I worked with YHD for my wedding on April 2, 2011. We hired Michelle to be our day of planner and…read moreshe was excellent. We live in Modesto, CA and Michelle helped us plan our wedding from 700 miles away. Our first meeting was professional as well as comfortable. My self, fiancé, dad and step-mom met with Michelle at Starbucks and she had a folder of information ready for us, we worked through a preliminary budget, helping all parties to understand exactly what the wedding we wanted will cost. I was very upfront about my budget, $10k, and was given the same courtesy from Michelle about their rates. Her rate quoted to us for day of planning was $2k in 2010, but she gave us a discount because the full $2k was not in our budget. Michelle gave us unlimited email contact from the day we met and was available for deliveries the day before and the day of the event. The email contact was very helpful. Each time I got a finalized contract from a caterer, photographer, party rental facility, etc. I would email it to Michelle for review. She helped me to negotiate services into my contract and reminded me of anything I had forgotten to ask. The service provided the day before and the day of the wedding was fantastic. Michelle came to the venue the day before to meet rental deliveries and set up all tables and chairs. She also ran the rehearsal even though we started about 45 minutes late. The day of Michelle was at the venue about 6 hours before start time, meeting all vendors, making all payments for us, making sure everyone in the wedding party was on time and knew where they were supposed to be. She offered moral support to me was available for anything I needed. My goal for a wedding planner was to have someone help my day be stress free. Michelle of YHD made this possible. I had a hard time with my dad accepting that we wanted/needed a wedding planner, he thought most of the wedding "wasn't necessary". He said we could have done everything without her, I don't think that's true for a second. I was sitting in my bridal suite, sipping on wine and water, waiting for someone to tell me it was time to start. Without Michelle, I probably would have been setting up candles, flowers, checking on the food, is there enough ice at the bar, in a robe, with my hair half done, while my guests were arriving. I would highly recommend Your Heart's Desire for your full wedding planning, or day of services. No matter how much you think you have your wedding under control, you will want to have someone else running the show behind the scenes. With this service, you are able to be a guest at your own wedding.

My wife and I just got married a few months ago. My wife was really stressing out and going…read moreballistic trying to plan everything. Then we made the decision to call Emily at Your Heart's Desire. She helped us with everything. Things that we seemingly complicated were straightened out and simplified in no time. My wife says that Emily saved our wedding.

I rarely do reviews, but I must share how AWESOME Julie Hurt is! I would give her 10 stars out of 5…read moreif I could!!! After meeting up with her, my gut feeling said she will do a good job, but no... she did an AMAZING job! Farrrr surpass my expectations. What I envisioned, she created it, made it happen, and making my wedding so beautiful and very memorable, for myself and guests. Julie is extremely professional, quick on responses, and is just a wonderful person in general! I did flowers and chair rentals with her, but her company, Simply Elegant, does more than that, offering wedding planning/ coordinating services, decorating services, and more. Bottom line is you cannot go wrong with Julie; you'll be more than pleased because Julie will try to make your dream wedding come true. At least, for me, it was certainly perfect and truly SIMPLY ELEGANT!!!!! Thank you Julie!!!!! Photos speak more than words so hopefully others can see how awesome your work is through these attached pictures.

I do not even have the words to express my gratitude towards Julie. She is absolutely amazing and…read morewent above and beyond for my wedding. I had a vision for what I wanted the florals to look like for my wedding. Before meeting with Julie, I met with at least 5 florists. I very clear in expressing my ideas. All of the florists took over two weeks send me the proposal. They quoted me by the flower--each flower costing a certain amount which always ended up being wayyyy over my budget. When they finally sent me the proposal it was nothing like I pictured. When I would ask them to revise it, they would either tell me what I was asking for couldn't be done or they wouldn't even respond to me. ALL of that changed when I met Julie. I contacted her and she responded almost immediately. She asked me to send her pictures of ideas I had. By the time of our first meeting she already understood my style and had even more suggestions for me that were beautiful! She had the proposal done the same day and worked within my budget. She doesn't stem count so I got more flowers than in any of the other proposals for much, much cheaper. She even custom made one of my centerpieces. She has such a fantastic eye and is so experienced that she made everything more beautiful then I even thought possible! But Julie is so much more than a florist! Even though she wasn't my wedding planner (I already had one by the time I met Julie) she treated me like I was one of her brides. She constantly checked on me. When I had an issue with anything for my wedding, she went out of her way to find a solution. She was with me every step of the way and she made me feel so special and truly made my wedding planning process stress free. She is the best! I am SO thankful I found Julie. I had the wedding of my dreams all thanks to her!

