Looking back at my sister's wedding, one thing I know for sure is that we genuinely could not have…read moredone it without Shumaila I truly cannot recommend Shumaila and the SoCal Event Planners team enough. Shumaila coordinated all of my sister's wedding events, from the Nikkah to the Mayoon, Mehndi, and Shaadi, and she was an absolute lifesaver throughout every step of the process!! There is a reason everyone always says you need Shumaila for your event. She handles everything with so much care, professionalism, and heart. She managed countless moving pieces before, during, and even after every event, and what stood out most was how often she went above and beyond, even with things that were completely outside the typical role of a coordinator. What meant the most to us was how she made our entire family feel throughout the process. Wedding planning can be overwhelming, but Shumaila took so much stress off our shoulders and made us feel calm, happy, and taken care of On the actual event days, she handled so many little things behind the scenes that most people would never even notice, but those small details made such a huge difference. Her team was also absolutely incredible. Luis, Neha, and Nina were amazing and such a huge part of making everything run so smoothly They were kind, proactive, hardworking, and always ready to jump in wherever needed. There are so many little things they did that we will always be grateful for. Thank you, Shumaila, for everything you did for our family. Your dedication, kindness, and hard work did not go unnoticed, and we truly cannot thank you and your team enough. We will always be so grateful for you Everyone BOOK SHUMAILA!!!

We cannot say enough about Shumaila and the entire SoCal Event Planners team. They pulled off what…read moremost people would consider impossible: a full multi-day Desi wedding -- Mehndi, Nikkah, and Reception -- planned and executed beautifully in just a couple of months. From the very beginning, we felt completely supported. We had no idea where to start with vendors (especially décor), and Shumaila immediately stepped in with thoughtful recommendations, clear guidance, and a calm confidence that put us at ease. Every vendor she helped us choose ended up being fantastic. Beyond her planning expertise, Shumaila was incredibly mindful of our budget. She worked hard to help us stay on track without ever compromising on quality or the overall experience -- something we genuinely appreciated. The entire So Cal Event Planners team was warm, professional, and such a joy to work with. Their communication, organization, and the level of care they put into every detail made our wedding weekend feel seamless. Highly, highly recommend!

Love Birds did my wedding (June 2013) and I was SO impressed. Candy and her team are nothing short…read moreof amazing. I cannot say enough good things about them! Candy was able to keep me calm during many panic attacks and was SO flexible with various obstacles (last minute venue change, time change, working with last minute vendors, etc.). She was always quick to respond and gave me lots of different options without being pushy at all. She made herself available and did her best to work around my schedule. I was so surprised to see how great everything was on the day of. It definitely surpassed my own expectations (even though I had done most of the booking haha). I couldn't believe how well she was able to get the entire wedding together, mind you there were 500+ guests, 2 different receptions going on at the same time, 1 cranky bride (haha) and we had plenty of "uh-oh" and "oh shoot" moments. For example, we realized last minute that we had misplaced my garter and one of her team members ran out to buy one. Mind you it was Saturday early evening in Beverly Hills. Where the heck would you find a garter?! But lo and behold, she showed up on time with a garter. They seriously work magic. My bridesmaids were so impressed, they wanted her contact info for their own weddings and I was more than happy to pass the information along. You won't find a more professional, amazing, miracle working team.

Our wedding 6 months ago turned out BEAUTIFUL and was honestly the best day of my life. People…read morehaven't stopped coming to me for wedding planning advices. The secret is: to find the wedding planner that you can trust and have fun with. Candy played such an important role in the success of our wedding we cannot thank her enough. Candy is honestly as good of a wedding planner as it gets. She is experienced, organized, timely, responsible, friendly, patient, professional, and great with details. Candy works hard to make your wedding day your dream come true and so much more. During our wedding planning, she was there for us during the days she didn't have to be. She spent a whole day with us to visit our venue for food tasting and she had GREAT insights and visions when it comes to decors and room arrangement. We loved working with her and bouncing off ideas from each other. She has an delicate, creative, and artistic eye for weddings - at the same time she completely respects your vision, but just helps garnish your vision to make it better. Candy also helped us save money by referring us to a florist who is ingeniously talented but offered to do our flowers at a fair price, simply because the florist enjoys working with Candy so much. Together with the florist, Candy and her team made our venue so beautiful all our guests couldn't stop raving about our wedding. On the day of the wedding Candy and her team made the wedding day stress free and flawless. I placed the ball in her court and did not worry about a single detail. Because I had faith in Candy that she'd arrange everything to perfection. She did not disappoint and did not miss any details. Together with her team, they spoke fluent Mandarin, Cantonese, and English - which was a big relief for me as I had important guests from all over Asia. She was able to talk to the most important guests at the wedding: my grandma, my mom, and my dad in Mandarin which made them feel at ease on such a stressful day. I really appreciated her sweet, gentle, and professional demeanors when she talked to the elder guests at my wedding. Honestly, Candy did such an incredible job and we love hanging out with her so much that my husband and I invited her and her fiancé over to our house for dinner! Candy is just the type of girl that once you work with her you just want to her in your life, even though there is no more wedding planning! I loved writing this review for her because by writing it reminds me of our wonderful wedding day all over again. Everything I wrote came from the heart and I give Candy my highest recommendation. PS. My husband agrees with everything I wrote and highly highly recommend Candy for your wedding- he also worked very closely with Candy because he actually planned the wedding more than I did. :)

