVERYBODY is happy. How do they explain that? They're lying. That's how. The bottom line: We have a contract for a reason. When the Bride, 6 months earlier, told us that they might bring their own Photographer, we said “that's fine”....just please let us know ahead of time for our scheduling. We perform in excess of 600 weddings a year. We must schedule everyone's wedding well in advance for planning. This was a June wedding....on a Friday evening, which made Photographer availability even more critical. We explained that. Had they wanted to use their own Photographer...it wasn't a problem, as long as we knew about it in advance and approve. It's no big deal. They decided to go with us. So we scheduled it . When we arrived at the beach, however, there was a woman there with a camera taking lots of “posed” photos. When we asked her to please stop and head down to the wedding site, she refused. She completely ignored us. * We asked her a second time a few minutes later again to please refrain from shooting while we were, to which she replied with a snotty remark...and kept shooting. At that point, we asked the Bride if she would prefer that whoever this woman was shoot the wedding...instead of us? (We were being serious. She could have shot the wedding.) Her answer was no. She wanted us to. (This was well before she walked down the aisle.) We had no idea who this woman with the camera was, but what we did know was that she was interfering. We asked her 3 times to stop...and she refused again. We finally gave her an ultimatum...her...or us.....and she finally put the camera down. To be clear, this woman wasn't just a guest taking snapshots. We have no problem with that. You can see guests with cell phones all over the place in many of our weddings. This woman, was intentionally interfering, and trying to get the attention of the wedding party etc. while we were shooting. We have a contract, and this behavior was in direct violation. At that point, we could have simply walked away. We didn't. * Oddly, this Groom emailed later that evening, and asked us to send him a copy of their signed contract, which we did...immediately. It appears....that was the first time that he had read it ! (The Bride.....is who booked the wedding...not him.) Not really sure why the Bride or the Groom didn't just ask whoever that was to simply put her camera down...but they didn't. Hmmmmm. How about that? Truth be known, they actually wanted this woman to take lots of photos, and they were going to do whatever they damn well wanted to do. We politely asked for her to refrain, and when that didn't work, we insisted....and they didn't like hearing the word no. That's what really is going on here. This Groom is obviously lying, and is now evidently trying to scam us into giving him his money back. Not happening. All 120 wedding images can't be wrong. We are Professionals. We are absolutely not going to be scammed, disrespected or ignored...by anyone...including this couple and their little Photographer friend. Enough said.

oning our integrity. She did not read the contract for comprehension, because if she did, she would have known that the particular clause she was referring to was for outside vendors that SHE WAS HIRING, not Weddings To Go. Below is her response to our email her telling her that we would prefer that she go with another company as we did not feel we were a good fit and we would provide a refund in full....mind you, her wedding was scheduled just 3 weeks away from the day she booked it. This incident happened the day after she booked the wedding. "I take full responsibility! In no way did I mean to insult you and your company. My fiance and I just happened to have that question after reading the contract and wanted to ask/express our sincere concerns. I loved speaking with you, Ray, over the phone and that is why we wanted to continue with your services. My apologies if any offense was taken! Definitely not our intent or our character! :)" After they begged us to reconsider our position, we then agreed to work with Verdell and her fiance and agreed to their requests. Here is our email back to her: "Good afternoon, Verdell: Lets move forward with your wedding. If you want your own photographer that's fine, you never did mention a videographer. It will be ok to use your own as well. Rest assured that all of our equipment is well maintained." Ray and Eileen That afternoon Verdell responded that she and her fiance decided that we were right and that they should go elsewhere for services. They wanted a refund, which was processed IMMEDIATELY. Verdell was sent a credit receipt IMMEDIATELY but didn't read that correctly either and again asked for a refund. We had to explain that "credit" to her account meant the refund was processed. All this for an $800 budget wedding package. Obviously, we made the right decision. By the way...we never had a signed contract with the couple.

titled rants that this couple has been leaving on the internet....is there any wonder why we decided to drop them as clients....for their $699.00 budget wedding package? (Didn't think so.)

ver. Her "real" issue....is twofold: 1) She forgot to book our free transportation, and when one of the owners told her that it wasn't available, she took a cab. She could have booked a limousine, but SHE chose....to ride in a cab. That....was evidently our fault....just like if it had rained....it would be our fault too. 2) She's not accustomed to hearing the word "no". That's obvious. Very unfortunately, one of the owners...who is a man, was "lucky" enough to have answered her phone calls. When he explained things....and had to tell her the "no" word....she went out of control. It happens. And we get to put up with nonsense like this....for $699.00 !

all sorts of different personalities. Whenever it rains before a wedding.....be assured...it's OUR fault that it's raining. We reached out to this particular bride because we wanted to see all of the "blurry" photos shot by our "rude" photographer. We told her that we would be happy to examine them and edit them wherever possible. (No response.) People must remember at all times that they are getting married....OUTDOORS. Sometimes...it rains. All over our website and in our contract , it states that there is no "plan B" if weather is inclement...."and that we will make every effort to make arrangements for the following day with all of the vendors." After this wedding, we have changed our policy and will not go to hotels etc. to perform a wedding in a room . It just never works out. We suggest a RAIN DATE....to every single client....for a reason. If it rains....everything after we notify the bride....becomes OUR fault. Ask ANY wedding planner.