We were referred to Bees Knees Photography and Staci could not have been more kind, sweet,…read moreprofessional and available. We did a session with my 86 year old father and my 5-year-old son and me. It was fun and the photos came out spectacular! She walked me through the entire process so I had realistic expectations and also helped me choose, organize and she even r-sized a few prints so I could get 30x40 inch extra large prints. Today she hand delivered our prints along with a really cute USB drive with all the photos, re-touched and resized photos I requested. Greatness lies in the details. She had some cute little bumble bee stickers along with a small gift bag of local Bee Honey! And a hand written note about our experience. Bees Knees Photography is a class act. I highly recommend.

Lauren is such a calm, warm and welcoming person! Any bride would be lucky to work with her for…read moretheir wedding. She is very empathetic, understanding, and willing to help the couples she supports. She makes the planning experience so much more enjoyable and stress-free. If the couple is ever in doubt, she reassures them and provides valuable input and recommendations in all facets of the planning process. For day-of logistics and coordination, she makes everything and everyone come together so smoothly. The couple has nothing to worry about besides showing up and enjoying their special wedding festivities.

I was a very type A bride who had a vision for my wedding and Amy helped execute it without a…read morehitch! What I found most helpful was her expertise of the industry and POV on what she recommended for various things big or small from vendor choices down to drink icons on our bar signs. She handled a lot of the negotiation with vendors and our hotel making sure we were getting the best bang for our buck. I know there was a lot of coordinating and communication she did behind the scenes to the point where I didn't even know about it/have to stress about it. I can't thank her enough for helping make our day more special than I could have ever imagined! We love you, Amy! -Jordan and Sam Schrier

I cannot thank Amy enough for putting on the best day ever for my husband and me! She was extremely…read moreprofessional, efficient, and well versed in EVERYTHING that goes on for a wedding day (weekend). My MOH even commented that she's never seen a more hands on wedding planner for the day of. We never had to worry about anything. Any questions we had, she answered in a timely manner and her overarching abilities let me and my husband enjoy the day in many ways that our family and friends said wouldn't be possible! Amy - you're amazing and thank you for everything!

Devon and his team are some of the most professional people we've ever worked with. They came out…read moreand provided sound for our desert party and did it with class, punctuality, and an incredible level of constant communication. They drove from AZ to Barstow CA and were on time, set up perfectly, and even had extras for things we messed up to bring. Their rates were also very great and fair for the services they provided. We did music for 60 hours straight and they always had sound techs on hand, they were all professional the whole time and made sure everything was moving smoothly the entire time. The HSD system they provided offered crystal clear sound clarity and I honestly can't say enough good things about these guys, especially Devon. Go with these guys for your sound needs, you'll only be impressed and satisfied. Our record label is 1000% planning to work with them again, and if you're considering it, I recommend these guys over anyone else offering similar services.

What a fun thing to do, even if you're a local!…read more Our guide was Dan, who was fun and knowledgable about the area (though...we were locals so we didn't really care). It was nice for him to give us the options of bars to visit, since most of us knew them already, and we could give him an idea of what vibe we were in to (on our crazy Thursday afternoon outing haha). They have great tunes to blare, complimentary plastic cups and bottled water, and even seatbelts (safety first for the drunkies) should you choose to wear. Tip: definitely have more people than we did (6) since it was pretty tiring and Dan had to bust on the power to get us around town successfully and through stoplights.

OMG this was SOOOO much fun!…read more I whole-heartedly agree with Jinah Y that the sucky part about Tour de Tavern was that it ended. If possible, my group probably would've kept the bicycle pedalling ALLLLL night. Two hours wasn't enough. We most definitely will return. One of my friends made a private group reservation so all 14 seats were accounted for by friends, with Captain John steering. He really did make the night [plus the badass spotify playlist one of my girlfriends made]. As a group we decided to go ahead and meet for dinner @ Brat Haus - so funny that we ended up seated next to the check-in booth for TDT. We didn't have a specific plan for bars/routes around Old Town, we just wanted to have fun. So Captain John made sure to just hit up a few select places because nothing is more fun than going wild on a beer bike with friends [although the swing at Gilligans was fun]. Because we were loud and fun, one of our friends who lives on the top story of a condo in Old Town heard us screaming out the "500 Miles" song along the way. Cannot wait to do this again!

It was a pleasure working with Rick. He does amazing work! It was beyond what we expected it to be…read more We will for sure be working with him again in the future!!