Through out the wedding week, I cannot count how many times I said the words "I love Emilie"... "I love this girl"... "What would I have done without her...". Words cannot express how fortunate my husband and I were to have hired Pink Orchid Weddings (Emilie). I first met Emilie in 2010 during my good friend Martha's wedding and witnessed first hand the great work Emilie produced. It wasn't until my actual wedding that I REALLY understood how much goes into her job and how good she is at what she does. While my wedding was in Boston, I planned it from Philadelphia. I consider myself a relatively organized and relaxed bride, but even I managed to fall victim to the stress of planning a wedding. Even with the random curve balls that were thrown at Emilie (last minute vendors being added 3 days before the wedding, trolley companies backing out,...etc) Emilie always kept her cool and helped me prioritize and organize myself. While professionalism and attentiveness are just a couple of the many positive traits that she will showcase when you work with her, what it all boils down to is that she is simply a truly good person who loves her job. For example, after a long wedding day. Emilie went above and beyond her duties and gave the exhausted bride (me) a lift to the hotel. While it is strange to say I went home with my wedding coordinator, it honestly was not weird at all! While this is by no means part of her job, it just demonstrates how dedicated she is to her job and how thoughtful of a person she is. I highly recommend Pink Orchid Weddings. I can honestly say that my wedding would not have been nearly as memorable if I did not have Emilie there by my side. read more

I can't believe that I get to be the first Yelp review for Pink Orchid! I have no idea why they weren't on here to begin with, but here goes... After getting engaged and deciding to plan a wedding 3000 miles away from my venue and never having been to a wedding as an adult, i realized that I should probably get some help. I had no idea what really happens during a wedding never mind how to plan a wedding! So I found Pink Orchid through my photographer Shang Chen of Shang Chen Photography who HIGHLY recommended this company. I looked through the photos on their webpage and was a little worried that my wedding wouldn't be fancy enough for them but after chatting via email I decided to meet up with Emilie while I was in Boston. I immediately liked her and realized quickly that she placed no judgement on my budget (and mostly DIY) wedding. I hired her as our Day of Coordinator. This was by far the best decision I could have made in my wedding planning process. Emilie sent me a monthly checklist to keep me on track during my year long planning process and was always available via email for any questions I had. A month or so before the wedding Emilie and I had our first phone consultation (this wasn't an in-person meeting because she's in Boston and I was in CA). We spoke for several hours going over every single detail of my ceremony and reception. After getting all of my details in order she set up this amazing list of all of my vendors and what they were providing me and she personally followed up with all of them. She also provided me with a timeline of events down to the minute! Now, this sounds kind of anal (well, it did to me at first...) but it wasn't. She just had a good grasp on how the day should go and was able to put it all down on paper in an orderly way that I never could have done in a million years. The morning of my wedding, Emilie arrived bright and early to our hair appointment and checked in with me before she went to our venue. When I got to the venue she already had everything rolling. She filled me in on what had arrived and made sure that I was doing well. I felt so calmed by her presence, knowing that everything was going to be set up exactly as I had wanted (or better). She worked with my venue coordinator to make sure the food and service went well and worked with my other vendors to make sure that they were providing to me what they had promised. Emilie was there to help fix my flower girl's pomander when it broke. She was there when the lunch hour became a little boring and helped moved the timeline along faster to get the dancing started. It's those little things throughout my day that I didn't want my mom or I to think about or stress out about and Emilie made sure that we didn't stress out about anything. Emilie helped take down all of the elements that they had put up that morning and had it all packed up in boxes ready to be put in cars. Through set up and take down she was amazing. I HIGHLY recommend Emilie and Pink Orchid Weddings for anyone getting married who needs a little (or a lot) of help. The service was a little pricy, but my cross-country planning self needed some reassurance that everything was going to work out that day and it did. My wedding was absolutely amazing and I owe a part of that to Emilie. read more

