Alison and Bryan are the dream team! And they help put together an even bigger dream team! My…read morehusband and I started planning over a year out from our wedding date. We nailed down a venue, and then found Alison and Bryan. They made the process so easy and the timeline was clear! They definitely kept us on track despite the fact that we were out of towners! (Skype/Facetime - technology really has changed wedding planning!) VLD helped us track down the best florist, photographer, bakery, and linens. Who knew how many linen options there are?! And chairs? Invitations? The list goes on. We saved so much time being able to reap the benefits of their experience and expertise. Seeing photos of what they'd done in the past, I knew we were in the right hands. They've been featured in all the wedding magazines I've read, and I know one day I'll be able to say "you guys...those are the awesome people who also did OUR wedding!!!" Not only were they amazing planners, but they are just wonderful people. We enjoyed our meetings beyond the wedding planning, and we were sad when the process came to and end. Luckily, we can follow their lives and successes over social media, and we are excited to see what they do in the future. We highly recommend Alison and Brian for your wedding needs, and hope you are just as happy on your special day when you walk in and see how it all comes together as we were!

My husband Ryan and I cannot say enough about Alison and Bryan. Not only did they flawlessly…read moreexecute our vision and create our dream wedding, but they also are truly the most wonderful people and we are lucky to call them friends for life :) We were so fortunate that A+B moved to Santa Barbara right before we got engaged. A friend introduced us and we knew immediately that they were the right fit. They are so easygoing, creative and fun, yet also the most detail oriented and organized people you will ever meet. We live in San Francisco and could only visit our venue (Belmond El Encanto) a few times but A+B made it so easy and kept us on track from afar with video chats, shared schedules and budgets. With the design, I had likes and dislikes but Alison really helped me hone in on my vision and bring it to life in a way that we never could have imagined. She helped us create a cohesive and personal "brand" that carried from the invitations, florals and menus to the cocktail napkins, photo booth backdrop and welcome boxes. They liaised with our other vendors leading up to the big day and everything was seamless. A+B created the dreamiest coastal garden dinner party for us and designed a dramatic canopy of twinkling lights that illuminated our two long dinner tables around the lily pond - truly magical! We would trust Alison and Bryan with any event and want to plan a vow renewal just so we can work with them again. The worst part about our wedding being over was not getting to chat with A+B everyday!

Kendle really is as good as it gets. I have both worked with her on and hired her for events and…read moreshe never fails to impress. Not only is she a lovely women, but she is a true professional. Nothing gets to her - she keeps her cool no matter what happens. She goes out of her way to make sure that every detail is in place at events and that you never have to lift a finger. She also has a very stylish eye and finds vendors and locations that are unique, fun and a little out of the box. Dont get me wrong, she can do traditional also, but I think her strengths lie in the unexpected. I most recently hired her for an event at the Annenburg Beach House. We did the event in the gym and I was floored when I walked into the room. She completely transformed the room into a chic boutique with a sporty edge. Honestly, Kendle is one of the best event producers you will find in Los Angeles - she has integrity, style and class!

We HIGHLY recommend Kendle and her team at LKE for your Santa Barbara-area wedding. In our very…read morefirst meeting, she made us feel comfortable, confident and excited about our big day. We knew immediately that she was the super agent we were searching for! Although she won't brag, it's clear that Kendle is an experienced event expert, having orchestraetd everything from proposals to Academy Awards afterparties. Although our wedding was a small one by SB standards (130 people ceremony at the County Courthouse Mural Room followed by a courtyard dinner reception at Casa de la Guerra), she pulled out all of the stops for us and delivered above and beyond our expectations. She kept us on task every step of the way, never rushing us nor letting us fall behind. She never once let anything fall through the cracks. Her team was fantastic the day of and the week leading up to it. We didn't have to worry about anything once we all agreed and cleared plans with her before the big day. Kendle brought a rolodex of trustworthy vendors that added to our wedding team. Kendle put so much thought, effort, and dedication into making sure that our wedding day was every bit as wonderful as we both had dreamed. We highly recommend Kendle and the LKE team! -Marsha and Trent Santa Barbara PS: Her work on our wedding along with that of our photographer, Alyssa Armstrong, was featured today by Wedding Chicks: http://www.weddingchicks.com/2014/03/12/santa-barbara-yellow-and-gray-wedding/

We couldn't be more thankful for Jess & her team. From start to finish, she made the entire…read moreplanning process so smooth, fun, and personal. Her planning software kept us organized and on track and she took the time to really get to know us, making sure every detail of the day reflected our personalities. From the thoughtful little touches to the overall creative vision, she truly knows how to deliver an amazing guest (and couple) experience. On the day of our wedding, she was on top of everything so we didn't have to think or worry about a thing. Beyond her organization and talent, what stood out most was how deeply she cared about us, our families and our day. We're endlessly grateful for her and couldn't recommend her more!

