Tanis J Events, LLC managed all of the day of details for my daughter's wedding as well as guiding…read moreus through the planning stages. I didn't want to have to worry or deal with anything other than watching my daughter and her now husband enjoy the best day of their lives. With Tanis and Chauncey at their and my side the day was perfect. Hiring a wedding coordinator may seem like a extravagance but I'm here to tell you that having them with us made the difference between enjoying those precious moments or dealing with all the details no one thinks of. Thank you Tanis and Tanis J Events for insuring their day was perfect.

I wish we could give Tanis a 100 star raiting! Tanis is full of life and energy. She is so…read morepassionate about what she does and you can see it in her work. She is very professional and she knows a lot about the wedding business. My husband :), was not too sure about hiring a full service planner but after he saw how helpful Tanis was, he was fully on board with hiring her. She is very organized and handled all contact with our vendors. She came with us to almost every vendor meeting and made sure everything went smoothly. This lady LOVES paper work and I think that is great!! She keeps track of all contracts and notes every little detail to ensure nothing is missed!! (This really helped out when we had a vendor who did't show up to our wedding) She even came to help me with my bridal shoot and that was something that was not required in the services I paid for. She did it out of the kindness of her heart. She truly is such an amazing woman and I would recommend her to anyone! She also did our draping and candy bar and they both were a hit!! She's got an awesome sense of style and she captured my gatsby theme perfectly! Thank you Tanis for making our wedding day so magical! Wouldn't have been the same with out you!!!

We can't recommend Invitation Only, LLC enough! Loraine was so immensely helpful in the months…read moreleading up to our wedding. And then on the big day, she and her teammate Levi completely went above and beyond. I can't imagine what we would have done without them! Every detail was thoughtfully considered and taken care of. The trust that Loraine built with us really allowed us to relax and enjoy every moment of the day. From the moment we signed the contract, it was clear that she approached planning in both a positive and transparent manner, exploring every option to help make our vision come to life. She provided fantastic recommendations for vendor partners and leveraged her extensive connections in the industry to make the planning process as painless as possible. If you are considering booking Invitation Only for your event (and why wouldn't you be?!), this is your sign to do it!

Choosing Invitation Only and working with Loraine was the best choice for our wedding on 10/8/22!…read moreHer event management package perfectly met our needs since I wanted to do most of my own planning. Loraine's guidance, consultation and support through the process helped me answer all the unknowns - and her connections with other local vendors were lifesavers! Loraine and her team went above and beyond to ensure we had the perfect wedding day. She was essential for us to have a stress-free wedding weekend; it would not have run so smoothly if it was not for her being by our side! Thank you Loraine and Kyra for everything. I would 1000% choose Invitation Only again!!

Just as a backstory, my husband and I live in San Diego and got married in Charleston. I work 40…read morehours a week and am on-call an additional 40 some weeks. My demanding work schedule made calling vendors hard, and then when you add the time difference from east to west coast-- impossible. After some google searching, I found Sweet Peach Planning. I think their familiarity of working on both the east and west coast made me confident they'll be able to work with my schedule, and it did. We decided on a modified full planning package offered by Sweet Peach Planning and it exceeded every expectation of mine. Megan had great organizational skills. She brought many different contracts and other paperwork to our zoom meetings that were relevant to each topic of discussion. This made me feel present in the planning process even from 2,500 miles away and being unable to see things in person. Everything was thoroughly explained so I was informed of all the small but important details of my wedding day. Megan knows Charleston well, so she was able to find the most perfect vendors for our wedding theme/vision including rentals, a florist, hair & make up, and a cake. She printed out our signage and also made different personal touches, like a hand written mirror and our cake topper. Megan is friendly and easy to talk to. I always felt comfortable expressing my opinion to her even if it was something I wanted to change or didn't like. She was a very calming presence and I never once felt overwhelmed with the wedding planning process. She made sure we stayed on track with my timeline the entire day, which was super helpful since it felt like time was moving so fast that day. During my wedding ceremony and reception, the team made sure everything ran so smoothly. Madison was a great help all day/night. She was able to generously run to the pharmacy for me and also kept my phone and personal belongings safe. She took some candid photos on my phone so I had immediate memories of the night, which are some of my favorite pictures to this day. There were two additional associates who helped set up the venue and organize group photos, which were fabulous. A bunch of my guests even told me they never saw such a well organized event! Thank you so much Megan and Sweet Pleach Planning!

