When starting your journey for wedding or event planning, if you find yourself in the presence of Corina Beczner, there is likely a cosmic reason you found her. Never question this. Just lean into it! Vibrant Events is highly highly highly recommended for wedding and event planning. With 20++ years of industry experience, Vibrant Events can go as far and as wide as the imagination allows. They are flexible, hard-working, creative, on point, and more. Whether you don't know where to start and need some push with direction, OR you have every detail already mapped out and need someone to step in to help execute, Corina and her Team can plug-n-play into any degree of event planning. One of the key components to a successful working relationship with Corina and the Vibrant Events Team is to HAVE FUN. I think people who plan events often forget that the energy you put into something is the energy you'll get in return. The better you can be as a partner (client), the more above and beyond Vibrant Events will take your ideas and concepts, ultimately landing you with the most memorable day of your life. The team is widely connected, wildly resourceful, and in my biased opinion, the best event planners in the Bay Area. Even if, after your first consult call you realize it may not be a fit for your vision, at the very least, you've walked away with the gift of meeting Corina and her team. read more

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Corina is an amazing wedding coordinator! A bit of background - our Napa wedding was part of the unique / unfortunate COVID-19 wedding situation. We contacted Corina in 2019 for a planned 2020 wedding. When everything shut down, we had to reschedule our wedding ceremony twice, first to 2021, and then finally to June 2022. Corina was available through phone and email and helped us organize and plan throughout this time. She helped us organize a walkthrough a month prior to our wedding and coordinated with all of our vendors. The day of, our wedding went without a hitch. Everything was smooth sailing and my wife and I loved working with her. In fact, she went above and beyond in so many important and small ways. 1. Our puppy. A huge shoutout to how well she also handled our 7-month-old puppy. We brought him to our wedding and during the day, she walked him and took care of him when we were eating, partying, and dancing. Definitely didn't have to do all that, but that's just what she did! 2. Go Pro. We couldn't find a videographer in time, but we did bring a GoPro. We were simply looking to capture all the important elements and she did just that throughout the ceremony, dinner, dancing, and speeches. 3. Clean up. After a bit of wine and 8 tequila shots, I can't say I was aware of exactly what happened regarding cleanup, but apparently, Corina brought everything to our suite and re-packaged everything so we were able to easily fit our signs, and decorations back into our car. If you are fortunate to book her during these busy wedding months, you made the right choice! read more

Wow, thank you Corina! Corina has been with us since early 2020 to finally celebrating our wedding in June 2022 after multiple Covid delays. Through it all she was a steady source of encouragement, level-headedness, joy despite the uncertain times, and actual execution as we planned and re-planned so many different dates. Corina is an absolute rockstar in planning. She made sure all our vendors were in order and knew exactly what was going on. She certainly took the pressure off of us, and our family was so impressed with how smooth the planning was given how un-stressed we were! It was all thanks to Corina. On a personal level, she is just a wonderful person to have on your side. She knows exactly how to make your vision come to life, give you honest advice when you need it, and keep everything running without you giving it a second thought. On our wedding day, we were able to completely enjoy our time with family and friends while everything ran exactly to plan as Corina ran the show. She even took care of our puppy Bailey and made sure he was fed & walked on time! Cannot recommend Corina enough, thank you so much Corina! read more

A long overdue review, but here it is! Corina (and her day of team) are super professional and really helped us a TON when planning our wedding. My partner and I connected immediately with Corina upon meeting with her- we chose to work with her because of her commitment to being green, her positive personality, and her passion for rescue dogs (She works with a local rescue too!) :) With so many options and details to choose from in wedding planning, both my partner and I working full time jobs, and a goal of having the wedding in 9 months we really needed help in keeping us on schedule to have a big even that would fit our niche wants & needs. She was great in helping us find vendors that matched our personalities, tastes, and eco-friendly. The most difficult decision was the venue, but all the places she vetted for us made sense with the parameters given. We probably saw ~7 venues and had a list of ~15, but Corina was extremely patient and hit the ground running went we finally signed the venue contract. We still keep in contact with our wedding venue owners and visit annually! Everything else, Corina was able to help us narrowed down our options to 2-3 vendors. Like I said, she introduced us to all our vendors and we were super happy to work with them all. Closer to the event date, there were some details I dropped the ball on and she picked up (printing food menus) quickly. She really went the extra mile to make sure the day went smoothly without pulling my partner or I into any day of hiccups- I still don't think there were any and she's been mum if there was!! Since our wedding, we still keep in touch with Corina and are glad to call her a great friend. No matter how big or small your event is, I would trust Corina and her team to cover it all. Couldn't have asked for a better party with our friends and family. read more

