Gabrielle C
September 9, 2024
Absolutely, dreadfully dissatisfied. Please do not spend your money here. I urge you to find another place to stay. I am normally not one for posting negative reviews but here it goes… I was the bride of a recent wedding at The Ranch. My mom and I met with Chris and David many times before the big day to nail down details with them. They were decently pleasant to deal with. However, Chris was very judgmental when I stated, multiple times, that my fiancé and I were staying at another location the night before our wedding and the night of. She asked me about 5 times and each time I felt extremely judged, it was our choice we made together. It just got worse and worse from there. Chris, the wife and owner, the very first conversation we had was her bellowing at me because I was using the main bathroom in the lodge. That bathroom was for “guests only and I was not to use them”. I informed her that I was the bride and she acted incredibly fake after that. I was the bride, my family paid to use the venue and I felt extremely disrespected. From there, I was afraid of how she was going to treat my guests. Her husband, David, put his hands on my dad when they were trying to discuss an issue with the parking. There is not enough parking for a wedding so I tried to make arrangements to have guests park next door, as instructed by Chris, but the property switched ownership in the middle of it. To say they were less than helpful during an already stressful time is an understatement. My mother in law let me know that when she called to book the rooms and to check in, Chris, had a terrible attitude and she had a bad taste in her mouth from the whole interaction. They let us in early so we could set up, but once they started picking at us. They wouldn’t stop. They refused to turn off the sprinklers for their precious lawn stating that “it would turn brown overnight”. False. They just wanted to put a wrench in our plan. David, was less than understanding and an absolute hindrance the whole way. Once the wedding was over, they again turned the sprinklers on and everything was wet when we were trying to get out. I am not even mentioning the endless attitude they gave my wedding coordinator and catering staff. I am actually an event coordinator, my mother is a well known caterer and we both have never interacted with venue owners quite like this before. I strongly believe they called for a DUI checkpoint to sit right out front of our wedding, however I cannot confirm. I could go on and on and on. I have many more examples of bad interactions that I heard from my guests. It felt truly embarrassing that we chose this place. I truly have not interacted with quite such wicked and truly evil spirited individuals before. They were actually the only stressful part on my wedding day. I truly wanted it to go so differently, however, they were absolutely unreasonable and I would hate to see anyone spend their money to stay here or have their special day here. The ve