Reverend Jim and Terri provide a wedding service that is on an entirely different level than most…read moreof the corporate wedding companies around Hawaii. They run a family business, with wonderful personal touches, while crafting a truly magical wedding experience and handling it professionally the whole way. Also, their wedding photographer Juan is ridiculously talented! His eye for amazing shots, color, richness, and intimacy is wonderful. Some of best photography I've ever seen. Just look at some of the photos on their website to see what I mean. My wife and I will definitely use them for our vow renewal!

I had such a great experience with Hawaiian Barefoot Weddings! I found them online and called to…read morespeak with Terri. She was patient, answered all our questions and was very friendly and courteous. It was much less than some of the other places we found online. Terri coordinated the ceremony, minister, music, photography and cake cutting/champagne toast. It was simply perfect! The entire group was awesome and it made my day perfect!

My husband and I got married a month ago and it was extremely stressful planning things on a short…read moretimeline. I wasn't going to hire a planner at the risk of spending so much on something I thought I could manage on my own (with some help of the fiancé, of course). I met Teri and Pura at the Wedding Expo at the Convention Center. To be honest, it was because I loved their décor display. After some much needed advice and budget reworking, I decided to splurge some of the wedding cost on a day-of planner and was excited for a consultation with Teri. She was extremely friendly and not the least bit intimidating for someone who has so much on their plate. Teri got back to me immediately with scheduling my consultation, and would reply to my emails within 24-72 hours (which is impressive if you can understand how I was a last minute addition to her extremely busy wedding season schedule!) She was amazing as far as managing my expectations within my budget. Even though I brought a mess of ideas and pre-purchased wedding details like my expensive venue, Teri was extremely cognizant of my budget at all times. She gave me great advice when it came to necessities and "risk versus reward" type details. It sounds silly when deciding what size flowers to use or using a Bluetooth speaker and playlist, but it's a huge deal when someone can save you $500+ just by substituting with simple, yet money saving options! Along with Teri, I have to give a huge commendation to her daughter, Dannah! She was pregnant, busy with her husband shipping out, and a full schedule of June weddings...she managed to do a site visit, organize the small pockets of chaos during my wedding, AND she even did the set up, SERVING OF FOOD, and take down! Honestly, Teri and Dannah were an awesome team and they were above and beyond my expectations. In lieu of describing every detail of my wedding, I can simply put it that Teri and Dannah are extremely efficient at managing their time from busy schedules, to their personal lives and their clients. They worked hard to meet their client's expectations and stayed strict to the "guidelines" they established from the beginning. I highly recommend Julian and Coco for their planning services, and both Teri and Dannah for their work ethic and genuine interest in helping people enjoy a happy and memorable experience.

*****DO NOT HIRE*****…read more Pura Stephens can talk you up on your consultation call...and that's where it ends. After our talk on the phone, I thought that she was perfect! She agreed to a payment plan of 5 individual payments and since my mother had offered to pay for a coordinator, we made our first payment. Then the silence started. Pura was supposed to have called me the following week to talk over the details, vision, etc. This call didn't take place for a month and only after I told her we wouldn't be making our 2nd payment until she returned our multiple calls. She did return my call and was pleasant and apologetic. Then she didn't call again till the 3rd payment was due. At this time I expressed my frustration and explicitly wrote what I wanted to go over in an email. At this point, we started bi-weekly phone calls...this lasted for 1 call. She didn't call me for our scheduled bi-weekly followup and didn't return emails or calls for a few weeks. When she finally did, she said it was because of a family emergency/ a family member had died. I said I was sorry for her lose, but she should have sent a mass email out to her brides. Again, we had bi-weekly calls. I emailed her questions that I had for vendors and she would forward it to them with the words "See below". The last straw was I had multiple questions in regards to party rentals, it was at least 6 questions. She emailed the vendor and in three short 5 word phrases made 3 changes and forwarded the email to me with the vendor's response. She completely ignored my questions to her and my request to ask the vendor their opinion. I emailed her per the contract - if I wanted to cancel the contract it had to be in writing and with more than 30 days notice. It states "refunds are limited to unearned fees, funds in excess of unused or non-refundable fees and out-of-pocket expenses". My mother - whom the refund needed to go to - contact Pura to setup how some of what we paid would be refunded. Pura proceeded to tell her that she would not refund until she talked to me and blamed the vendors for her lack of communication and progress. Since that call she has not answered my multiple phone calls, voicemails and emails. Only after I hired her did I find out this is her M.O. Apparently 5 phone calls and a few emails = $2000 with Julian and Coco Events. Do Not Hire this company! Stay away!