Emilie is great! She understands my needs, culture concerns, and can give me valuable suggestions. We had two meet-ups, and she sends me monthly checklist through the year, which is very helpful. She's prompt on answering questions. She always keep your needs on mind. Before the big day, I have a timeline and a wedding detail form which contains every detail of the wedding. Really, every detail. On the big day, I barely had chances talking to her, but everything is in place and perfect. I highly recommend her. read more

Words cannot express how happy we were with the work that Emilie and Pink Orchid Weddings did to make our wedding day so special! We got in touch with Emilie through our photographer, Kelly Dillon :) Emilie's attention to details made our wedding day completely stress free. We literally did not have to worry about ANYTHING- Emilie took care of everything. I was always able to email her with any questions at all during the months and weeks leading up to the wedding- and her response was always so quick! She would help think of things that I wouldnt even of thought of- she is so good at what she does. If you are considering a planner for your wedding- you need to book Pink Orchid Weddings- our wedding day would not have been what is was with out Emilie there :) read more

We worked with Emilie on our 8/31/13 wedding and I cannot tell you how professional, organized, helpful and truly amazing she was throughout our entire process. We had found her via Yelp about a year before the wedding and after a short face to face meeting, I knew this was a great choice! From that meeting on, it was so helpful receiving checklists from her each month just to make sure we were on track with our plans. After learning Emilie was a fantastic graphic designer, we also took advantage of her creative and printing services. She did absolutely every single printed piece for our wedding from the Save the Dates to invitations to escort cards to thank you notes. Everything! It was so great to have one look carried over through all of our pieces and people raved about our designs for each piece! As the wedding got closer we talked more and more about details and during a longer meeting went through a minute by minute timeline, which was just so helpful. In the days leading up, Emilie and I were in regular contact ironing out details and she was so helpful with even the smallest, most annoying (I'm sure) questions I had! As wonderful as she was in the lead up to the big weekend, it was from the rehearsal on that really blew me away also. Emilie organized our rehearsal, which was such a huge help and was there very early on the wedding day getting all of the set up items arranged, directing traffic of the vendors, helping to predict weather even! ha ha Once the wedding started, if anything went wrong, I certainly didn't know it. It was absolutely seamless. It was by far the best day of our lives and we would not have survived without Emily! :) :) read more

We hired Emilie from Pink Orchid Weddings as our day-of wedding planner for our wedding at the Four Seasons Boston on 6.9.12. It was definitely one of the best decisions we made! She is by far one of the most professional, organized, attentive, friendly and creative vendors I have ever worked on for an event (and I used to plan events for my job). I don't know how many times we said to ourselves "thank god for Emilie" or "wow, what would we have done without her" or "Emilie is just simply the best!"....from day one, she consistently followed up on any of my emails or questions, sent me great ideas for other vendors (being that I planned my wedding from out of state), provided me with handy checklists, and more. She put together a super impressive schedule for the wedding day and helped to make sure we stuck to it, without being intrusive or bossy. My family and wedding party loved her and agreed that she was a HUGE help. I highly recommend her! She's the best there is!!! read more

