I've been waiting a long time to write this review but I can't wait any longer. DO NOT BOOK WITH THIS COMPANY!!! I cannot stress enough how terrible our experience with Bumblebee Occasions and its owner, Sharon, has been. My husband and I trusted them to help plan our wedding (which was October 2023), but it turned out to be one of the worst decisions we ever made. Sharon took our money upfront for services we never received. We hired her to do foral, catering, linens, decor, day-of-coordination, & cake and desserts. After the initial consultation (which she told us is free) and tasting, she disappeared. I never felt comfortable after leaving one single meeting with her. There was always stress on my mind. One month before our wedding, she abruptly cancelled everything and even went as far as contacting our vendors to tell them she had cancelled as well. This left us in an incredibly stressful situation with nothing in place for our big day. When we tried to reach out for a refund, Sharon argued and claimed we owed her for additional "services" like phone calls and emails. Most of these so-called services were actually because she had taken money from our account without authorization, causing overdrafts and immense stress. Mind you we were on a payment plan. We spent months going back and forth with her, only to receive endless excuses and no resolution. It's been a year now trying to get some sort of refund and still nothing. Sharon's unprofessionalism and unethical behavior are beyond belief. Save yourself the headache and avoid Bumblebee Occasions at all costs. This company is a nightmare, and Sharon is a fraud. read more

Bumble Bee Occasions stole our money. I did not want to write this review. I gave the owner, Sharon, two months since my wedding to make things right but she has avoided addressing my concerns. My husband and I hired them to do our floral, our catering, and our event planning/management for our wedding. We paid nearly $18K to them. Throughout our planning process, she was MIA. Our contract stated she would check-in monthly at minimum (which didn't happen). The week of my wedding, she gave me zero check-ins/updates on how things were coming along. Mind you--I ended up doing 98% of the planning all myself. I reached out to all my vendors myself to schedule meetings. This was in our contract stated that she would handle. Which didn't happen. The actual day of the wedding--she was so scattered. I didn't hear from her until late afternoon. I get to our venue and she is no where to be found. While we waited for the ceremony to start--my maid of honor noticed that our table settings were not done. My bridesmaids ended up RUNNING around to set all this up 15 minutes before our ceremony. There was no burden lifted off of me and my family on this day which is why I hired BBO in the first place. Now on to floral. I told Sharon on our very first phone call how important this was to me. We had a whole meeting about what I envisioned. My bouquet was literally falling apart. My MOH's bouquet was dead. The corsages that my family wore also had brown edges all around it. Clearly these florals were not fresh or preserved properly which was SO disappointing. Our pergola floral was supposed to be repurposed throughout our reception. It was not in all the places we discussed. Our memorial table had nothing on it. Our sweetheart backdrop also had NO floral on it. We had 3 family tables that had empty vases because BBO forgot to repurpose the bouquets that were meant to be in those vases. This was a huge disappointment to me. Last but not least--catering. Sharon's husband Jerry is the main chef. We had a tasting with him which we were very impressed by. But, we had several guests tell us that their food was served cold. We were supposed to be served salads with cranberries, feta cheese, and raspberry vinaigrette. Instead we were served plain lettuce with some kind of dressing. We also paid EXTRA for our guests to have sweet/unsweetened tea served. Legit spent hundreds of extra dollars to have this "upgraded option" and we did not even get what we paid for! We also paid for a dessert bar which had missing items. Not only that but our cutting cake wasn't the flavor we picked out. Believe it or not, this isn't even all the issues we had with BBO and Sharon. I am appalled at how little regard she has given to our concerns. We reached out to her several times to get a response and she has avoided me at all costs. She has given me excuse after excuse. "I've been busy with our current brides/grooms." "I will get back to you by Sunday at the latest." We were put on the back burner SO many times throughout our time working with her. I gave her a lot of time and grace with this but I've had enough. If she tries to respond saying she tried to talk to me about any of this, just know she is lying. I am not the type of person to go out of my way to write someone a bad review. I am just genuinely wanting other brides to have a better understanding of what you might have to deal with if you hire BBO. Our wedding day would have been perfect otherwise. read more

