Admittedly we hired 402 Services late into our wedding planning. Originally we considered flying in a wedding coordinator from my hometown of Seattle, who had done several other fr...iends' weddings - but it no longer made sense with COVID. We questioned the value we would get from the Desire Package since we already had a date/venue and had already booked several vendors. I'm so glad that we chose to budget for 402 as it dramatically impacted the success of our September wedding weekend, which was tip toeing around the COVID pandemic. I would consider myself highly detail-oriented/Type A - if we document how something should go or a detail that can't be missed, I expect it to be executed. If this sounds like you, then you need Colleen!
I worked closely with Colleen to perfect our wedding weekend timeline (we had events Friday through Sunday - logistics galore!) and hire the remaining vendors that we needed. In hindsight, our Seattle contact wouldn't have been nearly as resourceful or well-versed as Colleen. In addition to facilitating several details with vendors, I was so impressed with the commitment and time Colleen put into price shopping - especially when we unexpectedly needed several rentals - a detail that surely would've been caught sooner if we had hired 402 sooner! I enjoyed the centralized documentation in Google Drive, and always appreciated Colleen triaging my emails with details here and there. I felt like I could ask Colleen candid questions without judgment or persuasion. Wedding planning with Colleen was always professional and yet somehow always felt like planning with your best friend who was an expert at these things. Another benefit of hiring 402 was that we were able to hire bartenders/servers at the last minute for our cocktail welcome reception the evening before our wedding. We didn't necessarily need bartenders to regulate alcohol (it was at our home), but they handled keeping everything stocked, replenishing ice to keep things cold, ensuring everything looked nice, picking up trash -- and most importantly ensured my house wasn't trashed for when we got back home after the big wedding weekend. This took a huge burden off my bridal party, as well, allowing all wedding guests to truly enjoy the evening and focus on socializing.
In the weeks after our wedding, our family and friends sing high praises of Colleen. In fact, my mom still can't remember most of our bridal party's names -- but she can tell you all about Colleen. I've learned of little details here and there of how she saved the day without me having a clue it was ever an issue. Her quick problem solving and immaculate attention to detail was exactly what I needed to be at ease the day-of but also to be proud looking back on all the little details we knocked out of the park. I really enjoyed the whole wedding weekend, as if I were my own guest, because everything was handled. She ran some last minute day-of errands for us that were executed like a breeze. Her partner, Jordan, was also super helpful for the last minute things that inevitably crept up. Planning our wedding was a lot of work and borderline exhausting but the actual wedding weekend itself was absolutely perfect and without a doubt due to the master orchestration that Colleen led.