janetb's reviews

To the mistplaced brides and grooms: the owners and employees at the Bella Terrazza and the Tuscan Villa are not crooks, and did not intentionally try to ruin anyone's event or take money and use it for something else. I know them and can tell you that they tried their hardest to make the business succeed, including putting their own money into the business, only to lose the business. No one is living in a mansion, driving expensive cars, or otherwise using anyone's money on personal items. It was a very, very, very unfortunate and terrible thing for the bankruptcy to happen. Not only for the brides and grooms that were affected but for the employees and owners of the company also. Yes the company was struggling financially, partly because they were building a new, bigger, better, more beautiful venue. That project went over budget due to an unscrupulous contractor. (who by the way, will come out ahead in this situation because he was solely responsible for the overspending, AND is the first one in line for his payment with liens on the building that he helped go into bankruptcy, before all brides!!! ) Things went downhill quite rapidly, but there was always hope for a bright future with a beautiful new building. The goal of the owners AND employees was always to stay in operation, for the next 100 years. But an unfortunate series of circumstances put a stop to that. Hurricane Ike happened to be the last blow. I can tell you that no one is sicker over what has happened than the owners and employees of this company. Do what you must legally, and rightly so, but you will learn that there was no intention whatsoever to defraud anyone, steal, lie, or otherwise cheat anyone out of their money.