Yall. I am so incredibly particular about every single damn thing that when it came time to my 40th…read morebirthday, I decided to throw myself a huge party ON MY OWN because I figured no one would do it quite like how I had envisioned it. Well, once I secured the venue and started trying to secure vendors, I realized this was going to be a LOT more stressful than I had imagined. I'd met Alana at The Sinclair when I did a walkthrough. She answered all my questions and when I told her about my vision and what I wanted, you could tell she truly saw it and wasn't just trying to appease me. So when it came time to hire someone to take on Day-Of coordination, I knew she was the perfect person for the job. This event, was truly truly a labor of love, one which I poured just about every ounce of energy into. I get so wrapped up in what I want that it's hard for me to delegate because I know no one will do it quite like how I want it. Enter Alana. She truly truly just gets it. Yall. When I tell you that not only did Alana know exactly wtf I wanted, but she executed it better than I could have even imagined! I was literally speechless. Alana and Denise truly made my night super special, took care of everything, and checked on me endlessly throughout the night to see if I needed anything. There is no way I would have been able to pull off this party without Alana. Not only does she have the knowledge and experience, but her personality and warmth truly make you feel at ease.

Alana and her whole team were amazing from start to finish! We were referred to Godoy by our venue,…read moreThe Sinclair, and luckily they were still available for wedding coordination. We got married this Valentine's Day and had so much decor with us, but Bianca and Lauren did an incredible job setting up and ensuring the day went smoothly. I was also in constant communication with Alana and Bianca during the couple months leading up to the date. I want to get married again just thinking about it!

If I could give Julia and her team more than 5 stars I would. That's how valuable of a service they…read moreprovide. I hired Julia for the "month of" package and it was seriously the best investment. Julia is a total professional and super easy to work with. Julia keeps calm, which kept me calm. She is able to be firm when necessary to make sure everything goes according to plan but she is always respectful in her dealings with her clients and all vendors. I had full faith in her ability and I knew she always had my best interest at heart. I'm in project management for my career so I was curious just how much help I would actually need in the coordination department. But Julia's insight and experience proved to be absolutely invaluable. There were a lot of moving parts for my formal wedding - very specific furniture and lighting plans, multiple music changes from musician to dj etc., and very detailed timelines that were pretty tight - I was demanding a lot from everyone involved that they would be on their A game to make it happen. There is close to no one I would trust to manage all of these moving pieces - except Julia! She was on it all from the first meeting til the end of the after party on the big day, which allowed me to relax and enjoy the evening with my husband, family and friends. I had a very specific vision that would not have come to life with out her!!! Frankly, they should be charging double for their services - they truly go above and beyond and add that much value to the planning process and big day. Julia is the absolute best person to have on your team, I can not recommend Events Inspired highly enough!

I recently got married at the Skybox. I worked with Julia as my wedding coordinator. She is…read moreawesome!! It was super easy to work with her - she helped make everything go smoothly at the wedding!! It was a great event. She was extremely easy to communicate with the months leading up to the wedding as well! I also used several of the recommended vendors from the Events Inspired list and they were all great. I would highly recommend.

Melanie did a fantastic job keeping things organized and running smoothly on our wedding day!!…read more10/10. She nailed it. I was definitely in the "i'm not like a regular bride, I'm a cool bride" category ( we might actually be more difficult, sometimes being too chill is actually harder ) BUT Melanie kept the important things super organized and made sure I had plenty of say in every decision. I didn't know how much I needed a Melanie, but now that the wedding is over I can say with confidence my wedding would have been a hot mess without her and there's NO WAY I could have enjoyed my day had she not been there. I got to soak up every moment of wedding day bliss instead of worrying about operational stuff. I had multiple dance performances planned and she made sure everyone was ready! Including me!! She was on time for every apt, she was professional, and she was patient. Highly recommended!!!

Melanie was the best wedding planner! She walked us through every step and handled all our vendors…read more We couldn't have done it without her. She made planning our wedding day a breeze!

Hands down the best coordinator in Southern California. We have been working with Jaclyn for years…read morenow and blown away by the service she offers her clients, always putting them and everyone see ahead of herself. As photographers and videographers in the industry she is always our first contact we recommend!

Jaclyn was nothing short then amazing! She made the whole wedding planning process as stress free…read moreas possible. Her monthly check in meetings always helped to reassure me that we were on track and I never felt overwhelmed. She helped us track our budget, vendors and guest list all in one place. The day of the wedding, Jaclyn and her staff handled everything without us having to worry and allowed us to enjoy our special day with our guest. I would definitely recommend Jaclyn for any newly engaged couple.

