Sleepy Hollow Inn & Event Center

Are you military? Then Sleepy Hollow doesn’t want your business.
We were looking at Sleepy Hollow Inn and Event Center yesterday as a potential wedding venue. We are a military couple and already married (eloped), but want to have a «real deal» wedding for our friends and family.
We were drawn to SH because of their cheap, «all inclusive» packages. They have upfront pricing and a strong web presence.
We went up to Swannanoa to meet with Danrae, the owner and coordinator, and tour the site. We arrived before her and poked around to get a feel for the site. Unfortunately, the highway noise was unbelievably loud throughout the small property. My wife wanted to veto the venue altogether, but I said that we should wait for Danrae and give it a fair shot.
When she showed up, we asked her what others had done about the noise. She claimed that no one had ever mentioned it (but it’s so loud!) and that the officiant would have a mic. She gave us a tour of the rooms and property, and everything is pretty, but smaller than the online photos would have you believe. It is truly, truly compact.
When she sat us down to discuss the packets, the meeting took a turn for the worst. We told her that we were looking for October 2016, but that we couldn’t set a date for at least another month. We weren’t asking her to hold a date for us or anything — just saying that we couldn’t put a deposit down yesterday. We promised to get back to her in a couple of weeks.
She told us that she «hesitated» to book us for a desirable October weekend *at all* because we were military and «who knows» what the military would do.
That’s right:
She didn’t want to book us because of the military.
Despite how friendly their site looks towards military and how much they seem to support it, she would prefer someone with more stability to book her venue.
She said that she could book the October weekends «ten times over» to people who wouldn’t get deployed or pulled on a mission, and that she would be taking a big chance on us. This is no way to honor a veteran’s service — by «hesitating» to let them spend their money on your business.
When I pointed out that my wife was *serving our country*, Danrae said that she didn’t mean to offend me.
Well, of course she offended me. And it should offend you, too.

Wonderful place! Our family and friends loved the venue and we had the wedding of our dreams. I never thought my wedding day would be so stress free! Danielle is amazing and will help you every step of the way! Highly recommend Sleepy Hollow! Thank you for eveything!