Janki Gajera
If you reach out to this venue, and Katie Hayes responds back, just find somewhere else to spend your hard-earned money - there are so many better venues in the Hampton Roads area (even some right down the street). Katie took over a month to send over a contract, and when we wanted to adjust some of the contract terms (mainly the hours for venue usage), she said she’d be available 1 week later (!), on Friday, to chat more about it. Well, wouldn’t you know it - on Thursday (1 day before our scheduled discussion), she emailed me to tell me another event scheduled the date I wanted. Katie strung me around for weeks, taking 3-4 days to respond to my inquiries, causing me stress ahead of my baby shower (yes, she caused a pregnant woman immense stress for over a month). We felt like she/the church is probably racist (since we mentioned there would be religious components to the baby shower), and we know for sure this church and venue are against LGBTQ+ people (look at the review on WeddingWire). We found a newer, nicer, larger venue down the street for less than half the price Katie was asking for (!!!). And by the way, the cost of the venue is a “donation” to the church, even though they’re obviously running it as a business. Shady, untrustworthy, rude, and unethical place. Don't let this woman waste your time - if she acts like this before you hand over money, what would she act like when she has your money?
