We contracted Angela Santoro as our "day-of" wedding coordinator for our wedding at the Allerton…read moreHotel (Chicago, Illinois) in August 2012. We were very pleased with her service and felt that she was very professional, experienced, organized, and knowledgeable. We provided her with our day-of itinerary and she ensured that the wedding stuck with the timeline. Additionally, she offered helpful hints based on her industry experience and willing to attend our rehearsal. She was easy to work with and we would recommend her to anyone looking for a "day-of" wedding planner

Our daughter's wedding was May 27th, 2012 at the University Club in Chicago. It was the most…read morewonderful day for all of us, largely due to the efforts of Lisa & her team. She is amazing! I was introduced to her through a college friend (thanks MB) and after just one phone call I knew she was a perfect fit. She has great experience, a wide range of contacts in everything from bands, venues, photographers and florists to ceremony ideas, invitation design specialists, welcome bag and gift options, hair & makeup options .....and everything inbetween. After meeting with us, she had a great sense of the wedding vision we had and her suggestions & ideas were spot on. She was always available, even as a busy, working mom mom of 4 kids!! And most importantly, I always felt that out wedding was her number 1 priority, even though I knew she had another wedding the same weekend as ours! That is a great skill! We had some unique challenges along the way.... with our date, which she helped us through....with our ceremony details, which she helped us through....and with the day of details, which she again helped us through. Lisa is always cool, calm and collected which is unbelievable considering the potential stresses of planning and organizing a large wedding. I myself am really happy I have just one daughter and 2 sons!!! That being said, Courtney & I would like to thank Lisa & Ryan for their work in creating a most wonderful wedding day...It was Perfect! PS Lisa, My husband Mark, says it was the most beautiful wedding he has ever been to...Big compliment from the man who was not into the details!!! Love Mary & Courtney

Lisa is fun, organized, creative, timely and generally so easy to work with. We loved her vender…read moresuggestions and she kept us on track with the budget. She made my daughter's wedding vision come true. Our day was so smooth and I was comfortable just having a good time, not at all worried that things wouldn't get done. We had our event at the reopened Chicago Athletic Association ( now a boutique hotel) on August 6, 2016.

There aren't nearly enough superlatives to explain how incredibly amazing Swiss Dot Weddings was to…read morework with, Alexis is a rock star Day of Coordinator!! She was great at keeping us on track with our planning along the way and made it super easy to share our notes and information with her to take over a few weeks before the wedding. She seamlessly managed all of our vendors (and family at times-bless her patience!) to ensure that my husband and I were able to enjoy our day to the fullest! She went above and beyond to make sure that we had everything we needed or wanted at every moment of our special day and we are eternally grateful for how she helped us to pull off one of the biggest parties we'll ever host!! Alexis was there for me by phone, text, email at all times of the day leading up to the wedding and always knew just what to do to save the day! I would highly recommend booking with Alexis the moment you have a wedding date determined, she was definitely one of our very best vendors for our big day!

Alexis helped us with our June wedding in Chicago. She was amazing! She was our "day-of" planner,…read morebut went above and beyond that. We met a few times before the big day to chat about the wedding, expectations, duties etc. She gave me recommendations on vendors, communicated with each of our vendors on her own and sent them all their own schedule for the big day. She was very well organized, which I needed, being as OCD as I am. I reached out to her for many things and she took on the responsibilities with open arms. She took a lot of stress off of my shoulders, months, weeks and especially the day of the wedding. She was one of the best investments for our wedding.

I worked with Tiffany as my day of coordinator for my wedding on 4/6/13 and she was absolutely…read morePHENOMENAL. We started working with Tiffany about 6 weeks out, and looking back, I truly didn't realize just how much I needed her. Tiffany was the most amazing and heartfelt person to work with. Everything she did up to the day was incredible, and the day of... words do not describe. Our wedding was A LOT to deal with, coordinating a concert venue, caterer, two bands, a soloist, a DJ and all the other regular things: speeches, cake cutting and the like. Needless to say, I was needy. Tiffany was amazingly responsive, attentive and completely flexible. I cannot more highly recommend the services of Soiree. I fancy myself a coordinator and hesitated on hiring someone (budget and what not) but I am a BELIEVER. Every bride needs a Tiff. Our Concert Wedding = AWESOME & AMAZING Tiffany = AWESOME & AMAZING

