Jesenia planned my baby shower and I couldn't be more delighted with how it turned out…read more To begin with, the process was extremely easy. We had an initial meeting to go over what we wanted for the shower. She came well prepared and understood my vision immediately. I left feeling confident that it was going to be amazing. After that meeting, she took everything on with minimal outreach and questions, which was perfect for me. With such a busy schedule, I loved knowing that everything was taken care of! The day of my shower was so carefree. I only had to worry about getting ready and showing up. What a treat! Of course, when I arrived, everything was PERFECT. She captured my style and vision perfectly. It was so beautiful I got emotional. She considered all the details and had the schedule perfectly coordinated. Everyone was commenting on how beautiful all the details were. I was able to sit back, relax and enjoy the great company... as a pregnant women, that's golden! Having Pursue Pretty Events plan my shower was a great decision. Jesenia is extremely creative and thoughtful. She also extremely professional and timely. She's able to capture the person she's planning for and doesn't try to impose her own style. She only enhanced what was already on mind. She's amazing and I recommend her to everyone!

Jesenia has been such a dream to work with! Her attention to detail and consistent communication…read moreputs us at ease knowing that everything is being taken care of as if it were her own event. Jesenia has a structure that allows us to communicate the things that are most important to us to make our events feel personal. She takes her time to understand what we want while guiding us with her expertise on having a wonderful event. We've hired her to plan out wedding and with that service came the events leading up to the event. So far we've had our engagement party (which was executed to perfection with a short time frame) and scouted venues for our destination wedding. Jesenia has had excellent communication to ensure all vendors and venue appointments are set up, all extras are purchased ahead of time and set up prior to us getting to the venue, all invites and RSVPs were sent out on time and that we're staying on track with our overall timeline so we never feel overwhelmed with the process. Hiring her was the best decision we made. Knowing that we can just walk into our event and we can enjoy it because all the details have already been taken care of is exactly the peace of mind we were searching for. If you want your Pinterest party dreams to come to life, Jesenia is the event planning fairy godmother you need in your life!

Deanne and her team were INCREDIBLE. Not only did we have the wedding of our dreams - beautiful,…read morefun, unique, and filled with love - but we also came in on budget, and the day was stress-free. Please, please, please hire her and her team. It's the best decision you can make for your big day!

We cannot recommend DeAnne and Dear September enough! She was organized, calm, and so supportive…read morethroughout the entire process. The Picnic House looked stunning thanks to her eye for detail, and our guests couldn't stop commenting on how seamless and romantic everything felt. She made planning stress-free and our wedding day absolutely perfect. Truly the best decision we made!

Manisha helped us to plan a wonderful event for our friends ! She stepped up and helped us when we…read morewere in a bind with our previous decorator and made the event beautiful and picture perfect . I cannot recommend her enough . She was a pleasure to talk to , calmed me when I was going crazy and was so particular about checking with me even after the event to find out if it all went as I planned . That , to me , is a true professional . I highly recommend her and trust her to make any event even more beautiful !

I cannot describe the level of frustration that the bride and groom's family had to endure because…read moreof the completely unprofessional attitude of ownership. They took no responsibility for any of the laundry list of mistakes. Decor colouring for several events was not what was agreed upon. Flowers came to the venue in plastic garbage bags, already with dead petals. When confronting ownership , Manisha broke down in fake tears, rather than be accountable. There will be many more of these reviews to follow !!!

We had a few loose ideas and a hectic schedule. From that Lindsay took the ball and ran. She poured…read moreherself into every detail and made it a magical and enchanted evening. The guests left feeling deeply grateful for an extraordinary evening. Lindsay is affordable, hard working and imaginative.Highly recommended.

