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    Richie Z.

    My wife and I got married in late April 2022 and had a great experience working with Summer at Modern Elopement! Planning a wedding is never easy - you're often making various important decisions for the first (and hopefully last!) time. Super stressful! I felt that Modern Elopement struck the perfect balance between dealing with any minutia that we didn't care to worry about, but had enough customizability to let us make our special day our own. We held our wedding at the Deck at the Queen Kapiolani Hotel, which was a beautiful and practical venue right in Waikiki. Summer did an excellent job as our coordinator. Everything from the decorations, to the music, food, bookings, styling, etc were perfect! We couldn't have possibly imagined a better wedding at our favorite place on Earth. If we ever get divorced we both know who to go to for our second weddings!

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    My experience with Modern Elopement was terrible! I hired them to help with my daughter's wedding on Kauai. When I first spoke to Morgan, the owner, she was very nice and made it sound like things would be easy. I wish I had never hired them. I could have done it myself for far less money and frustration. Biggest complaints: Bait and switch on prices. Poor communication. Ineptitude with contacts. It felt like there was a lot of bait and switch. They have a "package" with certain things included. Then there is an "embellishment boutique" that you can shop. There are pictures and a price. After we picked out what we wanted in the boutique, we actually got an order confirmation (see picture attached). But when it was time to pay, there was a different price. When we complained, they said the price in the boutique was just an estimate. The fine print in the contract does say "price estimates," but neither talking to them nor the boutique site makes that clear. For example, the "order confirmation" lists the wedding cake at $250.00, but then they said that, after talking to the bakery, it would be $530.00. The harpist is listed at $260.00 in the boutique, but they charged us $628.00. And she was terrible. She sounded like an amateur, playing one note at a time. For that much money, we expected her to play beautifully. It was just one of many disappointments. There was poor communication with the "Lead Wedding Concierge." She often took several days to get back to me. When I complained, Morgan said they tried to get back within 24 hours. It was rarely that soon. And several times, the concierge didn't get back to me at all until I asked again. Very frustrating. They said they could help with the dinner after the wedding. They have "Dinner Options" books with specific restaurants and menus with prices, for example, "menu option 1, $120/per person." It seemed pretty straightforward. So, we chose a restaurant and a menu option. For weeks, I kept getting the run around. They said they had put in a lot of calls but hadn't heard back from the restaurant. This place didn't take big groups. That place wasn't available. If there was anything available, it was 2-3 times more expensive than what was in their dinner options or what they had said in a call. We still did not have a place for dinner two weeks before the wedding! I scrambled around myself and finally found something, which I wish I had done in the first place. I could go on and on. Basically, I could have made an extra trip to Kauai and organized everything myself, and it would have saved me money, time, and grief. Very unhappy with Modern Elopement!

    Magi H.

    We wanted something small and intimate for our wedding and ME delivered. The first call with Morgan was a delight, she answered all of my questions and the process was smooth. We got our contact and read through it. Everything was explained perfectly so make sure you read the whole thing peeps! We paid the first payment and off we went on planning our wedding. The forms were easy and straightforward. After submitting our venue/flower requests, we went on to planning the dinner. At this time emails between our concierge were a bit lacking and she took a bit to reply (more than a day, sometimes two). I would've appreciated updates from her like "I'll be working on this and I'll get back to you next week" and actually get back to me or say something like "I'm sorry I was prioritizing another client I'll be with you shortly" besides not replying. But after a bit, we got our planner Lynsey and everything was perfect, communication, planning and execution before, during, and after. She was joined by Kat on the day of and they both are the sweetest, and detailed persons. Our day was perfect and I wouldn't have changed anything. Dinner at Roy's Ko Olina was fab, everyone loved it. We can't wait to get our professional pics back, we know it'll be amazing. And my make up the day of by Cherbu?! FLAWLESS. SO ANY COMPLIMENTS on it and she was a doll. Everyone we worked with was amazing and so kind. I'm so glad we chose ME for a stress free and easy event. We went a little over budget, mostly for the dinner and flowers but it was worth it, worth it all!

    I absolutely could not recommend Modern Elopement enough!! Our wedding day and the planning was completely stress free and beautiful. Jennifer was our initial contact through all the planning and process, and was a delight to work with. She was so nice to speak to and really helped me trust that the end result would be what I was looking for. I didn't see anything til day of since I planned our wedding from NM and it was in Hawaii. And I can honestly say they went above and beyond what I imagined! Day-of the wedding we met Jade who was cool, calm, and collected. This helped any stress I might have had. She walked me through what the entire day would look like down to every cue. Her calmness was contagious. But most of all the team made sure every detail and moment was for my husband and I. They were determined to make every second a perfect for us, even greeting us with drinks after we walked down the aisle. I have been to many weddings and seen many friends deal with difficult planners and venues. Modern Elopement has streamlined this process perfectly and given so much room at the same time to incorporate all the details you want. Just based on the amazing team I worked with I would choose them time and time again. They even surprised me with with golden arc that I wanted! From the hair stylist, makeup artist, photographer, officiant, and musician, everyone they have chosen to work alongside is so professional and masters at their skill. I enjoyed working with everyone I did and was so happy they could be a part of our big day.

    Ronnie Y.

    Modern Elopement made our special day stress free and intimate - exactly what we wanted, especially in light of the ever changing COVID precautions. We spent an hour or so planning/providing feedback and Nicole took care of the rest, including everything from car service, to assisting us with our marriage license, to ensuring we had the best photographer. With the logistics arranged, we were able to cherish the moment with each other. Highly recommend!

    Our first decision when it came to our wedding was 0 stress, we wanted to enjoy the process of being an engaged couple planning our big day, our second was to go with Modern Elopement after that everything became so much easier! Summer from Modern Elopement went above and beyond to make all of our WANTS and NEEDS and everything in between possible. Before them a wedding in hawaii felt impossible, we were in California and I was too big of a stress ball to even try planning this on my own. From the planning to the day of to after the wedding Summer had made us a part and aware of everything: I can't thank her and the team enough for the day going so smoothly even when there was still some hiccups out of everyone's control! Id go with Modern Elopement in an instant, Best and easiest decision we made!

    Kimberley S.

    Working with Modern Elopement on our wedding day was a dream come true. We have two families to bring together, one from Vancouver, BC and one from Brisbane and all the logistics of sorting out the perfect wedding and not being able to be in Hawaii for the planning stages was well over our heads. We are so thankful to have found ME and to work with Kayleigh who put our minds at ease to the entire process. She is an absolute professional and thinks of everything down to the tiniest detail which made our big day absolutely stunning, and stress free. Her positive and organized attitude is all you could ever ask for to coordinate your big day. Our guests still remark at how she kept the ceremonies flowing and no one wondered if they were out of place. ME helped with everything from the location, transportation, guest wrangling and even the favors. The silliest questions only a bride would think of were always answered and we never felt like we didn't know what was going on. We honestly can't say enough about ME and encourage any couple planning a wedding in Hawaii to reach out to them!

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