After 9 years of dating her now fiancé, Stacy Myrick dreamed of the perfect beach wedding to launch her new life.
A Google search for affordable beach wedding venues put her in contact with Patricia Chambers, owner of St. Augustine’s Sea Pearl Beach House Weddings.
Myrick told The Citizen that she booked the beach house venue in March 2025, paying a partial deposit of $50 through Airbnb.
The remaining payments were made directly to Chambers’s Venmo account.
Typically, Airbnb takes a percentage of the host’s earnings.
“You know, I trust people. I knew that she had a business, so I just thought that’s how she wanted to be paid. But looking back, I should have seen the red flags,” Myrick said.
Myrick paid a $777 deposit and made monthly payments of $605 until December.
After paying an additional $405 for an extra night’s stay, she paid a total of roughly $12,000 to reserve the beach house for five nights.
Two days after making the final payment, Myrick said she received a phone call from Chambers.
“She called me on December 7th to tell me that she got rid of the house, and I asked if I would be getting my money back, and she said, no, I don’t have any money,” Myrick recounted.
According to Myrick, Chambers listed the beach house for sale in August. Property records indicate that Chambers sold the house in late October. Chambers allegedly continued to accept payments after selling the beach house.
Chambers told The Citizen that at the time, she was in the process of buying out the ownership of the beach house from her business partner.
Maintenance and repair costs caused Chambers to never make any money on the property, she said.
A buyer’s inspection of the house led to the discovery of mold, causing Chambers to sell it.
Chambers claims that she informed Stacy of the mold as soon as it was discovered.
“So I had no choice. I like literally could not afford to fix the house again. I just couldn’t do it. I just could not physically, mentally, or financially go through that. We didn’t even know where the mold was,” Chambers told the Citizen.
Chambers claims that she made $16,000 selling the house and offered Myrick an alternative venue on the St. Johns River.
“I did not want to go look at her river house. I didn’t want to get married on the river. We are beach people,” Myrick said.
Chambers claims that she attempted to help Myrick organize her wedding, even if it wasn’t at the agreed upon venue.
“This is the part that really breaks my heart as a wedding planner. Her telling me, you ruined my wedding, when she hasn’t even had her wedding yet, and she could have it at one of my beautiful vacation homes, and I would pay for it, just like I’m paying for the other ones,” Chambers said.
The wedding date was pushed back as Myrick and her fiancé scrambled to find a new venue.
Myrick’s family, who booked multiple Airbnbs for the wedding, had to cancel their reservations.
Some of Myrick’s guests are now unable to attend the wedding.
“It’s put a lot of stress on my family and friends, because they have to change their plans. I do have some family members who can not attend the wedding now, because it’s on a Friday instead of a Saturday,” Myrick said.
To get her money back, Myrick says that she sent Chambers a letter of demand through an attorney. She claims that Chambers responded on Feb. 23, saying she will not be getting her money back. Legal fees cost Myrick $3700.
Chambers says that this is false, claiming that she offered to pay Myrick back on a payment plan.
Myrick says that Chambers’ response caused her to make a post on Facebook detailing the matter, titled “Brides Beware.”
The post concluded with Myrick saying that Chamber’s actions took the joy out of wedding planning, causing her mental anguish and financial strain.
Booking a new venue for the wedding has caused Myrick to exceed her $16,000 budget by $14,000.
Multiple brides-to-be have reached out to Myrick to share their similar experiences with Sea Pearl Beach House Weddings.
One woman, who has requested anonymity out of fear of retaliation, spoke to the Citizen on the matter.
The source, like Myrick, claims she was informed in Dec. that the venue was sold after paying more than $10,000 upfront.
She said Chambers never reimbursed her.
“As the wedding was getting closer, I was constantly reaching out to her, and she would sometimes text back and sometimes push us off. Even right close to November, Thanksgiving-ish, I was like, hey, we need timelines, all my other vendors are asking for timelines, and I need to know what’s going on,” she said.
The source claims that Chambers never informed her that there were any problems with the venue.
Both Myrick and the source have been in contact with several other brides who have had similar experiences with Sea Pearl Beach House Weddings.
Chambers who has won five “Best of Weddings” awards from The Knot, a wedding planning website, now claims to experience constant harrasment in connection to the claims made against her.
“I’m getting text messages, messages in my DMs, I’m getting voicemails that are, like, “you’re not going to get away with this,” is what he says on the phone. It’s ridiculous. It’s beyond ridiculous,” said Chambers.
