Just got married today and had this wonderful business cater it. The food was awesome, the servers…read morewere awesome and set up and take down was amazing. Thank you so much for making our day so special Dena Van Atta and Michael Calvet

Working with Amber from Preferred Sonoma Caterers was a breeze. We had a set budget I needed to…read morework with for a Celebration of Life gathering. We wanted all finger foods and nothing that had to be kept hot. Not only did Amber make solid food recommendations but she stayed within our budget. We served empanadas, bruschetta, ham & Swiss pinwheels and turkey & cheese wraps. Everything was delicious, beautifully presented and more than enough for our 25 or so guests. We had enough so no one walked away hungry. We kept hearing how good the food was throughout the event. I felt lucky to have found Preferred Sonoma Caterers as I am not from the area. They made the Celebration of Life event stress free and hassle free. Would absolutely use them again. Highly recommended. Thank you for everything Amber!

We truly cannot recommend Lindsey and the Ooh La La team enough! From the very beginning, Lindsey…read moremade our entire wedding planning experience feel so smooth, organized, and genuinely stress-free. She was incredibly thorough, knowledgeable about our venue and vendors, and always quick to respond to emails. No matter what question we had, Lindsey always had an answer and made us feel completely taken care of throughout the entire process. On our wedding day, Lindsey was absolutely pivotal in bringing everything we had planned to life so seamlessly. We never once had to worry about the timeline, what was happening next, or whether things were being taken care of. She kept everything running perfectly and allowed us to simply be present and enjoy our day. Even with the weather being incredibly hot, Lindsey was quick to adapt and helped us come up with last-minute solutions to keep our guests as comfortable as possible. Her ability to stay calm, organized, and think on her feet made such a difference. Lindsey is seriously the BEST. She is professional, responsive, and so easy and enjoyable to work with. Having her there gave us such peace of mind, and we are incredibly grateful for everything she and the Ooh La La team did to make our wedding day so special. If you are looking for a wedding planner who will make the entire experience feel effortless and make sure you can truly enjoy your wedding day, Lindsey is your girl!

Lindsey is simply the best, and I'm so incredibly grateful we found her to plan our wedding. Over…read morenearly two years of planning, her expertise, organization, and industry connections were absolutely invaluable. From day one, Lindsey was knowledgeable, kind, and genuinely invested in making our wedding everything we envisioned. Whenever I had a question, she always had thoughtful advice and recommendations. What I appreciated most was that she never pushed her opinions--instead, she shared her expertise while empowering us to make the decisions that felt right for us. She made the entire process feel personal and true to who we are as a couple. As someone who is extremely Type A, I expected to be stressed leading up to the wedding, but I honestly felt none. Lindsey was so organized, responsive, and dependable that I had complete confidence in her and her team. That trust paid off--our wedding day was absolutely perfect and ran seamlessly (or at least any issues were handled so flawlessly that we never knew about them!). She coordinated every detail with our vendors, allowing us and our families to be fully present and enjoy every moment. One of the reasons we chose Lindsey was her flexible planning approach. I loved that we could take ownership of the initial planning and vendor outreach while still having unlimited access to her guidance whenever we needed it. That level of support is rare, and her recommendations for vendors, from our DJ and rentals to our florist and cake, helped us build an incredible team that truly brought our vision to life. One of the most impactful moments during planning came at our 90-day meeting when Lindsey encouraged us to reconsider our decision not to do a first look. She thoughtfully explained that, based on our priorities, being present with each other, having time to ourselves, and valuing photography, it would enhance our day rather than take away from it. We trusted her advice, and looking back, it was one of the best decisions we made. She even built in a few private moments after the ceremony for us to soak in being newly married and enjoy some of our cocktail hour together, and those memories are among our favorites from the entire day. I'll genuinely miss my weekly (and sometimes daily!) emails with Lindsey. Working with her was one of the best decisions we made during our wedding planning process, and I cannot recommend her highly enough. If you're considering hiring a wedding planner, do yourself a favor and book Lindsey, you'll be so glad you did.

