As a wedding DJ with over 8 years of experience and more than 400 events under my belt, I've worked…read morewith many coordinators, but Nicole Shadoan is one of the absolute BEST. We recently teamed up for a client's wedding ceremony and reception at an outdoor venue in Vista for about 175 guests. From Nicole's first email to the bride and groom's sparkler grand exit, she made everything seamless and stress-free for me as a DJ and MC. Nicole is incredibly organized, sticking to the timeline and keeping vendors informed of any changes on the wedding day so we could adjust accordingly. She communicates clearly, sending detailed timelines well in advance and staying available for questions. I especially appreciate how she reviews cues and the ceremony processional order, which is critical for nailing the music--something lesser coordinators often overlook. What stands out most is Nicole's team-oriented approach. She strikes a perfect balance between leading and being a reliable, patient, and thoughtful team player. She treats everyone with kindness, always approachable and never micromanaging. Nicole values my professional input, making me feel heard and respected as a seasoned wedding pro. She's quick to help if I ask, ensuring I'm fed, treated well, and taken care of. The wedding was a blast and a huge hit with the clients, who talked to me about how everything flowed perfectly. Nicole's poise and strategic approach prevented any issues, letting me focus on keeping announcements sharp and the dance floor high-energy. If you're planning a wedding, hire Nicole. She knows how to lead, support vendors, and deliver an unforgettable day. Five stars--I'd work with her again any day of the week. Highly recommend for couples wanting a true pro who can bring your wedding vision to life. Thank you, Nicole, for everything you do, for your endless patience and kindness--I truly can't wait to work with you again! :)

I can't imagine what my wedding would have been like without Nicole! Her calm "I got this" demeanor…read morewas exactly what we needed. People always say "something will go wrong on your wedding day" well NOTHING did. Nicole did not let that happen. She answered all of my questions, reassured me and took so much off my plate I thought I would have to worry about. She was serious but also light hearted and by the end of it I wanted her to just be a guest at my wedding. Thank you Nicole!!

WOW! Where to begin? I discovered Jen when I saw her car parked in front of my gym with a gorgeous…read morewindow decal advertising her coordination services. I was less than five months away from my wedding and really beginning to feel the heat. I emailed her later that day inquiring about what sort of services she provided. She responded promptly and we set up a day to meet. We met at a local coffee shop and discussed everything I needed to know; I asked questions and she gave me answers, and in turn she took notes on every detail of my wedding (thus far). She was professional, warm and friendly and I felt comfortable discussing my special day with someone who seemed to know so much about the business of wedding coordination. I knew as soon as our initial meeting was over I knew that I wanted to work with Jen. I checked with my soon-to-be husband and family and we finalized our decision with a simple contract to use Jen for her "Day Of" coordination. We had a few meetings between then and the wedding, but most of our communication was through email and phone. She visited my venue with me shortly before the wedding to help me smooth out a couple of kinks, and gave me options and ideas for any other problem I had. Fast-forward to our wedding day. Everything went PERFECTLY. I can't even begin to say how grateful I am that we decided to work with Jen. My dad had arrived at the venue hours before I did to help set up, and later couldn't stop expressing how impressed he was with Jen's professionalism. When the rental company, caterers and guests showed up, she directed everyone exactly where they needed to go. I had also wanted to make a cute sign to help mark the path for our guests but hadn't found time; Jen arrived the morning of the wedding with the most adorable sign she made just for us! Such a sweet, simple gesture that meant so much. Our wedding went off without a hitch, I didn't have to think about anything, and she made sure I remembered to eat amongst all the fluster :) We couldn't have been happier! It's true what they say, brides... your coordinator is the BEST gift you could give yourself! I highly recommend Jen for your special day!

