I held my wedding reception here at the end of October, and the setting really was wonderful for this time of year with all the autumnal vibes.
The ballroom comfortably seated my 350 guests, and the open space outside with the fire pits etc helped.
However for my guests who were staying at the venue (Crown Plaza) did not have such a good experience, throughout the booking process did not feel they had the best experience, the wedding discount prices quoted to me were not discounted at all, and a lot of my guests ended up booking on other online platforms as it was significantly cheaper, we found the booking team direct at the hotel were not very accommodating and were misquoting people and there was a lot of inconsistency, which i think looked bad on the hotel.
As the bride and groom we were given a suite, however the was no "guest experience" here, given that we hosted a pretty large event at the venue with half of our guest staying at the venue i was expecting a better experience. I just felt like any other person staying at the venue.
The organisation process from start to finish was pretty straight forward, i think better communication leading to the day would have been helpful as i had to chase this on the day of arrival which is not ideal- with all the rest of the stress going on.
Overall the day was a success and had a lot of compliments from the out of towners, but i think the customer service needs some work.