The pictures below really speak for themselves. Joanna and her crew did a phenomenal job on my…read morewedding day! Me and my husband got so much compliments on our wedding it really was something you see in a magazine. Thank you so much for bringing my vision to life this day will be talked about for years.

From the owner: JSS by Design, offering stellar service and custom rentals to make every special event a unique and…read morememorable experience. When you hire JSS, anything is possible.

They were amazing. We booked them for our small wedding of 50 people and they were outstanding…read more Music dancing & fire ! Oh my definitely hire these guys & gals for a great memory especially if you have a lot of out of town guests new to the islands

The Kalena Ohana danced at my son's wedding at Kualoa Ranch. The dancing was so entertaining. All…read moreof the guests raved about the dancing, crowd volunteer dancing, and especially the fire dancing. Music was great, musicians were great, and the dancing was great. If you want to really entertain your out of state guests this company is a must.

Pains me to do this because the owner seems like a very nice person. My fiancé and I found her…read morecompany through google. We were looking for companies that were able to offer small wedding ceremony packages. We also wanted to find someone that can help us arrange a small casual reception afterwards, which many companies who specialize in wedding ceremony packages didn't do. So when we found this company, we decided to contact them and see what they can offer. We were initially very excited to learn that this company was able to help us with the reception portion. The owner also seemed very enthusiastic and experienced in the industry. Even though we were envisioning a much smaller and less expensive wedding, the owner managed to convince us to have a bigger and more lavish wedding than we anticipated, because she convinced us that she could "give us our dream wedding" within our limited budget. Slightly skeptical, we asked her if she could give us a predicted budget breakdown to see how she will pull off our wedding within our budget. However, our first mistake was to sign a contract with her before she gave us this budget prediction, because she kept avoiding and delaying to give us this budget breakdown. This went on for months and she kept giving us excuses and avoiding the budget topic whenever we bring it up. If a planner can't even get it together long enough to put together a quote, how is she expected to plan a wedding? Another thing we found odd was that she asked us to give ALL of our wedding money to her so that she can "take care of the payments from her end". Not once have I met a planner that does this. Our second mistake was to follow her venue recommendation, even though we know that this venue is slightly more on the expensive side, not realizing that this will blow our budget. After the venue was booked, that's when everything went downhill, as it turns out that we had to increase our overall wedding budget by 20+% due to many things we weren't made aware of. She also told us all of the sudden that her service fees have not been included in our budget. Shocked and anxious, we asked her how much her service is, because we didn't see any specific number for her fees on her contract. And of course, like the budget, she avoided answering our question about her service fees. By not being upfront about their service fees just shows how unethical their business practice is. Nonetheless, communication with her was a nightmare. As a bride, of course I would have a myriad of questions for her, especially about cost, vendors, and scheduling vendor meetings. 9/10 times none of my emails or texts were answered for weeks at a time. And whenever she reappears again out of the blue, she would never answer any of my questions. Instead she would have some ridiculous excuse on why she ghosted on us and say "I have a lot of information for you. Let's meet up in person next week to discuss". But why are you asking a meeting in person during a pandemic? She would disappear for such long periods of time for various excuses that we had to take initiative and do the majority of the planning process ourselves, which defeats the purpose of having a wedding coordinator in the first place. If you're too busy, at least have the courtesy to let us know rather than ghosting your client. So with all of the drama and frustration that we had to go through in the 4 months working with her, we decided to terminate our contract with her. Take note that we have sent her multiple emails explaining our frustrations with her over the course of two months. But of course, she didn't answer or respond to any of my emails or address any of my concerns or frustrations. When we decided to fire her, we sent her a very long email detailing everything that was frustrating us, from the budget management to her poor communication. And her response? She didn't even apologize or acknowledge any of her mistakes and said something like "Since your wedding is still really far away, I need to work on weddings that would bring me income right now. I have worked very hard on your wedding for the short amount of time we've been working together...". Take note that at this point the only thing she has done for us is booking the venue. And how rude can you be by telling us we're just another unimportant source of income? I'm writing this review on Yelp because she only has very biased reviews on her website and nowhere else. Skip the headache and go with other companies if you don't want to go through the same thing that I did. TL;DR: claims she's experienced and organized but the complete opposite, VERY slow to no communication, mysterious service fee (read: shady business practices), didn't honor our budget, won't apologize or acknowledge mistakes, an expert at excuses & avoiding our questions

Wanted to let Kelli know that she did an awesome job putting out wedding together. She took care of…read moreeverything from helping me with my dress, organizing, decorating, ordering, picking up, caterers and photographer. It was an amazing and beautiful wedding on the beach with an awesome reception to follow. Food was delicious. Due to Covid, it was just immediate family and every comment was about how amazingly beautiful it was. Kelli was very helpful, patient and full of wonderful ideas. We're glad we found her and Pastor Mark. Would definitely recommend Tide the Knot.