Jen was an absolute rockstar and helped reduce our stress level so much! We only had her services…read morefor the day-of coordination, but she was more than happy to meet with us ahead of time, and also give us guidance on what planning activities we would need to do on our own, that really helped us plan effectively for what we would need to do. For the rehearsal, and for the big day she was incredible! She had back-up bobby pins to fix a bridesmaids dress when a strap snapped as we were walking in to the venue. She helped us accommodate for traffic, and then once the day started, she took care of everything. My wife or I didn't have to worry about anything, she guided us on where to go when, corralled our parties for pictures, and made sure we always had a beer in hand. Jen and her partner really took away all the stress of the day, and allowed us to fully relax and enjoy it. She was able to work closely with the venue to make sure everything worked, deal with tough conversations, and overall just made everything amazing. Thank you to Jen and Day of Love!

We knew the moment that we met Suzanne that she was the Wedding Coordinator for us!! First, she did…read moreher homework and was so well prepared for the first call we had. She reviewed all of the initial information I sent to her, was able to speak to very specific details and already had suggestions and thoughts for our special day. When we did meet for the first time, her positive energy, professionalism and knowledge was OUTSTANDING!! She has amazing experience and it showed in every detail that she made come to life for 'our day'! She took away our stress and made the wedding planning a pleasure! If you want someone to seriously 'get it down' Suzanne is your woman! She will make your dream a reality! Coldon her assistant was fantastic too! Thank you Suzanne for all of your hard work and effort! We had the most amazing day!

I could NOT have had the incredible, unique wedding that I had without Christina of Infinity…read moreWeddings. Our wedding was on 6/12/16 - ceremony was at Paradise Point Resort (where our room block was) and the cocktail hour and reception were at BRICK SD in Liberty Station. I live in Los Angeles, so planning a wedding for 150+ people in San Diego (basically a destination wedding) was overwhelming and intense. Christina connected me with amazing vendors, good people who are running passionate businesses (it was important to me to support local and passionate vendors that I fit with), her knowledge was next-level incredible, and her approach and energy was beyond positive. She went the extra mile in everything, not to mention she supported me emotionally and kept me calm and on-task. I was able to fully put my trust in her, her expertise, and her awareness of what was best for me and the wedding I was hoping to create. Her positivity and general enthusiastic approach to life kept me smiling the entire time. Wedding planning is intense and stressful for a non-professional like me, and finding Christina was a dream. There really aren't words for the value of this connection. I have full trust in Infinity Weddings; anyone Christina would work with is no-doubt amazing as well! Thank you so much, Infinity!

Our venue came with coordinators but we decided to hire Megan Joy Events (per the recommendation of…read morea friend). And thank goodness we did!!! Our venue's coordination team did not compare to Megan. We mostly hired Megan to help us with our planning prior to the wedding since we were planning it from the Bay Area (and our wedding was in San Diego). We started working together about 10 months before the wedding and she attended all of our coordination meetings - bringing up things I never would've thought of on my own and helped to try to get us the best prices. She helped brainstorm things for our vision of the wedding, and offered tons of advice along the way. Once things started coming together she was a HUGE help in coordinating all my vendors, setting up a detailed timeline (this was seriously key) and following up on any and all unanswered questions. She managed all of our vendor contact - which was sooo helpful. Everyone knew to go to her before coming to me so I had a filter before any questions came to my inbox. When our timeline was nailed down, she did a great job of communicating it with everyone and making sure that everyone was well informed. We didn't have to worry about anything! On the actual day of, we had Montana as our onsite coordinator. She was also amazing!! She made sure everything went to plan and there were no snags in our timeline. I had little gifts for the bridesmaids that I wanted set up before we arrived on site, and she made this happen. We actually ran out of alcohol (twice!) and she was a hero and ran to the store to the grab us what we needed. I cannot thank her enough for doing this! I didn't have to worry about any of this during the day - she just confirmed once with us and the bar was restocked before we knew it. Not only was Megan amazing as a coordinator but she's an awesome human as well. She made sure that I was happy with everything and was SO readily available whenever I needed to chat - whether it be about a vendor, or any other detail that came up. I'm so happy that I had Megan Joy Events for our wedding day and would absolutely choose them again in a heartbeat.