My husband and I worked with Tiffany the past two years for my husband's annual work gala. After a…read moresub-par performance by another Chicago planner in 2012, he interviewed a number of planners and decided on Tiffany and her team due to her experience, energy, wealth of knowledge and creative ideas. After working with her for two events, we can honestly say that we have no hesitations in recommending her and her team. I could go on and on about all the things that make Soiree amazing, but I'll try to keep this short-ish and sweet. Tiffany has helped us plan two 300+ person events. And these people aren't the easiest to please--the majority are physicians, as these are hospital events. She has been instrumental in helping us pick venues, line up top-notch vendors, and coordinate everything to come together perfectly, all while working within our budget. She's always been very responsive to any emails and calls we've made to her. Any concerns we had were always addressed immediately. We enjoyed working with a few of her staff members at each of our events as well--most recently, Janelle did an amazing job the day of this year's gala. Just last weekend was the 2014 gala. Tiffany and her team were nothing less than stellar! Everything was absolutely beautiful, and my husband and I can't stop talking about what a wonderful event it was. While we loved our wedding 5 years ago, we can't help but comment on how if the gala was our wedding, we would have been absolutely pleased. The physicians have had nothing but rave reviews as well, many noting that it was one of the best galas they've been to in the 20+ years that the hospital has had them. Needless to say, Soiree will be our team again for 2015 and beyond. And the icing on the cake...Tiffany is truly a sweet, fun and caring person! 5 stars all the way from Raul and Kari!

My wedding was perfect and it was all because of Jenna and her vendors! Everything was all planned…read moreout a set months before my wedding date, which left time for me to relax! Everyone had a blast and my husband and I were very happy!

I struggle with severe anxiety and am easily overwhelmed by large tasks....so when the time came to…read morestart planning my wedding, I knew that I needed some help. My budget was not large enough for most wedding planning services, so when I stumbled upon Jennarose Mostacchio at A Family Affair 2 Remember, it was a blessing! The price was right, and Jenna made me feel more at ease about the entire process from the very first phone call. Jenna is the most responsive vendor I have ever worked with. It was rare for more than ten minutes to pass by without a response to my text or email, and this meant SO much to me and saved me so much anxiety and worry. Our frequent check-ins, to do lists that Jenna provided, and her calm responses to my panicked questions kept me ahead of schedule throughout the entire wedding planning process, and it was such a comfort to know that a professional was monitoring my progress and ensuring everything got done on schedule. However, where Jenna really shines is day of coordination. Her expertise was so essential to our rehearsal, as none of us had any idea what we were doing. She was organized, prompt, and had us in and out in record time! On the wedding day, Jenna was a huge advocate for me, communicating with all of my vendors, making sure my requests were met, and insisting they delay the weather call so that I was able to have my dream outdoor ceremony (I will be forever grateful for this.) She checked in on me frequently despite being incredibly busy, and retained her cool, professional composure no matter what was thrown at her. Jenna even did some quick rearranging to improve upon some of the decor setup by the florists, and it looked perfect! I am so grateful to have had Jenna as my advocate and planner throughout this incredibly stressful, but rewarding process. I had the wedding of my dreams, and she helped make that dream a reality. If you want your wedding to go smoothly and feel like you are well taken care of, do yourself a favor and rely on Jenna, I am definitely happy that I did. :) -Sarah E.

I want to start this by saying that everything about my wedding was so perfectly smooth that I…read morecan't thank Raegan Mae events enough.  Krysti and Nicole were there every step of the way to answer any questions, even ones I didn't think to ask.  They were always one step ahead of me for my entire wedding planning process and helped make my day go exactly the way I imagined! From the beginning I knew I had made a great choice to have help with my big day.  I had a florist cancel on me three months before my wedding, I panicked but Krysti and Nicole jumped into action.  The same day that I informed them of the cancellation, they had a list of florists picked out for me to talk with and had already called with inquiry's to advise me who would best jive with my particular sense of style. It was wonderful! I had no idea how much planning goes into family photos, but they made sure to help me map out eveything before hand so eveything ran smoothly from our first look to the many family photos.   They were there the day of and I began to call them my wedding fairy godmothers.  They handled everything I needed, even the little details I forgot.  I needed baby's breath, and they ran out to get it.  They even helped figure out where to do our first photo op (and there were so many at my outdoor venue Starved Rock) which is now one of my favorite pictures! You don't just need someone to just be a planner for your wedding you need to hire someone so invested, you feel like they are a long time friend.  Someone who can understand your vision, who can work with you to add all those personal touches, someone who is always thinking one step ahead of eveything.  I found this with Raegan Mae Events and I can't thank them enough for everything, what they did for my wedding was more than just a service.  Krysti and Nicole were my Wedding Fairy Godmothers!