We started planning our wedding in May 2010. This was a destination wedding for us since we now…read morelive in Colorado and planned on getting married in Northern California. Because of the distance and the short time frame, I decided to look into having a wedding planner. After much online searching, I came across Amy Bridges Events! Amy Bridges is SUCH a SWEETHEART!! She really helped put my mind at ease. Even though I signed up for the month-of package, she graciously answered any queries I had before that. My now Mother-in-law and I met up with Amy at Mark West Lodge in August 2010. Our wedding was to be the end of September. I felt even more assured after meeting her in person. What's great is that with all of my stressing and worrying about all the tiny details, Amy still swoops in and does the rest! I'm the type to worry that if I don't do it, it won't get done or done right....but with Amy I didn't have to worry!! Everything looked so beautiful and perfect. The best thing I can say is that all of our guests LOVED our wedding! They thought it was the most fun they had ever had. This is where I give props to Amy Bridges!!! :-D She has her clipboard and notes in hand, a smile on her face, and such a positive attitude. If anything did go wrong, I never knew about it! She was also excellent at email communication. So if there are any brides out there wanting to have a destination wedding in Northern California, have no qualms about contacting Amy. Even when I needed to change the cake baker for our wedding cake, she helped me through that. She is the perfect go-between person that you will want for your wedding. It's stressful enough as it is...you really need that person to lean on and trust!! Thanks again, Amy! We have really beautiful memories from our wedding day, and you helped with that! J. and C.

Lisa Bravo was a lifesavor when it came to our wedding! Planning from the other side of the…read morecountry was tough especially when you weren't too familiar with the area. Lisa responded to all of our questions quickly (few hours never took longer than a day) and she was very thorough with explanations and recommendations. We were able to send our wedding supplies to her house as well! I highly recommend Lisa from ABE!

This review is long overdue and extremely well deserved!…read more If you're in the market for a wedding planning & coordination service, Bravo Weddings & Events is it. I can't emphasize enough how amazing Lisa Bravo and her crew are - from ideas to conception, phone and in person meetings, industry knowledge/service and suggestions, professionalism and follow through, she has the "it" factor! There are so many things on a bride's plate & working with Lisa I never felt overwhelmed or that anything was unreachable, rather anything was achievable. She is a huge factor and kudos to one of the most special & perfect days in our life to date, and we can't thank her and her services enough for the hard work of taking our vision to not only the finish line, but next level!

This review is for Katy Lohse of Bravo, she deserves a standing ovation and more!…read more My now-husband and I hired Katy wayyy back in March 2020 when we were bright-eyed and optimistic about having our wedding safely in June 2021. We hired Katy to help us with most of the planning and day-of coordination, which included unlimited communication with her until our special day. When we decided to postpone our wedding to June 2022, Katy was super accommodating. And nothing changed in terms of fees with Bravo - we got an entire extra year of bothering Katy for the exact same cost we paid in 2020. We had our wedding at Jacuzzi Family Vineyards and Katy was EXTREMELY knowledgeable about the venue and everything & everybody that came with it. Whenever my husband and I had any questions we thought were random (questions about shuttles, where to host an after-party, where to have our rehearsal dinner, where to host day-after-wedding festivities, and so many more), Katy always had a well-thought-out answer via email for us within a day or two. Katy attended our tasting with Park Ave Catering and was also there with us for our site visit and rehearsal at our venue. Whenever she was around, my husband and I both felt at ease. When it came to the day of, everything ran smoothly and on-time as far as my husband and I could tell (which is all that matters, am I right?!). Our guests were amazed that our 5:00pm ceremony *actually* started at 5pm. The rest of the night flowed perfectly and I am so pleased that I have happy, WELL-PLANNED memories to look back fondly at on my wedding day. Thank you Katy for everything!

Although we are right in the middle of the planning phases of our wedding, Angela has been a…read moretremendous asset and has definitely taken much of the burden off of us, Lord knows we need it! She has a ton of contacts throughout the Bay Area and has fantastic ideas for how to make your day unique and perfect! I will definitely update this review as the day approaches, but I expect our experience will only be stellar with Angela running things!