If I could go back in time and give one recommendation to my partner and I about wedding planning -…read moreit would be to have hired Sweet Peach Planning for full planning services early in the process. Megan was the absolute essential ingredient to making this wedding happen and be the most beautiful day we could have imagined. First and foremost - we knew we loved Megan right away from how honest she was with us. When we booked her, we wanted to hand everything off to her as a planner. She explained we were so far along in the process and had booked so many of the main vendors that she wouldn't want us to waste our money - but she'd recommend her coordination services instead. Megan went above and beyond everything I expected to have in a coordinator. She helped us with decisions, brought up questions for us to ask or suggestions to tell vendors about things we would have never thought about. She was available whenever we needed and even joined us for a few vendor meetings to ensure everything went smoothly. She even offered many of her own decor items (table numbers, windows, and candles). It is very obvious that Megan has tons of experience. Our photographer and venue both commented about how great working with Megan was and how she is so organized and experienced - so it isn't only on the client side, but the vendors she works with that also see how amazing she is. Very last minute we decided to book a videographer. We sent his website to Megan, who raised some concerns about something feeling off about the website and she explained it felt like a scam. Like dummies, we booked them anyways... only to get scammed because this videographer wasn't real. It all turned out okay (we got our money back, etc) and Megan handled it all beautifully. But, at the end of it - we wished we would have just listened to Megan's gut! She really knows her stuff and has a great ability to spot a good vendor vs. a fake one :) The day of - Megan was a rockstar. She directed family members, vendors, the bridal party, and anyone that had questions - all with a smile on her face. She was such a calming presence and we were so relaxed knowing Megan had it under control. We are so incredibly thankful for Megan and her Sweet Peach Planning team and honestly could not have pulled this wedding off without her.

It has been about 2 months since my daughters wedding in Charleston at the Thomas Bennett House,I…read moreneeded to get my thoughts together after the anger had simmered....Chris was someone that I trusted being from out of town, and she definitely did not live up to what she stood for...She was rude and disrespectful to not only me but the bride and groom and even the guests....She upset the bride constantly and did not make anything easy for us....if you didnt listen to her she was spiteful and mean....we should have known from some other vendors that she didn't recommend, when they tried to warn us about her....She insisted on using Low Country Eats for catering,(another big mistake), and when it came down to standing up to all their mistakes she backed down and lied....Please dont even think of ever using this company for anything...

From the Bride: We had B&P Photo Booth for our wedding on…read moreJuly 7, 2018 in Oakland's Preservation Park. The photo booth was one of the highlights for our guests. Everyone had a great time with it. Daniel and Junior operating the booth made it trouble free for our guests. We love our scrapbook, which we substituted for a guest book. Our guests took over 600 pictures and they turned out amazing. Many had Facebook and Instagram worthy pictures. We have so many wonderful and carefree pictures; some, were very carefree ;). It is a great reflection of our wedding. It shows our guests having a great time. Daniel did a great job. BP Photos also provided some the string of lights across the venue and the accent lights on the trees. They were all amazing. BP Photos helped make this wedding a memorable and fun one. From the Groom: I agree.

What a great night! My entertainment company was hired for a beer release party and boy am I ever…read moreglad b & p was there. In the hustle and bustle of such a crazy night it can be impossible to get photos in the booth. But B. and P made time for the performers and also went above and beyond for everybody. They had ample props a great backdrop and their printing was really fast too! I can't wait to work with them again.

I had the pleasure of working with Absolutely Charleston during my recent meeting at Wild Dunes!…read more Kate was organized, a great communicator and most important, an excellent executor of all of our events. She helped me with a steel drum performer, a local moonshine tasting, a photo booth, boiled peanut provider, sweetgrass basket maker and amazing entertainment for our event at Hibernian Hall. I highly recommend working with Kate and the team at Absolutely Charleston if you are planning a special occasion event or meeting in the area!

I came across Absolutely Charleston through a website and emailed Jenny. She was incredibly helpful…read moreand on top of it. She helped me plan and execute a great corporate event for my company, I can't suggest her enough. So professional and on top of it! If you ever need any help with an event, call them!!!

I can't say enough amazing things about Sean!!!! My fiancé…read moreand I are planning our dream wedding with her and she has gone OVER AND BEYOND to make this process as stress free as possible for the both of us ! We just had our engagement party which she totally rocked ! There were bumps in the road of course but she handled everything we didn't have to worry or stress about any of it ! Most importantly she cares ! She's become like family and we are so honored and happy to have her be apart of this process with us ! I highly recommend Sean for any event planning / wedding planning needs ! Right down to the detail her vision and making your visions come to life are exceptionally perfect !!!

