If I could give the property and the company two different ratings I would…read more The layout of the property; the backyard, the private entrance to the beach, just enough dunes to create a great look - all are perfect. The company who manages it: Sue, Jake and Simon are a different story. Jake makes promises that he can't keep. Sue isn't organized and visible overwhelmed. Didn't work with Simon much, but when we did he backtracked on a lot of his answers to questions. No one could give me a solid answer on lights. Lights were supposedly hung by a licensed electrician. I've never seen a licensed electrician leave power cords with exposed openings hanging on the side of the building. Sue is great for trying to make the property's problem, your problem. Make sure you get EVERYTHING in writing. My clients absolutely LOVED the property which is THE only reason we stayed. If you use this property, please please please, get a day of coordinator to handle the mess of Sue and Simon (Jake has been MIA for months)! Don't rely on them or you may end up with LED backyard lights!

Suncoast Weddings made our wedding absolutely wonderful!…read more Simon was tirelessly patient with my endless questions, funneled through my Sister/Matron of Honor. Jake took extra special care of my wheelchair-bound mother and a last minute switch of the sparkling cider to orange juice didn't throw him off his stride at all. Sue helped us find a restaurant for our wedding brunch, including calling several to find out if the location took reservations and had a breakfast buffet. They did a wonderful job! Thank you, Suncoast Weddings!

Simple Weddings was the planner for my wedding in St. Pete. Overall, they did okay. They showed up…read moreon time, more-or-less prepared for the rehearsal. They made great suggestions for touches we hadn't considered. They set up the beach wedding beautifully. My only gripes are that he tried to convince us not to have a rehearsal, the music cues were off, and he did not coordinate with the florist properly.

There is so many things that we have to say about this company, especially Ms. Amber. They ensured…read morefrom the VERY beginning that we saw forth with our vision for our intimate wedding and everything we wanted for our nuptials. Ms. Amber took so much stress off of our hands when it came to planning, it was no joke! The packages offered by this company caters to EVERY detail of getting married and the wedding aspect. Ms. Amber made sure that although we were doing a destination wedding, we were in great hands on every aspect! Ms. Amber is literally super woman and the best planner of all time! She was real with us when she needed to be (especially about our budget, our interesting families, and being on time), had our back when only TWO people, besides our parents, showed up to rehearsal, and was there for every phone call, moment of freaking out, both of our questions.concerns, Type-A personalities, text messages, and wedding planning meeting. She was so detail oriented to the point of mapping out every detail of what we wanted and seeing those ideals come forth to fruition was breath taking! She even ended up being our officiant, and we could not ask for any other person so lead us into marriage..Even down to my makeup and hair artist...she picked the perfect artist just for me and she made me look like a sea goddess!! We were able to have our dream beach ceremony, our dream reception venue, and everything else in between because of this company and we are so thankful! Because of working with Amber, we were at peace most of planning and had nothing to worry about! Even down to the day when we were doing the final clarification of ceremony music, I literally SANG music and Amber was right there talking me through the names because I was stressing and could not remember the artists. We will definitely be seeing Simple Beach Weddings for renewing our vows in a few years as well. If you are looking for a company that cares about you, knows the area, caters to you and your partner exclusively, and just overall is just an awesome company that takes care of everything you need for your marriage and wedding. Simple Weddings is the company to go with!!!! Thank you so much to Ms. Amber, Mr. Anthony, and the whole Simple Weddings team for making our dream come true! We are still on cloud 9 about how marvelous this whole experience was! If you are planning a beach wedding, destination wedding, basically ANY form of wedding, DO NOT go to any other company besides Simple Weddings, and be sure to have Ms. Amber take care of you! They are darn good at their job!!!!! We LOVE SIMPLE WEDDINGS!! Musically Yours, Fabian & Ashley Moore from Atlanta, GA

I truly can't even begin to find the words to describe how wonderful it is working with Totally…read moreTropical Weddings. We decided to get married very quickly after our engagement (only a few months) which has the potential of being extremely stressful and overwhelming. After enlisting the help of Jimmy and Julee we felt at ease with their sweet, calming personalities and confidence. Everything went incredibly smooth and we felt we were in great hands every step of the way. They completely set themselves apart from other companies due to the passion and heart that they put into ensuring your day is all you hoped and more. For example, I was blown away by our bridal party's flowers - they definitely were beyond my expectations. I showed Jimmy a screenshot of a bouquet that I loved and described a few small tweaks that I preferred, but also told him that nothing had to be exact if the flowers were difficult to find in the area and time frame. He called me to tell me about what they had come up with, including outsourcing some lilies, and assured me they were going to be great. Well, indeed they were! They were so incredibly similar to the picture and even better than I imagined. They continued to add so much color and vibrancy to our pictures throughout the night. They also had a wide variety of decor options that allowed us to personalize our setup (without the upgrade prices on every little thing like other companies we looked into). Everything was beautifully executed, but perhaps, one of my favorite parts of my wedding day experience with them was a message I received while getting my hair and makeup done (which was a bit behind in schedule - aka I was stressing). It was a picture of our setup with some comforting words to calm me - even while typing this it warms my heart remembering how it made me feel in that moment. It is the little things sometimes that make the biggest difference. I highly recommend them to all future bride and grooms!

