5 out of 5 stars and 15 reviews
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(15)Central Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and surrounding areas
About this vendor
Based in Champaign, IL, 618 EVENTS plans wedding occasions. Maggie Farchmin, the owner of this business, is excited to help you coordinate a memorable celebration of love. With personalized services, she strives to ensure that your event illustrates the spirit of your romance.
Maggie has been working as an event coordinator since 2015. She truly values her role in organizing your milestone moment. Her mission is to ensure that you have as much fun at your wedding as your guests. This planner finds meaning in seeing the smile on your face as you say “I do” and the excitement of your friends and family. From your engagement party to your honeymoon, 618 EVENTS aspires to account for every detail.
618 EVENTS can produce a tailor-made occasion since they understand every wedding is unique to the bride and groom. They are currently offering a Day-Of Package and Full Service Planning.
With the Day-Of package, you can receive assistance with vendor recommendations and planning questions, along with their custom wedding planning timeline for you to use. Two months prior they will join you at the ceremony and reception venues for an in-person walk through. One week prior they will contact all your vendors to ensure every "i" is dotted and every "t" is crossed. Onsite coordination, timeline creation, and cleanup are also included. This company is committed to flawlessly organizing your happily ever after.
Full Service Planning includes consistent meetings with you to ensure complete and flawless planning. With a locally researched based planning timeline, 618 EVENTS will keep you on task and help make decisions as easy as slicing your wedding cake. They also handle all vendor communication to relieve you from your busy schedule. Of course, day of execution is included in this package.
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Planning
- A la Carte Wedding Planning
- Budgeting
- Day-Of Coordination
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Engagement Party
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Bridal Luncheon
- Bridal Shower
Awards and Affiliations
2024 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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5
out of 5.015 reviews
We had our wedding at the beautiful Prairie Glass House, a non-traditional venue. Lots of coordination was needed between the venue owners, rentals company, caterers, and other ven...
dors to pull off the event. Maggie and her team went above and beyond just day-of coordinating to help deliver the wedding of our dreams. Maggie reviewed vendor contracts and took charge of communicating with everyone. After a sudden change in weather, she helped us map out a rain plan and drew up sketches of our venue to scale. We were blown away by her experience, organization, and enthusiasm. Thanks to 618 for everything, including making sure we ate during our wedding! If you are looking for a wedding coordinator who frankly excels at her job and loves what she does, hire Maggie and her team immediately.
We hired 618 Events for day-of coordination services and were super happy with our experience. Jackie was our day-of coordinator and was a rock star! She knew the details of our da...
y inside and out. She went the extra mile in all aspects, making sure our vendors were taken care of and making sure our day was running smoothly. Jackie was a huge part of our day going as well as it did! Thank you so much, Jackie!
Jackie did a great job with our wedding!!! Both leading up to things, and the day of she made sure everything ran smoothly so we didn't have to run around trying to heard cats and ...
could just enjoy our day.
I cannot recommend this service enough!
We were hesitant on hiring a wedding planner, but going with 618 Events was literally the best decision we made! Kylie was amazing and made the day run so smoothly. We couldn't rec...
ommend her enough! She totally saw our vision and made sure everything turned out just as we'd wanted. Thank you Kylie for being so on top of everything and helping make our wedding day an absolute dream! :)
Our wedding coordinator, Maggie Farchmin, was absolutely everything! She was a godsend throughout the entire wedding planning process. From start to finish, her expertise, adaptabi...
lity, creativity, dedication, and attention to detail made our wedding perfect!
From our initial zoom consult, it was clear that Maggie was REQUIRED for our wedding day! Not only is she incredibly organized but also genuinely passionate about creating a memorable event specific to us. She started us off with a outstanding list of recommended vendors and guided us through every step during the last couple weeks leading up to the big event. She took my indecisiveness and turned in turn offered valuable suggestions that followed my vision for the overall wedding.
On the day of, Maggie and her teammate handled all the logistics seamlessly. They allowed us to relax and fully enjoy our wedding day without any worry. Maggie was a true rock star during the wedding week! She fielded all of my concerns, questions, and unexpected issues with grace and composure.
Maggie is simply warm. I was so comfortable around her. She did so well addressing my personal style as well as considering the input from my family members. She made my sister and mom feel heard and valued their opinion.
I highly recommend utilizing 618 events for your wedding or special event. Maggie was the backbone of my wedding. Her expertise, organization, dedication, adaptability, and joyful personality transformed our special day into the magical, unforgettable experience we had hoped for.
We can't say thank you enough for every single thing Kylie did for us during our wedding planning process. From fielding a million questions, to handling all of the vendor coordina...
tion, to creating such a seamless, stress-free day of, she absolutely killed it. And all while exuding calm, in control energy. Thank you so much!