I've waited four years to write this because I needed to capture what really mattered. I needed to…read moredo it justice. Time has only made it clearer. Leila was the single best decision I made for my wedding, and not because she executed what I asked for, but because she understood what I meant. I never had to translate myself to her. She met me exactly where I was and elevated every idea without diluting any of it. My wedding was at the Safari Park, and I knew from the start what I didn't want: nothing theme-heavy, nothing literal, nothing that screamed like a "safari wedding" (aside from the giraffes grazing nearby). I wanted references that lived in texture, restraint, and atmosphere, not in props (understated elegance). Without me having to spell that out, Leila designed custom invitation suites with white-on-white embossed leopard print (who would even think of that?! Brilliant!!) It wasn't a pattern you could see across the room; it was something you discovered in your hands. It was a whisper you felt more than noticed, and that single choice set the tone for everything that followed. She understood the difference between symbolism and gimmick in a way I didn't have to defend or justify. The design choices carried through to the wedding itself, especially with the greenery. I came in wanting statement hanging installations of foliage. Many planners would have just told me it wasn't possible or promised it without checking. Instead, Leila pulled the venue blueprints and electrical wiring maps to see what the building could safely support. When we realized true overhead installs weren't feasible in that space, she didn't take it as a shutdown. She took it as a creative constraint. Her solution was to custom-build an elongated U-shaped head table wrapped in a canopy frame from which Edison bulbs and greenery were suspended. It was structural, intentional, and stunning. It gave me the presence and intimacy I imagined, but in a way that was more surprising and honestly even more beautiful than my original idea. Guests still talk about that installation without fully realizing the engineering and restraint behind it. And then there's the part of wedding planning people rarely talk about: how much of your energy gets consumed by other people's questions, expectations, emotions, and logistics. I was very clear that I did not want to be the point of contact before, during, or after my wedding. I didn't want texts asking about parking, schedule, seating, weather, gifts, hotel information, etc etc. I didn't want my brain pulled in a hundred directions when I was trying to be present for something that will only happen once. Leila took all of it out of my hands. She absorbed the noise. She protected my headspace. She let me experience my own wedding instead of managing it. I didn't fully appreciate how rare that is until I saw how many brides were overwhelmed on their own wedding days, running interference while I got to be in the moment. Leila is not just a planner or a designer. She is someone who listens beneath the surface and translates nuance into decisions. She can look at a space and see both meaning and math. She doesn't just make things beautiful; she makes them make sense. She respects budget, time, emotion, and architecture. She catches details before they become problems and turns constraints into the most memorable parts of the experience. Working with her felt effortless because she was doing the hard work where I didn't have to see it. If you want a wedding that looks like a template, there are plenty of planners for that. If you want a wedding that looks like you (refined, intentional, and layered in ways most people can't articulate but everyone can feel) you hire Leila. I trusted her completely, and I would again without hesitation If I could, I would hire Leila to project manage my life.

Leila from Brilliant Event Design is truly an amazing wedding planner, there was not a moment that…read morewe doubted her or thought it could have been better in another way. Leila has a good taste and did a fantastic job helping us design the venue. She also took care of contacting all the reliable vendors, plan all the logistics, help us pick linen, table cloths and etc., and everything else! We love how Leila is a reliable planner, she does everything on a timely manner. she always responses right away and she is VERY detail oriented. If it weren't for her our wedding wouldn't turn out as beautiful as it did. We would highly recommend Leila to be your wedding planner, we felt so lucky to have met her. Because of Leila, our wedding day became our favorite day. Thank you Leila!

Working with Kayla was the best decision of our entire wedding planning process! I could write a…read morenovel on how lucky my husband and I were to have worked with her for our wedding in May. We are forever grateful for having her help guide us through one of the most magical chapters of our lives that could have otherwise been incredibly overwhelming and stressful. Fellow couples having a destination wedding, look no further!!! To start, Kayla is truly a powerhouse of an advocate for the couples she works with and is responsible for making our wedding day be the most magical day of our lives. We know that without her, the wedding weekend we had and the circumstances of our wedding day wouldn't have been possible without her. We were so fortunate to have her in our corner through all of the ups and the downs through our 1.5 years of planning. Kayla is an absolute professional. Everyone always says your wedding day will not go perfectly and Kayla executed a 3 day weekend of events with very stressful weather concerns flawlessly while making it look easy and like there wasn't a stress in the world. I know that she protected my husband and I from so much stress and concern through our wedding and we are so grateful of the professional that she is. Kayla is organized, engaged and communicative. Multiple people from our wedding party from both budget and luxury end weddings have shared nightmare stories about their wedding planners being disengaged, uncommunicative and disorganized. However, Kayla exceeded our expectations in every area. She was communicative and responsive to both my husband and I through our entire wedding planning process and beyond, both as individuals and as a couple. She was engaged with our vendors and with our wedding planning. Also, as a type A bride with difficultly letting go of control, she was as type A organized as any event planner could dream of being and any bride could hope for! Often, the wedding planner is often forgotten or standing on the sidelines but not here - my family, wedding party and guests have been raving about Kayla since the wedding over two months ago. She kept a large bridal party focused and organized which is near impossible to do and helped everyone feel prepared for a chaotic weekend. So much so, the weekend was so calm and not chaotic for us at all. The things that could have gone wrong, didn't go wrong because of her and her alone. Kayla also made the wedding planning so fun for my husband and I from beginning to end. I have dreamed of planning my wedding for so long and it was very important for me to have a part in the planning process and not just be along for the ride. Kayla allowed me to walk alongside her through the process in a collaborative approach to wedding planning and not just be on the receiving end of decisions. Lastly, my husband and I both have strong personalities and opinions that often differ and she was patient, kind but also direct and honest with us. We needed someone who could provide us direct opinions and be transparent and honest through the entire process. She was able to do this exceptionally which furthermore describes how professional she is. We will be forever grateful to Kayla and the gift she has given to us of an incredible experience wedding planning and by allowing us to be a guest at all of our wedding events so that we could be present with our friends and family.

