Planning for a destination wedding can be a daunting task. But having a family member that lives in…read moreKey West was definitely a big bonus. He referred me to Dan Leatherman and Key West Casual Weddings. My wife and I renewed our vows recently and couldn't ask for anything more. It transpired rather quickly with a few emails & text messages going back and forth for a few weeks. He performed the services that we wanted at Smathers Beach at sunset. But it was a whole lot more than just that. He was like a concierge with booking everything else. Hair and makeup for the Mrs at our hotel nearby, and flowers were delivered there also.Plus reservations at a restaurant nearby, right on the water. All we had to do was show up at our designated location an hour before sunset. Highly recommend Dan and his services if you're looking for a wedding day you'll never forget.

We loved everything about our 10 Year Anniversary Trip to Key West. From the moment we chose Dan…read morefor our vow renewal, I knew we made the best choice. Dan was so accommodating and we absolutely love our photos. Being in Key West I wanted to make sure we got the best shots... and we did!!! But most importantly, Dan found all the right words to express our special celebration. Thank you Key West Casual Weddings ... you exceeded our expectations!

THIS MIGHT BE THE BEST SAMI IN KW…read more I had the Jamaican Jerk Pork Wrap and let me talk you, it was a 10 !!!! The pork was succulent, the plantain was not greasy, the wrap was gridded to perfection and the side of rice was on point. It comes with (2) sauces...., a mayo base and red semi hot/ super flavorful red. Came to like $13.00, but worth every penny !!!!

I was lucky enough to find Eric for our 110 person wedding in North Georgia. I am so, so happy that…read moreI did because Eric was THE most important person at the wedding (other than my groom of course!) Eric came to the wedding with his working shoes on - he was incredibly engaged and ahead of schedule the entire day. Instead of coming to me with questions as I was getting ready, he came to me with solutions and updated me on the process of his work. Not only did he act as our day-of-coordinator, he also acted as our florist last minute! I had put my mother in charge of arranging our DIY florals from Costco, and Eric immediately saw that the situation required a professional hand. He arranged everything in the most beautiful way, and we received compliments on the flowers and greenery all night. My only regret with working with Eric, as I told him, is that I didn't hire him for the entire wedding weekend! I can't recommend him enough - THANK YOU Eric!!

Working with Eric was by far the worst and most stressful part of our wedding experience. Far from…read morealleviating our troubles and making our lives easier, it became apparent the more we worked with him that he didn't have a high level of attention to detail, dropped the ball on a number of things, and simply wasn't executing at close to a high level to help us "plan" our wedding. Eric only had a few key responsibilities: (a) day of coordination and (b) sourcing a handful of vendors (hair/ makeup, videographer, DJ, and florals) -- we planned everything else ourselves.  Despite this slim list of responsibilities, Eric was unreliable, not proactive, and unapologetic: 1. After taking our full deposit for the hair and make up stylist, Eric failed to follow through on the contract and never booked the stylist. We found this out two months later, right before our supposed trial appointment (for which we had to fly in out of state) when we reached out to the stylist directly and learned that Eric had never followed through on the booking. There was no apology and we were left scrambling to book the stylist ourselves. Thankfully, she was still available on our wedding day but we couldn't believe that Eric failed to book her after taking our deposit. 2. Eric failed to properly coordinate audio during the day of our wedding. First, he failed to tell the DJ to set up a speaker outside for our ceremony and, even worse, he failed to inform our videographer that a string quartet was to perform at our ceremony. Accordingly, our videographer did not bring any mics for the quartet and we have learned after the fact that none of the audio of their beautiful performance was captured.  Eric's response to this was to have us ask the quartet to re-record their entire performance -- which we found to be unhelpful and completely unacceptable. 3. Eric's idea of preparing vendors was to circulate a "day of" itinerary -- and little else. This left our photographers and string quartet emailing us for details in the lead up to the wedding. He also failed to provide us and our hotel with the names / contacts of the shuttle bus drivers for the wedding day, leaving us and all our guests in the dark about when transportation would arrive. Hiring Eric as our wedding planner is the largest and only regret we have during our entire wedding process. We hope other couples look elsewhere for their wedding planning and coordinating needs (or just plan it on your own).

