My wedding was 12-27-2014. We booked our venue 11-1-2014 so as far as short notice availability....they are awesome. Darlene was my wedding consultant. She was an absolute dream to work with. She handled absolutely everything for me on my day....all I had to do was show up...which was perfect. The one thing I was not expecting (not sure if I should have been surprised.....were all of the hidden fees.) It is understandable that you can't use outside photographers or florists.....but to charge $500 for rose petals is ridiculous. Then the hidden fees with the photography....$2,088.00 to buy the rights to 244 pictures that were not edited or retouched.....is insane. About the photography though...Thomasz was our photographer and he was absolutely perfect to work with.....love love LOVE him!! You obviously have to buy the rights since they don't offer the pictures a la carte, but it's insane. Overall though....my wedding was perfect and I wouldn't have changed a thing.