We interviewed quite a few wedding coordinators for our wedding in SB. We liked Joy when we met her and booked her 7 months prior our wedding as a "month of" coordinator. Our wedding was very small (only 30ppl) at a local residence but we still wanted to have a local coordinator to help us with the vendor referrals, to take over for the month prior to the wedding and then do a stellar job with the coordination. What a disappointment.
Joy's not very consistent in her email replies...sometimes it took a long time to hear from her and you know how it is when you're planning a wedding, every day counts!
The absolute disaster was that six weeks prior to the wedding joy informed that she wouldn't be at our wedding but would send her assistant to coordinate (She had booked a bigger wedding for the same day that she needed to attend??). I met this sub-lady once about a week before the wedding. She had clearly never done this before but I thought for such a small wedding, she can wing it. I tried to be super chill about it. After all, we had everything in place otherwise. Well, let me tell you that don't wing it! There's no winging at a wedding!!! She helped to decorate the space beautifully but she had no clue about the place settings, our dinner courses, etc. We didn't have a DJ so there was not much coordinating to do except to work with the catering staff regarding the cocktail hour and dinner timing. But alas, she was just standing there with the notebook. While this was a small wedding, this was a proper 5 course formal (European) dinner. She showed no respect to the event by wearing a jeans jacket. I actually had to get her a cardigan because jeans was just a big no-no at this event.
She left after dinner was served and didn't stay to help to put the chairs, tables away.
I should have asked one of the ladies at the Tent Merchant to coordinate on the day of the wedding...at least she knew all the glasses, utensils, etc. and was more knowledgeable and on point than Joy's gal.
I didn't appreciate the last minute switch in the coordination and therefore I would not recommend Joy's services. read more