Tioti is the best! If you come to Key West, especially for Fantasy Fest, a must do is get body…read morepainted...then no worries on what to wear for the night...since you aren't wearing anything! If you don't feel comfortable walking around with nothing on (wuss), you should still go to get painted...and walk around with nothing on. He adds layers of colors and patterns, and the paint thickens, then he can add glitter...don't worry, ladies, he can cover up your bits and pieces well if you are somewhat modest. If you want to get painted and keep your clothes on, he can do your face. But, really? You're in KW...do your full body and stop bitching about how apprehensive you are! He has been around for quite a while...how has nobody reviewed him?!?!? Tioti...you are definitely worthy of my 100th review! Love you, bitch!

Tioti painted me for my 31st birtday. It was definitely an experience to never forget…read more He's very gifted and once you sit down in his chair, you'll be completely at ease with him a few short minutes (maybe seconds). I asked him to do something he'd never done before...and he did. I made my body look like water and school of fish was swimming over the breast area. It had glitter and lots of layers. I was quite sad when it was time to shower. But, I took a few pictures to capture his work of art. I can't recommend this artist any higher than 5 stars or I would! :) Thanks, Tioto!

This review is for Mary Veal Photography from our wedding on May 2, 2015 at Hawks Caye Resort in…read moreFlorida. I will preface this review by saying that Mary herself was very nice and was as sweet as could be leading up to and during the wedding. However, we were utterly disappointed in the end result of our wedding pictures. We communicated our general disappointment to Mary who offered to retake photos of us for free. However we do not live in Florida as this was a destination wedding, we would have to pay for a flight down, and get a hotel room. We would also not be re-capturing the magic of our wedding. Upon sending another more detailed email to Mary with more specifics on our frustrations, she responded in an extremely defensive and accusatory manner, and actually blamed the quality of the pictures on many things associated with our wedding, including our guests. She took no ownership for our disappointment and instead decided to make excuses for everything that we brought to her attention concerning our disappointment. After a few emails back and forth, Mary did eventually offer us $500 back. We declined this offer, as it could not bring back the day and the moment. After careful consideration we asked for $1500 as a consolation for the poor service. Mary declined to agree to these terms and stated that she believed that no amount of money back to us could make us happy. For $5000 price tag that we paid for her service, my wife and I felt the result of the photography did not match the price. A few examples of our disappointment include: There were very few pictures of my wife and myself that we were happy with. We have some pictures together, but almost none of which we would care to post on our thank you cards, album, or mantle. Mary responded to this by asking how many photos we were planning on posting on our mantle or sending in thank you cards? Because in her experience it is one or two. Although I agree, we should have options to select that one or two, and we simply did not. Almost every picture we received that was taken during our entrance to the reception had a blast of light or halo surrounding the images in the pictures. There is a bright lamp or light in the background that dwarfs the images in the picture making it look like a total mistake. We had no usable picture of our reception entrance. In some of the pictures, there are frames where peoples heads are cut off, the centering is off, the feet are cut off, etc... She responded to this by telling us the artistic focus may not be the centerpiece of the photo. However, this is not what I was referring to at all. In one particular picture of our family, our cousin's (a Marine) arm is cut off by the frame in a family photo. There was a general lack of detail in many of the photos. Clothes on the floor, items on a table, store stickers in pictures of shoes, people not facing the same direction, ect... There were key parts to the wedding itself that were completely omitted. Our friends were able to capture some of these moments with their cell phones but not our paid photographer. Overall the photos received back were bizarre. There was little or no creativity, the photos lacked attention to detail, and there were many photos that were off center, cluttered, and messy. Of the 586 photos we received there were only about 6 that we considered usable for some type of display, however, none of those 6 we were extremely happy about. We did not have many options to select from. When we brought all these items to her attention she responded with excuses and said "I did nothing wrong". Although we were not looking to point fingers at who was wrong or right, we were looking for empathy and a solution. Unfortunately the reaction of our photographer was to take a defensive position to justify each area of disappointment by making excuses and blaming others for the result we received, rather than provide empathy and understanding for a disappointed client. This is unfortunate and this is not expected from an entrepreneur in any business. The examples I provided you were not in any way to challenge her talent as a photographer., but rather illustrate our frustration as a customer. She seemed offended about our comments, rather than making a satisfactory offer to make it better, and more concerned in absolving herself from any responsibility. Her response should never be projected as fault of the customer. Unfortunately we were not happy with our pictures and we feel like we did not get what we paid for. I realize the quality of service is different for everyone, but in our opinion, our expectations were not met and the price of the service greatly outweighed the talent. We would not recommend.