Corina was definitely born to plan events! Her eye for detail and creative mind added to one of the most memorable and exciting days of our lives. She took all the pressure off and allowed us to enjoy the special day with our family and friends without a worry. Her organization, business savvy and coordinating all of the vendors was seamless. You cannot go wrong having her plan one of your most important days of your life. read more

You want a wonderful wedding? Get Corina to plan it! We were working on our wedding for months and months, and were highly invested in time and energy. Eventually it just became too stressful for us. It was supposed to be a happy time in our lives, and we were feeling very burdened with organizing the massive project. Fortunately we found Corina and she saved the day. We started working with her about a month before the event, and she floored us with her organization and design capabilities. She immediately got our aesthetic (farm / barn wedding, rustic yet classy) and was able to offer up design ideas. The next day we had a spreadsheet in our mailbox, and we were on the way to a perfectly planned wedding. We breathed a HUGE sigh of relief. Sigh sigh sigh. We had total confidence in her! Corina worked so hard for us and gave us such great value that we couldn't wait to pay and tip her. Seriously, nobody works harder than Corina at making the event perfect. She was running around the morning-of, placing flower arrangements, pointing caterers to where things were to be setup, hanging lights, making phone calls, and creating the perfect 'look'. Guest after guest came up offering the highest praise over every detail that was looked after. Corina made the magic happen -- and we got to enjoy the day and celebrate the way a wedding is to be celebrated. I can't recommend Corina enough. She really is an amazing planner. We are so lucky to have found her, she made all the difference. read more

All these nice things people say in other reviews: 100% true. My wife is at a loss so I'm taking over at the keyboard. Corina was a delight to work with -- fun, energetic, well-connected, and disciplined enough to keep us on our game. We initially found her because we wanted someone with expertise in green wedding planning -- but it turns out she's also just a top-notch wedding planner. She was great in the beginning but her true talent showed through when our venue cancelled on us with a month to go (through no fault of her own). She quickly sprung into action, found us other options, and worked long hours to shift all of the logistics. Her attention to detail is incomparable. This came through partially in her helping us make decisions which were environmentally conscious. She even was able to make the event a "one trash bag" wedding-- except for one garbage bag, all other waste was either recycled, reused, or composted. And, day of, Corina was a graceful and effective executive who made sure every last detail worked out well. We could not have been more thrilled with how everything turned out. In addition to her organization strengths and personal charm, she has quite an eye -- a sense of wedding aesthetics which is rich, beautiful, and her own, but capable of enriching anyone's vision. We have already recommended her to friends, and will continue to do so for others. Now, we just hope that she'll be our friend. read more

Corina has an eye for design. She can coordinate the sequence of activities at a wedding. Apparently she's super cool and women just like her. The other reviews here attest to that; indeed, based on the number of non-Corina Yelp reviews that these individuals have written (3 seems to be the most common number) folks might have signed up for this site just to sing her praises. But I cannot stand the stress and anxiety Corina induced in my fiancée/wife up to and on the day of our ceremony. She is not recommended. We made most of the arrangements for venue, catering, photographer, etc (we are DIY people) but my fiancée/wife thought it would be useful to have someone help take the stress off of us on the day itself. We contracted with Corina to provide coordinator services, i.e. we set everything up and then she orchestrates things up to and day of the event. 2-4 weeks before the wedding we started to see signs of trouble. She was never less than 30 minutes late for any meetings. She would take days to respond to emails. She offered to send links to suggested items for the wedding and never do so, despite repeated prompting. She was not direct about costs of items and often turned to that tired old line about "you only get married once so don't think about costs". She didn't notice extra money was charged for linens and bought many supplies without telling us, then asked for reimbursement on items she was going to use again. When pressed, she offered to split the costs so she would feel comfortable reusing them. Really? Corina failed to follow through effectively on tasks she was contracted to perform, such as talking to the events coordinator at our venue to confirm our floor plan and speaking to our DJ about songs to be played, etc. Those tasks fell to my wife two days to go to the wedding when these businesses informed her that they had received incomplete communications. Not what we want to have to deal with 2 days prior. We had also asked if she would be able to return the cake stand and she agreed but then changed her mind. It took some extra coaxing and expense but she did finally wind up doing it. This was not in her contract but it would have been better to have never agreed in the first place if it was a problem. So now we are at our wedding weekend. We had a full car and two picks ups to make at the airport so no way could we bring the wedding gown and tuxedo, the programs, the place cards, and some drinks for the pre-wedding day s'mores roast in my wife's sedan. We arranged for Corina to transport these supplies down on Saturday prior to the rehearsal which she was going to help facilitate; since she was coming down anyway it seemed straight forward; still a nice thing for her to do. On Saturday (day before the wedding), Corina brought down some but not all of the supplies with which we had entrusted her the day before the wedding, then "supervised" set up of the tent where the reception was to be held for 5 hours. Why she left the other half (programs to be folded, name cards, etc) of our supplies back in San Francisco that day I don't know...certainly we had no shortage of people willing to help us process these items ahead of time so as to leave less work for the day of the wedding. Be that as it may, Corina assured us that she would be back the next day to get everything taken care of. We should have asked for an ETA but we were still in the zone of trying to trust that she knew what she was doing and would allow enough time on the day of the ceremony. This despite the fact that she missed placement of an entire table during her 5 hours of tent set-up supervising... It gets to be about noon (wedding at 3) and my wife starts to get very anxious that Corina is not here and we have not heard from her with many pre-wedding details not clearly taken care of. Corina showed up a little over two hours before our wedding was to start, programs unfolded. How she expected to fold 180 programs, set up a chupah, ceremonial items, arrange place cards and take care of details within 2 hours is beyond me. It was her good fortune that a legion of my wife's cousins and some of my good friends stepped up help with these tasks. With some credit to Corina, the wedding went off mostly as planned and was beautiful. Fundamentally, Corina failed to earn our trust and this led to extreme anxiety for my wife. Maybe if you contract with her for full planning services she is worth her fee and then some. But my experience from my wedding is that IF (big if) you are to have a wedding coordinator/planner you want someone who is detail-oriented, punctual, reliable, a strong communicator, and your biggest advocate. Corina was none of these My wife and I are physicians; despite time constraints we managed to tailor our wedding with help from friends, family, and excellent staff at our venue. Give yourself time , and don't buy into the myth that you need someone to plan your wedding for you. read more