Unfortunately, I was not able to have the Forever & Always Wedding that I dreamed of. Although…read moreHeather communicated very well, there were a couple of incidents that I found slightly unprofessional: 1. I signed a contract with one of her staff as my wedding planner. Unfortunately, from my understanding, there were unexpected changes in the company, so Heather had to take over. However, Heather responded that she would make an exception for me and not charge me an additional $1000 for this change. With all due respect, I should not be financially penalized for changes that an owner experiences; especially since I already signed the contract that I financially agreed to. 2. I encountered a lot of life changes that disrupted my ability to move forward with a wedding that my brothers were supposed to be in. For instance, I had a depressed, suicidal brother, I had another brother leave for Japan for the Marines, and I had an uncle pass away. All vendors except for Heather were so kind to fully refund my deposits due to the situation. Unfortunately, Heather responded that she was still a businesswoman and was financially hurting, so she was in no place to offer a full refund. I basically paid Heather almost $500 to establish a simple contract. I already had all the vendors in place and organized, so this deposit was for nothing. Heather should not be held responsible for unexpected circumstances, but this wedding meant a lot to me. As a business owner, you should be able to compromise with your clients based on their situation. I could have easily used that deposit to help my family for the funeral. I find this situation absurd because I never wanted a wedding planner to begin with. Our wedding list was only 32 guests, but my fiancé insisted that we hire a planner because he did not want me to stress out. I admire him for caring, but this wedding was going to be a private and intimate event with very little management. I blame myself for hiring a wedding planner when I did not need one. It is unfortunate that Heather was thinking like a businesswoman and not a human being with empathy. Nonetheless, please make sure to ask about the refund policy for emergencies such as death, health, etc. Two stars are for her communication, but I can only evaluate Heather based on my experience with her before the wedding date. Therefore, I am unable to provide feedback for her day service since my wedding never happened. Has it ever occurred to you, Heather, that you had not heard from me in a year because I was busy dealing with other important things like planning a funeral? My wedding was the last thing on my mind. Also, I was not complaining about the charge that never happened, I am complaining about your response to your changes. There was no need to comment on that you are more expensive and won't be charging me. We could have proceeded forward with whatever it was we were doing. You contacted ONE venue and that is because they had YOU sign a contract with them. FYI, my pre-engagement photos were scheduled with the photographer I hired for my wedding and I was still refunded the full amount. This vendor did not work for free either and still managed to prioritize customer service over money. You are a business owner and have the liberty to do as you please, but you must have needed the money more than I did, so I hope my contributions helped your business. Nonetheless, well done on your communication. If you have a family member with a life-threatening illness or you have a medical condition that may require potential hospitalization, please do not hire Heather as your wedding planner as she will not refund you the deposit because not make exceptions for your situation simply because she does not "work for free." Thank you.

It's so important to relate to and connect with your wedding planner and from day 1 it felt like…read moreshe was my friend helping me plan my dream wedding. I found Heather through Yelp and let me say: she really understood my vision and kept it real with me on what i could and couldn't afford lol. Not to mention, I literally and honestly don't know how I could have enjoyed my wedding without Heather. Her and her assistant, Courtney, handled E V E R Y T H I N G on the day of our wedding at the Estate on Second and then some. If there was any sort of problem, she had the solution. If we needed a drink, she was there with mine and my husband's signature cocktails. If I was losing track of time, she made sure to gently push me along. She truly handled everything so that me and my husband could just have FUN and for that I am truly grateful.

Brittany from Events by Katherine was our daughter's day of wedding coordinator and we could not…read morehave been any more pleased. For folks who don't know a day of coordinator is a must and don't just show up on the day of the wedding. They get to know you, your details, plan a timeline and so much more. Then on the day of the wedding they relieve you of all the duties. Brittany was exceptional. She proactively took care of everything. Our decor was beautiful and she placed everything where we asked. She took care of the bride and groom and the wedding party throughout the night and then at the end of the night had everything packed up and sent with us in the limo or set aside to pick up the next day. She made everything run smoothly and we highly recommend her and Events by Katherine! Thanks so much Brittany!

