My fiance and I decided to have a long engagement. We ended up postponing the big day a few times,…read morebut in spring of 2019, we decided we REALLY wanted to try and keep the original date of 11/19/19 as it had a special meaning being it. We casually looked online at a few places, and to be honest, I don't even remember how we came across Wedgewood but they ended up being the ONLY venue we looked it.
We met Blayne and had a WONDERFUL first appointment! She was so kind, so patient, very detailed, and very thorough. Although we are not into golf, there are so many places in the venue that is not golf related, we felt it was a great balance! Lots of greenery and trees, and some cute water features. After viewing it, we went back to the office and found out the date we wanted was available. To be safe, we put down a small holding deposit so we were able to have a few days to be able to talk it over and sleep on it. We knew that is what we wanted and we easily set our next appointment to being the process and we met Natalia. Natalia helped with some in-between planning and was just as kind, friendly, and sweet as Blayne. She made us feel so comfortable and ensured Blayne was in the know with any changes we had to make.
The planning process was very easy. I stress easily, so per course, I had some stressful points because I felt there was so much to do in the binder. Once I reviewed it all and comprehended what we really needed to do, it was not bad. The binder laid it all out and had lots of helpful hints. It truly helped us stay organized. In-between appointments, when we had questions, all we had to do was email them and usually same day, or less than 24 hours, we had detailed responses.
All of the final planning appointments, both Blayne and Natalia assured us that everything would be handled and shared positive feedback with us that the planning we did was strong, and that we were ahead of the game. it felt good to hear from the professionals that we were on track!
The day of, I admit, I was a bit apprehensive, but that is simply because I don't let go a lot. I am usually the one to run or oversee things in my family, so for me to be able to let go, was a bit difficult in the beginning. But let me tell you, Blayne ended up being able to be our "day of" coordinator, and things could not have been executed any more patiently, smoothly, and beautifully.
Want to hear the best part? 6 months prior when we signed with Wedgewood, they told us that if it rains, they have a contingency plan to move everything inside. We felt good that in the off chance it rained, we would still have a wonderful ceremony and reception. It was a little security blanket. We kind of laughed because in Arizona, it doesn't rain much. We had a HORRIBLE and dry summer and fall. Awful. But OH NO... WHEN DOES ARIZONA DECIDE TO RAIN? Tuesday November 19th, 2019, @ 5pm of our wedding day.... A first it was a bummer, but my fiance and I LOVE the rainy weather and it was a sign of good luck. Some of our pictures outside with the gloomy and wet backdrop, came out so beautiful. Blayne and Nicole executed the contingency plan like it was planned all along. There was NO hiccups.
Blayne helped keep us calm, she and Nicole communicated with the both of us, and we always knew what was next and to not stress. Those ladies did NOT falter once. I read another review where it was mentioned about the ENTIRE staff being professional and having great customer service. That is entirely true. Not once did we feel uncomfortable or that we were a nuisance. We were treated so well and everything went off without a hitch!
We still cannot stop talking about our day of and how special it was. Because of Blayne, Nicole, and Natalia, once I arrived and saw everything getting ready to go, I let myself relax and trust everything was in their hands. It TRULY was the best day of our lives and we cannot give enough thanks for Wedgewood for making our day as special as they did.
Side Note: People may be wondering about value and some other things. For us, we felt the value was MORE than fair. Was there a couple things I recommended to consider for the future, sure. But the one or two small things I could "mention" aren't worth even sharing here because it was SO tiny, and I feel it is more of my own opinion based on own views on life and it doesn't mean it makes anyone wrong. Our day was THAT special because of Wedgewood that we never ONCE thought about anything that could have even remotely bothered us.
Additionally, we have NOTHING but good things to say about their vendors. Our flowers, WE'RE GORGEOUS. Our cake, words cannot describe our cake. It took pure talent to pull off our cake. DJ Gary? HE KNOWS how to do his job and he had a bunch of good ideas. He DID AWESOME keeping things on track! The food? DELICIOUS. Due to being so excited and nervous, we didn't each much. But what we did, fantastic and all of our guests raved about the food.