I am Samantha, an international student from China. As for a bride, I always wanted a Western…read morewedding ceremony rather that a traditional crowded Chinese one. When I studied at Pitt, I love the Heinz Memorial Chapel a lot so my husband and I decided to have our wedding there after my graduation. At first, I thought I could handle all the wedding details by myself to save the money but then I figured out that mission impossible. I would have my wedding, my graduation project and final research paper at the same time! I would be an insane bride! So we started looking for wedding planners and Shari was the first one we contacted. Her professionalism, experienced attitude and thoughtful consideration really impressed us. After a few comparison with other wedding planners, we had Shari's assistant Andrea as our wedding planner. Andrea is the perfect one. She is nice, easy to communicate, thoughtful and very professional. I have no idea of how an American wedding goes like and she was so patient to explain all the details to me. She helped the most when we picking up all the vendors due to my budget. As my husband was working in Beijing, China by the time I was preparing the wedding, Andrea was the most helpful one to me. I can't thank her more for spending the last six months with me. Without her effort, I couldn't have such a beautiful wedding. I had a wedding prepare folder with 12 wedding vendors lists and she was always there when we had to meet with them. We almost spent every week together. I did a dual-language wedding ceremony and reception as our parents can't understand English. Andrea and her team coordinated that point with all the other vendors and we made it! Everything went through so well and our parents were grateful and happy too. For the wedding day, I just felt a little worried of the wedding party as we were not familiar with the American wedding. I knew Andrea would take care the rest of my wedding and make it perfect. I was so busy and anxious by the graduation ceremony on the morning and wedding on the evening. She helped all the other things as we planned and all of a sudden the dream came true. Thank you Andrea for being my wedding coordinator and being there with more as a friend and a sister. I wish you the best as always. 我是一个在匹大读书的国际生，一直梦想有一个西式的婚礼，因为我和我先生都不是很喜欢国内那样有点乱哄哄的婚礼。当我们参观过匹大的亨氏纪念堂以后，就决定要在这里举行婚礼。一开始我还以为自己能操办所有的事情，但看了下计划以后觉得就是变成超人也没办法在同一个时间段内又要结婚又要完成毕业设计还有最后的论文，所以我们就找了Shari作参考。在了解我们的预算以后，她推荐了她的助手Andrea作为我们的婚礼策划。 Andrea是一个非常细心，有耐心和易于沟通的人。我和她说自己不了解任何美国婚礼的习俗于是她不厌其烦地和我解释每一个细节应该怎么做，又代表了什么。在这半年的合作中，因为我先生一直在北京工作，所以Andrea反而变成了我最亲近的朋友和帮手。我们几乎每周都有见面去挑选各种婚礼需要定的合作方或者谈论婚礼细节和安排。她非常为我考虑方方面面，我们很感动。 因为有些从国内来的宾客，包括我们的父母不懂英文，所以婚礼仪式和晚宴都是双语的。Andrea与所有婚礼团队都很尽力去完成这一点并且让这个婚礼完美。我在婚礼当天除了担心一些人员安排以外其他都没有操心。Andrea让我们的婚礼梦想成真。 我想如果在这边的华人朋友需要找专业婚礼策划的话，Andrea和Shari都应该是有经验的可以提高国际服务的专业人员了。个人认为，虽然婚庆的价格和国内来说是比较贵的，但是真的非常值得。整个美国团队都很专业，让我们很放心。也没有什么坐地起价或者多要服务费等情况产生。合同书说的是什么，就是什么。 谢谢Andrea的辛勤付出，祝好！

Sometimes life goes a little more quickly than you realize!…read more Shari recently helped us the day of our daughter's Confirmation. We decided at the last minute to mark the event with a little celebration. We only had a couple of weeks before the ceremony...the date just snuck up on us! Shari's consultation ensured that we didn't miss any details. Her recommendations and suggestions made the decision process so much easier...we could trust what she advised & just go with it because she has so much experience! The day of the event, Shari came early, coordinated with the caterer, & made sure everything was set. It was a blessing in disguise having her that day because the service went long. Some guests arrived before we even got home! The transformation in our home from before the ceremony to after when Shari had everything set up was amazing. We enjoyed the event that much more because she took away my worries about taking care of guests. Instead of rushing around, I was able to relax and enjoy our friends and family and some cake! I'm lucky to say Shari is a friend of mine, but my comments here are completely genuine. Her assistance was invaluable. She made the dynamic of the event much less stressful which was worth every penny...my husband will attest to that! Fortunately for me having an incredible event planner as a friend made it possible for us to enjoy this milestone in our daughter's life.

Alaina was our wedding planner, and I can't recommend her highly enough! she was 100% on the ball…read moreand our wedding was exactly what we envisioned and had hoped for on our big day. She is easy to work with, professional, detail-oriented, and accommodating. I am a perfectionist and was planning my wedding from across the country. I did a lot of research and reference-checking and feel that we REALLY lucked out with Alaina. All of her recommendations were on-point and the vendors we hired did an impeccable job and provided excellent customer service to ensure the day went as planned. She made the entire planning process easy and stress-free. Her work and level of service speaks for itself.

