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Alisa N.

Inna and Anna are a dream team -- they're absolute rockstars! They created the wedding of our dreams; but if i'm being honest, I didn't even dream for it to look THIS GOOD! I initially tried to plan a wedding myself but quickly found myself overwhelmed while simultaneously working three jobs and reached out to Inna. From our very first phone consult, her warmth and enthusiasm was felt through the phone and I instantly knew that she was the perfect match for us to work with. She was literally god sent to us and I have no idea what I would have done without her. From finding/securing vendors, to making sure that we're on track, to putting on a phenomenal event, she literally aced everything from A to Z! I had a panic attack the day of the wedding and they both even served as my therapists throughout the day. Even now, after the wedding, she regularly keeps in touch and is helping with rectifying a situation that we had at our wedding. She also helped us re-use our flowers and brought them to our second day luncheon! She truly goes above and beyond for her clients! It's been a week and instead of me calling guests to thank them, our guests are calling us to thank us because they've never seen a wedding like this! Thank you so so so much to the both of you! As promised, we'll meet again when it's time to plan our child's first birthday;)

Anna and Inna, my HEROES!!!
Janice L.

Can I please give TEN stars?? I'm breaking this up into two reviews: Firstly, the wedding day: We just got married this Saturday, 9/18/21 and it was ABSOLUTE PERFECTION. Inna and Anna are a power duo who made the whole day go so smoothly. I hate being the bad guy, but guess who doesn't? Anna!!! Anna ensured everyone was where they needed to be, WHEN they needed to be there, and came to my rescue SO many times. Anna's middle name may be Mary Poppins because she had just about everything in her bag to save the day. Meanwhile, Inna was working hard with the vendors, and by the time the ceremony/reception started, everything was just perfection (i'll be using that word a lot here). Inna also would run up to me and my fiance to make sure we were always well fed and drinking. She took care of us the whole evening!! Also to add, the florals were absolutely breathtaking and perfect!! Thanks to Inna and her team (Lana on florals) they went above and beyond my expectations in decor. It was simply perfection!! (photos to come later!) Secondly, all the pre-wedding things: Due to the pandemic, we postponed our wedding so Inna was our planner for two years.. TWO YEARS!! She's seen me in my most lackadaisical state "Ehhh we got time Inna no worries!" to my most hysterical state "THE PLACECARDS CAME WRONG AND THE WEDDING IS TOMORROW!!!" (just to be clear, it was me. I ordered them wrong lol) Inna has been there to hold my hand through it all the entire time. We shared personal stories throughout the years and I've grown a special love in my heart for her. I seriously tear up when I see her in some of the iphone photos I've been receiving because I care so much for her now. Inna you ARE the reason our wedding day went so well, and I cannot thank you enough. We love you so much!!!

Tawnia F.

Inna and Anna will make your wedding dreams come true-- regardless if we are in the middle of a pandemic! My husband and I had our wedding on 5/1/21. This could not have been possible without Inna's guidance. Like most couples starting to plan, we thought we could plan a wedding ourselves, however learned very quickly there is so much more time, effort, connections needed to pull off a grand wedding. We had a vision but we're scrambling to get it together so Inna and Anna, with their vast knowledge and expertise brought it to life within our budget! Her partner Anna, exceeded my expectations on floral design and service day of the wedding! I had so many guests praise them for their wonderful attention to detail and seamless experience. My husband and I are so grateful for Anna's team and highly recommend anyone who would like to relax and know their event will go smoothly as planned! Please note: Event was held in our backyard. Yes, they made it look like a grand venue!!

My Sofreh that Inna put together perfectly with my instruction and without me having to be present so I could enjoy my big day.
Sara V.

Our wedding turned out lovely and my parents friends (who are very hard to please) were calling it "the wedding of the century." Inna set up my Sofreh (Persian wedding spread for the Persian wedding ceremony) perfectly. That alone was a very complex process. The ceremony & reception hall looked beautiful. For now I have posted personal photos of friends and family but the photographers photos will come around soon.

Julie V.

I was very reluctant to hire coordinators. I'm an organized person, I started planning my wedding relatively early, I'm an SF native and know the lay of the land, so hiring coordinators seemed like a superfluous expense. However, after working with Inna and Anna, I can say that they earn every red cent that they charge. As a bride, you want to enjoy your wedding day. Additionally, you're much too wrapped up in the events of the day to deal with the little (and sometimes big) issues that inevitably pop up. This is why you need coordinators that are as pragmatic, approachable, clam and effective as Inna and Anna. From setting up the space perfectly to changing around our schedule last minute due to a slow kitchen, they made sure I was taken care of every moment of my big day. Inna and Anna deliver everything they promise and more.

