We got married at the Golden Gate Club, a Wedgewood property. Our venue had a day-of coordinator as…read morepart of their package, but we wanted a bit more pre-wedding support so decided to add the End Phase Planning by SmittenKiss. It was one of the best decisions we made during planning! We worked with Christine Nguyen starting ~2 months in advance of the wedding. She met with us weekly to lock in our details (most notably, a super tight and clear timeline). We had everything so well planned (thanks to Christine) that our last few months leading up to the wedding were waaaay more relaxed than we would have anticipated. On the day of, Christine and her assistant Jane were on top of everything! I don't think I batted an eyelash the whole day because they were hustling so hard behind the scenes to make everything feel totally smooth for us. On tope of the incredible execution, it's worth noting that we felt Christine's genuine excitement for us all throughout the process. She brought the best energy from day one and we felt it right up to the end of the wedding day. 10/10 would recommend!

Our experience with SmittenKiss was absolutely fantastic!! My husband and I chose the End Phase…read morePlanning Package and our coordinator, Christine Nguyen, went above and beyond to make sure that we had all of our bases covered and that we were taken care of on the day of the wedding. She was so awesome. She sweet, understanding, and very organized. Our meetings leading up to the big day were super helpful, Christine helped us organize our timeline and consider all kinds of things that we wouldn't not even thought about to make the day happen. And on the day of, she did the most to reassure us and make sure that the day was flowing smoothly. We highly recommend Christine Nguyen !

I met Lea through a close friend who had hired Lea for her wedding and was so grateful for the…read moreintroduction. Lea gave me the support I needed to plan my wedding. She was extremely helpful on a number of levels: 1. She helped provide structure to my planning process & held me accountable for getting things done on time 2. She brought professional energy to all of our meetings and came prepared with all of the right questions for the vendors 3. She added style and grace to my planning process, helping me think of details I may have overlooked 4. She kept me happy and sane through a very stressful process. Lea put out some last minute fires and kept things running smoothly on the day of my wedding so that I could really enjoy myself and let go of the stress leading up to that day. I am so grateful to her and would highly recommend her to anybody planning a wedding. I also know that Lea is adaptable and in times when large weddings are not possible, she'd be able to craft a creative and tasteful gathering.

I cannot say enough about Lea Stafford! She was our go-to planner extraordinaire for our wedding…read moreearlier this year. My husband and I got married on 02/22/20 at Cavallo Point in Sausalito and Lea made the entire planning process stress free and fun! Her communication, organization and vision is incredible. She gave us the freedom to be "us" and map out all of our wedding wishes, and then she complimented that vision with ideas and small touches that truly helped us enjoy the wedding of our dreams. She is professional, honest, encouraging and simply a pleasure to work with. She kept us on track with vendor decisions, helped review proposals and enabled us to be a part of the planning without ever feeling overwhelmed. We cannot wait to use her and her team again in the future! Perhaps a vow renewal sooner than later? :)

Kathy was wonderful to work with. She was everything we hoped for in our officiant - responsive,…read moreprofessional, flexible, and most importantly, passionate! We decided that my husband would co-write the ceremony with Kathy, and she was so helpful in staying organized. It was important for us to have an outsider's point of view on our story and love, as well as have my husband's voice and content featured. Kathy made sure to keep us updated on how things were coming along and wrote her sections of the ceremony so beautifully and honestly. She made us feel so comfortable while we were up there in front of everyone and we're so thankful she was a part of our special day.

Kathy officiated my wedding in 2015, so this review is long overdue. She wrote the entire ceremony…read morefor us, and even helped us write our vows. This was really great because she really took the weight off of our shoulders, and she pulled off a beautiful, personal, seamless ceremony that was the perfect length. She took all of our requests to heart and worked diligently to craft a ceremony that was unique to us, and reflected our personalities and our personal beliefs. She is astute when it comes to personalization, and I very much believe she is a great officiant for any couple who is having a secular or spiritual ceremony. It may be helpful to know that Kathy is an ordained minister, giving her the authority to officially marry people, but she is not affiliated with any specific religious group. As a non-religious minister, she handled our secular wedding ceremony very gracefully. What our wedding may have (purposefully) lacked in religiousity, it made up for it in beauty and sincerity. I highly recommend Kathy to anyone seeking a wedding officiant, especially those who want a non-religious ceremony. It should go without saying, but she's definitely LGBTQ-friendly too!

