Plantation Oaks Farms

Ernie and I met his daughter and her fiancé here to look at venue options. They have many options tarting at $13,000.00 and up. Saturday is prime time, starting at $15,000.00 and up. The sky is the limit. To be honest, I did not even want to see this venue based on Yelp Jax reviews. But, I went with an open mind. I left in awe of the place and I was very impressed and happy. The money part was a little surprising, but expected. I liked the Owner/Proprietor was impressive. It's a inclusive package. You make your choices and the price with vary according to what the bride and groom want. I would be very happy, if Autumn and Christian got married here. The only reason for minus a star is I think the prices are a wee bit high. But overall, I would recommend this place for a wonderful event being held here. You can have parties, weddings or other here. Pros:beautiful land, extreme organization, nice Proprietor, etc. Cons: price seems high.

Such a beautiful wedding venue! I didn't have my wedding there but was a guest. The atmosphere of the place as a whole is peaceful. The rustic venue, the animals roaming freely, and away from busy traffic/city noise. Even though it was a rowdy wedding the place had a calming feeling that made you never want to leave. I didn't see behind the scenes but I heard how great of a team they have put together making the brides dream wedding.

****** READ THE FINE PRINT *****If everything goes as planned this could be a nice place, but if anything goes wrong the contract you sign is iron clad. Possible Military move for my daughter was brought up when signing papers. Plantation Oakes suggested using wedding insurance. Insurance was bought. Had to cancel the wedding due to the move. Venue kept all the money while rebooking the day due to "deposits". We even tried to be fair and pay the deposits off and pay the venue for her time since she lost no money by rebooking to someone else, NOPE. The suggested insurance company had just as many loopholes. In the end the only people making out were the insurance company and the venue. I hope your experience goes as planned because if life happens, "even exact incidences brought up during signing" you will not get your money back. NOT GOOD PEOPLE.

Not military friendly!! I booked what was supposed to be my wedding two years ago today on November 21st, 2019. While signing the paperwork to confirm and book our date which would be November 21st, 2021 I specifically asked if anything should happen with my husbands work since he is military what would be able to be done. Amy assured me several times that not only she would cover things on her end but worst case if she could not that the insurance company they (Plantation oaks) make you get would be another safety net to use getting our money back worst case scenario. While touring the venue with my fiancé she said the same thing, then a 3rd time when my then parents also came at a later date. Them also being a military family know we cannot always control our schedules and where we are sent. Things we fine until October of 2020 when my now husband found out we were being moved to the other side of the world from Callahan, Florida and would no longer be able to make the wedding we had been putting money towards for almost a year. We contacted Amy and told her the unfortunate news that we would no longer able to go through with what was supposed to be our wedding day with the venue due to my husbands military orders. She asked if we were sure and we said yes since there is nothing we can do once orders are given to the service member. We then asked how we could go about getting the 7k back that we had put towards our now non existent wedding. We were still over a year out from the date we had picked, and had been given two tours by Amy then a 3rd meeting when the papers were officially signed. So maybe about 45 minutes of Amy/the venues time for about 7k. When we asked about the money Amy said there was nothing she could do on her end and to reach out to the insurance company. We reached out to them per her direction and the insurance company (which again is the one we are required to have to have an event at plantation oaks) said they wouldn't cover our military orders. I messaged Amy asking for a digital copy of our now broken contract, just so that I could go over it since my hard copy was already packed away due to us moving. She replied that she had already sent it to my husband. I then apologized for "wasting" her time but I couldn't get ahold of him due to him already have moved/time zone differences. She then sent it. Once we officially established we weren't getting any money back from the insurance company we asked Amy if she be willing to give us our money back if even just a small portion of it due to the venue only having to give us the two tours plus the day I went to sign papers. About 45min total for all 3 meetings. She said the whole 7k was already gone to vendors. Which just seems a bit much considering we were still well over a year out from when our date was and never even ate any of the food, used any flowers, no DJ, no photos, etc. The venue then re booked November 21st 2021. Amy got money from the new couple, still had the date booked. Plus the additional 7k from us without having to do anything for us. To rub salt in the wound of both Amy and the insurance company not giving us any of our money back that we lost I was still receiving emails from who would have been my vendors until a few weeks ago. So there is also a lack of communication there. While I'm sure if you get to have your event here it's great, it is NOT military friendly by at means. Considering Callahan is right by Kings bay Naval base, Mayport, and Naval air station Jacksonville you'd think it would be better. If you're military, look to have your event elsewhere. Save yourself, your time and, your money