We had a midweek wedding at the end of August at the Sacred Mountain Retreat in Julian California…read more The venue is a very a la cart package which gave us both the privilege and responsibility of vendor flexibility. Megan came recommended and trusted by the venue so we had faith in hiring her. She more than delivered to our expectations. With only six months to arrange our vendors Megan helped coordinate the various points of contact allowing us to focus on the personal logistics of getting married (legal, insurance etc) which took so much stress off of us. Each of our vendors praised Megan's thorough approach and organized planning when we went for our final walk-through. The day of the wedding Megan was busy ensuring our table arrangements matched our vision and communicated to the other vendors where to set up. She was everywhere. Megan also checked in with each of us personally to make sure everyone was moving according to schedule. We had heard that many weddings feel like they are running behind or pressured for time but we had none of that - likely due to Megan's great work. When the cocktail hour and reception came around there was one issue of bees attacking some of our food. Megan was on top of it and managed the situation wonderfully. Reflecting on our wedding we only have positive memories - an amazing day we will never forget.

We loved working with Nicole for years. We started working with her more than a year before our…read morewedding date and we enjoyed every minute of it. She helped plan the wedding 100% virtually with the exception of a few in person meetings when I was in town but overall everything worked out smoothly. Nicole was always available to answer my questions and help me think out my ideas. Unfortunately we weren't able to work with Nicole the day of the wedding but we 100% recommend working with her if you are planning a wedding in San Diego.

Nicole is an AMAZING wedding planner! That is a fact. Nicole was very easy going, real, super…read moreorganized, encouraging, knew vendors I might like, and understood my taste! Nicole was there for me from the beginning even when I was going through some hard things. She never made it scary to talk to her about having failed to complete something on my to do list, she just helped me problem solve obstacles. Nicole made it fun and helped to make every detail in my wedding SO ME! My experience was fantastic. I am a rare case bride that can say my wedding went perfectly and I owe this to Nicole. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Working with Suzette was hands down the best decision we made for our wedding day! She is such a…read morejoy to work with and made the entire day seamless (and even that is an understatement). During the months leading up to the wedding, we had a few check-ins with Suzette to see how planning was coming along. She provided a workbook that was so helpful in keeping us on track with our planning timeline and included things I never would have thought of to prepare. It made me feel much more at ease knowing that we were thinking through all the details, even the little ones, well ahead of time. About a week or two leading up to the wedding, Suzette started taking over coordination with the other vendors. She also made sure she was available for our venue walk through and rehearsal at the venue, which was extremely helpful! She provided great guidance on the day of timing, venue set up, ceremony flow and more. She is a true professional and extremely detail oriented. Though I provided Suzette with a general idea of what I was thinking for wedding decorations, I was also flexible with where things would go. Once we got on site on the wedding day, we were truly BLOWN AWAY. Suzette has an eye for design and the decorations and setup looked better than I could have ever imagined. Suzette and her husband Patrick had everything covered and made the entire venue look beautiful. Even though they don't normally do anything related to florals, we had all fake florals. Suzette was really open and flexible in taking on the set up of all the florals for us. Overall, I could not imagine doing our wedding day without Suzette. She was truly the main point of contact for all vendors on the wedding day and the days leading up to it. It allowed us to be fully present with our guests for the entire wedding weekend, which was invaluable. We also didn't have to ask any of our guests or family to help with anything, because she truly took care of it all. If anything went awry on the wedding day, I have no idea because Suzette handled it behind the scenes. She and her husband came and picked up all the boxes of decorations for set-up and packed everything up and delivered back to our hotel room in the evening, so we could go straight to our after party. Using Suzette as our day of coordinator was truly the best decision we made and I couldn't recommend her more!