My husband and I were deeply disappointed by the communication and service with Jessica that we…read morecould no longer move forward with her. We reached out to her in March 2020 to have her coordinate our wedding and had put down a deposit. Due to the pandemic we immediately had to shift plans and we asked her, the venue and our DJ if they could shift to a 5 year credit which they all agreed to. Anticipating our 5 year, we reached out to her December 7th 2023 to let her know our intentions of planning our 5 year in 2025. We were able to confirm our venue and our DJ at this time so we felt we should reach out to her as well. With no response, I reached out a week and a half later to check in. She said she was available but had increased her prices. We reached back out same day and didn't hear back a week and a half later and checked in. She had an auto-response that she would be out of office until January 9th. Weird since she never followed up with us beforehand. We reached back out on the 9th and she responded saying she got the dates wrong and thought it was 2024 and if she was available in 2025 she would be there but otherwise it would be her staff to take over. "If I do not book a wedding on that date, then I would continue as your day-of coordinator." Basically saying if another wedding of higher value doesn't come up she would serve us. This left a bad taste in our mouths. We responded back the next day, no response. A week later, no response and an auto-message. 2 weeks later and no response until the 26th even though she was actively posting on social media and going out to cocktails on her stories. Her response was that since our event was over a year out, she was spending more time on other large-scale event clients. She then explained that her socials were run by her husband and 14 year old daughter. The only reason I feel that she finally responded was because we told her that if we didn't have some type of response and resolution by 6pm that day that we would share our experience, which she still didn't respond to until 10pm. Her last response was "I'm really sorry you feel that way. I would hope our previous working relationship would have shown my attention to detail and demand for great service for my clients. You unfortunately caught me at a very busy time during, and just after, the holidays." We had no previous working relationship, and if she was referring to our earlier emails that still didn't show her work ethic. Also if she's charging more, wouldn't she have a higher attention to detail now? I can appreciate being busy, but I would never leave my client hanging and put out an auto-responder message without finishing up a conversation with a client. I would at least send a quick personal email saying, I had got theirs and would respond back as soon as possible. Every luxury planner and vendor we reached out to got back to us within 72 hours, which I find odd she could not manage as we had to wait 16 days+ for responses. We really wanted to work with someone who was excited to work with us on our special day but it seemed that from the time we booked her until we reached back out for our anniversary event, that our event did not seem aligned with her luxury business values since her contact form is looking at booking events that are $100K plus. She never apologized other than 'I'm sorry you feel that way'. She didn't even refund our deposit even if it was partial. It was a nightmare trying to get answers from her. She might market herself as luxury, but her service and standard are far from it in our experience. There are far better planners out there and we recommend looking elsewhere.

Of all the many people who made our wedding come together, Ariel Yve was by far the most…read moreindispensable. Hiring her was our very best decision, and without her help I'm not sure we could have pulled off the wedding at all. Matt B. and I first met Ariel almost a year ago, when we were looking to hire a wedding planner. She was one of three I contacted. I rejected one because of cost and fee structure, another because she couldn't be bothered to answer emails in a timely fashion. Ariel was very nice and professional on phone and via email. We arranged to meet at the Santa Barbara Biltmore (she lives in Ojai but travels between L.A. and Santa Barbara frequently, for obvious reasons), and when we got to the hotel she was waiting outside, dressed to the nines with a clipboard in hand. We had a very informative, productive meeting, and we hired her on the spot. We contracted for a certain number of meetings and hours of communication, but I'm not sure that she kept to those at all. We basically had unlimited access to her time and energy for the better part of a year. She was always available through text or email unless she was, you know, helping other clients (of which she can't possibly have that many at any given time). I'm sure I abused that access - I definitely texted her on a Sunday to ask what color bow tie to buy for Matt. She put us in contact with almost all of our vendors, then coordinated contracts, payment, the whole deal. Matt and I had a very busy 2013, and we were horrible about responding to emails. She took care of almost everything and prodded us gently when we had to do homework only we could do. Over the last year she met with us on four or five occasions, and each session was immensely productive. Since I was busy and distracted much of the year, Ariel took care of most of the details, but in a way that matched our desired aesthetic basically to a tee. We discussed the look and style of the wedding up front and set up a share Pinterest board. She kind of took it from there, emailing us every step of the way to make sure of our approval. She had such a great sense of our taste that it seemed almost intuitive. I ended up signing off on almost everything she suggested. The day of the wedding, she and her team handled everything in a way that made it look almost easy. She was everywhere at once. The wedding was beautiful (if I may say so myself), and she and her team deserve the largest share of the credit. If you want a wedding planner who will work hard to make your day perfect, look no further than Ariel Yve. I'm pretty sure God himself sent her to give His blessing to our wedding.

