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| - Patrick ruined my wedding day. I'd read reviews unhappy about interaction with him, but I thought I could avoid mishaps and stress by being super organized and clear. I used almost all my own vendors so that I would minimize his impact on the day. I did however have a restaurant cater the wedding and arranged to have his staff pick up the food from the restaurant and man the buffet. I'd communicated in an email on honey book that I wanted his people to pick up the food, and at our 30 day sit down I said the same thing. We had a whole conversation about if it would be one charge fo $25 or two because the restaurants were three doors down from each other and planned the arrival times of his crew based on them picking up the food. He even wrote PU 4:30 next to the food section of the list that he made with the vendors. Patrick gave me a total for the plate rentals, workers, etc without itemizing it and I paid him over $1000 no questions asked. Flash forward to the wedding day, when I found out right before I was supposed to walk down the aisle that there was no food because his people didn't go get it and he was giving me attitude and saying I didn't pay for them to pick it up. All you want on your wedding day is for things to go smoothly so you can enjoy the day. Rule #1: don't stress out the bride. Well Patrick had no problem doing that and is really lucky I didn't want to embarrass myself in front of my and my husband's friends and family because I wanted to scream and cry and it took all my will power to hold myself together. There was no apology, no offer to fix it, just and obstinate attitude and we had to figure it out ourselves. His terrible attitude continued through the rest of the night, and I had several friends comment afterwards that the owner should fire him because he was so negative and unhelpful. Since he's the owner's son, I know that won't happen, but do yourself a favor and save yourself from having terrible memories of your wedding by picking a different venue. The Shenandoah Mill is a beautiful property, but it's not worth risking your wedding memories by working with Patrick.
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