Katherine was our wedding planner. We are absolutely thrilled with how our special day turned out,…read moreand how smoothly everything went thanks to Katherine. We got married in Casa Romantica in San Clemente. However, we were living far away in San Jose in the year building up to the wedding. We also had a baby and were enduring the covid pandemic throughout the wedding planning year. Despite all this, Katherine made everything a breeze. Most of the "work" we had to do was make multiple-choice type decisions where she presented us with options (like: picking dj, food, flowers, decor, cake, etc). For fuzzier things like vows and ceremony script, she gave us lots of advice and guidance. Since we were remote, we could only afford a couple trips to arrange wedding details in person. Katherine greatly accommodated our special situation: for a couple weekend visits, she packed our schedule to be super productive and get most in-person things done at once. On the techie side, she is extremely organized with spreadsheets for timelines, guest management, budgets, etc. She was very responsive and focused in email threads. She also easily handled any task involving invites online, wedding websites, registry etc. As I work in the tech industry, I feel like Katherine is like the kind of product manager you dream of working with. On the personal side, Katherine is very low-key, never exerted her influence or opinion, and always had a cheerful attitude. She would mostly listen to us try to reason decisions out, and offer any insights or details we might not have thought of. We really felt like we owned the decision-making process and made the wedding to our own taste. We, with our families, are now scrolling through wedding photos with joy. I have heard both sets of parents marvel at how beautiful AND well-organized our ceremony and reception were. That is all thanks to Katherine!

We truly cannot say enough amazing things about Eunice and her team! We knew Eunice was the right…read morewedding planner for us when we had our first consultation with her. Eunice is the perfect balance between being warm and supportive while also being firm when needed, something that was incredible valuable throughout the wedding process! Eunice made the wedding process so smooth and easy which is not an easy feat given that my husband and I were clueless and chose a blank canvas wedding venue!Whenever people asked us if we were stressed about wedding planning, we could honestly say no because she kept everything under control. She ensured that every detail was handled and that we stayed on track in the months leading up to the wedding and the day of. We also didn't make it easy on her since we were planning the wedding in LA but lived in the Bay Area. Even then, she went above and beyond for us and generously allowed us to have several wedding items shipped to her home. This made the logistics so much easier for us and was an incredible help during the planning process. Jack and I were able to truly enjoy the planning process and be fully present on our wedding day. Everything ran seamlessly and was one of the best days of our lives! We received so many compliments from our guests about how beautiful our wedding was and it was all thanks to Eunice. We are so grateful for Eunice's guidance, professionalism, and care in making our dream wedding come true. We would highly recommend Eunice and her team to anyone!!!

Where do I even start? My husband actually found Eunice through Yelp, and we are so grateful he…read moredid! We were completely clueless about the wedding planning process, and after our initial meeting, we knew we were in good hands, so we opted for her full wedding service. Eunice made everything as seamless as possible. From helping us find and book amazing vendors to reviewing invitations and our wedding website, she handled every detail with care. She kept us sane throughout the process, especially in the final month when the stress really kicked in. While the early stages of planning were fun, the final stretch was overwhelming but Eunice was there every step of the way, making sure everything ran smoothly. When we made a last minute decision to hire a videographer, she worked her magic and found one within our budget the week of the wedding! The wedding itself was absolutely beautiful and felt effortless to us. Every detail came together perfectly, and we owe it all to Eunice. She truly made our day special and stress-free. We couldn't have done it without her, and we are so thankful we trusted her to bring our vision to life. If you're looking for a planner who is professional, organized, and genuinely cares, Eunice is the one!

Watching The Bloom of Time transform a room is one of those moments that never gets old…read more They have a beautiful way of creating florals that feel elegant, thoughtful, and never overdone. Every arrangement adds warmth and beauty while allowing the celebration to remain the focus. Just as wonderful is the team behind the florals. They're kind, organized, and a joy to work with. I always look forward to working with The Bloom of Time and would happily recommend them to any couple.

I sent two flower arrangements for Mother's Day and I am stunned. Honestly the most beautiful…read morearrangements I've ever seen. When I was browsing the website, I'll admit I thought the photos looked too good to be true...you see the picture and brace yourself for something that's close but not quite. Not here. The arrangements that arrived looked EXACTLY like the photos. I couldn't believe it. Jeannie is also wonderful to work with -- quick to respond, super kind, and you can tell she genuinely cares. The thoughtfulness and time that goes into every arrangement is obvious the second you see them. So glad I randomly stumbled across them while looking for local flower vendors. They have a customer for life -- well worth every penny.

If you're looking for boho-chic rentals for your next event definitely check out BZ! Everything we…read morerented was in great condition and reasonably priced. Brianne even suggested little details that made all the difference in our little set-up for our baby shower! A deposit is needed and you're sent an invoice upon receipt. Delivery fee was about $50 but you also have the option to pick up.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this girl!…read more I randomly found this company on yelp and Briana was absolutely amazing and accommodating from the first interaction that I had with her. She answered all my questions and went out of her way to make sure that my vision came to life with the inspiration pics that I had showed her. She was both professional and personable, and her stuff is also super good quality! I will be for sure booking her again with any future events that I have.