I was married last month, and my partner and I are STILL talking about what an amazing job Erica…read moredid. In all honesty, we only hired an event coordinator because our venue required it. We were foolish and we didn't know what an outrageous task planning a wedding is. We wanted things a little different than a traditional wedding, and Erica executed so seamlessly that we sometimes forget that the bride and groom walking down the aisle together was anything other than the way it's always been done. Everything felt really natural and nothing was "put on". We had to think about nothing during that day. About an hour before the wedding, I had a friend drop cookies off and cookie sleeves (they were the guest favors and had not yet been assembled. I forgot to "assign" that to someone). A few hours later - right in the middle of cocktail hour - I turned to Erica and quietly gasped, "THE COOKIES." She just smiled and let me know that her and her assistant, Esmeralda, found the cookies, sleeved the cookies, and displayed the cookies. God, she's so good. There were more instances than I care to relay on this platform, but just trust, she does what needs doing and requires no oversight. Guests were even commenting on how well coordinated everything was, and a few people asked for her card. The final touches were not to be believed. Beautiful card on our hotel suite nightstand along with a gift, the room that the bridal party got ready in, including groom and best man, (which looked like a bridal bomb had exploded - flower stems, crumpled notes to each other, makeup everywhere, pajamas and shoes, a left-on curling iron) had been organized, rented chargers had been rinsed and placed in our room, even the last 4 sad remaining flip flops from a basket of 50 had been returned to our room. Just in case. Erica snapped a few candid photos of my MOH doing my makeup and my grandmother and I dancing to the last song of the night. Totally unprompted, and totally appreciated. I would happily hire Erica for any future event

We hired Erica as our wedding coordinator and are amazed at her attention to detail and all of her…read morehard work for our special day. I was a very DIY and detailed oriented bride and was under the impression I could take care of everything on our special day. I found out quickly that I wouldn't not be able to take care of all the setup at the venue as well as get ready and I am so thankful I found Parkway Events. Erica took charge and coordinated all the vendors from hair, makeup, catering, DJ, etc. There were a few unexpected things come up before the wedding and Erica helped get them taken care of with our venue and caterer. Erica made our vision come to life at the venue and my husband and I along with all of our guests, thought it was a perfect evening that would not have been such a fun, seamless evening without Erica. I highly Erica and her team at Parkway Events for your next special event!

If you're looking for a wedding planner who's professional but easy to work with, look no further…read morethan Justina of JL Events! This review is seriously long overdue as our wedding was way back in October 2022 at Casa Real (my apologies for the delay!) Early on in our engagement, my husband and I were ambivalent on the idea of hiring a wedding planner. We had already chosen several of our main vendors and thought we could save money and handle planning our wedding on our own but we were mistaken.  We were soon overwhelmed with all the details and started to have decision-making fatigue so we decided to look for a wedding planner. After quite a bit of research we chose Justina/JL Events and we are so grateful we did! Her services were definitely worth the investment. We highly recommend Justina for wedding planning and coordination. She is professional but personable, trustworthy, and very easy to work with. She had great communication from the start and all throughout the preparation for our big day; her responsiveness was amazing. During our first meeting, Justina quickly identified our needs and vision and created a detailed timeline for our wedding planning. She helped us narrow down design choices and accompanied us to meetings with vendors. We were impressed by her organization and proactive approach! Having Justina as our planner helped alleviate much of the stress that comes with planning a large wedding (we had about 260 guests.) There were several instances in which we were frustrated dealing with unresponsive vendors but Justina was great at facilitating communication and even helped us find better companies to work with. Justina helped us stay on track during rehearsal day and was an expert problem-solver. She coordinated with our vendors and the staff at Casa Real with ease and was patient with us and our large wedding entourage. On the day of our wedding, Justina and her assistant Dana took such great care of us and we were able to enjoy our wedding celebration! Justina truly demonstrated her expertise with event coordination. We really appreciated her taking so many behind-the-scenes photos and videos, too! She also created our beautiful wedding cake topper and welcome sign. Thank you Justina for helping us have the wedding of our dreams! We are forever incredibly grateful for you!

My husband and I just had our wedding last week on 12/15/24! Justina was our wedding coordinator…read moreand she was truly amazing. She is not only detail oriented, responsive, organized, and professional, but she is also thoughtful and personable. She even helped save us money on not going into over-time with our wedding venue! She also saved our wedding timeline (we initially had an early start time for our ceremony because we thought sunset photos were always taken afterwards, but she helped us move things around and coordinated with our photographer to really make our timeline better and more efiicient)! Leading up to our wedding day, she was on multiple video calls with us to make sure we were on track and had everything we needed. She was so good at anticipating our needs and helping us execute every little detail that we wanted for our wedding day. I also knew Justina was good because she helped plan my best friend's wedding, who was my matron of honor at my wedding! A full circle moment haha. Justina was so professional, but working with her also felt like planning my wedding with a friend. She is so kind and sweet and I will truly miss working with her. She even helped to keep me warm when I was standing outside in cold December night weather. We really couldn't have done it without Justina and we are SO glad we picked her to be our wedding coordinator. We couldn't have asked for a better person to help us plan the best day of our lives!

