Dawson Creek Inc

No! Beware! Do not use! Not trustworthy!

The worst event experience I have EVER had. Kim Goggins is inexperienced, incompetent and all-around nasty. Do yourself a favor and book anywhere but here! We booked an "all inclusive" package for our wedding (rehearsal, wedding day and an overnight for the bride and groom). Let me start by saying that my husband and I both have hospitality degrees and have both worked events, and I have never seen such a mess as Dawson Creek the weekend of our wedding. My first red flag should have been when she demanded a $500 deposit for booking BEFORE I even saw the place, but I made it in time to see the venue before giving her the money, and at the time it appeared to be the place. There is a lovely magnolia tree in the front of the property, and this seemed like the perfect backdrop for our wedding, so we booked - BIGGEST MISTAKE EVER! Due to Kim's incompentantce and generally combative nature, we were forced to switched caterers mid-way through planning, this was headache and required us to go back to the venue for yet another meeting. We continued with our planning and had multiple conversations/meetings with Kim about expectations and needs, Kim assured us they cover everything, and it would be wonderful. However, when we showed up for our event the neighboring property had put up ORANGE construction fence and the property was littered with no trespassing and property line signs - all now the new backdrop for our wedding ceremony!!! WHEN WE BOOKED/VISTED THERE WERE NO SIGNS AND NO FENCING!!! KIM NEVER MENTIONED THIS ONE TIME DURRING ANY CONVERSATION THEREAFTER AND WAS WELL AWARE! SHE OFFERED NO SOLUTION EITHER! We had to come out of pocket the day of to try and mask it (went to Home Depot and bought items to attempt to hide it) - the fencing is in all pictures of the ceremony! Also, the property was littered with fire ant piles! Multiple guests were bitten, you can see them in pictures people took and they did nothing to resolve this! Additionally, the venue photographer showed up late, didn't stay the entire time and told us that the package does NOT come with any facial retouching - when our invoice clearly says Photographer before and during the event, and full edits! And, the week before the event she calls me (Bride) and demands an additional $1400 for tent deposits (our invoice paid in full at this point)! This is something that was never discussed and not in any contract or agreement, which I pointed out to her & she had no response for, other than threatening not to set up the tents we had already paid for if this additional (unmentioned) deposit was not paid in full! We reluctantly gave her another $900 (in addition to the $500 already given for damage deposits) and paid for a separate tent as well, so we could have our event, as it was now being threatened. We were told at the end if the night that there was no damage to anything (we have video and photos of everything in perfect condition and multiple people heard Kim say this) and Kim has refused to return out $1400 in refundable damage deposits! She is a true criminal! She even tried to charge us more post event!!!! DO NOT USE!!!! Additional items that were not right: My flowers were changed without even asking me - they tried to spray paint them and when that didn’t work, they left them half spray painted and half the wrong color! Grooms’ area was not set up on time (nothing was for the event) There was not enough food provided for all of our rehearsal guests when we gave them a full headcount! We still have no final photos (over a month after the event) The venue and it’s affiliates have posted images of our event that we haven’t gotten final of yet, and without our permission! This facility does not have appropriate bathroom facilities for large groups or handicap access! We paid for a popcorn machine - no popcorn machine was there – just a tray for STALE popcorn and not even out for guests to see! There is tons more, but you get the idea and really there were just too many issues to point out in one review - DO NOT BOOK H

The worst event experience I have EVER had. Kim Goggins is inexperienced, incompetent and all-around nasty. Do yourself a favor and book anywhere but here! We booked an "all inclusive" package for our wedding (rehearsal, wedding day and an overnight for the bride and groom). Let me start by saying that my husband and I both have hospitality degrees and have both worked events, and I have never seen such a mess as Dawson Creek the weekend of our wedding. My first red flag should have been when she demanded a $500 deposit for booking BEFORE I even saw the place, but I made it in time to see the venue before giving her the money, and at the time it appeared to be the place. There is a lovely magnolia tree in the front of the property, and this seemed like the perfect backdrop for our wedding, so we booked - BIGGEST MISTAKE EVER! Due to Kim's incompentantce and generally combative nature, we were forced to switched caterers mid-way through planning, this was headache and required us to go back to the venue for yet another meeting. We continued with our planning and had multiple conversations/meetings with Kim about expectations and needs, Kim assured us they cover everything, and it would be wonderful. However, when we showed up for our event the neighboring property had put up ORANGE construction fence and the property was littered with no trespassing and property line signs - all now the new backdrop for our wedding ceremony!!! WHEN WE BOOKED/VISTED THERE WERE NO SIGNS AND NO FENCING!!! KIM NEVER MENTIONED THIS ONE TIME DURRING ANY CONVERSATION THEREAFTER AND WAS WELL AWARE! SHE OFFERED NO SOLUTION EITHER! We had to come out of pocket the day of to try and mask it (went to Home Depot and bought items to attempt to hide it) - the fencing is in all pictures of the ceremony! Also, the property was littered with fire ant piles! Multiple guests were bitten, you can see them in pictures people took and they did nothing to resolve this! Additionally, the venue photographer showed up late, didn't stay the entire time and told us that the package does NOT come with any facial retouching - when our invoice clearly says Photographer before and during the event, and full edits! And, the week before the event she calls me (Bride) and demands an additional $1400 for tent deposits (our invoice paid in full at this point)! This is something that was never discussed and not in any contract or agreement, which I pointed out to her & she had no response for, other than threatening not to set up the tents we had already paid for if this additional (unmentioned) deposit was not paid in full! We reluctantly gave her another $900 (in addition to the $500 already given for damage deposits) and paid for a separate tent as well, so we could have our event, as it was now being threatened. We were told at the end if the night that there was no damage to anything (we have video and photos of everything in perfect condition and multiple people heard Kim say this) and Kim has refused to return out $1400 in refundable damage deposits! She is a true criminal! She even tried to charge us more post event!!!! DO NOT USE!!!! Additional items that were not right: My flowers were changed without even asking me - they tried to spray paint them and when that didn’t work, they left them half spray painted and half the wrong color! Grooms’ area was not set up on time (nothing was for the event) There was not enough food provided for all of our rehearsal guests when we gave them a full headcount! We still have no final photos (over a month after the event) The venue and it’s affiliates have posted images of our event that we haven’t gotten final of yet, and without our permission! This facility does not have appropriate bathroom facilities for large groups or handicap access! We paid for a popcorn machine - no popcorn machine was there – just a tray for STALE popcorn and not even out for guests to see! There is tons more, but you get the idea and really there were just too many issues to point out in one review - DO NOT BOOK H