There are many high quality wedding planners for Napa Valley, however, if you are looking for one…read morethat conducts business with integrity, I would not recommend Angela N. of Lulu Events and here is why... We signed Angela as our planner in May 2010 to help us with our Napa Valley destination wedding in October 2010. As we were planning our wedding from Asia and had less than 5 months til the big day, we needed a planner who was available and flexible to meet our demanding schedules. She claimed to be the "BEST PLANNER IN NAPA", provided us with "great" references, and assured us that she was very experienced in working with overseas clientele, so we paid our 50% of the fee to go ahead with Angela. (Note, she also emailed us that another party wanted to sign with her for an October 2010 event and given she has a quota of events she can do, we felt some time pressure... though, it was still our fault we didn't spend enough time to look around more thoroughly). Unfortunately, shortly after signing the contract we realized Angela was not right for us. We found out early on that her schedule was not very flexible to our needs and she was at times even unaware of the drastic time zone differences. Apart from canceling & re-scheduling several of our conference calls, she was unable to meet us for two separate in person appointments that we had flown in for from Asia. The first time was a brief business visit to the Bay Area, but given the short notice of our travel itinerary and not being her clients yet, we gave her the benefit of the doubt. But she was unavailable again when we planned to do another week long visit to the Bay Area/Napa to do our wedding site check and by that time, she was our planner. Maybe she was stretched too thin, or we were too far away, or we were not considered a big budget wedding, or that she often flies back and forth between Napa and southern California...but nonetheless something was wrong. Within the first week of signing on, Angela was out of pocket for the first few days, then she emailed to reschedule our conference calls that week and by the end of the week, we were told she would not be able to accommodate us when we were in town for our site check. With the distance and impending time crunch until the wedding, it was at that moment that we realized this was not going to work out and that Angela would not be able to provide the service we needed. We explained this to her over the phone and reiterated our concerns over email before asking if we could receive our money back or be billed for the work she had already done so that we could mutually cancel the contract. We thought this was a reasonable request given that only a few hours of work had been done so far and that our schedules just could not match hers. However, she was surprised at our request and refused to not only not provide the requested refund, but also stopped returning our calls and emails to work out an amicable solution. In the end, we were able to find a different wedding planner and had an incredible wedding. However, we are deeply disappointed that Angela seemed more focused on her bottom line than caring about the wedding couples who have been saving and working so hard for their special day...

Picnic Potential went above and beyond to make my bachelorette picnic absolutely beautiful. We had…read moresome unexpected bad weather, but Alison proactively called ahead with indoor backup options and reassured me that everything would still turn out beautifully. She was right. When I saw the setup, I was honestly in disbelief at how thoughtful and curated every detail was. I did not give the team much direction beyond the color palette and the theme, "Last Toast on the Coast," but they completely brought the vision to life. The surprise hand-painted banner was such a special touch. I am so happy with how everything turned out and would absolutely use Picnic Potential again.

There are simply not enough words to describe how incredible Alison from Picnic Potential was in…read morehelping us plan and execute our son's Bar Mitzvah. From the very beginning, she was an absolute dream to work with and ultimately became the person who made the entire day feel effortless, seamless, and completely magical. Alison has that rare combination of being incredibly organized, creative, calm, responsive, and genuinely invested in making your event special. She thought of details we never would have even considered, anticipated needs before we knew we had them, and somehow managed to keep everything moving perfectly behind the scenes while making the whole process feel fun and stress-free. On the day of the Bar Mitzvah, Alison and her entire team were phenomenal. She was quietly handling every detail, solving little issues before they became issues, coordinating all the moving pieces, and making sure that everything looked and felt exactly as we had envisioned. Most importantly, she allowed us to actually enjoy the incredibly important day for my son and our family. The event was beyond anything we could have hoped for. It was beautiful, personal, relaxed, fun, and so incredibly well executed. We received countless compliments from our guests, and so much of that is a direct reflection of Alison's talent, attention to detail, and dedication. Alison is the kind of person you hope to find when planning an important event or milestone. She is someone who you can trust, who genuinely cares, and who makes you feel like your event is as important to her as it is to you. She went above and beyond in every possible way, and we are so incredibly grateful that she was part of such a special chapter for our family. If you are considering working with Picnic Potential, we recommend them wholeheartedly. We will be forever grateful for everything she did to make our son's Bar Mitzvah so unforgettable. I plan to hire her to help with all important future events and birthday parties!