Let me preface this review by saying if you are thinking about getting a wedding planner in the…read moreNJ/NY area, definitely reach out to Lindsay! She is absolutely amazing and will help craft an event that is better than you could have imagined. She has been such a pleasure to work with, and would highly recommend her. Let me back up and give you some context. My husband and I knew we wanted to get married in NJ on my uncle's farm. The only problems with that were that we lived across the country in Portland and we didn't have a building to have the ceremony in. My husband and I also both worked full time jobs. We began to realize that we'd have some time constraints on our hands and hiring a wedding planner might not be a bad idea. After reading some reviews online, I reached out to a few planners and set up a couple of introductory calls to hear about their services and experiences. When I started talking to different wedding planner, every one of them started off by telling me about all of their packages and what was included in their service. Lindsay was different. Unlike the other planners who immediately went into their sales pitch, Lindsay wanted to hear our story and what we wanted in our wedding. It seemed like she genuinely wanted to help us create our special day, not just give us a cookie cutter list of services. This was such a refreshing and personal way of approaching wedding planning. I knew from that minute that I wanted her to plan my wedding. Lindsay of Simply Sunshine Events is an amazing events planner, coordinator, and event designer. She covers a wide array of events, from wedding and baby showers to corporate events and fundraisers. And every single review that I read about the company was simply glowing. Not only is she professional, candid, creative, and helpful, but she just seemed like someone who I would work well with. Ironically we both grew up super close to one another, so we instantly clicked on that part of our past. Even without that connection, I knew that we would get along well. We decided to get help on both the design portion as well as the planning portion of our wedding. I'm really not the most creative person in the world and I felt like we needed help putting together the overall vision. We were presented with a personalize design brief with a couple of different options. Once we decided on a vision, Lindsay was able to pick out vendor options that she thought would work well with the venue and overall theme. It was so much less overwhelming being able to choose out of a couple of highly recommended vendors than to have to choose from everyone in the area. Which leads me to another important thing that Lindsay brought to the table: experience. Not only has she worked with all of these people before, but she has seen all the ins and outs of doing a wedding at a "home" venue. Initially, we thought it would be more cost efficient and easier to have an at home wedding. However, it turns out that this makes the whole planning process much more difficult since we had to not only style a wedding but actually create a venue. Lindsay instantly knew all the things we needed to look into - a tent, flooring, a generator, bathrooms, the list goes on and on. She provided us super detail specific timelines of when we should do each task, as well as supplemental tools to assist us along the way. With Lindsay's help, my husband and I made a lot of the big decisions pretty early on in the planning process. I completely trusted Lindsay's opinion on vendors and that really worked out well for us. We had amazing food and cake tastings, had a florist meeting on site that was spot on, and have a Chaplain who gave me chills when going through ceremony options. The best part about the whole deal is that Lindsay can sometimes get her clients special discounts with vendors that she works with regularly, and passes those deals directly to her clients. Some planners will take those discounts as profits, but Lindsay has an awesome system where she charged us one flat fee for everything listed in her contract and helped us save money elsewhere. She was a huge help in constructing our budget and sticking to it. Overall, I'm so glad we worked with Simply Sunshine for both the planning and design part of our wedding. The wedding went off beautifully and I was so glad I could just relax and be fully present on the wedding day. Even though there was threat of rain all the way up to the actual day, we were able to execute a plan B (extra tents for the ceremony and cocktail hour) that most people had no idea was actually not what we originally intended. I was so thankful to have such an amazing team of vendors backing me up through the preparation and actual day, even when we threw curve balls at them. Simply Sunshine Events has made this whole planning process less stressful than I was initially expecting, and made our wedding day more amazing than I ever could have hoped for.

Neeti and her team was extremely helpful…read more The Day of Coordination for our Wedding made all the little issues so much easier to handle without a second thought!

Neeti was extremely unprofessional and unreliable. She agreed to take on our wedding and then…read morebacked out last minute, and stopped replying. Her website is not live and it seems her business has faded. She must be prioritizing other things but really should quit this business if she cannot provide what she has promised. I can't believe her poor communication and then just completely backing out. Beware.