We selected Lion Hearted Events as our Day of Coordinator and they were great! We specifically got…read morealigned to Grace, the owner, and she executed everything to perfection! She was very responsive to all our questions, concerns, and clarifications before the big day! She helped completely transform our venue to exactly how I envisioned it on our wedding day by helping with the setup and placement of all the DIY decor and personal items. She assisted with ensuring we were staying on track with our timeline and made sure we were able to take in every moment in real time. I didn't worry about a thing! 11/10 experience with Grace and her company!

We worked with Lionhearted Events for our wedding this year on October 19th and we could not be…read morethankful enough for how smoothly the day went thanks to Haylie! We reached out to Lionhearted to understand wedding coordinator services and Grace was awesome at laying out our options as well as walking us through what it would look like if we did Month of Coordination. Once it was time to begin working with our coordinator, Grace introduced us to Haylie and she immediately got on a call with us to introduce herself as well as ask us some key questions about the wedding. She worked incredibly well with all of our vendors, made sure everyone was kept in the loop, had up to date schedules and knew what to expect. Haylie helped collect all our personal items to help with set up the day of, attended the rehearsal dinner at Bad Apple to do a quick walkthrough of the ceremony and timeline and then made sure the day of the wedding went perfectly. Even after the wedding wrapped up, she offered to reach out to the Limo company about a refund for us for an issue we had with the trolley they rented us. This allowed us to enjoy our honeymoon without having to stress about contacting the company. If you are looking to ensure you can have a stress free wedding day, look no further than Lionhearted Events. Thank you again Grace and Haylie for making our wedding absolutely perfect!

When my husband and I deiced to do a destination wedding in Montreal Canada, the thing we were most…read morenervous about logistically was who was going to be our photographer. I know some people worry most about the food or the flowers but for us photo was Queen. My husband is a cinematographer, and I'm a makeup artist who works in print and video industry. So as you might imagine we are a little picky about images. Right away we knew what we did and didn't want. We also realized it was going to be hard to find someone who could shoot our wedding the way we envisioned. The two styles of wedding photography we kept running into was photojournalist style and cheesy contrived poses. Besides hating both styles it didn't really go with the look of our wedding, 1940's film noir. We wanted glamour, sophistication and a little bit of camp. We needed someone who actually knew who to take photos. Luckily I had worked with Kristyna Archer a number of times on photo shoots. I knew how amazingly talented a photographer she was and she was easy going and fun to work with. We were thrilled when we found out besides shooting for magazines she also shoot weddings. She understood what we were after and didn't try and talk us into doing some check list of cookie-cutter-photos. It was so important to us to have Kristyna shoot our wedding that we brought her all the way to Montreal with us. She was the hardest working person the day of our wedding. Running around making sure we got all our crazy photos. Our wedding photos are beautiful and look more like something you would find in a magazine then an average wedding. If you want photos that are as unique as you, then you need to hire Kristyna. Because of her background in fashion and adverting photography you can rest assured she knows how to compose and light. She's not a hobbyists playing at photography. She is a talented passionate professional who will give you the best damn wedding photos ever!

Kristyna was wonderful to work with for our wedding! She was personable, responsive, and creative…read more Her photos turned out beautifully - both for our engagement session and the actual wedding. You can tell by looking at them that she really got to know us and tried to make the images reflect our personalities and relationship. She even was flexible enough to allow us to bring our dog along for both our engagement and wedding photo session! She also captured some amazing photos of our friends and loved ones. You can really read the emotion and love on everyone's faces. We couldn't have asked for a better photographer or finished product!