FAQ’s

This is where you will be able to discuss your vision for your wedding, create your table designs, add on enhancements and more! Please have a vision board or Pinterest board prepared to better assist your planner in understanding your vision.

All vendors apart from Caterer and DJ are accepted. Please speak with your Planner or Coordinator to get final approval and ensure vendor liability insurance is obtained for each vendor.

Vendors can arrive as early as 9am to set up.

You can add to your contracted guests count, but if your guests count is lower than the contracted you will be charged for the contracted amount.

Yes, however, we have a couple of basic décor rules:  Please do not damage the venue by permanently affixing anything to our walls or structures.  We do not all confetti due to city and state restrictions as it can harm wildlife.

Los Willows will schedule your rehearsal at 11AM on the day before your wedding.  If no event is scheduled up to thirty days prior to your wedding, we allow rehearsals to take place no later than 3PM.

We will transport your h/c guests to and from the ceremony location and we offer h/c restrooms for both men and women.

This is a regulation for the County of San Diego requiring outdoor event facilities to close by 10PM.

Yes, but it may not be necessary.  Los Willows provides a venue planner and venue coordinator in your package which is sufficient for most brides, however, if you require guidance beyond the venue, then a hiring your own wedding professional my be a good option.

During the winter months from November through February, we start our weddings at 3PM.  The reason for this is, Los Willows is located in a canyon with a large hill to the west of us, therefore the sun sets 20 minutes earlier at Los Willows than recorded sunset time for Fallbrook.

We require your wedding to begin at 3PM to ensure public safety as we cannot allow guests to arrive or leave the meadow ceremony location in the dark.  Furthermore, we want to ensure that your ceremony and subsequent photos will not be in the dark.

No, don’t do it!  This causes havoc when guests arrive too early as staff is not set up for them and our parking lot does not open until one hour prior to ceremony.  Guests are never happy when they are asked to wait when entering the premises.  Also, if you are wanting First Look photographs, you need the quiet time to make this happen.