Fakhra made our vision come to life for our multi-day wedding event!! We were still looking for…read moresomeone to help us with our decor quite late in the process. We were so glad to find Fakhra, who made it very easy to share our inspiration photos, which she compiled and laid out so clearly for us so we were all on the same page. She worked with us around our budget, and even helped to source several must-have decor items for us! Even in a shorter time frame, she put everything together and made it perfect for us on both days!!

Fakhra Khalid is AMAZING!!! She has been in the business for less than 5 years but is better than…read moremost wedding planners who have been working in the business for twice as long. I hired her for my June 2012 wedding 2 weeks before the event when my initial decorator (http://www.myweddingdecorator.com/#/home/) cancelled on me! I was devastated when I went to Fakhra but it turned out that my decorator canceling on me was the BEST THING that could have happened. My wedding was amazing and everything I could have ever dreamed of. Not only that, but I did not have to deal with ANY stress because Fakhra was SO RELIABLE and made sure everything was perfect. Unlike most other decorators that just send her staff, Fakhra stayed around until she made sure everything was going according to plan. I highly recommend her! She will not make you any promises she cannot keep and will provide you with everything you want.

I used AJK Events for my family reunion in August 2012 and Angie was GREAT! We planned a two-day…read moreevent with our large extended family on Saturday and an open house/birthday party for my 90-year old parents on Sunday. With Angie's help, the planning was a breeze, the party was beautiful, and I was relaxed and could enjoy my family and guests. I met with Angie a couple of times before the event to finalize the plans. She developed several decorating and color themes for the decorations for me to choose from and even created beautiful hand-made invitations. She has great relationships with the vendors for tents, tables, chairs, and catering so we got great service and prices. (Zak at Roundz in Crofton gave us an amazing buffet that delighted everyone--including the vegetarians!) On the day of the parties, Angie showed up early to decorate the tables and make sure everything was set up. Angie designed the centerpieces, too. For the family reunion, she used hydrangeas from my garden with green and lavender table cloths. For the open house/birthday party on Sunday, she used huge sunflowers on the tables with yellow and blackstriped table cloths. To top it off, her baker decorated the cake with sunflowers! It looked beautiful under the tent in my yard. She even went to the store later to get more ice and drinks. My family and friends had a wonderful time. Angie is very professional and also easy going so I stayed calm (even with 50 people at my house!) I could tell she had EVERYTHING under control and I didn't have to worry about a thing. We were so delighted with Angie's help, we've asked her to be the cooridnator for my daughter's wedding next spring. I'm sure it will be a great event with Angie's help--I'll post a review on that event, too. I'd recommend AJK events to my friends without hesitation.

I had the pleasure of engaging Design Dreamer Events to plan a high school prom. The owner, Ms…read more Washington, was thorough and executed the vision of the school's prom committee from start to finish. She also brought the event costs in under budget. While this was all wonderful, nothing compared to the excitement and looks on the students faces when they arrived! The theme was a masquerade ball. Ms. Washington and her team created a beautifully themed event topped with face masks for the students. Everything was amazing -- down to the life size tic tac toe, bowling alley and Uno cards! The kids had a ball! Thanks Design Dreamer Events!

I originally posted a bad review based on a mistake that was made. Karen was very apologetic. This…read morecompany seems to have decent reviews by brides and grooms that have had the privilege of working with them. My only advice is to confirm more than once the date of the event you are hiring them to manage.

I had such a wonderful experience working with Karen from Top Shelf Event Planners earlier this…read moreyear when I was planning my husband's surprise birthday party! The process was extremely smooth and seamless. Karen first set up a meeting where we discussed the vision for the party and budget I was looking to stay within. We went over everything in about an hour and then went straight into looking at potential menu options and floral arrangements! It was also really great being able to bounce off ideas with Karen and hear her thoughts on what we could do to make the party great. Karen also helped facilitate introductions with the right people who could help with the design and decor and she also helped with many of those elements herself! The day of the party, she helped make sure everything was running smoothly and was going according to schedule - making sure I wasn't stressing over anything. I would highly recommend Top Shelf Planners for any event you're looking to host!

My husband and I live in NYC, working in professional event design and management. We wanted…read moresomeone who we could trust to execute the details we carefully put together over our two-year engagement so we could fully enjoy our wedding day. Nicole was an asset to us in her execution of the majority of the day-of responsibilities we as the bride and groom couldn't handle. However, there were significant difficulties in the process that required us to take a much more active role than we had expected. At the two week-out mark, we had not heard from Nicole since our intro meeting one month prior, and I asked that she get in touch with our vendors who were emailing me directly. Based on the timeline and division of responsibilities she shared with us, this was to be managed by her. She apologized and explained that another wedding had taken her time during the first two weeks of our month, and that vendors were on her to-do list. When she did reach out, our wedding date was incorrect in many of the emails (1 week off). There continued to be incorrect or partial information distributed to our vendors or added to our timeline. For example, we handed her a complete shuttle schedule organized down to the minute and she translated it into her timeline software with only a start time. We went through round after round of revisions, communicating the exact same details until it was accurately reflected. I think Nicole sensed our frustration and was quick to make the adjustments and move forward with an ever-positive attitude. She was quick to respond and make herself available for phone calls. Unfortunately, these repeatedly missed details only two weeks away from our wedding made us lose trust in Nicole and nervous for the wedding day. Nicole's assistant was not helpful. I asked that she direct my grandparents, who were confused where to be for the ceremony, while we were needed for wedding party photos. She disappeared and I was left to deal with the issue myself. She arrived at our black-tie optional wedding in a bright orange jumpsuit and is in the background of a lot of photos. She interrupted photos later to ask a bridesmaid for pens for our guest book but left without the pens. Small details, but on the day-of these things added to our unease. At 11:59pm, security came in to alert the band that they needed to wrap up and my husband and I were unable to find Nicole or her assistant. The music stopped, and it was up to us to take the lead and direct all our guests out of the venue. It was pretty uncomfortable for everyone. After about 30 minutes of checking in with our vendors and doing a thorough sweep of the venue, Nicole and her assistant showed up with our personal belongings. We would have liked to leave the venue with our guests and leave the vendor coordination to her. Instead, we were the last guests to leave the building after our long wedding day, almost an hour after the party ended. Nicole managed the load-in of our venue and went out of her way to help us pick up our cake when it could not be delivered. She and her assistant moved all of our décor and remaining alcohol back to our hotel room at the end of the night, above and beyond what we expected. She met all of our feedback with grace and positivity. With more attention to detail and support during the full, contracted 4 weeks before our wedding, many of the frustrations could have been avoided, and would have made us feel more at ease on the wedding day.