Mary was hands down fantastic. We got married last weekend and had quite a large group for a Key…read moreWest wedding. She managed to be extremely polite, while simultaneously gathering everyone when the shots were needed...even our dog! She is so dedicated that she even stayed later than scheduled for our wedding shoot and did so happily. She is very talented at what she does and produces great work. We absolutely can't wait to see our photos in a few weeks!

Full disclosure, I haven't gotten our photos yet but I have no doubt they will be wonderful! David…read moreand Julie are an absolute joy to work with!! My now husband and I were dreading the photography part of our wedding. We're both awkward introverts and being in front of a camera does not come naturally to us. David and Julie were a joy to communicate with before the wedding. They took the lead since we had NO idea what we were doing and drove us to a beautiful location for some of our non ceremony shots. We had a small 5 person wedding and all 5 of us really enjoyed working with a David and Julie. We can't wait to see the results!

Studio Julie is the most unique take on wedding photography I've seen. If you want candid moments…read moreyou want Studio Julie. It is exactly why we chose them. We have some beautiful portrait style pictures as well, but so many wonderful moments that help tell the story of our wedding day. David and Julie are such an incredible pair and work harder than the fisherman on Deadliest Catch. We love all of our pictures and really enjoyed working with them. #totoafrica

If chickens/roosters are your thing, this is the place for you ... there are chickens and roosters…read morerunning loose all over Key West, so a keepsake from this store would keep that fun alive ... all sorts of chicken/rooster items to be had ... clothing, statues, pictures, other art. Prices are not too bad either! A fun place to browse for one and all. Recommend you stop by ...

I found my special keepsake item to remember our Florida trip from here. Since we have chickens I…read morewas drawn into the wacky idea of a store and came across one of the painted metal chickens named Gabe. I was an instant "I HAVE TO HAVE IT" feeling. But I told myself to not act in impulse and continue walking down the street. I couldn't get my mind off how awesome the chicken sculpture was all night so we made our way back to the store at the end of the night and took Gabe home with us :) I am so pleased with my purchase, and I'd say it was reasonable for a must have item $62. They are able to take the chicken tale off, because it clips right back into the sculpture and bubble wrap and cardboard up the whole thing so we could safely take it back home with us on the plane. I love this chicken, it's a priceless memory of our Florida trip. Gabe is so quality and cute and brings me joy everyday when I see him in our home.

Vidal has an amazing positive energy that he brings to your special event and puts into his work--…read moreand it definitely shows in the finished product! He has great artistic vision, attention to detail, and a dynamic personality that will make you feel special and just like he's part of friend/family group and you've known him your whole life. Our pictures of our dream wedding were beautiful perfection!

Vidal key west photography is an amazing photographer. He Has done many photo shoots for me both…read morelocation and studio. His photos are by far the best and a true pleasure to work with him. Your photos always end up looking exactly like you .I highly recommend him to anyone who is interested in a professional one time reasonable photographer