Emilie is hands down the best, most organized vendor I worked with for my wedding. I booked Emilie early in the process as I knew I wanted a day of coordinator as I had two locations for the ceremony and reception. I did interview several coordinators (some lower priced) but decided on Emilie because of her organization, professionalism and great reviews. Early on, I was thinking Emilie's prices were reasonable even though originally my friends/family were wondering if I needed it (even though I knew I did as I wanted to enjoy the wedding). As the wedding date grew nearer and nearer, I felt that her prices were extremely valuable and if anything I got a major bargain considering the quality of the services I received. Looking back I feel that it was the best money I spent for my wedding hands down and she was definitely the best vendor I worked with. First of all, she is incredibly timely and responsive and email communication was included in the price. I can't say how many times I emailed her with a small question late at night and I would get an answer in under 10 minutes, that is an amazing turnaround time. She was always there, she always knew what was going on, I never had to refresh her as to my plans and always felt like I was her only customer. She had great vendor suggestions, great logistics suggestions, song choice help for our Korean ceremony and always supportive. In the weeks leading up to the wedding, she kept me on track with the million details that needed to be set. Even though I might have felt stressed getting them to her, I also felt assured that once handed off, I would not have to worry about them on my special day. She was amazing with every interaction. She was my advocate with all my vendors and I didn't have to be. She responded to things that came up with ease and grace and only consulted me if she felt that it was something I needed to know. Even when my JP forgot my readings, Emilie found them online, transcribed them at the ceremony site. She handled my tips, let me know when I wrote out a check to the wrong name, was pinning the boutineers on my groomsmen, family, ran our rehearsal, and basically coordinated every last detail (and I had many details) with absolute perfection. She kept all the vendors on schedule which is not an easy feat. On top of that, she is sincere, makes everything look easy and I felt she was a great friend on the most stressful and most beautiful day of my life. I can't say enough how grateful I am for her services, I really felt like I made it through the day in big part to her amazing coordination skills. She is extremely detailed but very easy to get along with among the vendors and my family and wedding party. Our groomsmen loved her so much they were chanting "Emilie!" by the end of the night! My mom was saying that she didn't understand in the beginning why I wanted a coordinator so bad and toward the wedding, she was saying she was so glad I got one and she was so glad it was Emilie. I think I even heard my mom tell her that I was so relieved to have her on the wedding day. Our guests thought everything was executed beautifully. Emilie, thank you so much, you were such a huge part of the success of our whole day. I have never seen anyone work as hard as you, 12+ hrs the day of our wedding, two sites and a Korean ceremony. We are forever grateful for the large role you played in executing a beautiful wedding. Do not hesitate to book Emilie if you want peace of mind and are a perfectionist, I guarantee it will be the best money you will spend! read more

Emilie was amazing to work with. I booked her over a year before my wedding for day-of service, but she offered unlimited email communication and I completely took advantage of that. Any question I had, she had an answer to within a matter of 20 minutes! At our final walk-through, she asked questions I would not have thought of and took over calling every single vendor of mine to confirm everything. Not only did she confirm place and times, but she got the names and cell phone numbers of all our transportation drivers (3 guest shuttles, 2 limos, and a party bus) and spoke with each of them individually! It was SO nice to be able to know everything was in her hands and not have to stress about details - we handed her the marriage license at rehearsal and didn't have to think about it! She called me the morning of just to see how everything was going and ended up stopping by my house where I got ready to say hi! Then she went to my venue to help set up, and met us at the church in time to coordinate the ceremony! She was amazing at the reception - no one knew she was even there - but was on top of EVERYTHING. She found me to tell me my photographers were leaving in 20 minutes and asked if there were any other pictures I wanted. Definitely the best money we spend. My mom and husband were skeptical at first - but they both have said they couldn't imagine the day going smoothly without Emilie! Our wedding was stress-free because of her (which is unheard of in my family)! read more

Emilie is incredible. I cannot say enough. She thinks of EVERYTHING and is always 18 steps ahead of the game. Leading up to the wedding, she made sure everything was going to be exactly how my husband and I wanted, but more importantly, on the actual wedding day, we all would have been lost without her! Any time I needed something, she was there- and she must have stitched up my dress for me 5 times... Before we hired Emilie, we were hesitant about hiring any sort of wedding coordinator, but thank GOD we did! There is no way to be prepared for all of the pieces that make up a wedding, unless Emilie is there to prepare you. In addition, she helped my mother-in-law plan the most amazing rehearsal dinner. And according to my mother-in-law, she was absolutely, indisputably, indispensable. read more

