Dee is a sad excuse for a business owner. She left with our money and no word. We paid for our wedding venue in full. When Covid hit we reached out multiple times and have yet to hear back. WARNING NEVER DO ANY SORT OF BUSINESS WITH HER. read more

Dee and her staff are superstars. We originally hired Dee as our day of coordinator when we were booking a different venue, and she was so great to work with. As much as I loved planning my wedding, I didn't love the nitty gritty dealing with vendors on delivery times, and she took care of all of that! And then we found out our venue was closing. And when I say we found out, I mean Dee called me to let me know. If she hadn't, it would have been weeks before I had found out. Luckily, her venue Shapiro Ballroom had availability for us on the same date! And since we were already planning on using her staffing for set up and serving, using her venue made things even easier for us. Dee was extremely communicative the entire wedding planning process, and available to us at all times for whatever questions we had or when we needed to set up meetings. We had a lot of moving pieces with our wedding (including three separate caterers) but she and her staff knocked it out of the park - everything ran so smoothly on the day of that I can still barely believe it. We also used the I Do Events bartenders, and oh, they were great. We had brought some special bottles in addition to the main liquor/wine selections, and they came around to us and the bridal party to make sure we had full glasses when we were too busy with our guests to make it up to the bar! That's something I never knew I wanted, but was so wonderful to have. I DIYed a lot of the décor, which I provided to her and her staff a few days before with photos on how to set up, and they did it all perfectly! When it came to tear down at the end of the night, I expected to stick around for a bit to make sure everything was taken care of, and found that I had nothing to do - it was all in process, and I didn't have to stress about it at all. Now, a couple weeks after the wedding, I find that one of my favorite small moments was later in the evening, hiding in the bridal suite with Dee, just chatting about how WE DID THE THING and how well it all went. Note: in case it wasn't clear, we DID end up using I Do Events coordinating, staffing, and bartending services, in addition to the venue they are associated with (Shapiro). I highly recommend ALL, but I'm sure that even with a different venue that they would have done great! read more

My daughter paid for her wedding venue at Shapiro Ballroom in Chicago which was to take place in February of 21. Sadly with this COVID mess this venue permanently closed without any notification to their customers and no return of money!! My daughter thought this place was going to be great even though it didn't have great reviews and of course, Dee, had explanations for the negative reviews. read more

I hired Dee from I Do Events as our wedding coordinator about a month before our wedding. Once the preliminary paperwork was signed, she went full steam ahead on assisting me with my wedding. The best part about hiring I Do Events was that I never felt like they were planning my wedding - I was making all the decisions. Dee guided me on what needed to be done and its priority level. Then, I went about doing those things. She was such a valuable asset that I didn't even realize I needed until I had her. Today, I look back on our wedding and think that I couldn't have done it all so wonderfully without Dee and her team. My husband found Dee through purchasing dance lessons from I Do Dance for our first dance. He takes full credit for finding her by chance and I am perfectly happy with that! THANK YOU DEE! read more