From the owner: Totally Tropical Weddings is a full-service wedding planning company based in Saint Petersburg,…read moreFlorida, that specializes in creating unforgettable beach weddings. The talented team offers planning services for weddings throughout the Tampa Bay area along the white sandy beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. Whether you want to hold a large beach wedding ceremony or a more intimate destination wedding, they can ensure your day is special and just how you imagined it.

I highly recommend Shannon Crona Wilson and Table 6 Productions! Soon after my fiancé proposed to…read moreme, I reached out to Shannon to discuss hiring her to be our wedding planner. I'll admit that planning a wedding is out of my league. Additionally, I work part-time and I'm studying to be a psychiatrist. My husband is a biological scientist and conservation planner, which requires him to frequently travel. Not only did we not have any idea where or how to begin planning a wedding, but we also both have very little free time. From our first interaction with Shannon, we were extremely impressed. In fact, our first interaction with Shannon was on a Friday night since that was the only time that our schedules allowed us to talk with her. Throughout the nine months that we worked with her to plan our wedding, Shannon always communicated with us when it was most convenient for us - including nights, weekends, and even holidays. Because we live in Tallahassee, FL - the location of our wedding - and Table 6 Productions is located in St Petersburg, FL, Shannon communicated with us by phone and email. Shannon worked with every vendor involved in our wedding, which included negotiating and securing contracts with them. Although Shannon was working outside of the area of our wedding venue, the planning process was seamless. Shannon listened to our ideas for our wedding, and she then turned our dreams into reality. We have no idea if Shannon was working with other couples during the time that she was planning our wedding, as she never mentioned it. Shannon gave my husband and I VIP treatment, making us both feel like royalty. Since wedding planning is about your big day, why wouldn't you want to feel like you are the most important couple in the world? We set an original budget, which Shannon strived hard to adhere to. We did exceed it, but that was only by our choice. Shannon was very conscientious with regards to our budget, and she made recommendations about rentals and other aspects of our wedding that were not necessary in an attempt to stay within our original budget. Again, we only went over our original budget by choosing to have specific elements in our wedding that were not originally discussed with Shannon. Three months prior to our wedding date, Shannon made a trip to Tallahassee, FL to meet with all of our vendors, my husband, and myself. Several of our vendors mentioned to us that they were impressed that Shannon came to meet with them in person, as that is rare for other wedding planners that they've worked with - including ones who live in our area. In fact, all of our vendors and everyone involved in our wedding informed us how friendly Shannon was and what a pleasure she was to work with. Shannon's knowledge of the wedding industry, coupled with her attention to detail, allowed her to execute every aspect of planning our wedding with flawless precision and class. There is no possible way that our wedding would have come to fruition without Shannon's help. Over the course of planning our wedding with Shannon, we became so close that we consider her more than our wedding planner - she is valued as a member of our family. We utilized Shannon and Table 6 Productions for full-service wedding planning, which was the best decision we've ever made. On the day of our wedding, we enjoyed relaxing and spending time with our friends and family. The only thing that we had to do on our wedding day was show up to our venue and marry one another. Shannon coordinated every aspect of setting up for our wedding with our vendors, as well as the clean-up that took place afterwards. Several of our friends and family members who attended our wedding later mentioned to us that they wish Shannon was their wedding planner when they were married. They added that they had never seen a wedding flow as smoothly as ours did. To say that my husband and I are pleased with the service we received from Shannon and Table 6 Productions would be an understatement. Shannon exceeded our expectations and created the most memorable experience of our lives. We are forever thankful!

I could not be happier with my wedding day and I owe it all to Shannon Wilson!…read moreAn experienced and well connected wedding planner can make your money go a long way. She helped me stay on budget without having to make any sacrifices. She was so easy to communicate with-It was like having your most competent girlfriend (the one that also happens to have all the connections) laser focused on bringing your dreams to reality. She helped me sort through the countless vendors and matched me perfectly with each one based both on personalities and expectations. Shannon kept all the contracts together, reminded me of due dates for payments, and coordinated timelines with all the vendors. My husband and I got to sit back and enjoy the planning process, because we knew we had a professional to steer us in the right direction. Each taste testing or mock up was like a fun date that only brought us closer as a couple. Shannon helped ensure that everything was to my taste and I thoroughly enjoyed one of the most memorable days of my life. I don't know what I would have done without you Shannon!