We hired Corina Beczner as our wedding coordinator for our July 2019 wedding in Northern California. We love Corina, and couldn't recommend her enough!! She was incredibly helpful in structuring our decision-making and making sure we were on track to get things done. With the coordinator package, we didn't talk to her much until about four months before the wedding, and at that point we had bi-weekly phone calls. But throughout our planning Corina was readily available to answer our questions, give advice, and look over vendor options and contracts. Planning a wedding from out of state- I don't know what we would have done without her expertise! We liked her because she was personable, kind but firm when needed, was really familiar with our venue and had done other weddings there, and we thought she shared our "vision" of an elegant but not formal event. We didn't have to worry about *anything* the week of our wedding, she had it all handled! We were really impressed with her services the day before and the day of the wedding, we couldn't have been more happy with how the wedding turned out. She also has a "green" focus to her business which we liked, and she had several tips for reducing waste and environmental impact. Thank you Corina, our wedding was amazing and in no small part because of your hard work! read more

Working with Corina was nothing but outstanding!!! She had our wedding planned to the smallest detail, even things we never thought of. Her patience and enthusiasm set us at ease while making it a fun and light hearted wedding. We were able to enjoy the moment and know that everything else was taken care of. Corina truly helped make our wedding day the most beautiful day we could have hoped for. We highly recommend Corina for planning your next event. read more

Corina put her heart and soul into planning our wedding. We would have been lost without her. She was truly professional: organized, diligent, and incredibly detailed. Her timelines and contacts were essential for our event planning. We were absolutely thrilled with our wedding ceremony and reception, and Corina was a huge part of making that happen. I can't say that we were the easiest couple to work with, and Corina was unflaggingly positive and optimistic throughout the entire process. If you are looking for a top-notch wedding coordinator, this is the place! read more

Corina just helped us plan our first year anniversary party. The event was only 50 people but just like the wedding it went off without a hitch. She helped coordinate themes from our wedding last year and also brought in some new traditions. Thank you again Vibrant Events...we look forward to hiring you for all our major life event parties! read more

I worked with Corina to plan my husband's surprise 40th birthday party, which was a huge success thanks to her. She was great every step of the way. After our first meeting, the proposal she put together really showed she was listening to all the things I wanted for the event. She really embraced the Arabian Nights party theme and made lots of fun suggestions to enhance it. When it came time to select vendors she had great resources. The special deals she was able to get more than covered her fees. Every vendor she recommended was top notch, including the food. She was really good about keeping my budget in mind and frequently checked in to give me budget updates. The event went off perfectly. There were about 60 people there and everyone I spoke to had so many compliments to say about the party. I'd highly recommend working with Corina for your next event. read more

