Pains me to do this because the owner seems like a very nice person. My fiancé and I found her…read morecompany through google. We were looking for companies that were able to offer small wedding ceremony packages. We also wanted to find someone that can help us arrange a small casual reception afterwards, which many companies who specialize in wedding ceremony packages didn't do. So when we found this company, we decided to contact them and see what they can offer. We were initially very excited to learn that this company was able to help us with the reception portion. The owner also seemed very enthusiastic and experienced in the industry. Even though we were envisioning a much smaller and less expensive wedding, the owner managed to convince us to have a bigger and more lavish wedding than we anticipated, because she convinced us that she could "give us our dream wedding" within our limited budget. Slightly skeptical, we asked her if she could give us a predicted budget breakdown to see how she will pull off our wedding within our budget. However, our first mistake was to sign a contract with her before she gave us this budget prediction, because she kept avoiding and delaying to give us this budget breakdown. This went on for months and she kept giving us excuses and avoiding the budget topic whenever we bring it up. If a planner can't even get it together long enough to put together a quote, how is she expected to plan a wedding? Another thing we found odd was that she asked us to give ALL of our wedding money to her so that she can "take care of the payments from her end". Not once have I met a planner that does this. Our second mistake was to follow her venue recommendation, even though we know that this venue is slightly more on the expensive side, not realizing that this will blow our budget. After the venue was booked, that's when everything went downhill, as it turns out that we had to increase our overall wedding budget by 20+% due to many things we weren't made aware of. She also told us all of the sudden that her service fees have not been included in our budget. Shocked and anxious, we asked her how much her service is, because we didn't see any specific number for her fees on her contract. And of course, like the budget, she avoided answering our question about her service fees. By not being upfront about their service fees just shows how unethical their business practice is. Nonetheless, communication with her was a nightmare. As a bride, of course I would have a myriad of questions for her, especially about cost, vendors, and scheduling vendor meetings. 9/10 times none of my emails or texts were answered for weeks at a time. And whenever she reappears again out of the blue, she would never answer any of my questions. Instead she would have some ridiculous excuse on why she ghosted on us and say "I have a lot of information for you. Let's meet up in person next week to discuss". But why are you asking a meeting in person during a pandemic? She would disappear for such long periods of time for various excuses that we had to take initiative and do the majority of the planning process ourselves, which defeats the purpose of having a wedding coordinator in the first place. If you're too busy, at least have the courtesy to let us know rather than ghosting your client. So with all of the drama and frustration that we had to go through in the 4 months working with her, we decided to terminate our contract with her. Take note that we have sent her multiple emails explaining our frustrations with her over the course of two months. But of course, she didn't answer or respond to any of my emails or address any of my concerns or frustrations. When we decided to fire her, we sent her a very long email detailing everything that was frustrating us, from the budget management to her poor communication. And her response? She didn't even apologize or acknowledge any of her mistakes and said something like "Since your wedding is still really far away, I need to work on weddings that would bring me income right now. I have worked very hard on your wedding for the short amount of time we've been working together...". Take note that at this point the only thing she has done for us is booking the venue. And how rude can you be by telling us we're just another unimportant source of income? I'm writing this review on Yelp because she only has very biased reviews on her website and nowhere else. Skip the headache and go with other companies if you don't want to go through the same thing that I did. TL;DR: claims she's experienced and organized but the complete opposite, VERY slow to no communication, mysterious service fee (read: shady business practices), didn't honor our budget, won't apologize or acknowledge mistakes, an expert at excuses & avoiding our questions

Wanted to let Kelli know that she did an awesome job putting out wedding together. She took care of…read moreeverything from helping me with my dress, organizing, decorating, ordering, picking up, caterers and photographer. It was an amazing and beautiful wedding on the beach with an awesome reception to follow. Food was delicious. Due to Covid, it was just immediate family and every comment was about how amazingly beautiful it was. Kelli was very helpful, patient and full of wonderful ideas. We're glad we found her and Pastor Mark. Would definitely recommend Tide the Knot.

Pohai and her team really came through in a big way in making our day as smooth and as fairy-tale…read morelike as possible. We decided to plan our wedding in less than two months, but she made it so easy to plan since she was super knowledgeable of vendors, locations and everything in between. From the venue, catering, cake to all the little details and decor, she managed to bring together a great team of vendors to make our wedding vision come true. She is 120% responsive no matter the time, and she is a pleasure to work with. We really cannot express our gratitude enough for making our big day one of the best day in our lives! I would highly recommend this team if you plan to do a wedding or any type of event! Thank you Pohai, Kelly and Ashley!