If you're on the search for a Day of Coordinator, look no further!…read more Suzette had been amazing from day 1! She is always responsive and puts our minds at ease when it came to the big and leading up to it. Suzette makes a personal connection with you and honestly feels like a long-time friend. She'll be upfront with you and not mince words and take care of everything she absolutely can. I found Suzette through Instagram and began to look her up more online. I even contacted previous couples to make sure they were satisfied with her services and everyone I spoke to raved about her, so after our initial meeting we understood what everyone was talking about. We hired Suzette before the pandemic and even when COVID hit, she kept checking in on me and my fiance. When we approached her about wanting to find a DJ as we didn't know any we were impressed with, she immediately gave us the name of the best DJ. Suzette created a Google Drive for us with EVERY little detail we needed and she needed to make the day smooth. She even helped to chase down some vendors that started to ghost us and kept them on track with making sure it worked out. Suzette and her husband Patrick were amazing on the day of the wedding as well. She continuously fixed my dress the entire night and helped to keep me together when I got to the venue late! She and Patrick decorated the venue beautifully and went above and beyond in helping us, keeping us calm, and helping us have a great day! I've recommended Suzette several times already! Everyone should use her services and truly enjoy their wedding day. Make sure to check out her Instagram to find more information! Thank you, Suzette and Patrick!

I wish I could give more than 5 stars to Patricia. She was our day of coordinator and she was…read moreWONDERFUL! Patricia met with us a month before the wedding and before the meeting, she provided us with a spreadsheet to fill out beforehand. that was super helpful cos there were some items that we didn't totally think through and the spreadsheets helped organize things for us. Plus, it made our meeting super efficient. I didn't have to worry about a thing on my wedding day. Patricia is always responsive to your phone calls, texts or emails. And I'm glad my wedding was in her hands. She's super helpful and organized and set up everything better than I expected even tho I didn't have a physical picture of how I wanted things set up. You won't be disappointed with Patricia. I have no hesitations recommending her to anyone!

Patricia was our month of Wedding Coordinator and we couldn't have been happier! She did an…read moreabsolutely fantastic job making sure our wedding at La Valencia was perfect and was everything we wanted! She was a pleasure to work with and really helped us with all of the details for our ceremony and reception. We met with Patricia in person a couple of times before our wedding and also were in contact via email whenever we had a question. She is very quick to respond with any questions you have for her. As our wedding coordinator, She brought up details for our ceremony and reception that we never would have thought of! She also helped us prepare a reception timeline and made sure that everything was outlined and perfect. She had some creative and excellent ideas for some of the activities at our reception that we loved and used! She also coordinated with our other vendors to make sure everything was set for the day of, which was so, so helpful. Patricia also attended our rehearsal to walk everyone through exactly what we would be doing the day of the wedding. The day of the wedding she was completely on top of everything that was happening and she had everything under control. My husband's suit ended up missing a button and she actually had a sewing kit with her and fixed the problem right away! We really appreciate her help coordinating with all of the vendors and making sure everything went smoothly. We felt much better knowing she was there coordinating and helping with everything the day of our wedding. Everything went perfectly!! We really appreciated her hard work and she was so great to work with! My husband and I highly recommend Per Sempre and Patricia for your Wedding Coordinator!

Alison & her team are amazing! They are complete experts from start to finish. Alison was very…read moreone-on-one and personal with us. We instantly got along and she was so interested in all of the details of our wedding, as well as each member of her team. Along the way, if we had any questions or decisions to make, her input was extremely valuable to us. She and her team also helped us with many special details that we wanted to add in. It was so easy to express our vision and she executed exactly what we were expecting. The day of the wedding was totally stress free thanks to Alison & team. They stayed behind the scenes but made sure everything was running smoothly thanks to their preparation. I'd highly recommend Alison to any of my friends looking for a great planner! Also: we lived 100 miles away from Alison & our venue, and she was great communicating and we had no problems with the distance. Thanks Alison & everyone again for a beautiful wedding. It will be a year next week!

From the first time I met her I felt at complete ease with Alison. She is a professional and at the…read moresame time a lot of fun to be around. The best thing was I never doubted that everything was completely under control. From budget planning, to timeline, to making sure every last detail was taken care of and perfect, she is on top of it! She came to all of the vendor appointments and her insight was so valuable. The wedding day turned out so gorgeous and was completely stress free for myself and the hubby. We knew Alison and her team were there and would take care of everything. We were able to enjoy the day and focus on the things that were really important to us like spending time with our family and friends. I cannot say enough how wonderful Alison and team are. Throughout the wedding planning process I was able to continue with my normal life and never felt consumed or overwhelmed. I would highly recommend Alison Howard Events to anyone looking for an amazingly beautiful and stress free day!