Even though our wedding plans ended up shifting directions, I still want to shout out the…read moreincredible team at The Wedding Planner LA--especially Dominique and Alexa. We originally hired them for day-of coordination, and Dominique was so sweet, responsive, and kind to work with. When our original venue cancelled, she immediately looped in Alexa, who reached out personally and spent nearly two hours on the phone with me--talking me through next steps, brainstorming ideas, and offering so much emotional support. That call meant the world to me during what was an incredibly stressful time. Alexa's calm, reassuring energy and genuine desire to help made me feel like we could handle anything. It's clear that this team cares deeply about their couples and goes above and beyond, even when things go off-script. I'd absolutely recommend working with them--you'll be in great hands!!! Love this team!

We got off to a very poor start with being swapped between three planners, and having to reach out…read moreseveral times to get it sorted out. I understand you had some staffing issues, but it's not right that we didn't have a coordinator until 2 and a half weeks prior to the wedding when we paid for a month of coordinator. Ultimately, we were given someone at 2 and a half weeks until the wedding on May 13th, and I don't think she was fully prepared for our day. We felt skeptical at this point, but it was too late to try and find a new coordinator and had to see it through. On our rehearsal day, Shannon was not able to direct our crowd, and instead left it up to us and our Wedding party to get everyone's attention and direct them with what she needed us to do. I understand the rehearsal is not supposed to be fun, but making me run my rehearsal isn't right. Throughout the wedding day, not only us but several people that were a part of the wedding were disappointed in the service we received. It started out with Shannon standing on the grounds, making it a point that she was not on the clock and would not answer any questions. Although he didn't have any questions for her, the Father of the Bride was told this by Shannon. I understand not being on the clock, but he wasn't going to ask anything, she was in the venue, and the rude comment was not needed. After the ceremony, there was an issue with the pizza truck being late. Shannon brought this to the Mother of the Bride's attention, and the MOB immediately called the pizza truck to resolve the issue. When she got in touch with them, the pizza company seemed confused. They said she had called once, not left a message, and brought it to the MOB to deal with. They also said they had received no confirmation call the day before our wedding just to double check that everything was still okay, which according to them, is common practice. When we were being introduced to the reception, Shannon completely forgot to arrange an introduction for the wedding party. We clearly had this on our timeline, and it was our MC that had to tell us that it was missed, and show on our timeline that it was there. All she said was that it wasn't on her schedule. We then had to send someone to gather everyone from the wedding party that was in their seats to come back for their introduction, while she did nothing. During cocktail hour, the DJ's speaker somehow stopped working. Shannon did not notice this, and instead I had to leave taking pictures to go find the DJ and get him to fix it. During dinner, we patiently waited as 4 tables went by to get their food, while we still had nothing in front of us. We had discussed Shannon grabbing us food before anyone else went to serve themselves, and eventually she did after we sat there and waited with no sight of her. During the dinner hour, the time for toasts was approaching. She let the Father of the Bride know we had 10 minutes until he started his speech, to which he pointed out that the champagne glasses for toasts had not been poured. We had discussed that the bartenders were going to be pouring champagne for everyone, but as the wedding coordinator you have to be the one to let them know when to start. The reply she gave to that comment was "well the bar service doesn't usually do that", even though we had discussed it in our meetings. Moving on in the night, the desert plates that were packed in the box labeled "Desert Box", were never put on the desert table. People were walking around with cannoli's and cake using napkins to hold it. In the same subject of missed items, she never handed out the bubble guns that we had packed in the "Grand exit" box. Somehow the small bubbles got handed out, and they were in the same box. For the cake cutting, the cake was left in the fridge right up until we were supposed to cut the cake. It was nearly frozen, making it nearly impossible to cut through. Throughout the night, it was noted by not only us but several guests that the assistants were off property on their phones. There was plenty to be done the entire night, and is a bad look when they were on the clock for something we were paying good money for. Overall, the team that you sent did not adequately handle our night how we expected for what we paid and the glowing reviews you have. I know you are someone that loves their business, and I hope you understand that this is not the level of service expected from a coordination team. We sent all of this information to the company, and they took no responsibility for any of the issues we had, but instead had an excuse for everything. If you want a Wedding where you feel the stress is truly taken off your shoulders, I would not recommend hiring this company.