As a follow up to my last review, I can't say enough good things about Ana and her team at Deseo…read moreEvents. She is so talented, understanding and tough (when she needs to be), she really saved us from a potentially disastrous wedding. We reached out to her for advice after another well-known Chicago planner dropped us halfway in to the planning process of a multi-day/multi-venue Indian wedding in downtown Chicago. Without any hesitation or even a contract, she started calling vendors, trying to find alternatives to the very expensive options we had been working with. Within a matter of weeks, she had started to undo months of horrible planning with passion and creative ideas. And as I continued to work with her over the next 5 months, she continued to wow me with her ideas and eye for style. She was also very organized and results driven, we got consistent updates and she kept a constant eye on our budget and vendors. She executed a flawless wedding weekend for us and we will forever be grateful to Ana for taking a wedding disaster and turning it in to the wedding of our dreams.

I cannot recommend Jacque and Lifetime Events by Jacqueline highly enough! From start to finish,…read moreJacque went above and beyond to create an unforgettable winter ski getaway and an incredible 50th birthday celebration at Whiteface Lodge. Every detail was handled with precision and care--from crafting a daily itinerary of winter activities like skiing, ice skating, and dogsledding, to orchestrating a spectacular birthday bash complete with shuttle service for guests, stunning décor, catering for food and beverages, a fantastic DJ, photographer, and even fun photo booths. The list of what she managed is endless! What truly stood out was Jacque's professionalism and calm confidence throughout the entire process. Even when things were uncertain, she never wavered. Jacque made me feel completely supported, as if I had a trusted partner who always had my back. Her ability to anticipate needs, solve problems quickly, and keep everything running smoothly ensured that I could relax and enjoy every moment knowing I was in good hands. If you're looking for someone who combines creativity, organization, and grace under pressure, Jacque at Lifetime Events by Jacqueline is the one. She turned my vision into reality and exceeded every expectation. I am beyond grateful for her hard work and dedication! Thank you Jacque!! Keisha Grant-Heslop

Jacqueline did it all from finding the venue down to the decor for my 4 year old's fairy themed…read moreparty! It was a gorgeous and fun party and I had absolutely nothing to with most of it which was amazingggg. If you need an event planner because you simply don't know how or don't have the time to plan anything, she's your girl. She will deliver professionally and beautifully!

We absolutely LOVED working with Teissia and Firefly Events!!!!…read more We have the Firefly Events ladies to thank for the most beautiful, seamless and perfect day in our lives! From the moment we hired Firefly, we felt not one ounce of stress or worry for our wedding day. Who knew wedding planning could be so fun? Teissia is the sweetest, most creative, talented and organized person and it genuinely shows through her amazing events. She was there every single step of the way from the concept and design of the wedding, helping us find amazing vendors, organizing and facilitating all vendor meetings, and providing us with professional guidance in a non-obtrusive and tasteful way. With my husband and I both working full time jobs with a full travel schedule, she made planning SO easy and stress free. Our wedding was absolutely stunning and flawlessly executed and it we owe it all to Teissia's dedication to ensure that we had and ENJOYED the wedding of our dreams. We received overwhelming compliments on not only the design details, but how smooth, elegant and effortless the wedding day was. It was the best decision we could have ever made to hire Firefly Events to plan our wedding and feel so lucky to have worked with them. Teissia we love you! - Brett and Anthony

We got engaged, then got married 10 months later. In between those two beautiful moments was…read morenothing but stress-free and fun wedding planning thanks to Teissia and Firefly Events. First, we'd like to say thank you to the other Yelpers who gave Firefly such great reviews, because we actually found Firefly through Yelp! After only one meeting we knew Teissia was the perfect person to help plan and execute our destination wedding in Jamaica. It was confirmed that we had chosen the right person when we got to Jamaica 6 months before our wedding and she had set up a perfectly curated list of vendor meetings from thousands of miles away. Throughout the entire process she was organized, thoughtful, attentive and very flexible. She went above and beyond and we definitely could have done it without her. She dealt with all of the vendors, language barriers, family and logistic issues with grace. Not to mention she was extremely pleasant to be around. We felt like we were planning our wedding with a friend. In short she made the experience of planning our wedding really enjoyable. The day of the actual wedding day went perfect and she completely shielded us from all the craziness that happens on that day so our families and us could completely focus on this celebration of our love. Thank you again Teissia, you are INCREDIBLE.