My husband and I were recently married on August 27th. I hope some of these reviews can help planning brides!
Dianne's Delightful Weddings (North Georgia)
When we originally booked our venue, we had an on-site wedding coordinator (three different ones from when we booked,) and then we found out that our venue had contracted with "Dianne" from Dianne's Delightful Weddings as their new coordinator.
Through TK, I had met another bride that used the same venue and the same coordinator (paying for a coordinator is mandatory when using this venue.) Her horror story included getting the back of her dress ripped off, etc.
I met with Dianne once before our wedding (as I had met with the two other coordinators prior.) After our initial meeting (about 3 months before the wedding,) I thought things would be okay (as my husband and I did all of the planning ourselves.)
I had some problems contacting our caterer, and the venue manager stepped in...not the coordinator we had paid for.
Our next meeting with the coordinator was at our rehearsal the evening before. Here are the items that were promised to us:
1. Ribbons or signs on the first two chair rows for our family.
2. She would tell the guys when it was time to approach the "altar" / deck.
3. She would tell the guys when to turn around to face where my father and I were approaching.
4. The deck on which we were getting married would be cleared by 4pm.
5. (As paid for) She would stay the entire length of the wedding and reception as well as be the "day of" coordinator.
Here is what actually happened....
1. No ribbons nor signs on the first two chair rows.
2. The music began to play that the guys were walking out to. Our minister looked up at her, our guys looked up at her, and she just stared at them. The MINISTER ended up saying, "uh - well - okay- I guess we'll walk now.")
3. She never told the guys when to turn around (she said she would "give a nod" so that they knew what to do since I was approaching facing our guests.) The minister, again, said, "We will now turn around, I guess."
4. When guests started arriving at 4:45...not only was the deck NOT cleared, but there were boisterous tables of highly intoxicated girls for a bachelorette party that refused to leave. It wasn't until our Best Man stepped in and said, "who do I need to talk to to get this deck cleared and those girls GONE?"
5. Here's the best part.............
As we're walking back down the aisle after being married, she opens the doors to the venue and congratulates us, "CONGRATULATIONS MR. AND MRS. JACKSON!" Well.....Jackson is my maiden name, not our married name.
That was the last time we saw her throughout the evening. She disappeared and left. She never bothered to tell anyone or say anything - she just.........left.
Why was this important? Because we paid for a day of coordinator and for her to STAY there. Things went missing. Things didn't come out from the office of the venue. Even our minister stated he had never worked with someone so incredibly rude as her.
STAY AWAY!