I used Corina as my wedding planner to assist my husband and I in finding some sustainable vendors and she was absolutely fabulous!!! My husband and I were just wrapping up a huge remodel on our new house (which of course ran late) and we ended up only having less than 4 months to book most of the vendors for our big event. Talk about some major stress! Plus, we really wanted to be as green as we could for our wedding and we knew that would most likely take extra time to research. Not only did Corina find us a number of organic bakers and florists to interview pronto but she was always ready with a big smile and tons of resources! She always seemed to be in the know about all things sustainable and was hooked in with the businesses with the values we were looking for! Our organic wedding cakes (red velvet and grand marnier) turned out to be incredibly delicious...all of our guests raved about them!!! Plus, our floral designer was an absolute peach to work with and came up with a stunning design for the chapel and my bouquets and used all local, organic flowers! It all worked out really beautifully and all was in alignment with our values and our budget too. I don't actually think I started having fun with my wedding planning until she came into the picture...her attitude really helped lift me out of my then very stressed out state! She was so proficient at what she was doing for us that we ended up hiring her to be the onsite coordinator at our reception...she did a great job there too! So if you're looking for a true professional with sustainable values who will go the extra mile for you...definitely give her a call...my husband and I highly recommend her! read more

Where to begin? My husband and I thought that we wouldn't need a wedding planner because we were planning a mellow park wedding with biergarten reception and keeping things simple. For about 100 people. Corina was recommended by another friend who had the opposite sort of wedding - more people, super fancy, all the stops including a macaroni bar, need I say more - and she had loved Corina. After realizing that we did not want to handle organizing the day of the wedding, we decided to hire her for day-of services, which is wrong bc it is so much more than "day-of", and it was THE BEST money we spent. THE BEST. Corina has the perfect personality for event planning. She is an easy laugh, calm, present, a good listener, and what shocked us day-of bc we had not witnessed it - stern and direct and gets it done (BBQers were parked where we were having the ceremony in the park and gave her lip when she asked them to move - she handled it beautifully and they moved). She was organized and well-connected. Hooked us up with a fantastic chair guy (Elvia's in Redwood City), had the idea for our warm after-party (Crimson Louge) which turned out to be the dance party of the century, supported my DIY approach to flowers, kept us on track, did not spaz when I chose my shoes and jewelry the morning of the wedding, and really "got" that we were trying to keep things simple and not buy in to the whole wedding mega-industry thing. Also had great ideas to minimize waste and impact. Amazing. Our wedding ran smoothly and on time and I credit Corina 100% for that. I cannot emphasize enough how great she was. We did not worry about a thing, despite some hiccups. She handled it all. Fantastic. I never thought I'd be a big wedding planner supporter and holy cow, she proved her weight in gold. If you don't think you need one, you are wrong. You do and you need Corina. And you'll see why. read more

I hired Corina to help me coordinate my wedding October of 2009. Honestly, I could not have been happier with the service she provided me. She helped us tremendously on coming up with the design aspect of the wedding. I had a lot of ideas, but she really helped me focus them and come up with something beautiful. She has a real talent with design and décor. On the day of the wedding Corina was amazing. The day went off without a hitch and she was completely on top of everything. She helped manage all the vendors and deal with all the "little things" so that I could be completely present on my wedding day. I would definitely recommend her as a wedding coordinator or just to help with design! read more

Corina came to me as a recommendation from a friend, and we're SO happy we worked with her. In our first phone conversation, she solved our ceremony venue crisis with one sentence. We wanted to design much of it ourselves, and she gave us the flexibility to do that while still holding us on task throughout the process. She even came to pick me up once when I was stranded with no car on the way to meet a vendor! On our actual wedding day, we didn't know if we had everything in right boxes to go to the right places, or if we had labeled everything correctly. Corina's assistant Ynez only came up and asked a few questions on the day-of, and magically everything else appeared in its place. Corina handled day-of issues expertly (we're sure there are some we don't know about), and came to me personally several times to try and resolve my random stress of the moment. She was great, we're glad to have her in our circle of friends, and we recommend her to other couples looking for a beautiful wedding day. read more

