Camp Navarro — Hotel in Ukiah

We had our wedding at Camp Navarro in September. Although the venue itself is beautiful and incredible, the management and organization of the property is horrendous. They took weeks to return our emails, they had terrible communication with us and there was poor internal communication amongst their own staff. On multiple occasions they promised they would get back to us regarding inventory of supplies but then never followed through, making us spend more money on rentals than necessary. They state that a wedding coordinator is included; however, this is a very loose term, and it is more just a point person who will communicate with the outside wedding coordinator that you hire separately. They didn’t give us much input about what people who had had weddings there before us did so our planning started from scratch. There was essentially no help with setup/break down (except one woman named Nedjma who was very helpful). The food was delicious but we were going off faith because they don’t allow you to do any tastings and your only option is to use their catering. Luckily Chef Mitch is actually really good and exceeded our expectations. It was pretty awesome to have the whole property to ourselves and have all of our friends and family stay onsite in the cabins and glamping tents. In the end, our wedding was great but Camp Navarro staff made wedding planning...

My August visit was my 2nd year in attendance to a music festival at the magical Camp Navarro. This year did not disappoint nor did the first year! Dan is the owner and operator of this beautiful property and he does a great job of organizing and managing the event, not to mention his communication is awesome and very timely. Whether you choose to traditionally tent camp, score an open adirondack cabin, or rent a teepee or closed door cabin, you'll have a great experience! There's lots of space and different camps and everything is close and not a far walk. One of the best features of this place are the actual outdoor showers. Talk about an unforgettable experience! There's flushing bathrooms and running water, even provide soap and paper towels. Of course, conserve as much as possible. If you forgot any food, there's a cafe and store as well as an outdoor to wood fire pizza oven. Throughout the day, there are activities set up such as rock climbing, archery, etc. In the evening, they have a campfire and s'mores.

Now as for the music, the reason why I was there--was so amazing! The stage and sound is definitely crafted with care and produces such great music quality. Tied in with the camping experience and being with friends, I've made this an...

Let me start by saying Mendocino is special place so in turn Camp Navarro is a special place. My wife and I had our wedding there and everything was pretty amazing except for a few bumps in the road. Skip made sure everything we needed was available and some. Hat's off to Skip.

After our wedding was done we were supposed to get a refund from money Camp Navarro had held as a third party from guest that had paid on their site. To our surprise not only did they no return our $18,000.00 plus dollars they some how billed us for labor that had never been discussed. We were billed $25 an hour for parking attendants that we never had, unless you count 9 and 10 year olds holding signs (which I am pretty sure is illegal). Or if you count paying $250 for a coffee service and then charging us $30 an hour for somebody to make the coffee and stand around. Also the owner charged us for his time as well as charging us overtime. I own a business and I would never charge somebody hourly on top of my fee or my wife for that matter (which they did).

I would recommend Mendocino but I would not recommend Camp Navarro as a place to...