I cannot express how happy I am that we chose Sean as our officiant for our wedding ceremony! We…read moregot married at the Mission Inn and she was very professional and knowledgeable as well as helpful when aiding us during our last minute decisions. I love the fact that our ceremony was made extra special with all the input that we received from Sean. As soon as she arrived she arrived to our rehearsal and coordinated with the wedding coordinator I was at ease since all of my questions where answered and I knew the plan for our ceremony. I highly recommend using her services.

Christina Baxter Wedding + Events, the best wedding planner in Charleston. Over the course of a…read moreyear, Christina and Dana became like family to us. From the very first interview, we fell in love with Christina's infectious personality and limitless enthusiasm for making our vision Gullah+Jamaica+Cinderella wedding a reality. We'd interviewed other planners, but Christina's warm spirit and instanteous ideas sealed the deal. Indeed, it felt like we were excitedly planning with an old friend and not our planner. Christina soon introduced us to her Senior Event Coordinator, Dana, who worked with us every step of the way to make sure the details of our wedding were set and mapped out. They were a full service team, helping us with every detail from the invitations to the centerpieces. And when our 325-person wedding ballooned into a 400-person affair 3 weeks before the big day, these two did not miss a beat. They re-designed the entire reception layout and coordinated with every vendor. This was a particularly massive undertaking because we got married at Middleton Place, with an original plan to use some of the site's tables and other settings. When the numbers increased, we had to move everything outside and everything, and I mean everything, had to be adjusted to accommodate the new plan. Despite the abrupt change, the wedding was magical. Every bride I know talks about the meltdown she had on her day or the mishaps that occurred. I had none. Christina and Dana masterfully corralled our nearly 50-person wedding party through wedding prep, pre-wedding pictures, and the wedding precessional. This included hiring a personal assistant to travel with me for most of the day until the reception. Not only was that person amazing and friendly, but as a former pageant consultant, she was able to keep all my girls on schedule, help me get ready, and served as the liaison between myself and Christina and Dana. It worked out perfectly. Their wedding staff was great, with individuals stationed at various points on the grounds to direct my party and the guests. In the end, everything was on time and consistent with our detailed schedule. 400 people moved seamlessly from one part of the grounds to the next. Musicians (including a trio, steel drum band, and singers) were on time and prepared with their necessary cues. Post-wedding pictures were handled quickly, leaving us time to hangout with our guests at cocktail hour. Our reception was exactly what we asked for - a massive party. And it was made possible by Dana's recommended DJ (there's a reason why DJ Natty Heavy is consistently voted the best DJ in the area - he was fantastic). They kept the party going and made sure we were in position to leave on schedule in our fabulous getaway car. In short, from the amazing design to masterful execution, they did a phenomenal job. My family, wedding party, and guests couldn't stop talking about our planners and how they helped us bring "Hollywood" to Charleston. In one instance, a dear friend of mine who is an event planner and once coordinated events for President Barack Obama, took me aside and told me that my planners were top-notch and doing an impeccable job. You cannot go wrong with these two. This team created a wedding day better than we imagined, they listened to us, and invested 200% in executing this event. Our only regret was not having a bigger budget so they could have handled the entire wedding weekend. Thanks Christina and Dana!

As a negotiation expert, consultant, and trainer who trains Fortune 100 executives on the art of…read morenegotiation and has hosted events worldwide, I was skeptical about the need for an event planner and only considered several at my daughter's insistence. Having now worked with Cibi events I know that I was completely wrong - Cibi's choice of vendors, ability to obtain discounts from them herself, and efficiency with our time meant that we were ahead financially and personally, making her fee mute. We could never repay Cibi and Dana at Cibi Events for all that they did to make my daughter's and new son-in-law's wedding everything they dreamed of and more. It was the any of us have ever attended (an opinion shared by our guests despite the fact that many of them had weddings that were 5 times the budget ). Clearly Cibi provided additions and improvements that we did not pay for (surely coming out of her own pocket) to make the event even lovelier. Cibi and Dana are truly the ultimate professionals, with a remarkable eye to detail, exceptional ability to grasp the vision of their clients, impeccable taste, continual focus on service and truly unmatched ability to create an event that far exceeds one's expectation or imagination. And with all of that said, they are pure joy to work with, leading one to hope they might remain as friends.