I can't say enough about Joie de Vivre; it was an amazing experience and better than we imagined it…read morecould be! My partner and I were looking to have a small ceremony to be wed in the Los Angeles area. Our plans were originally to get married in March, but with the unfortunate chaos of the Covid pandemic, our plans were delayed. After things settled a bit, we found Joie de Vivre, and questioned if they could make our wedding plans come true - and they delivered in a big way! While we knew things would be a bit difficult to orchestrate, due to the ever-changing situation related to the pandemic, Jennifer made everything seamless, was extremely accommodating and over delivered on everything that was promised. In our wildest dreams, we would have never expected such a beautiful ceremony. It was beautiful, romantic, and intimate. Every detail was taken care of and all we had to do was show up! Everyone was extremely friendly, walked us through the whole process, and gave us the perfect day. We can't say enough about Joie de Vivre, and my wife and I can't be happier; we highly recommend Joie de Vivre!

I would give her 100 stars if Yelp offered the option. Jennifer is resourceful, efficient,…read morecreative, professional, diplomatic, gracious, kind and an ideal collaborative partner to produce your perfect wedding. She has a full roster of her own contractor relationships and all of them are top-notch, but she gladly worked with the contractors we chose independently. Jennifer helped us oversee the whole planning project timeline with regular updates. My husband and I have large, lovely, opinionated families and she took "input" from all sides, literally day and night for a couple of months prior to the big day. She never lost her cool. Instead, validated everyone's suggestions and helped us incorporate them as appropriate. Then she literally broke the two days before our wedding and game day itself down to the minute so everyone knew who will be where and when. Somehow, she manages to be in all of those places at the same time to oversee everything's completion. At our wedding, we could not see her running sneakers under her black tie gown, but she put them to use. We adore Jennifer and strongly recommend her. Thank you!

My wife and I just wrapped our wedding with Heather and don't have enough words to express our…read moregratitude and how much we would recommend Heather to others! We met her at an open house for the LA River Center and our wedding was planned for April 2020. Well, covid and the universe had other plans for us but Heather wouldn't let that stop her and delivered big, skillfully navigating the craziness of Covid cancellations, postponements and pivots. Throughout the planning phase, Heather helped us navigate vendor selection, review contracts and had tons of best & worst practices to share with us. Plus, when I threw out a random idea or wanted a specific late night taco truck, she did her damndest to make it happen. We basically had our entire wedding planned, then rebooked at the LA River Center for April 2021. Heather helped us get all of our vendors to cooperate and switch the date, and then when the April 2021 wedding was cancelled she got them all to honor our deposits for "a party to be determined at a future unknown date and location". That location ended up being our backyard, and man was it a good party. For having rentals, flowers, dj, caterer, porto potty, photo booth, liquor delivery and all kinds of people in and out of my house, Heather managed it incredibly well and it was no where near as stressful or complicated of a process as it sounds. Over the 2 years of knowing Heather and planning all different versions of our wedding she is a friendly and charming person to work with. It was a pleasure getting to know her and having her get to know us and our quirks to have a wedding that truly reflected us. And let me tell you, the day of a switch was flipped and she was in the freakin' zone! She was everywhere at once doing everything that needed to be done and things my wife and I wouldn't have dreamed of. She would pop up out of nowhere with a plate of hors d'oeuvres and a drinks for me and my wife and next second she'd be handling coordinating with the staff to break down tables to free up the dance floor. She's awesome, incredibly well priced and worth every damn penny and more!

Heather is such a life saver! I hired her for my wedding and she took care of everything! My day…read morewas stress free because of her! She is so organized and detailed. My husband was reluctant on hiring a planner but t the end of the day, he was so glad we did! We loved her so much we hired her again for our daughter's Quinceanera. Again, she took care of everything. She such a big help. My husband and I were able to enjoy our daughter's big day with no worries because Heather was on top of it! If you are hesitate about the additional cost, it is so worth it. Heather is worth it. Having a stress free event is worth it! She is top notch!

Sharon was my event planner for my wedding and I cannot express how lucky I am that I was referred…read moreto her. I have multiple friends who have had Sharon as their event planner and those friends would continuously talk about how amazing Sharon is (even after all these years) I am the world's pickiest person in EVERYTHING. I drive my family, friends and husband crazy from how precise I need things to be. The fact that I fell in love with Sharon's attentiveness, detail and efficiency is absolutely foreign to me. It takes a lot for me to be impressed and I was blown out of the waters by her work. She took care of everything and didn't allow me to lift a finger. I said this to her before and I truly mean it, my day would have fallen short from perfection without her. Thank you for everything you've done for me Sharon!

Sharon is truly a master at her craft. I can honestly say that I had the wedding of my dreams…read morebecause of her. I had no idea where to even begin. Wedding planning can be so overwhelming. Especially for someone like me who is very go with the flow and hates planning. But with Sharon's guidance, every single detail is so thoughtfully planned out. She has so much experience under her belt that she doesn't miss a beat. She literally thinks about every single little thing which makes everything so easy and seamless. My wedding was absolute perfection and I owe it all to Sharon. I could not have asked for a more perfect day or a more perfect planner! Thank you thank you thank you!

