So first off, I know, of course a lot of this is totally out of anyone's control and I'm not insisting anyone should be centering the universe around us. We know there's only so much that can be done.

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But we got engaged and selected a venue back in December. Part of the all-inclusive venue contract are things like a complimentary engagement photo session on location in the forest, catering tastings, floral package and bartending package. Despite this venue and many of its vendors having 100% positive, raving reviews, it's been nothing but headache so far.

Our engagement session was initially scheduled for February. The photographers cancelled last minute. This was after being unresponsive to calls and emails for the prior two weeks when we were trying to confirm and ask about meeting location. A couple weeks later, they sent their availability again, and we booked for a slot another month later. They emailed today to cancel again because of the snow from a recent storm (totally understandable yet again, just unfortunate.)

They didn't accommodate for the cancellations, and instead sent the same list of available time slots for engagement sessions, the next nearest being another two months away at a totally different location. There are no slots available at all for our initially given location on any weekend. Since we have been booted to the end of the line with each cancellation, pretty much every slot is taken for dates all out through the year. Initially we wanted these photos for save the dates, but now even having them for invites seems like a stretch.

The venue's caterers had also scheduled a tasting for the same weekend, which of course was also cancelled for the same reason. It just extra sucks because we had to book a room for the weekend since we'd have to travel up the mountain. But the room now cannot be cancelled, and we can't even stay in the room for the night with the roads being in such poor condition, so we're out like 300 dollars on that weekend.

Communication has just generally been really slow, and we're repeatedly getting weeks of total silence followed by the general "sorry things are crazy busy!" from pretty much all of the vendors since we booked.

So much of this has just been an unfortunate drag and I'm starting to get anxious about our wedding running smoothly if it feels this clumsy now.