We initially decided to go with Penny because she was very affordable compared to other vendors in the area. My husband met with her in person and felt she was very well prepared, personable, and willing to work with us to make sure our wedding day was everything we wanted it to be.

Overall, our experience with Penny was mixed. Ultimately, she did a really good job the day of the wedding, but the days leading up to the wedding were stressful... so the good and the bad evened out to somewhere in the middle.

Examples:

GOOD: At the ceremony, Penny did a great job of making sure all the guests had programs, that the processional was timed properly, etc.
BAD: Leading up to the wedding we often were often asked questions multiple times by Penny and felt that we had to repeat ourselves with certain things. Wedding details during the final venue walkthough, ceremony and reception components, and vendor contract terms were all things we had to repeatedly remind her of.

GOOD: In the months prior to the wedding, Penny was very good about sending general checklists to keep us on track.
BAD: Until the actual week of the wedding, Penny was very hard to get ahold of personally, including when it came time to schedule our final walkthrough with the venue. She mentioned that she had a full-service and very demanding client that she just took on, and at times it felt as if priority was being given to that client, even two weeks prior to our wedding. Then, three days before the wedding, she sent dozens of e-mails to my husband to double check on details that should have been ironed out previously.

GOOD: During the reception, Penny went around and made sure all the guests were comfortable and had everything they needed.
BAD: During the final venue walkthrough, Penny often seemed to be playing catch up. The restaurant's coordinator, me, my husband, and my husband's parents were all there and as we were going over everything, Penny would have to stop and ask a question that was either answered previously, or could have been found in the contract she had been sent prior to the meeting. She also pushed us for certain things that we didn't want. We were very clear about not wanting an open bar, but she suggested it two or three times during the meeting.

GOOD: At the reception, Penny helped identify people who shouldn't be driving home and made sure everyone got home safe. She also did a really great job making sure the venue was set up prior to the wedding, and that everything was cleaned up, packed up, and got where it needed to be after the wedding.
BAD: The timeline was our biggest issue with Penny. My husband sent out a timeline to all the vendors the week of the wedding, after realizing that hadn't been done yet. A day later, Penny sent out her own timeline to all the vendors, which was completely different than what all the vendors had agreed on. Penny admitted the mistake to my husband, but not to the vendors she sent her timeline to. When my husband sent another e-mail to clarify the confusion, she told him that the timeline was her responsibility and she couldn't be held responsible if anything went wrong as a result of my husband handling it. My husband only had to handle it (and other tasks) as a result of other vendors calling us to say that our coordinator was difficult to work with and that they were confused because she had given them different information than they had discussed with us previously.

GOOD: Penny was great about getting everybody transitioned smoothly from the ceremony to the cocktail hour, to the reception.
BAD: Penny made several comments that made us feel as if she wasn't particularly concerned with our event. In conversations, she would say things like that she wasn't worried about being able to handle our event because it was only seventy guests... or that she had a client who purchased her full services who was keeping her busy. Overall it just felt like when she made comments like that, she didn't feel as if our event warranted her full attention or concern.

GOOD: Penny sent us a very nice wedding gift after the wedding, which added a personal touch to her services.
BAD: When we were trying to find a videographer (a vendor we decided to add later), we asked Penny for recommendations and while she was very considerate in cashing in a favor and getting them to meet our price, she also assumed we were going to go with them without yet meeting them. So when we found a different vendor, Penny told us that her vendor had already turned down another job because of us and that it was an uncomfortable position she was put in, canceling on a vendor doing her a favor. While we understood her position, we also felt that she should have checked with us before telling a vendor we never met to turn down other clients because we would book them.


Overall, Penny did some things right and some things wrong. There were a lot of issues prior to the wedding, but at the same time we couldn't have pulled off our wedding on the day of without her. Except for some tense moments prior to the wedding, she was very friendly, very positive, and emphasized that she wanted us to have the day we dreamed of.

After hiring her but prior to our own wedding, my husband recommended Penny to a co-worker of his who was getting married six weeks before us. Overall, he was satisfied with her services... and the eight other clients reviewing her on this site have nothing but good things to say about her, so maybe we had our wedding during a busy time for Penny or when she wasn't quite on her game... because our experience was less positive than everyone else seemed to have, and I don't think we were particularly demanding or difficult clients.

The Sunset Restaurant is a fantastic place to get married. You can have your ceremony and reception and catering all in one place, and it's relatively affordable. Kelly Ann, the restaurant's event coordinator, is very knowledgeable, friendly and professional. She knows what she's doing and will work with you to make sure you get the wedding you want. Just make sure you go over everything you want first, because there are a lot of rules and regulations to follow, both for the restaurant and the public beach outside. Still, it's not unreasonably strict, and we were able to have the wedding of our dreams.

The location is beautiful and the food and service from the restaurant was outstanding. We can't recommend this venue enough for people looking for a nice little place to have a beach wedding.

Nathan did our ceremony music and reception music. He came well prepared with all the equipment he would possibly need for a beach wedding. I got so many compliments on his music and personality. He was quick and well prepared for any last minute spontaneous changes that came up. I would recommend him to anyone getting married or throwing a party. Overall, affordable and fun guy who made our wedding a night that not only me and my husband will remember but so will all of our guests.

They took some ideas and made them into a dream come true. When I got my bouquet and saw the amazing center pieces for the first time they took my breath away. Kerim truly has a gift with flowers. The only thing that the company needs to really work on is keeping up with their phone calls with their clients. Overall, the flowers were amazing and totally affordable. Anyone would be lucky to have him do their wedding.

With this vendor, it was the classic question of whether the end product justifies the process. The cupcakes themselves were great, and we got rave compliments from many of the guests. On the other hand, getting them to the wedding was a problem. Every time we tried to call, we were referred to their event coordinator, who was rarely in the store. Regular employees couldn't answer basic questions and calls weren't returned for days at a time, if at all.

We ended up having to leave our entire order and delivery instructions on the store's voicemail, and had to rely on regular employee promises that the message would be checked and executed accordingly. When the cupcakes were delivered to the venue on the day of the wedding, they only dropped off two of the four flavors we ordered. And we still haven't received an invoice for the cupcakes, despite asking and being promised one three times.

Overall, there were a lot of problems coordinating with this vendor, but the end product (what we received of it, anyway) was raved about by the guests... which I guess is the most important thing.

Extremely organized and affordable. We basically wrote our whole ceremony and personalized every detail. He helped us make our ceremony even better than what we had written. I would highly recommend him to any couple who wants to write their own ceremony and needs some help personalizing it & organizing it.

Michelle and Judy were so great. They did all 6 of my bridesmaids, my mother in law and me. Very professional and easy going. I would defiantly recommend them to any bride. The only thing I would say that would have been helpful is if they had tattoo make-up and jeweled accessories on the day of the wedding. Overall they made everyone look great and used their time efficiently. I will post pictures later!

Seems like a nice guy however wouldn't let us meet him before we put down the deposit. We asked to even meet him for 5 minutes before giving him a check and he said he was too busy to meet his brides and grooms in person.