Kindred is an amazing and beautiful venue. The owners and staff are incredible, very professional,…read morethe food delicious. I have been to a few events and Kindred does not disappoint, the decor is stunning, the space is an open floor plan, which allows for everyone to move around and not be crowded. The bar and staff are phenomenal. Kindred handles anything from weddings, to Birthday and retirement parties, as well as cooking classes and the occasional baby shower. Carolina Beach is fortunate to have this venue.

We found Sarah because we were looking for a coordinator who was familiar with smaller weddings and…read moreknew how to run them well. We wanted to handle a lot of the design and finding vendors ourselves, so we decided to use her day-of-coordinator services. Sarah was so great at making us feel comfortable, planning out the schedule, and assuaging our fears about things going wrong. She was definitely a huge help in making sure our day went as smoothly as possible and so that we could actually enjoy the day, rather then fret about the details and who was where. Her checklists, timelines, and organization were so valuable, especially with all the changes COVID brought. We appreciate her thoughtful and super friendly demeanor to keep everyone feeling calm and happy throughout the day.

Bunni Events did such a great job with our event! Everything was really well planned out and ever…read moredetail was carefully laid out perfectly. I highly recommend working with Bunni Event for any upcoming events especially weddings! All of our guest commented on how well the event flowed!

Tida was our wedding planner and we couldn't be more happy with how things turned out. She paid…read moregreat attention to all of our wants and needs. From the beginning of our planning process almost a year ago to the big day, Tida was always willing to tackle any issue or handle any stress that was coming our way. I can't stress enough how important having a wedding planner is, even a day-of planner. On the day of our wedding we felt comfortable and at-ease because we trusted Tida and new she was doing everything how we wanted. At one point we wanted to kick family out of our room so we could have some privacy before walking down the aisle, and Tida quickly and politely got everyone to leave our space while we relaxed alone. This is why you hire a planner. They even handle the unpleasant parts! 10/10

We hired Mina for month-of coordination (which really starts about three months before the…read morewedding), and it was truly one of the best decisions we made. Even though I didn't mind some of the planning, there are so many moving parts, and having Mina step in made everything so much easier. Once we handed over all of our information like vendor contacts, guest list, décor details, etc., she took it from there. She kept track of vendor payments, followed up on requirements, and made sure every detail was aligned. She was incredibly responsive throughout the entire process and always made us feel taken care of. On the wedding day, the timeline was seamless, and we had total peace of mind knowing she was handling everything behind the scenes. We were able to just enjoy the day without worrying about a thing. If you're getting married soon, I highly recommend having a wedding coordinator, and Mina is an amazing one. Wedding planning can be overwhelming, and she truly makes the entire experience smoother and so much less stressful. Highly recommend!

We worked with Mina in the three months leading up to our wedding, and she was incredible. She was…read moreso communicative and organized, and immediately gave us confidence that every detail would be handled. Mina helped us think through questions and details we hadn't even considered, approaching everything at such a thoughtful and granular level. She also worked closely with all of our vendors to make sure everything came together seamlessly, solving problems behind the scenes so we didn't have to stress. When something did need our input, she brought us in calmly and collaboratively, which made the process feel easy and grounded. On the day of, Mina worked tirelessly to keep everything running smoothly. She managed timing, vendors, and logistics with such care and precision, allowing us to be fully present and actually enjoy the day. We're so grateful for her professionalism, warmth, and calm energy -- she made the entire experience feel effortless.

Alison was the wedding planner for our backyard wedding in Paso Robles on June 4 2022. From the…read morestart, Alison brought such a calm presence to wedding planning. We were nervous about having to bring in everything (lights, tables, dance floor, bar, chairs, ice, you name it!) to make our vision came to life, but Alison made sure we didn't forget a single thing. On top of planning, Alison designed our entire wedding - from the invites, to the table settings, to our neon sign! We gave pretty vague descriptions about what we wanted (bright, colorful, fun), but she somehow knew exactly what we meant. On the actual wedding day, everything went SO smoothly... If anything went wrong, we didn't know about it. Truly could not have had a better wedding day, and that's all thanks to Alison's creativity and planning.

I had the pleasure of being a vendor of Alison's with my team at Archive Rentals and Design House!…read moreAlison was always quick to communicate, detail oriented and a pleasure to "work" with. I loved partnering with her on design and ensuring all the beautiful pieces came together for this wedding!