Shayne and her team made wedding planning effortless. I felt no stress at all during the process or…read moreon the day of our wedding. Shayne was attentive, detail-oriented, and gave us vendors tailored to our style for every phase of the event. She has worked with many different florists, photographers, and other wedding vendors in Pittsburgh so she knew exactly who to recommend. She also had many stylistic additions to enhance the overall beauty and style of our event, some of which she provided for free or at low cost. Managing wedding planning, grad school, and a job at the same time was a breeze with Shayne's help. If you are a bride in Pittsburgh, consider using Shayne and her team!

One word to describe how it was to work with Michelle and her team in planning our daughter's and…read morefiancee's wedding reception... SUBLIME!! You will not find a more professional, more communicative , more meticulous or more pleasant person to work with to plan and EXECUTE an important life event. Whether you have the look and feel of the event all planned or you have no clue what to do Michelle has the listening skills, the creativity and vision to bring it to a beautiful reality. Thanks Michelle for your magic touch... it was great working with you!!

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Catered event by recommended caterer. Horrible food, ran out before everyone ate. Bartender rude…read moreand dismissive to everyone. Started cleaning up before event was over. The room we were in was like an oversized garage and certainly not worth this.

Beautiful place for a wedding. My son and daughter-in-law had their wedding there this past…read moreweekend. The gazebo and view outside is perfect for pictures! Ralph, the owner was great and very helpful. He permitted us to get in the day before to set up and decorate and the day of, the girls were able to go in at 9:00 am to spend the day getting ready in the spacious bathroom/dressing area. We set up for a little over 150 people. The tables are round and can fit 10 at each. There was plenty of space for the guests and a cute sweetheart table, DJ (Chris Moore-he is the best) and the food was in a separate room from the guests. Ralph helped with finding the caterer (manor grill which was fantastic too) as well as the bartenders (also great). Ralph helped us all with the ceremony since none of us were sure what to do! He was there for every part of the evening. Everything went perfect. I highly recommend this venue.

We at Howard Hanna Mt. Lebanon rented a Santa Chair for our recent Holiday Event, and it exceeded…read moreall expectations! The chair was beautifully crafted, sturdy, and truly elevated the festive atmosphere. Tonya provided excellent service and was responsive and professional. I highly recommend her rentals for any event.

I've had the pleasure of working with Tonya over the past year on multiple events and I couldn't…read morelove her more! She creates a "stress free" environment for each and every one of her clients. She makes each event unique, fabulous and unforgettable with her years of expertise and infectious personality!

Working with Allie was an absolute pleasure! Her professionalism, creativity, and attention to…read moredetail truly brought her clients vision to life. From the initial contact to assist with party rentals to the day of the event, she ensured everything ran smoothly and had fantastic communication. The level of care she showed for every detail--big and small--really set her apart. We can't wait to work with her again!

From the owner: Life's too short to have boring parties! Bentley Events provides event planning specializing in…read morememorable and intentional personal parties and corporate events. We provide personalized, custom event styling and event planning to meet your specific needs, interests, and budget. Forget about spending hours of your precious time researching, coordinating, planning, and stressing over every detail — think of us as your go-to event planning friends that will curate a perfectly designed and executed event. We are proudly based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but offer our memory making event planning services worldwide. Contact us at hello@bentley-events.com to chat about how we can partner together to create lifelong memories.

We hired Erin as a full time wedding planner for our event in August, and she "cut out early"…read moreduring 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.

Awful experience! Beware! We worked with Erin for approximately 8 months before firing her. Over…read morethe 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.

I have received flowers twice from Buttercup and have been extremely happy with them on both…read moreoccasions. I have also visited the shop in person and had a similarly enjoyable experience. One delivery was a stunning long stem rose bouquet. My husband told them that I liked purple, so along with the beautiful roses and baby's breath were some purple accents and a gorgeous purple bow. The roses smelled fantastic and lasted well over a week. The second were flower bouquets that I received after a performance. Those bouquets were full of color and seasonal accents and lasted almost two weeks. A visit to the shop is also a delight. There is a great variety of gifts and floral items in a range of prices. If you are looking to send someone flowers or are searching for a unique gift, I recommend a call or visit to Buttercup.

My mom lives in CA and has ordered flowers for me on three different occasions from Berries and…read moreBirch in the past year since my husband and I relocated here. I cannot say enough wonderful things about the arrangements I have received and about the service from the staff! You know that sometimes ordering flowers from a florist that you have never done business with before and are not sure of the quality of their work can be daunting. Berries and Birch really took that apprehension away for my mom and she told me that each of her experiences working with the staff have been great. I'll have to add a photo of my most recent arrangement received from mom. It really was beautiful and lasted about 3 weeks (I'm terrible about caring for floral arrangements). I highly recommend Berries and Birch for any of your floral needs!