We hired them to cater our wedding in November of 2016. We had several issues with them and the food/utensils at the reception. Instead of admitting the blame, they threw their wedding planner under the bus and blamed everything on her. Very unprofessional. I sent them a picture of the wedding cake I wanted per their request) several weeks in advance. My mother and sister in law had to decorate the cake day of with my flowers, the Baker had to be asked to stay and help, she only planned on delivering a plain white cake apparently. And she said she didn't have a picture of the way I wanted it decorated, so they all guessed (I was getting ready). We had ordered bbq briskit and sausage from their catering menu along with honey pecan glazed chicken. We had all 3 at our tasting, with 3 slices of brisket. Come the reception, our guests were served 1 slice of brisket, and NO sausage. My parents were mortefied, they thought they looked like cheapskates. Bumble Bees excuse? The guests forgot what they rsvp'd for so bbo decided to cut back when serving. Flat out lie. The bride and grooms plates were already at our seats before any of the guests even got in line, and we had only 1 slice of brisket too. The owners told us at our tasting they never run out of food, and always have plenty extra. We had 2 tiny pieces of brisket left and 5 small breasts of chicken....we also had 12 no show guests! I guess 5 of them weren't going to be able eat had they showed. BBO is not willing to refund any money towards the food, so I'm making sure they get the proper recognition. I HIGHLY recommend NOT using this company for such an important day. read more

Bumble Bee Occasions - On the left is the picture of the cake I wanted. Left is the cake I ended up with.... - Party & Event Planning Near Me - Azle, Texas

I can't believe I ever asked myself, "Do I really need a wedding coordinator?" The answer was YES, I did. And YES, you do too. The team at BBO was absolutely amazing to work with. I hired them to handle not only my month-of coordination, but also my floral design, table decor and DJ. My wedding was gorgeous and everything went over perfectly, without a hitch. On the front end of the planning phase, Sharon and Kourtney were a joy to work with. They spent hours with me going over every second of the day, getting to know me and my vision for what our wedding would look like. Sharon is extremely knowledgable and was happy to answer any of my questions about proper wedding etiquette, but also encouraged me to do things the way *I* wanted. I left my consultation feeling 100 pounds lighter, because I knew BBO had me covered. Once the day arrived, we were assigned Nancy as our day-of coordinator. My entire family agrees that Nancy was a gift sent straight to us from Heaven. When I say I did not worry about a SINGLE detail on my wedding day, I mean it and I have Nancy to thank for that. She executed the day perfectly, and solved small issues before they could ever become big issues. She gave me space to enjoy getting ready and mingle with my guests, but was always at my side in an instant if I needed anything at all. I cannot sing enough high praises about Bumble Bee Occasions. I booked them at the recommendation of a dear friend and bridesmaid, and it's the best decision I could have made. If you're like me and thinking you could maybe pull off your wedding without any help, please save yourself the headache. Hire BBO. You will be so glad you did. read more

