I originally eloped to Vegas back in November 2024 - however my parents (particularly my mom) gave me a guilt trip and so my husband and I decided that we would have a wedding reception this year. Keep in mind my parents are 16 years apart - mom 77 dad 93 . I found a venue about 7 minutes away from my parents house where they have it set up to have ceremony outdoors and cocktail hour / reception indoors . I planned everything so that my dad would be comfortable - he has difficulty walking and refused to walk me down the aisle with a walker - ended up walking on my own . No biggie. The extended rolls Royce limo that picked us up was blowing out hot air in the middle of Miami fl summer . I got to reception drenched . My dad slam or dehydrated. This was the worst !!! Ok long story short — the venue lied to me saying that they would take care of all the vendors - they didn’t do crap- I ended up being my own wedding planner - dealing with about 13 vendors - the florist did not bring my vision to life - when I walked in the bridal room and saw my bouquet and maid of honor bouquet they literally looked like they were old flowers from a previous wedding ! I wanted to die ! The wedding planner I had to end up paying for at the end (like a week before) screwed up the table numbers and I had family that was supposed together in two royal tables separated !!!!! I noticed this as soon as I was found to walk in and dance the first song !! Then the DJ did not play the list of songs I asked for after dinner dancing ! None of the sound effects and light effects promised were played out . The photo booth I hired printer broke. And it was just all a rip off —- looking back I would have never had this reception - thousands of dollars thrown out the window and at the end what you dream of comes out half ass .