Hiring Ariel Yve Design was one of the best decisions we made for our wedding. She has excellent…read moretaste, will save you money where money can be saved and will let you know where it makes sense to splurge. Ariel has a great deal of integrity and class. She is a calm, solid presence throughout the planning process and she is indespensible on the day. Both my husband and I agree Ariel was amazing and we are SO HAPPY and grateful we hired her.

Hired "My Social Booth" Photo Booths for a "1st Thursday" event here in Santa Barbara and was…read morepleased with the booth. The booth was all wood, very space saving, it dident take up half my lobby and looked great with the "1st Thursday" exhibit. Pleased with the quality of the pic's, and the very easy user interface and especially the customer service. And the rental price was less than half of other companies I contacted.. Oh and the props were GREAT ! Thank you

I hired My Social Booth for our July 2016 wedding in Santa Barbara. I did a lot of research on…read morephoto booths in the area, and My Social Booth was definitely the most affordable. I was very impressed with the quality of the images, the props, and the booth itself on our wedding day. They set up the booth perfectly to fit the feel of our wedding and all of our guests had SO much fun taking pictures. Michele and her staff were great to work with and definitely exceeded our expectations. I also liked that they offered the classic style of photo strip as opposed to many other companies that require you to "brand" your photos with your name, date, etc. I am taking off one star for communication because I felt that at times My Social Booth was very difficult to get in touch with, even after we hired them. We were promised a flash drive with all the photos on our wedding day and never received it. I also did not hear from them for weeks after the wedding when we were trying to reach them to get the digital photos. I do wish there had been better communication on their part as to how we could expect to receive the photos. All turned out great in the end though and despite the communication issues I would definitely recommend My Social Booth for any event.

I hired Selena as a month of coordinator for my wedding this past Fall; however, Selena was…read moreavailable via phone/email for guidance throughout my entire year long planning process. I had a solid idea of what my wedding was going to look like and about a year to make it come to life. That said, I had hired all my vendors and planned the event pretty much on my own, but Selena's expertise towards the middle-end of the planning process was key to our wedding going off without a hitch. Selena's expertise really helped in areas such as group vendor phone calls, software to map the venue and flow of event, generating a multi page timeline, and of course day of support. In my instance, I essentially passed off all my planning about 1-2 months out. By then, Selena had already sat in on phone calls with all vendors so she was able to tie up all loose ends/send out final communications. That way, I could start to focus on things like pre-folding 120 napkins, getting my table cloths steamed etc lol Selena is creative, easy to communicate with, and kind hearted. She's very invested in her clients and I felt like we were friends by the end of it.

THE WORST COORDINATOR THERE EVER WAS. When I first met Selena I thought she was perfect. A mother…read moreof a young girl who would know what my nephews and nieces meant to me. During our time together she became pregnant which I was excited for. My sister was so pregnant she had her baby the day after my wedding. Selena complained the whole time about being pregnantand even went on vacation the month before my wedding and was MIA for everything. The rehearsal she was eating and we had to run it. The wedding processional she was eating and couldn't be interrupted. She yelled at my wedding party non stop as well as the mother of the bride. My mom was so upset she almost left the reception. She yelled at my bridesmaid as she was trying pin my dress for the first dance. Forget bridezilla she became wedding plannerzilla. She kicked my brother and young kids out of the wedding. Mind you I did so many calls with her 3 year old daughter. Selena literally ruined our wedding. She yelled and screamed the whole time and made the whole day awful. I can't believe the positive reviews. She even bought things without my approval and charged me for them. I can't believe the positive reviews. DO NOT USE SELENA!

Toby was an amazing wedding coordinator! She helped us out every step of the way - all the way from…read moreplanning to the actual wedding date. Her attention to detail and experience in the wedding industry truly shows how expertise in playing a part of how magical our wedding day went. Our wedding could not have gone as smoothly as it did without her! 10/10 I would recommend her to anyone planning a wedding in Santa Barbara!!

We had a wonderful experience working with Toby for our wedding at Whispering Rose Ranch. Despite…read moreus choosing a venue she had not worked out before, she went to the venue to scout it out for us and learned some important details from other wedding planners about our space to guide our planning. We had a large wedding (over 200 people) and a very large vendor team, she handled all the details seamlessly. On the wedding day itself, everything ran very smoothly and we were care free. Her day of team was wonderful! We even forgot to pick up some of our desserts and one of her team members ran out during the wedding to get it for us! The entire event felt thoughtful, beautiful, and incredibly well executed. So many of our guests commented on it being one of the best weddings they ever attended. Beyond being a very experienced planner, Toby is a kind and wonderful person to work with.

Having worked with Xoxo Bride's Sonia Hopkins on numerous weddings, I can honestly say that she is…read moreone of the kindest, most professional wedding coordinators in the world! Every person at Xoxo is so devoted to their brides and will go above and beyond the call of duty for your wedding. Our most recent wedding was with Sarah Lee and she is such a pleasure to work along side. If you are in need of a professional wedding coordinator don't look any further than Xoxo.