My friend tried to use Wendi for her upcoming wedding, and after signing a contract, Wendi dropped…read moreher as a client due to her religion. My friend is a satanist, but she *didn't* ask for a satanic ceremony, she specifically asked for a non-religious one. Wendi decided she wasn't comfortable with my friend's religion, even though it had no impact on the services being requested. I would never hire Wendi for anything due to her discriminating against people because of their religion.

I had hoped to have a person that would take most of the burden off of me with my elopement…read more Initially, she was really receptive. After signing the contract, it became a challenge from the photographer to the flowers and other things. I disregarded most of issues to that fact it was only an elopement. The weekend of the wedding a tropical storm was to be hitting the island. I reached out by text the Thursday before our Monday wedding as most of the rain was expected on Monday "What is the plan if it rains?" which in response I received "You can reschedule to our next available date or you can get married in the rain. It's an outdoor wedding so those are the only options. Our next available date would not be until early spring." I asked about the "plan" so I could plan accordingly. Do we need to purchase umbrellas vs rain jackets? Will the chairs still be setup so do we need to purchase towels so the guest are not sitting on wet chairs? The type of help you would expect from the wedding coordinator. I had already paid for flower and cake deliver. Had arranged for another photographer. I never intended to change the date so close to the event. I worked on my own to get towels and umbrellas. The day of the wedding, the winds were very strong, so I decided to wait until the restaurant opened to ask if they would allow us to have a quick ceremony in the small enclosed patio area. In the morning, I received a text after not hearing anything since Thursday. "I just wanted to check in and make sure you still want to proceed tonight? We have October 6th open if you wanted to hold off. But I know is you've arranged for extra photos, etc. just wanted to confirm so that I can let the crew know." to which I responded "I can't reschedule. Time wise, money wise it is not an option." Who on earth can reschedule the day of the wedding.. a cake cannot be unbaked, flowers cannot be unordered, family cannot drive back the 3 hours, etc. At 8:43am I sent another text letting her know of my plan to ask the restaurant as soon as they opened at 1100am. At 8:59 she texted and stated she needed to know by 4:45pm. At 9:39am she sent another text "please let me know about the restaurant." This is the day of my wedding, I was busy calling friends and family, praying that the restaurant would let me get married there, rearranging my hair appointment, rearranging the other photographer etc. After all this, I still was willing to chalk up the experience to the unique weather situation. I arranged with the restaurant to allow us to stand in a corner to have a quick 5 minute wedding. Keep in mind, the restaurant was open and the back area has an entrance that people come in and out. We agreed no decorations or music. I informed her of the details. On my way to get my hair and makeup, I get a call from the restaurant informing me they had a man come in and request to put an arch up and that they had to tell him no. I said of course as I had agreed with the manager no decorations or music. This was the response I received after I inquired about who this person was "My husband went to look at parking and ask if he could set up so that you could have a nice wedding if you don't want that I will let him know. They had no issue with it as we know the owners very well." I think this was by far the most unprofessional portion of the whole ordeal. While the other things bothered me, I think I would have not been compelled to write a review if not for this response. Obviously, just because you know the owners does not give you the right to use their business in any other way than what was agreed on. Obviously, the manager was not on board as I got a call. The "if you don't want" is disrespectful as I didn't DECIDE this -this was the agreement by a very gracious business since the business is open to other customers. For the price, I didn't get a venue, wedding coordination but got some mediocre photograph. Super grateful I did not decide to cancel the other photographer, and we managed to get some awesome storm photos. The roads flooded but my guests made it home safely. At the end of everything, no text or email about anything about congratulations or apologies for all the added stress.