We put a deposit down with vendor on January 26th in the amount of $1500. We had our initial meeting with vendor (Sharon M.) Feb. 9th. We were charged the entire amount of the contract Feb 12th. The only way this was corrected is that we contacted our credit card company and proved the error. The vendor claimed they did not know how their new ACH computer system worked. In the original contract issued January 26th, there was a quote for 120 bottles of water for $240, designated smoking signs $90, centerpieces: clear rounds w/ Gardenia $858.00, bride's cake for 83 people $539.50, groom's cake $187.50, delivery fee for cakes $85. Quoted was $1440 for 3 hours of set up, plus a 5-hour event with a minimum of 4 total service staff. We contracted for 8 total hours at the venue on March 18, 2021. On June 10th we met with Nancy G. at the venue. I had 2 copies of our contracts. I offered Nancy G a copy that included all our contracts totaling 38 pages. She declined stating it was not necessary. She did insist that I complete a questionnaire totaling 58 questions regarding timing, vendors, etc. Questions # 7, 52, 53, 56 all indicated a couple departure time of 10:00pm as did the contracts comprising the 38 pages offered to Nancy G on June 10th. In March 2021, we decided to remove the suggested cake vendor and hire our own. Sharon M. assured us this was acceptable and removed $812 from our outstanding balance. No other information was added, subtracted, or mentioned. After the event we were informed that in that $812 was included cake plates, forks, napkins, and slicing fees for $250. Since we declined the cake, we also declined the service to get the cake slices to our guests. June 28th was the first time this service was brought up and/or mentioned. Yet, there was no separate entry on any contract or invoice to support this claim. We were railroaded to leave the event at 9pm, this was 1 hour prior to our plan and all contracts. We paid our photographer, DJ, alcohol provider, TABC security, and reception vendor to depart no earlier than 10pm. At the beginning of June, we paid an extra $150 for additional water at the ceremony venue. We had our guests supply another 48 bottles of water. At the reception venue there should have been a total of 168 bottles of 16.9 FL oz of water available for our guests. I was informed (after the event on June 28th that an extra 30 bottles of water were consumed). Bring the total water bottle consumption to 198 bottles. This would be an average of 5.6 bottles of water consumed per individual at the event. This would include bridal party and service staff. I consumed 1 bottle of water the entire evening, my husband consumed 0 bottles of water for the evening. The cake vendor delivered the cake in as best as it can be described as "half a box" there was no top, but for transport there was a box with 4 sides used under the cake to ensure safe arrival. In question #56 of the questionnaire provided to Nancy on June 10th, there were 3 individuals designated for take home of centerpieces, flowers, leftover food, and cake. In a response dated June 28th from Bumble Bee we were told that there was an extra fee of $250 for cake cutting and serving. There was no category on the quote or invoice covering this in any of the copies we received and we were not informed of the additional fee when we canceled the vendor through Bumble Bee. After our early departure, a guest at the venue was approached about the remaining bride's cake and groom's cake. She volunteered to make sure we received the remining cake. She was brought the wedding cake with 2 pieces of plastic wrap - that is all. Why weren't the 3 designated individuals contacted? There were 3 cell numbers provided. We did not get any of our centerpieces for which we paid over $800. We were informed that the manager of Chandor Gardens was compelled to stay at the venue due to our negligence until after 12:00am - when we were railroaded to leave at 9pm. I personally spoke to the manager in question on July1 and she was off premises as of 11pm Saturday June 26th which would be the normal time had we been permitted to stay for the duration of our event which was supposed to end at 10pm. read more

Bumble Bee gave me the wedding of my dreams. From the food, to the decorations, to the cake, to the coordination. Our Day was dreamlike and we've received so many compliments on everything! The wedding would not have been as wonderful without everything they did for us! Nancy and Sharon were just amazing and I seriously will be sending EVERYONE to BBO for any of their special occasions. Thank you all so very much! read more

Could not be more pleased with our decision to use Bumble Bee Occasions to assist us in planning my daughters wedding! We decided to use a "Day of the Event Coordinator" and that's when I first visited BBO. From our initial consultation to the last guest departing the wedding BBO was professional, attentive and committed to our vision. Cathy was my first point of contact and we LOVE her! Jessica was our "Day of Coordinator" and she rocked it. Her organization and energy absolutely made the day a breeze. The bartenders and serving staff they provided were awesome! Many guests commented on how great the staff was. Very efficient. I can confidently say that without Bumble Bee Occasions our perfect wedding would have been less successful. They helped make all our dreams come true! Highly recommend! read more

Bumble Bee is my absolute favorite catering company of all time!! Definitely get the mashed potatoes, and their flower arrangements are perfection read more

EXTREMELY PROFESSIONAL and so considerate of any last minute requests. The team at Bumble Bee Occasions exceeded our expectations for the 60th Wedding Anniversary Celebration, for my parents, on April 8, 2018. Compliments continued to pour in weeks after the celebration!!!! I would HIGHLY recommend Bumble Bee Occasions for a wedding or milestone anniversary event! read more

