We hired Erin as a full time wedding planner for our event in August, and she "cut out early" during our cocktail hour without warning. I'd spent a year working with Erin on our big day, so I was extremely hurt and confused when she left. After all, she had told us while signing the contract that she doesn't do two events in a weekend when she takes on an 'inclusive tier' wedding. As a result, I became the point person for many things at our reception, which is the last thing you want when you hire an experienced professional to do the job. We were planning a wedding remotely from San Francisco, and we wanted to hire a great wedding planner. Erin had good reviews, and we chose Erin because she was timely, sweet, and straight forward--all characteristics I related to. She's cheerful and opens up every call with "hey sweetie" so it feels like you're in good hands. We only met twice, and both times she would be unable to make a few meetings due to her involvement with the South Asian Bridal Show. It wasn't a big deal for us, but we should have known then that she was spread out too thin. I guess we thought that since we requested so little of her time, that she'd really be there, mind and body on the day-of. I soon realized that although she was great at email and answering any direct questions, she wasn't going to be the type of wedding planner who'd make sure we had our bases covered. Erin introduced us to some amazing vendors, and for that I'm very thankful. I got my fiancé involved once Erin dropped one too many balls, sent one too many wrong/unupdated docs to vendors. We were concerned that that her lack of ownership was beginning to affect our confidence in her abilities on the wedding day itself so my fiancé subtly suggested a weekly sync up. It would all be OK as long as she cold deliver on the day of the wedding. However she did not. We had a few fiascos at the wedding, but mistakes happen. The wedding began very late, our huppah fell right before the ceremony etc. The only intentional/avoidable incident was Erin's 'cutting out early' as we were about to enter the reception. Maybe she thought we were in good hands with her assistant Whitney, but it was extremely unprofessional to leave without warning, and with someone who we'd just met at the rehearsal. Whitney was lovely, but we hired Erin for her expertise and execution, and we would have vetted out and hired a day-of coordinator if that's what we wanted. As soon as Erin left, vendors started coming to me for instruction. The bridal party did not know the logistics of the grand entrance, and one of the groomsmen changed into a different outfit, and as a result I had to coordinate with the DJ when it came to the shout outs. The DJ came to me multiple times, saying he couldn't spot the videographers etc. and at one point, his eye started twitching because he didn't know the order of things! I was hurt by Erin's absence, and the day after the wedding, and Ben and I called her to ask what went wrong, and found out that she'd left to drive to another event. We also let her know that we would be writing a negative review, so she would not be surprised. A few weeks later, when we were no longer thinking about it, Erin sent us a 10 page document that documented everything her team did, all the fires she put out, even aired dirty laundry about vendors she'd blacklisted. While I was not interested in fighting over who's part of the story was right, there was something missing from that doc on a human level. the part that goes 'I'm sorry i chose to leave the wedding we planned together to set up for another one'. The commitment to the wedding and overall integrity should be important to anyone who plans a wedding. We are not going to harp on all the things that went wrong, but our wedding was mismanaged by Erin, and then delegated without our consent to someone we'd just met. Considering all of this, we didn't receive the service we expected. If you do hire Erin, make sure you have parents or a partner who will ensure she executes. Or at the very least, stays throughout the event. read more

Awful experience! Beware! We worked with Erin for approximately 8 months before firing her. Over the course of working with her, we were consistently disappointed. Erin is very passive and really tries to push the work onto the client. She also isn't detail oriented! There were several mistakes each time she sent a vendor or contract to us - they had the wrong times, dates, and venues. Each time I spoke with Erin on the phone I had to repeat something I had said earlier. She did not prepare for our meetings and always had to be reminded of previous decisions or discussions. The topping on the cake was when after communicating with her for over 8 months, she casually informed us that she would not actually be in attendance at our wedding. She would have 'an assistant' there. Erin never informed us that she wouldn't be there and we never had the opportunity to meet this 'assistant'. We were completely blindsided and shocked that this is how she does business. For the sake of your sanity, use another wedding coordinator - Erin is not a professional. read more