The glowing reviews about Emilie that have already been posted are true to every word. Five stars are inadequate for "rating" Emilie's work, which is perfection. As some of the prior reviewers have written, my now-husband and I would give her 10+ stars (and no, we are not that generous with our compliments). Some detailed reasons below: 1) Unparalleled professionalism. Emilie is a pro, short and simple. She will put you (her client) at complete ease, and she will earn your trust and faith (and maintain them) via her actions. My husband and I are not ones to be easily satisfied; we can be fastidious, anal, super-organized, and one of our difficulties is in delegating responsibilities to others. But even for us, Emilie was quite a gem of a find. After our first meeting and a couple of e-mail interactions, we naturally began to rely on her more and more, and well before the wedding, we found ourselves completely comfortable just trusting her 100%. And it was such a refreshing feeling to be able to delegate, knowing she would do a BETTER job than we would. Just a few days ago, having been so blown away this amazing person, we went back to her Pink Orchid Weddings website and browsed through the packages, descriptions, etc. Let us reassure you: She WILL deliver, and deliver above and beyond. 2) Genuine passion. Those who are superb (superb, not just excellent) at what they do, are able to do so because they genuinely care. Emilie's true love for and dedication to her job shines through. I admit, there were moments during the wedding planning process when I was completely freaking out and stressed, but her love and kindness were such that they put me at ease and made me look at the planning process with a fresh set of eyes. 3) Execution. She executes, 200%. And the deliverable? A beautiful wedding straight out of your dreams. I had communicated with Emilie how I envisioned the set-up to be (for the placecard table, cards, reception tables, etc). Not only did she give such helpful input in set-up planning, but on the day of the wedding, what I saw was even beyond my expectations. All I had done was sit back and enjoy the wedding with my loved ones. I kept telling my friends and family: "The wedding was more beautiful than I had imagined possible; it was perfect." So much of that was thanks to Emilie's work. Another example: We failed to bustle my wedding dress for the dance; after numerous attempts, Emilie said, "No problem; I can bustle it." She fixed it, and nobody knew the dress' own bustle had failed. 4) Follow-through. I didn't even realize this until just a few days ago, but my sister who was the maid of honor told me that Emilie had popped by to drop off some of the stuff that had been left over at the wedding venue. She did NOT have to do this, and we wouldn't have realized. But she chose to do it, and extra things like this (or offering to give my husband's sister a lift back to hotel after a late wedding night, for example) are just a frosting on top of an already-stellar cake. We could come up with many more examples of her work. But a brief summary: - Emilie / Pink Orchid Weddings is one of the very best investments we made for the entire wedding planning process. We do not spend easily, so thought about this a long time before contacting her, but now, we are SO glad that we did. You will say the same thing in the end. - So many guests, and especially vendors, were in touch with us about how exceptional Emilie was. She made a difference, and she made an impression; and we were not surprised. The vendors are now recommending her to their clients, and we think this is for the benefit of these clients. read more

Emilie deserves TEN stars. She is AMAZING. I cannot begin to explain how many times I thought to myself, "she is incredible - I don't know what we would do without her". From the very start I was incredibly impressed with Emilie's professionalism and organization. She was sweet and it was clear she was great at what she does! She made the wedding planning process a lot less stressful. She was quick in responding to e-mails and always was a few steps ahead of me. She provided me with information I needed before I even had to ask for it. I found that Emilie covered all of her bases and provided me with multiple suggestions and solutions when I asked her questions. She helped with things outside of her scope of work - like printing an escort card for us when we had a late RSVP the week of the wedding. Early in the process, when I asked her for vendor recommendations she not only provided me with a list but also with contact information and her own experiences with them. On the weekend of our wedding, it became very clear that we could not have done it without Pink Orchids. Emilie became not just our wedding coordinator but our confidant- I also looked to her for advice on whether to have a sweetheart table, where to place favors, etc. She was always pleasant to be around and impressed me, my family and friends with her work ethic and efficiency. She truly went above and beyond. Emilie is terrific and accommodating. It was no surprise that all my vendors already knew her, loved her and enjoyed working with her. If you want everything to go smoothly and feel confident that you day will be perfect- hire Emilie. Our wedding was just a few days ago and in addition to friends and family wishing us well and telling us how lovely everything was -- we have continuously heard how great our planner was. Hiring pink orchids to be a part of our special day was the BEST decision I made (besides saying yes to marrying my husband!) read more