Hire Kayla & her team ASAP! She is an ace and was the best decision we made with our wedding…read moreplanning process. I'm very detail oriented and organized and even before I started wedding planning I didn't think I needed more than a day of coordinator and I was so wrong. My husband and I were originally getting married in Cancun Mexico in November 2020 but we had to postpone it to May 2021 but then travel restrictions forced us to postpone again and move our wedding location completely. We found a venue in San Diego we liked but they required us to hire a planner. By this point in the wedding planning process I was fed up and just wanted someone who could essentially take the lead and tell me what I needed to do. From the moment I had my first phone conversation with Kayla trying to find a wedding planner I immediately knew I wanted to hire her. Talking to her didn't feel like she was trying to sell me, she told me her whole philosophy and why she became a planner and how she works and how she grew and trained her team. She told me what was important to her and those things are what matched exactly what I was looking for in a planner. I could tell she genuinely loves what she does and is so passionate about being the planner that the couple needs. Kayla is the absolute sweetest but when she has to, she will lay down the law which is the perfect combination. She will have those honest conversations with you about your budget and if they matched your expectations and when those need adjusting. She also helped us stay on track in planning our new wedding in under 5 months. She made sure we were thinking about every detail and that we had a plan for everything. She helped us stay focused on what was most important to us, but she also made sure Sean and I were taking the time to still enjoy each other in the planning process and sent us some popcorn seasoning for a movie date night in. The month leading up to our wedding, it felt as though we were the only couple Southern House was working with and we're sure that is how every couple feels when working with Kayla and her team. Kayla accomodated to my busy work schedule and knew that texting and hoping on calls during my lunch breaks were the best way to get answers from me. She made sure all the major plans and details were buttoned up a week before our wedding so we could relax and enjoy the days leading up along with our wedding day. Kayla and her team exceeded our expectations on every aspect of planning and executing our wedding day. This day would not have happened if it wasn't for Kayla. Kayla went above and beyond. She worked with our other vendors and threw in extra surprises for Sean and I. Even though she wasn't there physically she was in constant communication with her team. Jessica, Jordyn. & Kellie were so amazing day of the wedding. They were so professional and executed everything perfectly. They were also constantly checking in with the bridal party making sure we had everything we needed and always answered any questions we had. Sean and I didn't have to worry about anything besides getting ready and enjoying our wedding day. We're so glad we had to postpone and move our wedding because in doing so we were able to work with Kayla and we had the best wedding day ever. It was absolutely perfect.

Christy Events was undoubtedly a pilar to the success of having the wedding of my dreams!…read moreIncredibly professional and kind, Christy was able to take our meetings and bring to life and help execute the vision I had hoped for. The excellence, eye for design and organization her and her team brought to the venue the day of, gave me such an ease of mind knowing that so many details, both big and small, were in the best hands possible. I truly could not have had a smoother, more beautiful wedding and so much of that is a testament to the amazing person that Christy is, and the buisness she has built. She went above and beyond, in every way

My husband and I got married in August and hired Christy for our design. Getting married during…read moreCOVID was the craziest whiplash I've ever experienced, as I'm sure many brides can relate, and Christy was already 10 steps ahead of me at all times. I always knew that she had things covered before I even had time to worry about them. Her inventory is extensive with absolutely beautiful pieces and her eye for design is something I was able to easily, blindly trust. Her cleanup is incredibly timely and I'm so grateful that I had her help. We couldn't have done it without you, Christy! Thank you!

Hiring Amanda will be the best decision you make when it comes to any capacity of planning your…read morewedding. She went above and beyond with our day-of-coordination. She met with us monthly to make sure we were on track which was very helpful and alleviated the stress 100%. She was kind but direct and everyone in our wedding had nothing but fantastic things to say about her skill and execution. We love you Amanda!

Amanda was our day-of coordinator for our wedding at Scripps, and she was above and beyond from the…read moremoment we booked her. Let's just say I only received one text from her the day of my wedding and not a single thing went wrong. This is a testament to her organization and expertise. It was the smoothest wedding day that went off and exceeded my wildest dreams. If you want a stress free wedding day- Amanda is the one to hire!