What made your wedding so unique? “Our wedding was such an amazing experience from beginning to end. I expected it to be a very stressful time for me, but thanks to Betsy and the rest of the Gateway staff, my wedding planner Amy, and the rest of our vendors, everything went seamlessly! The day went just as we hoped, and Josh and I will always have fantastic memories thanks to everyone around us.”
What was your favorite thing about Gateway? “Our favorite thing about the Gateway was the people and the service. Our wedding happened three days after Ames experienced major flooding, yet everything went on as planned. Every person that we dealt with was amazing and reassuring during a very stressful time. All of the staff was extremely professional and reliable, and everyone went out of their way to make sure everything was perfect. We could not have been happier with everything at the Gateway, and highly recommend it!” 
Vendors that you’d recommend to other couples:
- “Amy Edwards, wedding planner (was) my saving grace through the entire wedding planning procedure. She did such an amazing job, and made the experience much more fun and relaxing for Josh and me. She took a very active role, attending all meetings with me, which helped a great deal when it came to keeping everything straight! She has wonderful ideas for all aspects of weddings, and helped so much when we were brainstorming ideas for decorations. We were on a limited budget, and she really had a lot of helpful hints and ideas about where we could really save money. She took care of everything on the day of the wedding, which was a great feeling knowing that I could relax while everything was taken care of. We had a few minor crises that day, but she handled everything wonderfully! She also did our flower arrangements, which turned out great! They were beautiful, and we had so many great compliments on them. I highly recommend Amy to anyone planning a wedding! She is so much fun to work with, and she will listen and work with you to make your dream wedding come true! (Also, she is extremely reasonably priced!!!!)” events_florals@yahoo.com!
- “I also have to highly recommend our photographers, Todd Hugen, and his wife Peggy. They live in Carlisle, but had no problem coming up to Ames and Boone to do both the wedding and our engagement photos. They did an amazing job on both, and they are so much fun to work with! They have all different kinds of packages to work with everyone’s budget, and have great prices after the wedding. It was really nice having 2 photographers, because we got a lot of nice shots from different angles. Peggy is also a graphic designer, and designed our invitations, which we got so many compliments on! They really helped make the experience more enjoyable!” http://www.toddhugenphotography.com/
