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!

DO NOT USE HER! My brother and his fiance hired Andrea for their wedding day on 11/2/19 and paid…read moreher in full prior to the wedding. She was to provide floor length tablecloths, high top tablecloths, long tablecloths for cookie and food tables, gold sequin head tablecloths, napkins and seat covers. There were several emails back and forth with Andrea about the time frame the day before the wedding and what items were ordered and paid for. The day before the wedding Andrea was to be at the hall by noon with the above items so the bridal party could help the bride and groom get the hall decorated before the rehearsal dinner. Chargers and some napkins were provided prior but that was all that was at the hall. Andrea never showed and after several phone calls the maid of honor finally got Andrea on the phone. She stated that there was an issue with the "warehouse" where she gets the linens from and that she would be at the hall as soon as she could. She also stated that she could not and would not give us a time frame because that's not how she does business. Several more hours went by and we began calling her again.....we could not decorate without the linens! She said she would be there very soon with some linens for us to get started with. She showed up after 4 p.m. with 7 tablecloths! They were NOT floor length and most of them had grease stains.....one of them even still had spaghetti sauce on it from a prior use. She told us she would be back soon with the rest of tablecloths, 110 missing napkins and all of the chair covers. The rehearsal dinner started at 6:30 p.m. and she still had not shown up or called. At 7:24 p.m. she came back with a few more tablecloths and long tablecloths for the cookie and food tables. She brought more linens that had grease stains on them again and also argued with us about tablecloth lengths. We expressed our concerns as we were down to the wire and still did not have all of the linens that had been paid for. She then said her mother had cancer and was in the hospital and that is where she was all day. She told us her son and/or nephew were at home hand ironing the linens and that she was doing the best she could do. She then said that she had already told us "sorry" four times and didn't know what else we wanted. We explained that we needed her to promise us that she would be back with the rest of the linens a.s.a.p.! We had been at the hall since noon and would have a long day ahead of us the next day. We wanted to decorate and go home to bed. The hall closed at 11 p.m. and she promised she'd be back by then with everything. AT 10:55 a van pulled up with a man driving, he got out and handed us 2 gold sequin tablecloths, 5 high top tablecloths and that was it. He said that knew nothing else about our order and he left. My brother who was completely fed up called Andrea and she answered her phone. He was never nasty, he just wanted to know where the rest of the linens were and if she intended to bring them. She said she would be there in the morning and would finish the tables and chairs for us. He asked her how he was to trust her when she was supposed to do several things that day and had not held up to her end of the contract. She then told him that she was triple booked that day and it wasn't her fault. He then said to her that it wasn't his fault and that they only have one wedding day and she was about to ruin it for them. Andrea then got super nasty with him! She called him a "Ignorant mother f*****!" Then asked if he was taking her to court, he said if you have the linens here and everything done by the ceremony at 4:30 that she wouldn't hear from him again. She made another other rude and unprofessional comment about them taking a honeymoon and said, "If you sue me your honeymoon will be paid for baby!" She did have the hall ready with the help of the mothers and bridesmaid's by 4 p.m. Most of the chair covers had grease stains and were ripped and the napkins were different sizes. She did give them gold chairs for the bridal tables for no charge. It does not excuse her very unprofessional comments and behavior, unreliability, dirty stained cloths and chair covers, mismatched tablecloth sizes and napkins. SHE CAUSED A TON OF STRESS!!!! I am willing to bet that the two other bookings she had that day probably didn't pay in full so they got her full attention and we didn't because they paid in full. Do yourself a favor and DO NOT use Andrea's services!!! She never apologized after the fact for her errors or her awful behavior. She did provide the gold chairs that the bride never asked for as I mentioned before as a sorry I guess. Andrea caused our family extreme stress, was VERY rude and unprofessional. She kept telling lies to cover herself. She then used pictures from the hall the day of the wedding after she FINALLY finished it on her Facebook page the day after along with the other events she had that day I assume.

Andrea was a key part of making my wedding event a huge success! After researching many places to…read morerent chair covers, I was frustrated and ready to do without this service that I really wanted, then Andrea was recommended to me. Her prices here unbeatable and she was very willing to help me make my event perfect! She was extremely easy to work with and really put me at ease! I HIGHLY recommend Andrea to anyone planning a wedding! Andrea truely enhanced my wedding with chair covers, table overlays, and renting champagne glasses! She also set up everything beautifully, and came to tear down after the wedding. Other places that I had worked with required my friends and family to tear down and hand deliver or pay for shipping to get the used linens to them within 2 days. Andrea is key to making any wedding a success!

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!

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.

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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Kelley was amazing to work with from planning through the end of the night!! She helped me create a…read morerealistic timeline and everything just went so smoothly on my wedding day. She ran the show and that is what I needed. She made sure we got to eat and had moments to ourselves to truly enjoy the day. She created the exact look that I wanted for the wedding. She was just so kind and so easy to work with on the day of the wedding. 10000% recommend Kelley and her team for weddings, events, etc.

From the owner: We offer wedding planning, day of coordination and wedding florals to our clients. We have been…read moredoing what we love for 20 years and we still cry at every wedding!

I hired Pierce Events to DJ my 60th birthday party. Both Shaun and Jimmy Pierce went out of their…read moreway to ensure a great time was had by all. Their professionalism was top notch. About a month prior to the party, Jimmy and I discussed not only what music I like, but also what I don't like. We also covered the ages of the guest and he was able to put together a wonderful mix of music that everyone enjoyed. Even my 88 year old dad got up to dance to Mambo #5! I can't thank them enough for being such a great part of a wonderful night.

From the owner: Pierce Events provides the best in event planning, and a full range of services for corporate,…read moresocial and non-profit events. We specialize in: Weddings Class Reunions Community Events DJ and Karaoke Services Grand Openings Corporate Events Event Marketing Fundraisers Event rentals Lighting and sound Support Design and Productions Services Every aspect of event planning and production We create events of any size, from major corporate conventions, fund raising campaigns, and concerts, to weddings, private parties, reunions, bar and bat mitzvah celebrations or even a cozy dinner party. It can all be easily organized with Pierce Events. Pierce Events can work with any budget, large or small, and we can provide a single element, or complete planning and production from beginning to end. Visit our website at www.pierceevents.net or email us info@pierceevents.net

Rae is incredibly thorough with her planning and a visionary when it comes to design. She listens,…read moresupports, and helps her clients to bring their events together in a beautiful and helpful way. She will save you so much stress!

From the owner: Best certified Florist & Colorist Multicultural Planner in…read morePittsburgh ( ex. Jewish, Yoruba, American) Minority Woman & Disadvantaged Certified business ( 11 years certified) We have linen rentals too for all occasions!