Stay far far away from this company!!! They are a sham and you will be out lots of money and they will try to ruin your wedding! This is the most horrible wedding planning experience and I can't believe it happened to us. And we are still dealing with it. Let me start from the beginning... The Orchard (wedding venue in Azle) referred us to Sissy's catering back in February 2011 before The Orchard even opened. We were engaged for 17 months and I started planning immediately. I met with Missy and one of her associates for a tasting in March of 2011. We liked the food and the price was amazing. You got a discount if you used more than 2 of their services. And you got a discount if you paid in full. So we decided to use them for food, cakes, and flowers/centerpiece décor. And we paid in full. A little over $3,000. About 8 months later Heidi with The Orchard sent me an email saying that Sissy's catering sold their company. I was very worried. I called Missy at Sissy's catering and she ensured me that the only difference was new owners. Everything else was the same. In March of 2012 we went back for a tasting, as I was worried about the whole it's a new company thing and it had been a year since we had the food. This is where things get very very bad. The new company name is Bumblebee Occasions. The tasting was horrible. There was a new chef. I'm using the term chef very loosely as the cook was the husband of the new owner and had no idea how to create good food. The pork tenderloin was cut up and pan-fried. The chicken I'm pretty sure was frozen from Sams. The green beans were obviously canned. The chives on the mashed potatoes were dried. The cake flavors were different too and were horrible. Only a few options and they were dry. The icing was the same on all the flavors and very hard. We decided we no longer wanted to use them for food, but would still like to use them for flowers and décor. We asked for the money we paid on the food to be refunded as they have not performed any services and it was so different from what we paid for a year earlier. This was unacceptable to the new owner, Sharon. She said they relied on that money and the contracts that Sissy's catering had on the books before they bought them out. Basically they did not have the money to refund. We had our lawyer contact them and they never actually had a contract with Sissy's catering about taking over new contracts and did not buy our contract. So Missy is the one who would be responsible for refunding us. The only way we will ever get any money back is to take Missy to small claims court and make her file for bankruptcy as she does not have the money either. Needless to say we no longer wanted them anywhere near our wedding and did not want them to perform any services for us. This has been a nightmare and I cannot believe there are such horrible people out there who trust people this was. People who trusted them and gave them money. I hope no other Bride has to go through what we went through. Stay far far way from Bumblebee Occasions in Azle. read more

They are amazing! As the mother of the bride, the stress before and during the wedding could have been overwhelming. Bumble Bee Occasions took care of everything, and the wedding coordinator made sure everything worked like clockwork on the day of the wedding. I didn't have to do anything but show up and enjoy my daughter's wedding. Love, love, love! read more

I'm creating a Yelp account just so I can talk about my experience here. I went with Bumble Bee because I don't live in Texas anymore, but I was planning on having my wedding in Fort Worth. My mom found them because they're a good deal. I toured the place with her and my fiance, and was really excited. The kitchen where they make food IS SO CLEAN. Their warehouse is SO ORGANIZED. I felt pretty safe. Well, I signed the contract, gave them 50% of the money, and I went on about my life. I had to contact them 4-5 months later and be like "Hey....are you...like doing anything?" I never got a timeline up front about what they needed to do and when. So I was always the one reaching out to them. When I would ask about stuff, they'd say they were working on it. Then another week would go by. I think if you're going to set expectations for someone, you need to follow through or at the very least be proactive and explain why you'll be late on something. My invitations went out late. The RSVP cards were too small for post, so it took forever to get back to me. Day-of coordination was passed off to someone in training -- who I think will one day make a great coordinator, but she forgot some stuff and there was confusion at times. I know she needed to learn, but it's the truth of it. There were times I had to get my mom to contact them because I was tired of doing it. My mom had her frustrations, too. It was not the peace of mind I was hoping for. read more

If I could give Bumble Bee a negative star, I would. They didn't listen to the bride, didn't return phone calls, rude, unprofessional, insufficient, Inexperienced, did VERY little for what we paid them to do. Every Time we did speak, which was minimal, things were changed without authorization. I could go on, but there's not enough space to do so. I would HIGHLY discourage anyone from using them. read more

If you are looking for a caterer & a florist they are fine but as a total package wedding planner-absolutely not! As the out of town Mother of the Bride I was thoroughly disappointed. Very unorganized & when my family voiced our concerns to the owners regarding those concerns our only answer was to blame those problems on our daughter-the bride! Their total lack of interest in assuring our family that these issues were going to be handled was disheartening. It was OUR first wedding but it certainly wasn't THEIRS! Disappointing. read more