The makeshift garter Inna made during the reception when we couldn't find ours. What an amazing wedding coordinator. Totally had our backs!
Roxanna T.

Honestly, signing with AnyOccasion was the best thing to have happened to us during wedding planning. We could not have asked for a better experience. There's a reason they have an average rating for all five stars on yelp. They are Bay Area's best. My husband and I knew we needed a wedding planner. It was each our first time getting married--we knew nothing of how to throw such a momentous occasion/make it special to us and yet accommodate our families--and we didn't want to burden our loved ones in planning all the details even though they were so eager to help. We reached out to a few wedding planners--but from the get-go, Inna (from AnyOccasion) not only responded the fastest, but her excitement and energy continued at this level throughout our wedding planning experience and even after. She was ready to answer our questions all the time--even maintaining some contact when she went on vacation for a bit with her family.  I think what adds to their success is their decades long years of experience--because let me tell you: Inna and Anna (her colleague) certainly know what they're doing. My husband and I pulled off (what would seem to others, as a grand SF wedding), but in actuality we saved quite a bit of money--with the help of Inna from AnyOccasion. Though having a wedding in downtown SF is already pretty pricey, Inna gave us some tricks of the trade regarding other 'less vital' items, such as our flowers (by the way, AnyOccasion has an in house florist--WHO WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND--seriously. We incidentally price checked them with a family friend, who is also a florist (supposedly among SF's high ranking ones) and who offered to help us, but this family friend ended up marking us up a few thousand more than AnyOccasion. I really felt at that point, we were willing to take the leap and trust AnyOccasion.  And glad we did. I mean, I was considering babies breath for flowers, but Inna put it to me straight--everyone knows they're the cheapest, not only in price but in look as well, and she and her florist knew a better way. So, though reluctantly at first, we trusted them. And when we actually got to the wedding day: They blew us away. Level of detail: Inna noticed that I liked a bouquet that had gold sprayed leaves--she and her florist made it happen for each set of flowers. They made decor for the wedding--Inna has an in-house guy who made our dreams happen with a video animation gobo/draping (things we were thinking might be out there, but cool if we had it). They did it. They met and exceeded our expectations. And they negotiated with us at every level, with no sense of judgement. They just worked with us.  When my husband and I hired a high-end photographer before meeting AnyOccasion, and after realizing that the photographer was completely inflexible (this photographer needed all the right conditions to make quality photos) Inna, with her years long of wedding networking, hooked us up with Choco Studio, who ended up documenting our whole day in photos (from small exchanges to amazingly picturesque/magazine style photos) at a significantly lower price! Not only this, but she knew our other vendors by coincidentally working with them in the past (vendors we signed before Inna), and they all worked so well together! Back to wedding day. Of course, it's a hectic day. But, let me tell you. As someone who's first time getting married, Anna and Inna were not only readily prepared for every situation, but they made the experience fun and less nerve-wrecking. From the getting ready portion of the day all the way down to the reception. And when I say every situation, I mean it: my dress had a long train and it needed to be bustled. My sister helped me in the bathroom of the venue, but sure enough, as reliable as can be, so did Anna and Inna. They respectfully offered to help my sister bustle the dress in the large stall (felt like they were really family at that moment). The train of my dress also had a malfunction later in the night and Anna fixed it for me right before I did my dances with my husband and father, so it was perfect/hassle free! Life-saver, Anna! Also, we couldn't find my garter the day of the wedding. Saddened, my husband and I asked Inna if there was anything we could do. Inna braided and hand-made a makeshift garter for us within minutes during the reception (SO SWEET!). We still have it to this day (it's currently a keepsake wrapping around one of our vases). I'm telling you. I've never known strangers who have cared so much about our wedding day as genuinely as Inna and Anna while simultaneously respecting our multi-ethnic & budgeting values and having wholesome fun doing it. Our families also attest that among the weddings recently attended, AnyOccasion made all the difference.  Like I said earlier, they are simply Bay Area's best. You are doing yourself a disservice by not signing with them as early as possible because in the wedding business, the best are always booked the fastest.