Do not recommend. We…read morehad our Wedding in May 2019 at Eagle Vines Napa Valley. We hired Brittany and Tracy from Marry Me Weddings and Events with the "Professionals Wedding Package". Overall we do not recommend them. We feel the service provided was not worth the money we spent. On the day of the wedding I feel they were not on top of everything and they seemed overwhelmed. Compared to other vendors they did not go above and beyond. Below are some pros and cons. Pros: - They managed vendors, called them and scheduled with them. - One of our vendor was not responsive and they did the necessary to hear back from them. - At the end of the wedding they packed everything back nicely so the next day we just had to pick up boxes - 90% of their value added was on the day-of, so we'd recommend getting the basic "day-of" package. Cons: - Just before ceremony started I discovered that they lost a big box with the 70% of the party favors. After accusing me to have forgotten it at home then finally found it. So instead of enjoying and welcoming our guests I had to run around to find the box and my stress level was at 100 %. In addition their solution was to put one party favor per table... which did not make any sense. - Tracy did not have the latest timeline on the day of the wedding, . She was still working with a three-week old timeline with hand written notes even though we had finalized the timeline a week prior and sent them all the details via google slides. - We were on a tight schedule for dinner. One of their responsibilities was to make sure we stay on time, seat people and tell people when to start their speeches. We started dinner about 30 minutes late, the DJ was more concerned than them to have people do their speech on time.

Marry Me Wedding and Events we can not thank you enough!! Brittany & Tracy are an absolutely…read moreamazing duo that we loved working with from start to finish! They are both very professional, have so much attention to detail, awesome creative ideas, patient , and the best hearts. Our wedding was gorgeous and a dream come true thanks to both of them. They made the wedding planning process easy and stress free!!! Last Year in January after we got engaged I contacted Marry Me Wedding And Events right away. We set up a date to meet to go over their services, packages and to get a better idea /understanding as to what it was we were looking for. We chose the The Lavish Package - the full service package . With this package it was the best to accommodate my fiancé and I. They take care of everything as if it is their own wedding, which is exactly what we were looking for. From the moment we signed the contract through the 12 months of planning we could not be more thankful to have Brittany & Tracy helping us and on our side step by step. Taking care of every single thing / details that needed to be done . They found all the vendors , set up all appointments , dealt with all vendor correspondence, and went to all meetings for us even if we were unable to attend. When finding vendors they would send only the options that would be good possibilities to choose from. Through our private Pinterest board and emails they were able to understand our personalities, style, ideas and our theme completely!! If you have a fiancé with ideas and many surprises up his sleeve they make sure they accommodate those ideas as well without letting the bride know. While having their own emails and communication. Our wedding day was the most perfect and incredible day we could have ever imagined from start to finish! We walked into a dream that Marry Me Wedding & Events created!! I have never felt so happy in my life! If you are looking for a planner I wouldn't think twice about hiring these two beautiful ladies!! They are worth every second of your most incredible day ever!! I look forward to working with you both again for many future parties and events! Thank you !!!!!!

We could not have dreamed of a more perfect place to hold our wedding last May. It almost feels…read moreunreal that a place as beautiful as Garden Valley Ranch exists. The entire property is breathtaking and there is nothing better than the sight and smell of fresh roses everywhere! Our guests raved (and even a year out they're still dropping us compliments) about how gorgeous the Belvedere lawn area and Secret Garden were, which is where we held our ceremony, cocktail hour and reception. The koi pond is a hidden gem that we loved doing our first look at. Working with Jessica made planning our vision for the day feel so easy. She is so kind, responsive, generous, and professional. She and the team had also worked with many of our other vendors who were local to the area, so we felt at ease knowing everything would go just as planned on such a busy day. Garden Valley Ranch is a stunning place and we cannot recommend it enough. Our wedding day flew by so fast and we wished we had gotten more time to enjoy this beautiful space!

Great facility. Love the emense rose garden. Luckily there was a southerly breeze the day we were…read morethere...due to neighboring property with all the cattle.