Superstition Manor is THE place to choose for the wedding of your dreams! Our son and daughter-in-law just got married here on May 31st. As parents of the groom, we were involved in the entire planning process. In order to help you feel confident that this is truly the venue of your dreams, let me break down the details for you:
1) This was for the most part, a stress-free process. This was most important to me, as mother of the groom. I wanted the kids to enjoy their wedding planning and not have it be a "chore". This is an excellent venue if you want low stress is because it is an All inclusive venue. Meaning, everything you need for your wedding is included in the price. Unless you WANT to, all the vendors are onsite, relieving the stress of researching many different vendors and reading countless reviews before making decision after decision. We used all the recommended vendors, including onsite catering, the florist, the DJ, and the baker. As stated, if you already have your own vendors, you will not be charged for those services in the price. Here is an example of how the all inclusive price works: Food - You will receive a specified dollar amount to spend on food, but if your taste preference is seafood, for example, you can chose a higher priced package. Floral - our package included a $400 credit towards floral. The florist gave us the option to assemble all of our own flowers(after teaching us, of course) in order to save a few hundred dollars, which gave us more money towards the flower budget. We LOVED having everything all in one place!!!
2) The venue itself. This place is INCREDIBLE. Your view during your vows, will be a picture perfect view of the Superstition mountains. It is absolutely breathtaking. The venue itself is like a Tuscan mansion. There are water fountains throughout, beautiful stone work and iron work throughout. Gorgeous furniture, hand crafted by the owner, beautiful stair cases, stone fireplaces, walking paths, you name it!
The bride and groom suites are everything you could ever want. Each room is it's own full guest suite! The grooms suites are equipped with pool tables, darts, gorgeous rustic furniture, refrigerators stocked with sodas and waters, and much more! The bridal suite has multiple areas to get ready for each of the bridesmaids and an enormous, detailed mirror that photographs beautifully. The best part about these suites is that you have access to them as early in the morning and you can leave everything in there until the wedding is over.
This venue is equipped with some impressive resources. There is one entire room from floor to ceiling with every color of linen you can imagine, from silk, to lace, to fun prints. They did not have the color we wanted for the chair ties, BUT they ordered it and provided it to us at no extra cost. That is above and beyond service. The room right next door to this is the decor room. Again, it is full of decorations, table settings, centerpieces, bird cages, isle runners, candles, even a 7 foot cross...just about anything you want, is there!
3) Staff - All the staff here went out of their way to make this event special. The owners were amazing to us. A big thanks and shout out to Brittany Burns, and our coordinator, Rebecca, for making this one of the best days of our lives! Rebecca, was available all all hours to answer every question we had. She accommodated every request, and we felt like the whole staff really cared about OUR wedding. Rebecca even gathered all of our wedding gifts, boxed our cake, gathered anything left behind, and loaded everything onto a big wagon to make it easy on us at the end of the night. Thank you all!
4) Tips: If you read other reviews that are questionable, I would not let that sway your decision negatively. For example: If you have a specific food request, just ask. Some people like their food more salted, like we do, so we requested extra salt. If you want your meat cooked medium rare, ask! We found that if there was something we didn't prefer, we simply asked and they accommodated every request. We had many positive comments about the food. I feel some of the other reviews here were unfair regarding the food, as well as some of the other unsupported, under documented comments.
One suggestion I would make: Ask for the bride and groom to have a microphone on or near when the vows are read. Because the ceremony is outside, their voices will have to contend with nature and other factors that go along with an outdoor wedding.
Expect there to be a wait at the bar. I don't think this is unreasonable at a wedding, nor have I ever been to a wedding where I didn't have to wait, but we did have a few comments about the line. Unless you want to pay for a second bartender, I think it's a normal expectation to have a line.
In conclusion, you will not regret choosing Superstition Manor as your venue. This wedding was everything we dreamed of. We had the time of our lives! read more