Tinker Blomfield is the wedding coordinator with this company, and she is magnificent! Tinker…read morehelped me put together my wedding within a five month window...really. She works mainly within the North Shore, but from my understanding, Tinker has worked all over the island. I live on the mainland, so we did everything via internet. I was a little apprehensive about the idea at first, but from what I heard around the grapevine...she was the wedding planner to go with. My maid of honor lives on Oahu, so she was my eyes and ears out there. The wedding was held at Waimea Valley, and Tinker has been coordinating weddings at this location for over 20 years. Wedding planners can be quite pricy, but Tinker's rates were very accomadating. She has a lot of connects out there in Oahu (photographer, catering, flowers, etc), which is very helpful. Without Tinker's help I honestly believe the wedding would not have come together as it did. E Pili Mai Weddings did a wonderful job making my special day extraordinary.

I apologize that I am super late on this review! Three months before our wedding (June 2021), I…read morereached out to Tropical Moon Events, and the staffs there were amazing! Dania (Head Coordinator) and Jenna (my Wedding Coordinator) we're very attentive to my needs and wants in such a short amount of time, especially during COVID! Dania would reach out to me every month, and she would let me know the updates and regulations in Hawaii. Plans kept changing whether we needed to postpone our wedding date or elope. Luckily, around April-May 2021, rules were slowly being lifted and we ended up keeping our original wedding date! They really helped us out a lot, even on the small details! They're so fun and laid back and that's what I really love about them. My husband and I really enjoyed our wedding and we appreciate Dania's and Jenna's help! I forgot Jenna's assistant's name, but she was a big help as well! I love their hospitality I would recommend them to any family members or close friends that are thinking of getting married in Oahu. It was truly THE BEST DAY EVER! A big mahalo, Dania and Jenna!

We are local caterers & have worked with Tropical Moon Events on many occasions , they are very…read moreknowledgeable and dedicated to making your event a success! We have also used their staffing services to supplement our staff for larger events! They are punctual, hard working and have great service . You should definitely book with Tropical Moon Events!

We rarely post reviews--unless something is truly awful (buyer beware) or absolutely exceptional…read more In the case of Fred and Kate Events, our experience was nothing short of exceptional--and that's putting it mildly. From start to finish, Tessa and her team made our wedding unforgettable. It's been seven months since our big day (February 23, 2025), and my wife, myself, our friends, and family still talk about it constantly. We laughed, cried, ate, drank, danced, socialized, and snapped countless photos. Most importantly, we were able to relax and truly enjoy ourselves. Fred and Kate Events had everything under control. The only thing we had to focus on was getting married--which is exactly how it should be. Tessa is phenomenal, and her staff is top-tier: professional, attentive, and kind. If you try to step in, they'll gently remind you to let them handle it--and trust me, you'll be glad you did. We can't thank them enough for managing every detail so we could stay present in the moment. That gift alone was priceless.

We couldn't be happier with our experience working with Fred and Kate! From the very beginning,…read morethey were organized, easy to communicate with, and always made us feel heard and supported. No matter how many questions or requests we had (and we had plenty!), Tessa, Henry, Midori, and Lauren were consistently accommodating, friendly, and incredibly quick to respond. On the day of the wedding, the planning team showed up in full force. They were professional, efficient, and totally on top of everything--firm when they needed to be, but always brought the right energy and hype to keep the day exciting and fun. Everything ran so smoothly that we hardly even noticed they were there, which is a true testament to how well they had everything under control. We're so grateful for their dedication and would highly recommend Fred and Kate to any couple looking for a seamless and joyful wedding planning experience!

Yum! Saw them on the side of road on our way to Waimea falls. So glad we stopped by, absolutely…read moredelicious!

We had an absolutely phenomenal experience with the entire team at 1979 Hawaii. From email, phone…read morecalls, and the day of the event they truly took special care to ensure every detail was executed. For our day, they took care of the catering, service, lei making, hula dancing, and acai bowl station at Paliku Gardens and we could not have been more pleased with everything they were a part of. The food was wonderful, they were patient and flexible as timing shifts were made during the reception that evening, and they truly went above and beyond to ensure every aspect of the night went smoothly. Yarden worked incredibly hard to ensure all details that we discussed in advance of the day were translated. We are so happy we went with 1979 Hawaii for this special day and would 10/10 recommend them for any special event or wedding you are planning in Hawaii!