A long overdue post.. But I can't say enough to thank Pohai and her team for all their hard work in…read moremaking my wedding a success! I knew I was the type of bride who needed help planning a large wedding and Forever by Ingrid came through for us. Everything was handled professionally but I also felt my husband and I were treated like family. All the things I needed help with were taken care of and I can honestly say I had a stress-free planning experience. From day one meeting to the day of, she was always accommodating, honest, respectful, and helpful. Thank you so much!

I cannot say enough about Karine and her team at SOlE! They are amazing! I engaged SOlE a year…read morebefore my destination wedding. From day one I was impressed by Karine and her operation. I made one trip to Honolulu and Karine and her team arranged so many meetings with wonderful vendors and they attended most. It was a fantastic start! The team is so good at communicating and is hyper-organized which I so appreciate! They had fantastic checklists to keep me in check and a timeline for the event that was amazing! Throughout the year they were wonderful about emails and skyping and they were always super responsive. They led us in the right direction for vendor selection and were just pros int he event planning. The wedding was absolutely the wedding of my dreams and I know it would not have happened with out SOLE. I had many people tell me that they were glad they had already had their wedding, because mine was so great. A HUGE THANK YOU to Karine, Desiree, Faith and her team. The day could not have gone more smoothly!!! I appreciated their attention to EVERY detail - it was just amazing. Picking SOLE as my wedding planning team was the best decision I made for my wedding (beside a destination to Hawaii!). They were just professional and GREAT!!!!!

My husband Neil and I were married this past August 1st, 2012. We decided to have our wedding in…read moreKapolei Oahu. We couldn't have chosen a better wedding planner than Karine and her staff of Seasons of Life Events for our destination wedding. I found them while searching for a wedding planner via TheKnot.com. We were engaged for 3 months and new we had to go to Hawaii to research a venue and wedding planner. We met with Karine and I instantly knew she and her staff would provide the best service for us. Karine's genuine, caring, orangized and effient peronality made us already feel so welcomed. Her and her staff are very professional, always available if you need her and just a sweetheart to work with. They made our wedding above and beyond what we had expected it to be! They all made sure our wedding was our "DREAM WEDDING" and took care of EVERYTHING. They were able to assist me with additional details, vendors, and so many different and new ideas that were beautiful! On the day of the wedding, I couldn't have been more relaxed and stress free either. They were so organized on the timeline and made sure everything was in order. Tears of joy and love was all around us on the wedding day. We couldn't have done it without Seasons of Life. They definitely made our wedding remarkable and memorable for the rest of our life. Karine, Faith, Desiree and Melanie are truly the best ever! A BIG Mahalo to Karine and the staff of Seasons of Life for all their hard work and dedication in making our wedding a dream come true!

We first met with Blanche and Aulii with less than 100 days until our wedding. Having very little…read moreevent planning experience in general, we were feeling very overwhelmed. They were very reassuring and lifted a tremendous weight from our shoulders. They constantly checked in and monitored our stress levels. They offered us a variety of favor and centerpiece options, diligently creating something that we were very pleased with. They even went so far as researching the proper care and handling of succulents, then assembled them 110 times! They made lots of great suggestions for the program flow and were very helpful in securing vendors for hair and makeup and photobooth. They communicated directly with our vendors and ensured that everything ran smoothly on the day of our wedding. We highly recommend them for all your special event planning needs!

Blanche and Auli'i had less than six months to plan my wedding and all I gave them was my color…read morescheme. Within days of our initial meeting, they provided us with 3-5 options for favors, centerpieces, and everything in between. They communicated with my venue and really took the stress out of wedding planning. I highly recommend using them for your wedding. They will not disappoint!