Choosing 618 Events to help coordinate our wedding is probably one of the best decisions we made throughout our entire wedding planning process. From our initial meeting, Maggie wa...
s so bubbly, enthusiastic, and friendly that you can’t help but be excited to work with her. As we booked vendors, her recommendations and input were invaluable. I loved the spreadsheets she shared with us to help keep track of vendors, timelines, and other important notes, it was so organized and professional. In the weeks leading up to the wedding, Maggie contacted all of our vendors to confirm timelines and make sure everyone was on the same page. Having her handle this step took so much off of our plate and was such a help! We had the pleasure of having both Maggie and Kylie assisting on the day of. Our wedding was outdoors at a private home, so we had lots of work and set-up to do that day. From the moment they arrived, they worked tirelessly to make sure everything looked exactly as it should, and their attention to detail was perfect. I was able to spend a stress-free day getting ready with my bridesmaids and enjoying myself. We had an unexpected issue with the shuttle we hired, and Maggie and Kylie were on top of it immediately. I can’t say enough about their work ethic, professionalism, problem solving, and organization. Easily one of the most well-spent expenses of our wedding!
We hired 618events to work with us for the day of my daughters wedding, Kylie was so detailed and great with us! She looked over the contracts from our vendors, contacted them to...
confirm, met with the bride and groom multiple times to discuss the day and followed through with everything she said she would! She made our day run so smoothly and was a blessing for us! We’d recommend 618events to anyone!
We highly recommend Maggie and Kylie! They did an amazing job helping us plan an outdoor wedding at our farm within 4 mos! They were very professional, organized, fun, and easy to ...
work with. All the planning and events of the day went smoothly. I never felt stressed or concerned about anything. Truly so very thankful for them and all they did to make our daughter and son-in-law’s day perfect!
Maggie was so professional and helpful in planning my and my husband's wedding! She was very attentive and helped us see blind spots in our own planning, fun to work with, and was ...
very responsive by email and text, which was super reasurring the weeks before our wedding. The recommendations she offered for vendors were also very helpful, and we loved working with all the vendors involved! Would highly recommend Maggie and the 618 events team!
I cannot recommend Kylie and 618 Events enough! Kylie truly cared about the success of the day and was on top of every last minute detail I threw at her. As a creative myself, I ha...
ve a hard time letting go but I trusted her to make any decisions necessary. If there were problems that occurred throughout the ceremony or reception, I was unaware of and Kylie made our day run seamlessly. Thank you so much for everything! - Kelly & Connor
Kylie did a great job for my daughter's wedding and made it run smoothly according to the timeline and took the stress away form me so I could enjoy the wonderful day. The bakery ...
was several hours late delivering our cupcakes for dessert table, but Kylie was on them and I didn't even know about it until they were on their way! I appreciated how she kept everything and everyone moving according to the timeline so I didn't need to think about it. Our venue had several rooms and an outdoor area we used, but she kept people moving to the right place at the right time. One guest said "this is the most chill wedding I've ever been to" and I know that was because Kylie was coordinating like mad in the background so we could all be relaxed and enjoy the big day! 618 Events helped me with the planning and recommended fantastic vendors from food to DJ. They even gave me a spreadsheet that was super helpful with budgeting and staying on track with all the planning. 618 Events saved me about $1,000 by reviewing my orders and vendors I had booked. For example they noticed I didn't need the florist to help with room flip since Kylie and venue staff could do it, and we didn't need to rent furniture because the venue had similar for free. Kylie also did a great job with the "partial room flip" from ceremony to reception. Highly recommend Kylie, Maggie and 618 Events!
I used Maggie to assist in setting up and tearing down our wedding and Maggie went above and beyond to make sure every detail was accounted for. Not only did she pay close attentio...
n to every detail, she made sure everything was perfect. I worked with Maggie on our wedding vision and she brought it to life more than I could have imagined. Maggie made the wedding day a total stress-free day and would highly recommend her for any event you are looking to host.
Hiring 318 Events was one of the best decisions we made for our wedding. To this day we still look back and talk about how thankful we were to have Maggie run the show for us! She ...
made the entire day such an awesome experience. You need 318 Events for your next event!
Maggie was so amazing to work with! She is so sweet and makes sure you have nothing to worry about during your big day and even leading up to the big day! I started feeling very ov...
erwhelmed and hired Maggie once the day started getting closer and it was the best thing we could've done! :) You won't regret working with her! It felt like just having a good friend by my side. Thank you Maggie! Joe and I really appreciated everything you helped with!!
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Central Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and surrounding areas