We had our wedding on Feb 28th and Natalia is AWESOME!! If you want something done the day of your…read morewedding, she will absolutely get it DONE! I was worried that I was going to spend my day worrying if everything will go alright for the wedding, and when the big day finally came, I knew I was in good hands. I got to enjoy myself and not have to worry about anything at all, and everything went so smooth. All my friends and family were amazed at how well put together and how smooth our wedding went and they all had a blast. I cannot thank Natalia enough for how much she's done for us for our wedding!!

My wife and I got married this past Sunday and we could not have done it without Amy's help…read more From our first meeting down to the last minute, she was incredible. She exceeded all our expectations. She had fantastic recommendations for all the vendors we would need to work and they didn't upset. Amy was ahead of the game every step of the way. She was welcoming, she made wedding planning easy, and she became family. She was highly spoken about throughout the process not only from us but our family and bridal party and when our guests met her the day of the wedding, they all noticed how fantastic she was as well. I could sit here and type for hours about this incredible woman who made our day so much more than we hoped, planned and envisioned, but take my word, and see for yourselves first hand. Amy and Natalia, thank you both again. Honestly, we're still talking so many wonderful things about you and will continue to do so!

NEVER USE THIS COMPANY they ruined our pictures and sent us the wrong video of our wedding... We…read morehave been waiting for over 4 months for our video.... The photographer (Bobbi husband) took our weeding pictures with people photo bombing in the background and she thinks these are great pictures.... No refund or I am sorry... We could buy 30 pictures for the same $1,200 we spent for the only 300 pictures taken... That was Bobbi sorry

Word of warning!! DO NOT ENLIST THE SERVICES OF BOBBI PERRY AT PERFECT FLORIDA BEACH WEDDINGS!! I…read morerecently had her and her company do my wedding (October, 2014) and while the ceremony went off as expected, I was trapped into paying a ridiculous amount for my wedding photos. Here's my story: While working out the details of the contract with Bobbi, she did send me a price list of the photos and photo packages. I noted them and even saved that email and decided that I could budget $300 for fifty photos on a disc. Furthermore, I noted in her contract that there would only be edits on any photos purchased, and agreed that this was a fair and accurate thing to sign off on. Why would I need photos edited that I'm not purchasing?! So, the wedding day came and went and when I returned from our honeymoon, I had an email with a link to view the wedding proofs. Turns out, Bobbi's husband has a photography company and, lo and behold, it was his company she uses for her wedding photos. This in and of itself is fine, but I would have liked to known it upfront. The secrecy about this made it seem suspect and frankly creates a conflict of interests. She will never go to bat for her clients against her own husband. So, remember that. Anyways, while trying to select our photos, I emailed Booray (Bobbi's husband) to clarify that I could get my wind-blown hair "touched up" in the photos. He promptly replied that no photos on the disc would be edited. Imagine my shock!!! When I replied and asked what the $300 charge was for, he sent me a link to a very lengthy blog he had written in regards to why digital photos are so costly. In this blog, he used the example of charging a customer a $50 "session fee" and then making up the profits in the prints. Fine. But my "session fee" was $400 for TWO HOURS!!!!! That's quite a bit different. So, if you're keeping tabs, that brings the total to $700 for fifty UNEDITED pictures. I had several angry email exchanges with Bobbi where she even had the nerve to send me the portion of the contract that I had signed off on that discusses the pictures. Here it is: 26. EDITING Digital pictures are color corrected, corrected for exposure and cropped at the photographer's discretion. Items in the background such as people, umbrellas, volley ball nets, lifeguard stands, etc. are not removed on digital images purchased. Additional Photoshop may be applied to any prints and/or albums that are purchased and is completed at the photographers discretion. Special Requests for Photoshop are not accepted As you can clearly see, she states that additional photoshop may be applied to any prints that are purchased. Nowhere and at no time does she specify that digital pictures do not qualify. In fact, this paragraph starts with the words 'DIGITAL PICTURES"!!! Digital photos are purchased to make prints. This is an unethical misrepresentation of what products qualify. In hindsight, I should have asked for clarification. I took this to mean that the fifty photos I would purchase for $300 included editing, albeit "at the photographers discretion". I was sorely mistaken!! I spent $700 to have a guy come and devote two hours of his life to take some photos, then take five minutes and move fifty of them to a disc and drop it in the mail. If that isn't a rip-off, I don't know what is. Bobbi stated that she has never had a bride misunderstand her contract but when I asked her why her husband had a giant blog dedicated as his response to such questions if that was the case, she had no comment. Seems it's okay for her to mix business and pleasure when it is convenient for her, but she doesn't wish to discuss her husband and his business when it negates whatever absurd point she is trying to make. So, here I am, a month after my wedding, stuck. These people are the only ones with the photos of my wedding day and if I wanted any of them, I had to pay the exorbitant fee. So, I did. But, this is consumer entrapment at its finest and I want to spare any other brides from having this heartache. Please avoid Perfect Florida Beach Weddings and Bobbi Perry! Not only because of her shady business practices, but because throughout all of this, her lack of customer service and concern about me as HER client, was pathetic. I will be sending copies of our email exchanges to the Better Business Bureau and I will be posting my story on every wedding venue site I can think of to prevent anyone else from being ripped off. I hope your wedding memories aren't tarnished by a company lacking integrity like mine was.