Were my review based solely on the ladies' attitudes and personalities, I'd give them more than 1…read morestar... HOWEVER, my wedding experience with them summed up in one word was: disappointing. My family is huge and all hands were on deck that day. My one request from Vida Chic and Chavah Grant that I re-iterated a dozen times was that it was MOST important that my family do as MINIMUM set up and MINIMUM break down as possible. This shouldn't have been difficult since absolutely everything was organized in detail to the 't' and they still would have had many helping hands regardless. When I say "organized", I mean ORGANIZED OCD LEVEL. Everything was delivered and ready in clear containers that were clearly labeled with everything in them, ready for set up. We had a detailed timeline that everyone had copies of. It was foolproof which should have allowed my family - namely, my OWN MOM and aunties- to just sit back and enjoy the wedding. This couldn't happen because nothing would have gotten done. I paid Vida Chic for day-of assistance which we still had meetings to prepare for and it seemed as though they understood my expectations. Come the day of, Chavah Grant who was SUPPOSED to be present as she had been my only point of contact, was NOT present for the wedding at all. She left everything to two (nice but unprepared) ladies who had no real idea of what we had discussed apparently. I can't even get upset with them since I never had an opportunity to meet with THEM to tell them what I wanted them to be responsible for. Specifically, all I asked for was: - the tables set up with the runner and centerpiece -the runners and centerpieces put back in boxes afterward -the aisle runner and the signs be layed down and then put away - the candy items for the candy table be set up and taken down - help my family accomplish this ...Seeing my family hustle they even TOLD ME "yeah wow! Your family's got everything covered!" No kidding, Sherlock!! They didn't have a choice!!! All in all, I would never use them again nor would I recommend them to anyone. When we called Chavah after the wedding to let her know that we weren't thrilled with the service, she was "surprised" since she heard "it all went so smoothly" and she made excuses for their not delivering what was honored in the contract. No attempt to even apologize was made. Of course it went smoothly!! My mom and aunties made sure of that but had they left it to Vida Chic, it would have been a mess!! Look elsewhere for your wedding needs. I can't speak for other events.

I have experienced Chavah's work first hand and let me tell you... SHE. IS. AMAAAAAZING! I call her…read more''The Modern Day Renaissance Woman.'' She is a wedding coordinator, a stylist, AND a florist! Talk about hitting a trifecta! Her work speaks for itself. She is soooo talented, not to mention... she is the easiest, most sweetest person to work with! She is always super busy so you're lucky if you can book her! Whether you are going for a classy/elegant, rustic, or boho chic wedding, she will make your event look absolutely stunning!!

Harold and Aaron at Next Events made my outdoor wedding at a private estate a breeze, coordinating…read moreall the party rentals and catering (they partner with Phuket Thai, who we love). During the planning they were super laid back and low key, but when it came to they day of the event they and their crew kicked it into high gear and really got everything done well. Overall everything went smoothly and I would recommend them for your "Next Event" in Hawaii!

We are so thankful to Valerie for making our wedding everything we imagined. From start to finish,…read moreshe handled every detail with care and made sure that our entire day went smoothly. The venue setup and decorations were perfect. She listened to our vision and created the perfect ceremony and reception for us. She was very organized throughout the planning process and was so flexible with the small challenges that came up along the way, like our last-minute cake mishap and helping us print our welcome sign. She also helped us find the perfect fit for our ceremony officiant, which was really important to us. We couldn't have asked for a better experience, and we highly recommend Valerie to anyone looking for a coordinator!

I can't say enough positive things about Hitched in Hawaii and Valerie in particular. Wedding…read moreplanning is HARD and Val made the process so EASY and FUN! She had my best interests at heart and her recommendations and guidance really made the day PERFECT. I know that people say there are things that don't work out on the day of but that really wasn't the case for my special day. Val made sure everything was seamless and I really could just BE IN THE MOMENT. She is so trustworthy that you can just 'let go'. She also has incredible relationships with the vendors we used and that made everything a lot easier on that front as well. We cannot recommend her and her company enough!

Don't expect a response or communication from Hoku Entertainment in the 3 months between your first…read moredeposit and day of wedding. Don't expect Edwin to reply to your email within 40 hours in the crucial days before your wedding. Don't expect an initial apology for causing additional anxiety to a bride's week before wedding. Expect Edwin to say "must have missed your email, but I replied others". Expect the deposit refund. That's the one star.

This DJ played the wrong song for our father daughter dance. I had to leave the stage to get the…read morethe DJ on track with playing the right song. He finally got it right and we were able to dance to our father bride song. Our bride groom song was played very low as if we were listening to elevator music. My nefew had to yell out "turn it up!" the DJ responded "I thought you wanted conservative". He finally turned it up so everyone could hear.... smh. I'm not sure what was going on with this DJ on the night of our wedding but I would never use this DJ again or recommend to anyone. He also took request from guest without asking us if it was okay first.