Hi Laura,

First, I want to thank you personally for all of your help and support throughout the wedding planning phase as well as the actual wedding day.  Your knowledge, level of engagement, availability and reassurance was excellent as you supported Nicole and I.  You kept telling us that everything would go very smoothly, not to stress, and that was indeed true.  Your engagement across all of the vendors and ability to stay on top of so many details was impressive.  I don’t know how you do it when the wedding season is in full swing and you have multiple events in one weekend!  As a long term career mom myself, I know what you juggle and we thank you for all that you stayed on top of for Nicole’s wedding day.

The Ashford property was stunning in all aspects.  We were very appreciative that the fountain was running and the grounds were freshly mulched, being it was March and 11 days after a major snowstorm.  The barn was beautiful as were the main and reception buildings.  The rooms for overnight stays were beautiful, meticulous and comfortable. I appreciated the additional hour on Sunday in light of daylight savings time.  We were the last to leave with Nicole and DJ after packing everything up and we definitely needed that time.

The staff and service on the wedding day (and overnight), including yourself, was exceptional.  A special shoutout to Megan who was extremely helpful and very on top of things.  We very much appreciated the VIP tables at the cocktail hour, food for Nicole and DJ in the salon, the service at the reception and the team keeping us on task throughout the day leading up to the ceremony. Everyone was very respectful and courteous and I hope they experienced the same from our families and the wedding party.  The staff throughout the day and night made our experience very calm and happy!

The food was outstanding!  We are still reflecting on all elements of the food experience.  The cocktail hour and the stations were delicious and creative.  I would say the most highlighted items were the tomahawk steak, cold seafood bar, nonna’s meatballs. crabcake and beef sliders, lobster and shrimp rolls and tacos.  But all were excellent.  All courses of the dinner were also outstanding which is not typical with wedding venues. The desserts were very good including the blueberry cake from Bakeworks.  The afterparty food was also well received and I believe devoured.  Merri-Makers truly delivered an exceptional experience, many of our guests (and us) thought it was the best overall wedding food experience we have experienced to date.

Laura, our experience was stellar all around.  The only thing that could have been better would have been having a sunset, but we did ok with the weather and didn’t have any rain or snow thankfully!

Please share my feedback with everyone involved, and let me know if you would like any testimonials done online.

My sincere thanks,

Nancy M.