We wanted to hire a day-of coordinator, but we ended up getting Nicole's month-of coordination…read more We're thrilled we did this! She made the whole process a breeze. She's kind and really knows weddings. I had so many questions, and she remained patient, answering them all. She created incredible timelines for all parties (bridal, photo, vendors, etc.) and saved us hours if not days. Nicole ran a great rehearsal which made it super easy for the officiant/bride's brother to oversee his first wedding. On the day of the wedding, Nicole arrived bright and early helping to set up everything we brought. She kept us on schedule and helped calm our nerves. I never had to think about what time it was because Nicole was there to get us to the right spot. At the end of the night, Nicole and her team packed everything up and transferred it to our hotel so that we didn't have to worry about anything. We're so glad we hired a coordinator and even happier it was Nicole.

I've always wanted to try a murder mystery. Now that I have, I can't wait to do it again. Nevien…read morewas amazing. She really helped us to feel comfortable getting into character. We used the service for am office women's lunch. We got to see sides that we would never have guessed. It was great fun. Thanks so much Nevien and Maid for Murder! I would definitely recommend.

This was the absolute best! Nevien was amazing. I use this service for my spouse's 50th birthday…read moreparty. I wanted something a little more than food and socializing...I wanted engagement. This was perfect and very personalized. I brought my co-workers, friends and family from all over, some knew each other, most did not...by the end of the night they were all the best of friends thanks to the "mystery" they all had to take part in. Nevien's very outgoing personality brought the entire "mystery"to life. Warning: Once in character, she is extremely convincing! There is no price to put on this kind of adult fun, immediate smiles just thinking talking about it. I will definitely be using again!

I have used these guys for years for their services for all my entertainment needs. The have…read moreprovided top quality versatile djs for multiple events. Everytime we used them they were prompt and professional. They have a versatile mix of music for all ethnicities and cultures and my patrons were pleased as well as myself. I will always reccomend them for all your entertainment needs.

I referred this DJ to several events for which I was hired as a bartender. The clients were very…read morepleased and satisfied with the services. Iy was obvious that the guests were having a great time and enjoyed the music selections.

Unprofessional, petty, dishonest. These are just a few words that describe Preeti Verma. She made…read moremy daughter's wedding planning hell. Furthermore she never delivered what she promised. She was late and still setting up when the reception started. Extremely disappointed.!

Overpriced, lots of stress…read more We found out about L'ambiance and Priti through our wedding planner while preparing for our wedding Dec 2020. Covid ultimately shut down our event. As a result, we had to eat a portion of the cost of flowers for the event as well as needing to contract to use them for when we rescheduled. This was fine and we ate that cost. When we were able to finally manage to get all vendors to agree on a new date, we found out that l'ambiance increased fees as now the wedding would take place in the summer. Keep that in mind when planning. Priti was busy and unable to meet with me in person to actually start planning until maybe 10 weeks before the rescheduled and larger wedding. We went back and fourth many times on ideas and ultimately finalized our contract merely two weeks before the wedding. At this point, even if I didn't like the pricing, there was no time for me to even shop around for anyone else. There were many little mistakes/fees added such as any supplies they had prepared to use for the canceled dec wedding and the prices of things were not consistent between contracts. (My advice is to print each proposal bc you cannot refer to the previous to see what she was charging, so if one price was negotiated down, something else was "mistakingly" increased to recoup costs) Also the week before the wedding she realized her system had made a mistake on the contract and needed us to re-adjust yet again. Just extremely stressful and didn't really foster trust from my perspective. Ultimately, the finished product was fine. There were things that she claimed to take "artistic" liberties on but that mostly looked like they ran out of flowers plus she never ran those "liberties" past me. For someone spending 30k + divided between two events, she never connected with us after she got her money. When you are doing your budgeting, also add that you will have to provide a lot of hotel rooms for her workers even if the venue is only 1.5 hours away from her office. Also, some of her workers were found to have crashed our wedding and got drunk off our open bar and were found puking behind the event location. I'm glad they had a hotel nearby to sober up to break down the decor on Sunday morning. She will deny this. In the end, I would advise that you carefully review your contracts and that no matter what you agree and sign for, vendors can/and will change it last minute as there is no contract police to help you on your wedding day. Also, be aware that anything custom made for your event you will pay exorbitant pricing for and you will not be able to keep it without paying an even bigger price to take it off her hands. Long story short, end product was fine, sure, but very overpriced. Be prepared for a lot of miscommunication back and fourth and last minute contract changes as you will find many mistakes. Very stressful process.