The Canopeum

I would avoid this business at all costs. We dealt with many vendors for our family wedding, and his is the only one I would tell people to avoid no matter what the cost, or even if they are a preferred venue contractor.
The guy who owns this place called the morning of the wedding to tell us they would not be setting up the chairs for the ceremony, that the pallets with the chairs in storage bags sitting in the middle of the aisle was what his people do. This was after his daughter had asked us on two occasions if we were setting up chairs or if they were, and both times we responded «You are setting up». Very unprofessional, family does no wrong attitude. Daughter never makes mistakes was dad’s response.
The fact that the tent was set up with the poles right up the center of the aisle was a minimal inconvenience, even though we had been told the tent would be off-​center to the gazebo so that the poles could be on one edge of the sidewalk. Just another example of the business saying what you want to hear in the sales phase and lack of follow through on the day of the event.
Finally, the crew showed up before the ceremony was over — parked and lowered their ramp across the only exit before guests had left. One of the groomsmen had to intercept the workers and tell them to come back in half an hour as we weren’t finished with the ceremony yet. I think they would have started packing up the empty chairs if he hadn’t done this. The chairs and tent were still there when we went to pick up center pieces more than 24 hours later. Still watching credit card closely to make sure he doesn’t slide in additional charges for this.