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  • Report:  #348194

Complaint Review: Orlando Weddings - Orlando Florida

Reported By:
- Colonia, New Jersey,
Submitted:
Updated:

Orlando Weddings
88516 Old Winter Garden Rd. Orlando, 32835 Florida, U.S.A.
Phone:
407-445-4044
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We live in New York and decided to have a destination wedding in Florida. We enlisted the services of Orlando Weddings. As a wedding planner, Michele Rapaport, the owner of Orlando Weddings, received a deposit of $2500 for a wedding planned for July 31, 2008. At the end of June we sent her an additional $10,442 for the balance of the wedding. We have now learned that the company has gone out of business. We have tried phoning her, e-mailing her and even sent a certified letter, none of which has been acknowledged. We have contacted the Florida Better Business Bureau who began investigating and found that the company's name has been removed from the door. According to the City of Orlando, both her business license and tax license have been expired since March of 2007. We now have no wedding and no money with which to plan one!

Laurel

Colonia, New Jersey

U.S.A.


16 Updates & Rebuttals

Laurel

Colonia,
New Jersey,
U.S.A.
I have tried everything!

#2Author of original report

Sat, July 12, 2008

Let's see. Phone calls, e-mails, certified letter, spoke to TV stations, wrote to talk shows, spoke with the Better Business Bureau, Orlando Sheriffs office, Consumer Affairs, Attorney General, American Bridal Consultants, Federal Trade Commission and even the FBI. Just hoping someone follows through! It's beginning to get out there especially because of this website! Michele will get her due, I've learned that!


Lisa

Tulsa,
Oklahoma,
U.S.A.
FILE FILE FILE

#3Consumer Comment

Fri, July 11, 2008

Have you filed a report with the Federal Trade Commission, the Florida Attorney General, or the Director of Ethics at the ABC (Association of Bridal Consultants)?


Lisa

Tulsa,
Oklahoma,
U.S.A.
My Space

#4Consumer Comment

Fri, July 11, 2008

Hey everybody, just a heads up, they will not post your personal email address here. I do have a my space page. you can go there and send me a message and we can get in touch with each other that way. I am bitchinbartemptress.


Lisa

Tulsa,
Oklahoma,
U.S.A.
My Space

#5Consumer Comment

Fri, July 11, 2008

Hey everybody, just a heads up, they will not post your personal email address here. I do have a my space page. you can go there and send me a message and we can get in touch with each other that way. I am bitchinbartemptress.


Lisa

Tulsa,
Oklahoma,
U.S.A.
My Space

#6Consumer Comment

Fri, July 11, 2008

Hey everybody, just a heads up, they will not post your personal email address here. I do have a my space page. you can go there and send me a message and we can get in touch with each other that way. I am bitchinbartemptress.


Lisa

Tulsa,
Oklahoma,
U.S.A.
My Space

#7Consumer Comment

Fri, July 11, 2008

Hey everybody, just a heads up, they will not post your personal email address here. I do have a my space page. you can go there and send me a message and we can get in touch with each other that way. I am bitchinbartemptress.


Lisa

Tulsa,
Oklahoma,
U.S.A.
HMR consulting?

#8Consumer Comment

Fri, July 11, 2008

Hey have you been to the BBB lately? Not only is visionary weddings listed but also HMR consulting? any idea what this is?


Lisa

Tulsa,
Oklahoma,
U.S.A.
HMR consulting?

#9Consumer Comment

Fri, July 11, 2008

Hey have you been to the BBB lately? Not only is visionary weddings listed but also HMR consulting? any idea what this is?


Laurel

Colonia,
New Jersey,
U.S.A.
ORLANDO NON-WEDDINGS

#10Author of original report

Fri, July 11, 2008

Let work together and get this fixed!! If you are a bride who is in thsi boat contact me at the below email address!! EMail address: (((ROR redacted))) PS - still SICK over this. My wedding was to be in 20 days. Now what?! CLICK here to see why Rip-off Report, as a matter of policy, deleted either a phone number, link or e-mail address from this Report.


Lisa

Tulsa,
Oklahoma,
U.S.A.
Channel 6

#11Consumer Comment

Fri, July 11, 2008

Laurel, I left a message with channel 6, still waiting for a response. I have sent them numerous emails over the last few days. Please get my email from Helen ronchetti, I would love to speak with you and try to find a resolve.


Laurel

Colonia,
New Jersey,
U.S.A.
Orlando Weddings Scam Update - **CLASS ACTION SUIT**

#12Author of original report

Fri, July 11, 2008

I have recently been contacted by the Channel 6 news and working with them in order to get Orlando Weddings and Michele Rapaport on the news for the horrendous disaster she has made of numerous dream weddings!!!! Please contact the Channel 6 news, www.local6.com, let them know if you too are a bride that has been scammed!!!! Furthermore, conversations with the Orlando sheriffs office has led me to contacting an attorney and setting up a lawsuit againt Mrs. Rapaport. Now knowing there are MANY brides out there who are suffering from her shameful business habits there is definately opportunity for a class action lawsuit. PS - Food for Thought - "Visionary Weddings" is under "Visionary Lighting & Imaging" - HER HUSBANDS LIGHTING BUSINESS. Please tell me this is not the weakest attempt in her validating her "name" within the business. Lets work together to get this resolved, get a refund and our dream wedding - LIKE EACH ONE OF US DESERVES!!!!!!!!!


