caryryan's reviews

I give the site itself 5 Stars.
Peter gets 3 Stars.

The views from the top bluff is just amazing. 360' view of mountain and ocean, it is truly magical. My husband and I looked forever before we fell in love with this view.

But you have to deal with Peter and he is an interesting guy. He is really nice and everything but he likes to backpack and will go off into the woods for a few days and you won't be able to get a hold of him for vendor coordination or any questions. Some of our meetings were interrupted by people and he had a hard time remembering what what we were there for. So once again a really nice guy but...you are not his main focus.

I can respect that he is like that because he is running a preserve. His main focus is maintaining the wildlife and vegetation. And oddly enough that was important to us. I would just suggest that he get someone else part-time to run the weddings.

Duke's was good. I would recommend them. The food was good and the view of the ocean was just great. Everything was perfect except one thing. We had arranged to keep the party going as long as everyone wanted to stay and they kicked they started to close down the room while I was still on the dance floor! That was very disappointing.

Stephanie Lairson was a god send. I could not have done this without her. I just didn't have the time and the knowledge of where to start on somethings.

She was always happy and positive and in your corner no matter what crazy things I wanted. Stephanie understood it was an important event in your life and you would never know she had many other clients. I just can't speak highly enough.

One week before my wedding I tried on my altered dress only to find she ruined the lines of the back of the dress. Stephanie came and helped me get a refund and personally went with me to a seamstress she trusted to get it fixed.

I had so much fun and Stephanie took so much worry and stress away from the event. I was able to enjoy my day (even though I got stuck in traffic and was late but I live in LA) and did not worry about a thing.

I still plan on being friends with her. She was amazing!