TLDR: Book Tejel & Ambiance by Tejel immediately if you want to have the least amount of stress for…read moreyour wedding EVER and want a beautiful series of events, bringing your vision to life! Absolutely worth the investment (honestly, very reasonable for full service planning & on-site coordination) and worth building into the budget. Wedding Planning Process: My husband and I booked Tejel within 2 weeks of getting engaged for the full wedding planning & onsite coordination and I think it was the best decision we made. From the first call, Tejel and I clicked & it felt like a huge weight was lifted immediately. To name a few of the many key aspects: we wanted a destination wedding, so Tejel suggested venues that fit our criteria. She then worked with us to find our DJ & priest, coordinating calls, helping negotiate pricing, and reviewing critical details. She reviewed our venue contracts, travel agency contracts, and other vendor contracts so that we didn't miss important items or flags. Tejel created timelines immediately, sending us the to-do lists & spreadsheets that would keep us organized in the months to come. During our scheduled calls, we went over next steps, action items, ideas, and more. Tejel was always handling the emails to the venue and our onsite coordinators, keeping us on copy, so knowing she had visibility + would initiate responses took a HUGE weight from our shoulders. She knew our budget and constraints, but also knew where we'd be flexible and her insight was invaluable! On-site Process: Tejel + her assistant made sure EACH event went off without a hitch. She worked with our on-site coordinators and teams to go through the sites, suggest placements for all items, and bring our vision to life. Our guests have been continuously talking about how punctual, organized, and beautiful each of our events were and that wouldn't have happened without Tejel. She kept EVERYONE on task (which is so hard to do in an Indian wedding, especially with lots of family members), she was great with both sides of our families, she communicated throughout each event with me and my husband, and she made sure the two of us ALWAYS had food for every single event. I heard from so many people that they don't get to try their food/dessert at their events, but we tried everything and that's because Tejel brought us the food & made us sit down to enjoy :) I could continue but I'm sure this review is long enough already - just know that Tejel will work SO hard to make sure that the bride & groom get what they envision while keeping stress at bay and the added bonus is that she's just great to get along with too!! Don't hesitate, just book her :) THANK YOU TEJEL & TEAM!

Tejel, Vicky and Nipul were amazing at our wedding events. We had a very complex fusion wedding…read morewith multiple events, multiple ceremonies, multiple cocktail hours, both at venues in San Francisco with a lot of rules and restrictions. Tejel and team were able to navigate all of that and make sure that we, along with our families and guests could all just enjoy and not worry about logistics or vendor coordination. At times she was coordinating things that I didn't even know we had discussed with her! Would highly recommend her.

With invites sent to and only a few weeks to go before the event, I found myself overwhelmed about…read morepulling off my daughter's first birthday party. I've planned lots of events so I had a clear idea of what I wanted - I just needed someone to execute. Enter, Clara. Clara was extremely responsive and immediately ran with my idea of a lemon-themed birthday party. She came up with things I wouldn't have thought of myself (personalized stickers for the favor bags and personalized napkins) and did a great job bringing my vision to life. During the party she paid keen attention to everything, so I didn't have to. Instead of pouring drinks and checking on food, I spent my time with my friends and family - many of whom I hadn't seen since before my daughter was born. That quality time wouldn't have been possible without Clara's help, and I was grateful for it. Clara's the quintessential Parisian. She has great taste in wine, flowers (and will arrange them artfully at your event), and food. If you entrust her with your event, you'll be able to rest easy knowing every element will be executed flawlessly. On top of all that, she's very enjoyable to work with. I'd hire her again a heartbeat.

Clara, the Parisian Planner, was absolutely amazing! We hired her for our wedding and we couldn't…read morehave asked for a better experience. From the very beginning she was incredibly helpful and responsive. After meeting in person and seeing how completely overwhelmed I was, Clara offered so much guidance and support. For example, she helped me look for venues, found and coordinated with our florist, and even shared her own decorations with me!!! She was beyond organized and had EVERYTHING in place for the big day. On the day of the wedding she literally took care of everything which allowed us to fully enjoy ourselves and go with the flow. Clara was so creative and really helped bring my vision to life. She was incredibly patient with me when I was having trouble nailing down small details. And she was really fun to work with, while also being professional. I can honestly say that there is no way we could have pulled off our perfect wedding without her! Hiring Clara was by far the best wedding decision we made and I would recommend her 1000 times over!!

Amy Foster is excellent! If you're looking for someone to DJ and MC your wedding, Amy is the person…read morefor it! My wife and I got married the University of Redlands Campus in San Anselmo and Amy brought the perfect vibe to our wedding. Lot's of energy, good flow, she made our wedding a wonderful time. She was so easy to work with throughout the process and helping us plan out our vision. We can't think her enough for making our day so special

Such an excellent job, on the Hornblower, for my 50th birthday in San Francisco! So friendly and…read morepleasant to deal with all night. My guests had a blast. I would definitely ask for her again! Thanks Amy.