Lisa

Tulsa,
Oklahoma,
U.S.A.
I am in your boat

#13Consumer Comment

Thu, July 10, 2008

I am one of the women who was taken advantage of by Orlando Weddings, you might try something. I have contacted all of the local news stations in Orlando, they have "let us fix your problem" segments. There are three, I think it was 2, 9 and 13, but I will have to double check. Maybe they can expose Michele Rapaport locally. I have also contacted alot of her vendors to let them know what she has done to us to discourage them from doing further business with her. Also, I have sent a letter every day to the Oprah show. If you go to the Oprah website, look under show suggestions. If there was any way possible to get her to pick up this story, wow, Michele would NEVER do ANY kind of business again. I wish there was some way of contacting the other 28 people who have been burned by Orlando Wedding. Just to let you know, you are not the only one trying to resolve this issue. I am going to speak to a lawyer in the next week and perhaps we can get one on board who will take the case on contingency? Keep your head up, we will all get through this. Lisa Tulsa, Oklahoma


Lisa

Tulsa,
Oklahoma,
U.S.A.
I am in your boat

#14Consumer Comment

Thu, July 10, 2008

I am one of the women who was taken advantage of by Orlando Weddings, you might try something. I have contacted all of the local news stations in Orlando, they have "let us fix your problem" segments. There are three, I think it was 2, 9 and 13, but I will have to double check. Maybe they can expose Michele Rapaport locally. I have also contacted alot of her vendors to let them know what she has done to us to discourage them from doing further business with her. Also, I have sent a letter every day to the Oprah show. If you go to the Oprah website, look under show suggestions. If there was any way possible to get her to pick up this story, wow, Michele would NEVER do ANY kind of business again. I wish there was some way of contacting the other 28 people who have been burned by Orlando Wedding. Just to let you know, you are not the only one trying to resolve this issue. I am going to speak to a lawyer in the next week and perhaps we can get one on board who will take the case on contingency? Keep your head up, we will all get through this. Lisa Tulsa, Oklahoma


Lisa

Tulsa,
Oklahoma,
U.S.A.
I am in your boat

#15Consumer Comment

Thu, July 10, 2008

I am one of the women who was taken advantage of by Orlando Weddings, you might try something. I have contacted all of the local news stations in Orlando, they have "let us fix your problem" segments. There are three, I think it was 2, 9 and 13, but I will have to double check. Maybe they can expose Michele Rapaport locally. I have also contacted alot of her vendors to let them know what she has done to us to discourage them from doing further business with her. Also, I have sent a letter every day to the Oprah show. If you go to the Oprah website, look under show suggestions. If there was any way possible to get her to pick up this story, wow, Michele would NEVER do ANY kind of business again. I wish there was some way of contacting the other 28 people who have been burned by Orlando Wedding. Just to let you know, you are not the only one trying to resolve this issue. I am going to speak to a lawyer in the next week and perhaps we can get one on board who will take the case on contingency? Keep your head up, we will all get through this. Lisa Tulsa, Oklahoma


Lisa

Tulsa,
Oklahoma,
U.S.A.
I am in your boat

#16Consumer Comment

Thu, July 10, 2008

I am one of the women who was taken advantage of by Orlando Weddings, you might try something. I have contacted all of the local news stations in Orlando, they have "let us fix your problem" segments. There are three, I think it was 2, 9 and 13, but I will have to double check. Maybe they can expose Michele Rapaport locally. I have also contacted alot of her vendors to let them know what she has done to us to discourage them from doing further business with her. Also, I have sent a letter every day to the Oprah show. If you go to the Oprah website, look under show suggestions. If there was any way possible to get her to pick up this story, wow, Michele would NEVER do ANY kind of business again. I wish there was some way of contacting the other 28 people who have been burned by Orlando Wedding. Just to let you know, you are not the only one trying to resolve this issue. I am going to speak to a lawyer in the next week and perhaps we can get one on board who will take the case on contingency? Keep your head up, we will all get through this. Lisa Tulsa, Oklahoma


Laurel

Colonia,
New Jersey,
U.S.A.
Orlando Weddings is now the bogus Visionary Weddings

#17Author of original report

Thu, July 10, 2008

The Better Business Bureau has reported that Orlando Weddings is out of business and, according to the owner, Michele Rapaport, it has been reopened as Visionary Weddings. There is no contact info for Visionary Weddings, simply a yahoo email address that goes unanswered! How do I get my money back???

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