Hiring Event Sisters LLC was the best decision I made while wedding planning. Lisa is truly in a…read moreclass of her own. She went above and beyond for us each step of the way. Lisa's communication was top-notch. She answered every one of my questions promptly and thoroughly, and she was always available when I needed help. Lisa even stepped in when there was an issue with one of my vendors. Through Lisa's guidance and assistance, we were able to work everything out perfectly. Lisa also has an incredible eye for detail. She was extremely organized and covered details that I didn't even think of. I went into my wedding fully confident that Lisa would not miss a thing. Lisa is also just an incredible person. She's kind and hard-working. Not only do I consider her to be an amazing coordinator, but I now consider her my friend. It's rare to find someone as good-hearted as Lisa. On the day of my wedding, everything went perfectly. Lisa met me in my suite while I was getting ready and gave me the cutest bag filled with little goodies. She was a calming and happy presence that morning. The reception decor turned out BEAUTIFULLY because of Lisa. She has a strong eye for decor, and she set everything up in a way that exceeded my expectations. Lisa kept the night running smoothly, and everything fell into place perfectly. My only job was enjoy myself because Lisa handled everything. She even decorated our honeymoon suite with rose petals and candles. In all, Lisa is an incredible wedding coordinator and and an even more amazing human being. I'm so grateful for the opportunity to have worked with her. She'll be the coordinator for all my future events in Tampa. I highly, highly recommend her.

Lisa and her team went above and beyond to make our wedding day amazing. I seriously couldn't have…read moredone it without her help. Lisa is extremely professional and very responsive to any and all concerns I had. She made me feel like there was nothing I needed to worry about on the day, and even handled some last minute issues that popped up without me worrying one bit. We had a non-religious ceremony and Lisa made me feel comfortable and planned everything exactly how I wanted it, even though it we left out many of the typical wedding traditions. If I had it to do over again, the only thing I would change is reaching out to Event Sisters sooner to have them help in the entire planning process. Lisa and her team at Event Sisters were invaluable in every and I HIGHLY recommend her wedding planning services to everyone whether you need just a little bit of coordination or want to sit back and relax as your day comes together for you.

We just had our wedding with Gulf Beach Weddings…read more The staff had always been very accommodating, especially with all my last minute changes. This is a very laid back, low key type wedding which is what we wanted! If you're a bridezilla and want a high maintenance fussy wedding then this is not for you. There were lots of beach goers on the beach but they didn't bother us one bit and the staff made sure no one intervened with me walking down the aisle. Yes the flowers they use on the arches are fake but that didn't bother me. I'm sure if you wanted to pay a florist tons of money to do that then you could. We did the Upham Beach location just because it happened to be across from our condo. But parking at this location was definitely an issue for our guests considering it was a gorgeous 80 degree Sunday so it was very busy. We also really like that the paradise grille was right there so our guests could stop for a quick drink prior to the ceremony. The photographer provided with the package was amazing as well! So friendly and totally passionate about her profession. She made everyone very comfortable and kept the flow going well! If you're looking for low key, no fuss then this is for you!

My wedding was at the Pensacola park East location. I would have changed the time to maybe 3pm…read morebecause of how bad traffic was around 4:30pm that day. It was on a Saturday but even leaving at 4 pm to be there by 5pm, and I was only 15 min away but it was still not early enough! Consider having your wedding earlier if you decide to book a wedding with this location in Pensacola. Took about 1 hr to get to my wedding! One other mishap was the violinist was late but probably due to traffic, she was a ok violinist but I wish the music was louder, the waves from the ocean were loud so you could not really hear the music that well. She also played the music I picked in the wrong order. Other than that everything was good! The set up was beautiful! Weather was perfect! Something is always going to happen on your wedding day and I hope this review will help other people with their wedding plans:)

Amazing to work with! Great work! Chonya has great ideas and so many great artists! The organic…read moreballoon decor, Photo Booth and face painting was amazing!

Tina was amazing! Highly recommend her! She did balloons and amazing face painting! Friendly and…read morewould ask for her again!