I don't care to expend the energy enough to write the review, but I will drop the message that I sent her 2 days after my wedding and let you decide based off of my experience. The message is too long for a review so I will have to truncate it. I will at least say she made the rehearsal dinner look very nice and would have not looked nice if Katie and Josh not set the tables. It was her candles and she let me borrow bud vases. She also gave me extra cowboy boot bottle openers she had for the bridal party.
I wanted to let you know I was really upset with your performance as my day of coordinator. It's really upsetting that a few days after my wedding in the moments between married bliss I'm thinking about how poorly you performed your duties.
We got a few extra meetings with you because you were there for Josh's tastings. At least were able to tell Josh that I emailed him because you are his wife so I felt like you helped in that regard.
I was very happy to see that you took notes in those meetings but then when you shared your initial spreadsheet with me there were words spelled wrong, details missing and mixed up which was very worrying as a bride knowing you're supposed to keep me on track for the day of my wedding. I should have said something then but I brushed it off and just fixed the errors.
There were so many moments where I was saying "Where is Katie???" I feel like after I walk down the aisle you almost completely stopped doing your job. I don't know where you went but you did not keep the cake cutting on time and the bouquet dedication happening on a timely manner, I am the bride and I was saying to Makayla What time is it? Why are we not cutting cake now and then I was saying to Mikayla where is Katie and then instead of being my photographer Makayla was running around trying to find you.
Also, speaking of cake, you should have had me send you a photo of a cake beforehand instead of just saying. Oh I asked her if there was supposed to be something else. Obviously the cake people dropped the ball but you could have been on top of it better.
I obviously left my bouquet and didn't realize, but you are my day of coordinator and the fact that you even told me that you were doing a whiskey shot when I was walking down the aisle. Besides the fact you were drinking on the job, that is the time you should have been there to notice. My photographer Mikayla should not have been running to go get my bouquet or get someone to grab my bouquet. That was your job. Precious moments and photos lost because the photographer had to do your job.
When I look at the contract and all the things that are listed about what you are supposed to be doing, It makes me so upset because Mikayla did a lot of them and again she's the photographer, not the day of coordinator. Were you lacked, my bridesmaids and my photographer had to make up for. I know that my bridesmaid Sarah was checking to make sure PJ wasn't in the same area as me and she also was fixing the table settings and then you came and told me they were all done and I thought you like you did it but she was like they were moving really slow and napkins kept flying and they didn't pivot the layout.
Makayla was in the bridal cottage with us asking about are bouquets and they were sitting in the vases still. She dried them so they didn't ruin the girls dresses. That was your job to get the flowers ready for us to walk down the aisle. Makayla also at least put the boutonniere on PJ. I don't know if you were there for the groomsmen.
I also would recommend when you have clean up on the schedule, you should remind the couple you have not been hired to do any cleanup and they would probably pay you an extra $XXX to do that for them. We are obviously not going to be cleaning up the night of our wedding so there's no reason to have it on the schedule really.
I loved where you put the couple's table, And you did help us with the planned affair and finding open range floral but at the end of the day I didn't hire you just for finding other people that do a good job. Also my other bridesmaid said your assistant was nice and helpful and completing tasks.
Also we booked your $xxxx package and got the discount because we hired you and Josh
I don't think a single thing on this checklist was done by you And I know this because I cleaned up the next day and was taking down the welcome table, the cake, the signs, and all the chargers and centerpieces.
I will end with I'm also sending this as a text because I know that is your preferred method of communication, but as a day of coordinator I really think you should be on top of your emails as well as your text messages and I shouldn't have to tell you that I sent you an email. I think you should use the method of communication that the bride preferred. read more