First off I'd like to start by saying I don't normally review on yelp (I'm a trip advisor reviewer), so don't let my lack of reviews here discredit what you are about to read. I'm writing this review because I recommended a friend to Divine Celebrations and they told me about Robin's bad review while they were researching the company. I was in such disbelief that such a situation ever took place that I felt it necessary to come here and set the bar straight. I'm an Active Duty Soldier and we used Divine Celebrations to help coordinate our destination wedding in 2010. At the time I was living in Hawaii and my wife was living in San Antonio (also military). I'm from the Northern part of Pennsylvania and we wanted to have the wedding in Pittsburgh so choosing Erin and Divine Celebrations to help put everything together was a no brainer. From the first time we talked to Erin, to long after our wedding, she has been the most pleasant and charismatic individual I think I've ever met. She started by discussing everything we were wanting to do over the phone and then she coordinated a physical consultation a few weeks later with my wife. My wife missed her first flight to Pittsburgh, but Erin quickly reassured her everything would be fine and arranged to meet the next day. When my wife arrived Erin had everything ready to go and planned out very well from florist visits to food sampling and decor selections. The first visit went awesome and we looked forward to doing business with her. A couple months down the road and a lot of phone calls, emails and pictures later we set up another meeting where i could be there and we could do the final choices and begin payments. We flew in and once again Erin had everything planned out perfectly. The experience was actually enjoyable and it felt like a vacation rather then a chore for our wedding. Either way, everything was set to go for the big day and the whole time Erin was available and attentive to the changes and last minute requests we had. On the day before our wedding Erin was there for everything from the practice to the after party. She had everything planned so smoothly my whole family was amazed. The day of the wedding went flawless and I'm not kidding, flawless. Erin and her two assistants were there the whole day, but they were in the background making everything run so smoothly. She managed all vendors and even handled crowd control and timelines. We needed a extra car to transport groomsmen from the ceremony to pictures and dinner and the car company owner sent a beautiful car at no cost to us just because he knew Erin and how awesome she is. I still keep in touch with Erin via Facebook every now and then and she still continues to amaze me. She even offered to plan my cousins wedding at no cost, with a three week notice on her birthday weekend (because she had off) because her mother has a terminal illness and they were rushing the wedding so she could be there. My cousin didn't end up taking the offer, but for Erin to offer that service says a lot about her morals and personality. I'm not saying Erin does nothing but charity cases, but you can rest assured that no matter the occasion her heart is always in the right place. I hope my review overshadows the bad review on here because that is not Erin at all and there are always two sides to a story. If you would like to talk to me personally about Divine Celebrations and my experience please contact Erin and ask for my info. Congrats on your engagement or ceremony and know you won't go wrong with Divine Celebrations. read more

Erin and the Divine Celebrations team are fabulous! I really don't know how I could have pulled off our Wedding Day without her. Erin is so sweet and easy to talk with during the planning process. She even supported me by attending the meeting I had with the hotel that was the site of our reception. On our Wedding Day, I didn't have to worry about a thing. She handled everything from the wedding ceremony to the reception--setting up the church, movement of guests before and after the service, the flower and cake delivery, the linens, helping with the band and dj, making both the happy hour and reception rooms look amazing, etc. She even got some great pictures of everything for us before the guests arrived so we could see what it all looked like. Oh and our place card table--totally Erin. She arranged them beautifully on a table with little details that matched the theme of our wedding. I hadn't even thought about these details and here she took care of all of it. Not only was Erin such a delight, but so is the rest of her team. Everyone was scooting around throughout the reception taking care of things. It gave my husband and I--and family a chance to enjoy the evening without worry. I really felt like they were invested in our special day. Erin was not just our wedding planner, she became a friend. I highly recommend Erin and Divine Celebrations for their wedding planning services. read more

Erin was very helpful and professional in organizing our son's wedding and I would definitely recommend her services as a wedding planner

We worked with Erin for over a year before our wedding. We hired her as a full time wedding planner. I started out having only a couple vendors, Erin worked very closely with us, and helped us find all of our other vendors, always within our budget. Every step of the way Erin was sending email updates, and keeping all my vendors up to date on timing for everything. My mom was a little overbearing during the process, and Erin helped assure her that her & her team had everything under control, and that (being my wedding) as long as what I wanted happened it would be a "Divine Day". Which it most defiantly was! Throughout the planning Erin was so helpful & friendly, and was so easy to talk to! The day of my wedding Erin's team was there as I was getting ready in the hotel keeping everyone on time (mainly my mom & sister), and making sure I had everything I needed. The ceremony went as planned, and Erin & her team helped my guests out of the church quickly, so that Jim & I could have photos at the altar without people crowding us. Cocktail hour, Erin's team made sure we got to enjoy the appetizers I had selected for my guests by bringing my girls & I plates of them in our hotel room, while Jim socialized with our guests. Erin showed us our reception before our guests arrived in the room & it was so much more beautiful than I had ever expected it to turn out! The way Erin & her team put everything together was absolutely beautiful. The reception, Erin's team made sure the DJ was on time with announcing everything, and lined us up for our grand entrance. She made sure for the rest of the night everything ran (as smoothly as it could with my family). Erin saved us so much stress (and money). She made it so I could really just relax & enjoy my wedding day. My sister just got engaged & she plans on hiring Erin & her team for the wedding as well. Erin is so worth what I payed, and more! Thank you so much Divine Team for making my wedding day perfect read more

My wife and I were very happy that Erin/Divine Celebrations helped us with our wedding. I was working out of town during the year that my wife was back home planning our wedding. I was happy to know that she was getting quality support with the wedding, especially since I was only home on the weekends. Our wedding day was a blast and could not have been better! Thank you, Divine Celebrations! read more

There are no words to describe Erin's professionalism, talent and love for what she does. It is an honor to work with her any chance I get. Wedding planners are a necessity, but wedding planners who KNOW the business. I would give her 10 stars if I could!! read more