Hi! I'm Nancy, and I'm actually the owner of this business. I take a lot of pride in my work, and really enjoy the couples I work with. That's the main reason I started this business. Unfortunately, yelp has been giving me problems with my reviews. I've had 5 reviews (all great), but because the reviews were entered in a short time period, with high ratings they got filtered out automatically :( I am the only one that sees them. So, I am posting them for everyone else to see.
5 Filtered Reviews for Relax the BrideNote: The reviews below are not factored into the business's overall star rating.
Tristan S.
San Francisco, CA
11/11/2009 Hiring Nancy Colombo from Relax the Bride was the best decision ever for our wedding!
Here's how she ROCKS!!
1. She's thorough and detailed. She covered topics we never even thought of!
2. She's responsive to emails and phone calls.
3. She's affordable. And she brings her husband the day of to help out. No extra cost.
4. She friendly and loves what she's doing.
Having Nancy there made our day stress free! And the BIG PLUS, she helped us get a reimbursement from a vendor who didn't follow through with the contract. Not only do you get to enjoy your day, you get some money back too! What else can a guy wish for?
Get Nancy to deal with your wedding day troubles! Trust me, she's great!
kathy l.
San Francisco, CA
Updated - 12/2/2008 I originally posted this on 10/2/08, but for some reason, it disappeared.
I am reposting so others will know how great Nancy and Wil are!
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If you want some help with your wedding planning, run, don't walk to hire Nancy Colombo of Relax the Bride (Relax). Relax is wonderful! We hired Relax to be our DOC (day of coordination) planner and were very happy that we did. Nancy is a very calm and organized person and went over many planning details with me. She had a lot of insights on wedding planning and offered suggestions and ideas that I would never have thought of. About 6 weeks before our wedding, we went over timeline of the wedding day and the checklist that Nancy prepared. We fine-tuned the timeline and checklist many times before the wedding. Nancy is very responsive to your concerns; she answers emails and phone calls promptly.
When you hire Relax, you actually get two people - Nancy and her husband, Wil. They were there at our rehearsal and at our wedding. It made a huge difference to have them there on both days. My husband said that Wil was great because he was also very calm and offered very good suggestions at the rehearsal. I was so happy that they took care of any glitches that developed. For example, we had some problems with the string quartet we had hired. Nancy made sure that they were performing the job we hired them for and not taking too many breaks. My parents thought that Nancy and Wil were wonderful. After the wedding, they made sure that all of the items that were brought to the church and reception were taken home (i.e., cake server, toasting flutes, guest book, etc.).
Finally, Relax is very affordable. When we were initially getting quotes for DOC planners, we received quotes which were substantially higher than Relax and did not offer as much value for their charges. I would highly recommend Relax to any future bride who wants to lighten her stress on her wedding day.
Katie G.
San Jose, CA
11/3/2008 I recently used Relax as my DOC for my wedding in Monterey. Nancy and her husband were great. I'm not a bridezilla....but do like to be very organized. Nancy and Wil help me make sure that I hadn't missed something and also helped make suggestions in areas that I wasn't sure about....gotta love the wedding etiquette!
Nancy and Wil came down to Monterey for the rehearsal and the wedding. The day of the wedding I wasn't stressed at all. It seemed like everything went perfectly smooth, when in reality Nancy and Wil work working hard behind the scenes to keep everything flowing and my stress-free, I couldn't have asked for more.
Also, for all of you trying to figure out how you would pay for a luxury like a wedding coordinator (at least I was), Nancy and Wil are a steal. They are so reasonable and much lower than any other DOCs that I found.
Trust me...on your wedding day...the last thing you want to think about is how your crystal toasting flutes (or any of the other million things you have) are going to make it back to your room. Nancy take care of all of it!!
Larry R.
San Francisco, CA
10/10/2008 As a groom--and now husband--I highly recommend Relax the Bride for any couple. read more