Shahram Aarabi

Review of Willaby's Catering & Event Des...

We were forced by our wedding venue Youngberg Hill...

We were forced by our wedding venue Youngberg Hill to work with Willaby s as our wedding planner even though we had already decided not to have them do our catering because their sample food was inedible. As far as wedding planning goes, Willaby s was completely disorganized. It is unbelievable what a racket Willaby s and Youngberg Hill are running we paid thousands of dollars for a wedding planner but we ended up doing all of the wedding planning with our caterer while the Willaby s folks stood around and didn t do anything useful. Specifically, Jean Mateson was unprofessional bordering on fraud - she charged us by the hour for time she was at another venue taking care of another wedding! It rained heavily the day before our wedding and one area of the venue was a mudpit - when we asked Jean if she thought we could get some flooring to cover the area she was confused and said, I never thought of that . A wedding planner in the Willamette Valley who has never thought of what you need to do in case it rains?! We found her the name of a company to come and install temporary flooring the examples of ineptitude go on and on. I would avoid Willaby s altogether and get a planner who actually does what you pay them for.