First of all, don't ever try to plan a wedding without at least a little help from a wedding planner/coordinator. Second, if you're looking for a wedding planner, look no further, Corina's your woman! Corina is an absolute joy to work with and her knowledge of the industry after 10+ years in the business is invaluable. We had a short engagement of less than 9 months and didn't realize how much there was to do in that amount of time, even though we chose a venue that had built-in catering services which took out some of the guess work. We also had no idea the cost of having a wedding in Northern California and had the idea we could do it for about half the amount than was realistic. Corina is a friend of ours, so we were lucky to know exactly where to turn when we realized we needed help, and it was such a pleasure working with her on a professional level. The venue required a coordinator for the day of the event (which you'll see is so necessary), but to use Corina for only the day of is wasting her amazing talent as a wedding planner. She worked with us every step of the way during the short planning period. She was clear about how much to expect to spend for the kind of event we wanted, and knew where we could cut costs and where we shouldn't. She worked within our budget, listened to our needs, and spent tons of time with us hashing out all of the details. The vendors she recommended were also wonderful people, especially our DJ (Patrick @ Golden State Productions), and having them both there celebrating with us on the day of added another level of joy to it all. Wedding planning is STRESSFUL, and there's no avoiding the stress, but having Corina there put us at ease knowing she was taking care of everything. You don't realize how many issues and questions will come up along the way, and especially the weekend and day of, that you will be so glad to have her there to discuss. For example, I had a hair fiasco the day before, and literally spend a full hour problem solving with my husband and Corina in the hotel room. Needless to say, we figured it out and my hair was amazing for the wedding, but I'm not sure what would have happened if she wasn't there at least to work through it with us. These things WILL happen to you too, and you'll be so happy you have her there to help you out! Lastly, as I mentioned, Corina has a deep knowledge of the industry and has strong opinions since she knows from her experience what works and what doesn't. She isn't afraid to express her opinion, which can be interested when you're pretty opinionated as well. I would say that there's nothing I regret listening to her on--and furthermore, I WISH I would have listened to her on a few things that I didn't. So unless you are absolutely sure about something, listen to her advice and you won't be sorry, especially when it has to do with design or something that you're being stubborn about b/c of budget. For example, the venue included free white tablecloths and very ugly chairs, and I really didn't want to spend the extra $ on rentals, but thanks to Corina insisting that we rent colored tablecloths and nice wood chairs, the reception room looked so much more beautiful than it would have otherwise. If you need any more details on why you should hire Corina as your wedding planner, feel free to PM me as I have loads more to say about it and you have no idea how much you need her. Hindsight is 20/20... :) read more

I opted to have my wedding at a private home in Portola Valley, a stunning and beautiful property owned by my husband's friend and his wife. Let me just say that it was SO much work and very overwhelming once I realized what all I had gotten myself into! Then I hired Corina. And truly the whole thing came into being, was totally organized and went off completely seamlessly. I had many guests, over ten at least, tell me it was the best wedding they had ever attended. Corina is in the right profession. I am happy to tell you I had a perfect wedding and I could not have done it without her guidance , decision- making, recommendations and suggestions, as well as general support including emotional support when I was losing it. I am so pleased!!!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND !! read more

We couldn't be happier with having chosen Corina and Vibrant Events to help make our wedding so special. I met Corina through our caterer, LRE (also wonderful), and right away I appreciated her professionalism, suggestions, and humor! I feel that my husband and I got the best deal ever choosing the expanded "week-of" planning services, as Cornia devoted so much individual attention to our wedding several months in advance including planning meetings, trips to look at linens, site visits. While we vetted and chose all our vedors ourselves, Corina had worked with most of them before, so her connections and expertise was really valuable. She knew when to take our ideas and run with them, and also knew when to give advice and suggestions, case in point, that we probably should have some flowers, a suggestion which ended up really making our design scheme amazing. (Concepts can change up to the last minute and Corina rolled with every punch and always supported us). Most importantly, Corina had the daunting task of trying to blend one groom's simple, rustic Quaker aesthetic with the other groom's love for a classic, old-world San Francisco space like the Bently Reserve. (Contrary to another review on here, I guess men like her, too :) Corina helped make my dream of a Quaker ceremony in that space possible, and our design concept perfectly blended the different aspects. The week-of the wedding Corina picked-up and transported all our items, and on the day was in the wedding suite helping with all manner of set up and organization. I never worried for an instant that she had everything totally under control. Most importantly, when a minor crisis arose about the cushions on the benches, and I said I had to have them, she smiled and said "I got it," and they were there. Corina's professional, yet confidently relaxed and cheerful attitude worked really well with our personalities, especially mine, which is prone to a need to control. Are there things that happen at a wedding beyond anyone's control or your planner's - of course. I never expected a planner to drive the delivery truck herself or put up chairs herself or cook 75 pieces of fish herself. I let go and enjoyed myself, knowing Corina would take care of what could be fixed, and would make sure I had a glass of champagne for the rest. I enjoyed every moment of our wedding, and part of that was relaxing because I knew Corina was on it. If you're looking for a well-connected, positive, professional with design expertise and a fabulous sense of style who will help you pull off your day, this is the planner for you. read more