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Pacific Heights

We had the absolute best time working with Lisa! Hands down the best decision we made for our…read morewedding - Lisa helped my now-wife and I plan our wedding which took place in the fall of 2023 at Nestldown. Firstly, she knows Nestldown through and through as a venue - it has a bunch of uncommon and often difficult to navigate rules and restrictions. This meant that we didn't have to worry about surprise venue fees or fines, and instead could focus our attention on how we wanted to use the space instead. Lisa set month-by-month goals for us, which meant we were always confident that we were on track and didn't forget about certain things. This made the process so much less stressful for the both of us. She handled communicating with and following up with all of our vendors too - a blessing that can't be understated. Wedding planning is a constant stream of decision-making, which Lisa made so much easier by listening to our wants and needs and suggesting vendors, designs, timelines, hotels, and so much more. She made it so that our responsibility was to choose between a few, generally all great options rather than having to sort through the unlimited amount of choices. As an aside, Lisa has impeccable taste and knew how to execute our vision better than we could have dreamt of. We're still in love with our table settings! We were most impressed by the wedding day itself - Lisa managed all the stress of logistic so we could enjoy the day without a care in the world. Sometimes we could hear time-pressed questions being asked by vendors over the walkie-talkie, and Lisa responding to each of them expertly. None of those logistical challenges ever made it to us - and while with us, she and her team were focused on ensuring we had everything we needed and were having a good time. Our wedding went off without a hitch, and everyone had an amazing time!

**UPDATE**: Lisa is now threatening me with LEGAL ACTION, accusing me of "defamation" when I've…read moreonly shared my honest experience on Yelp. I've had no updates from Lisa since our last email on Feb 21 (over a month ago). At that time, she replied she was consulting with "industry experts" and will get back to me. Rather than reaching out to me personally she hired a lawyer to threaten me in the hope I will take my honest review of my experience with Blooming Wed down (photo of legal letter attached). I signed a wedding planning contract with Lisa and found myself needing to terminate it merely two months later. The process has been incredibly stressful and disheartening. Throughout it, I had the opportunity to meet with ~15 wedding planners both domestically and internationally, and gained a lot of insight into the wedding planning industry and contract nuances. I'll start my review with objective observations and end with my personal experience. **Strict Signed Contract** Lisa's contract is one of the strictest planner contracts I've ever seen. It does not have an Act of God clause that protects clients, meaning if anything happens (the venue is destroyed, a hurricane comes, the couple is sick, pandemic round 2...etc) she will not refund for any reason. She did not even give out refunds during COVID. This leaves her clients extremely vulnerable to unforeseen circumstances. **Problematic Payment Structure** This is how Lisa's payment is structured: flat $15k fee or 15% of the total wedding cost, whichever is higher. It's not unheard of for a planner to request payment this way, but it's incredibly uncommon. This arrangement creates a conflict of interest, as it may incentivize steering clients toward pricier options. Also, she requires 50% upfront, while many planners I talked to only required 30%. **Budget Transparency** Lisa's services are not for budget-conscious clients, or even clients who have a budget at all. In the two months she was my planner, she failed to provide any estimated vendor costs and we never talked about my budget. I specifically asked her for a sample cost breakdown of a venue and waited a month for her response. I never received it. All of the other wedding planners I met with sent me a cost breakdown for FREE immediately after the intro call. They did this without being asked to. **Communication Challenges** I've experienced a lack of responsiveness from Lisa during our entire two months together, from our initial interest form (1 week delay) to our most recent email on which she said she would consult about our partial refund request (it has been a month without an update from her). Between her vacations and other wedding clients, I never felt my project was a priority for her. **Personal Experience** I'm deeply disappointed with the services provided by Lisa. Our decision to terminate our contract was difficult. Due to immigration issues, my father can no longer enter the USA in the foreseeable future so my partner and I have to relocate our wedding to a country unfamiliar to Lisa, rendering her services impractical. We signed our contract November 2023, encountered this problem in January 2024, and immediately let Lisa know of our situation. Despite our efforts with Lisa to find a amicable solution and many touch-points with her, my partner and I eventually landed on requesting a partial refund. Lisa refused to refund any portion of the $7.5k , even though it is written into our contract that she has the power to do so AND despite her agreeing verbatim that she did not provide $7.5k worth of service. At this point we have no date (we were considering years 2025/6/7), no venue, no vendors booked. We don't even have a budget breakdown. We have only had one venue tour with Lisa. It's evident that she has only completed a fraction of the work (2% to be exact), yet insists on keeping the full payment. I dislike posting a one-star rating to a small business, but I feel the need to be transparent and caution future clients about Lisa. It is crucial to choose a wedding planner who demonstrates flexibility, understanding, and a willingness to accommodate unforeseen circumstances. Unfortunately, Lisa's refusal to adapt to our situation and the issues outlined above do not align with her premium pricing. For me, Lisa has broken my trust and it feels like theft that she is keeping $7.5k for one hour of work. I urge potential clients to consider these factors carefully before engaging Lisa's services.

Any Occasion - eventplanning - Updated October 2026

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