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n to life and keep us fully in the moment throughout the weekend. Kelley was willing to do whatever needed to be done - bring a full inventory of supplies, guide our first time officiant through the nerves, run to the store for any forgotten items or drive us in their car to misc. photo spots (and this list is just scratching the surface). Simply put Kelley and her team are just good people, the type that you want there supporting you on your big day! Thanks a billion Kelley & Greg!

calls and check ins, the venue walk through, the meetings with vendors, and so much more!!! Kelley recommended the best band, the best florist and the best caterers. It was so helpful having them guide us through this planning process and execute the day flawlessly. Every single detail that was done during planning came to life on our special day. Kelley and Laniya are the nicest and kindest people who made us feel so happy and confident that everything was going to be perfect. I could not recommend the A La Carte team enough. Thank you ladies!!!! I will miss talking to you every day!!!

rs (during the pandemic), Kelley helped us bring our “Jungle Gatsby” vision to life. She went above and beyond to meet our needs and create magic from our vision boards. She also helped us find the best venue and vendors and was absolutely critical on the day-of (she had her baby the very next day!!). I can’t thank Kelley enough for her hard work and support throughout our planning process—she was willing to get creative and help us achieve our non-traditional night. I recommend her to anyone in the NY/CT area! Thank you so much ❤️

dress. When there was a wine mishap with my dress, Kelley spent time literally on the floor helping to scrub my dress. The day of really would not have gone as smoothly as it did without her and her team! Her husband Gregory facilitated our rehearsal and he was so helpful, he was calm, organized, knowledgeable, and you could tell how much he cared about our wedding going smoothly. We hired Kelley for partial planning which included vendor recommendations; our caterer, band, and florist were absolutely amazing and our guests are still talking about them! At some points in the planning process I could've used a little more communication on where we were with vendor coordination. It took many months to nail down a florist and I didn't always know what was going on behind the scenes which was a bit stressful, but Kelley ultimately nailed it and found our amazing florist within our budget. We are so glad we hired Kelley and really don't know what we would've done without her on our wedding day!

helpful along the way, but my now HUSBAND and I agreed that their expertise truly shined the last couple of weeks leading up to our wedding and throughout the wedding weekend itself- we could not be more appreciative that we truly got to soak in every little moment without being stressed!!! Kelley and her team handled ALL of the back end stuff that I hadn’t even thought of until beginning the planning process. Being from Long Island and getting married in the Catskills (3+ hours away), we really benefitted from Kelley’s connections and expertise in working within the Hudson Valley. She really streamlined the process of ensuring all of our vendors (local and from up state) were informed of all details and ready to go! To Kelley- Thank you SO much for everything you did leading up to and during our wedding weekend! I cannot thank you enough for all of the little details and back end things you took care of so that we could relax and enjoy our big day to the fullest. I had absolutely NO IDEA that we were short 2 bouquets until Sunday afternoon when the girls were laughing about it, so I am sure there are other little fires you put out without us having a clue! Not only did you seamlessly orchestrate the weekend, but you did it while 2 weeks away from having your first baby- you are INCREDIBLE! Please give Gregory a huge thank you as well! You two make an amazing duo and I am sure you will be rockstar parents together. Thank you for helping to make our wedding dreams come true! To Laniya & Paulo- Thank you for being a part of our big day and assisting Kelley in executing our dream wedding!! It was such a pleasure getting to work with you both. We appreciate your professionalism, ability to be flexible, and genuine warmth throughout our entire weekend!💛 Love, Gab & Nick

e and all of our vendors for planning the months before and making everything perfect day of. She is organized, responsive, has great ideas from all her experience, and was great at listening and guiding us toward our perfect wedding during planning. On the wedding day she and her husband Gregory, a wonderful asset to her team, navigated our "lucky" rain shower with grace, and we barely noticed the weather because of how beautiful everything was! This was not a low maintenance event being 200 people at a family home with no infrastructure- and she was able to make it come together perfectly. It was the best wedding ever (in our humble opinion), and we can't thank Kelley enough for her beautiful eye, great attitude, and hard work!

n email from the team asking if we wanted to connect. We deferred to use our phone call closer to our date (in September). I then sent Kelley our vendor list in June. We agreed to touch base in July to start doing the timeline. In July, I went with my florist to our venue. I had questions I thought Kelley could help with, so I emailed her. Multiple emails and phone calls went unanswered. When Kelley finally got back to me mid august she explained that she was caught up with “fires” from other clients. We agreed to our timeline call at the end of August (which went wonderfully). September rolled around and it was very hard to get a hold of Kelley. Coordinating my vendors wasn’t really happening, and I felt like I was doing the job we were paying Kelley to do. I sent her an email expressing my frustration and disappointment which she profusely apologized for. This brings us to 2 weeks before our wedding when things were still not handled. Phone calls went unanswered and texts were sent by Kelley in response. Our Justice of the Peace broke her hip 2 days before the wedding and when I called Kelley for support, she didn’t answer or respond for hours. We did a walkthrough of the venue the day before our wedding. It was for Kelley to understand our vision (kind of late for that). She said she was coming with a team but she brought her husband (which she emailed my other vendors to explain that he was there in case she went into labor early). I’m confused why qualified team member where not brought since our wedding was clearly beyond Kelley’s capacity. Day of she called me to ask about what chairs belonged in what location. She never did a run through with the bridal party of our ceremony so 20 minutes before it was supposed to begin I had to tell everyone their places and walking order. We asked her multiple times to usher guests to the ceremony (not have them inside or coming to the bridal sweet). She was pretty much MIA. We then saw her once during the reception where we asked her to put out more blankets and to try to get the tent flaps down because it was cold. Kelley did do a beautiful job setting up our vision. I will give her that. The details would not have been in place without her and our amazing florist. After the fact we did ask to be reimbursed for half of the fee since I did most of the work. Kelley did agree which shows us she was willing to make it somewhat “right.” It’s just unfortunate because our things weren’t packed up correctly either and half our decor was destroyed. We honestly should have been given a full refund for our time and frustrations. Not to mention I made all the decor that was destroyed:( We were super disappointed considering all her fabulous reviews.

- We actively loved most of our vendors, and this is the only negative review we're writing - We addressed our disappointment with the service we were getting several times throughout the year and to her credit, Kelley admitted she was over-subscribed with clients and was more engaged for a period of time. But then she would revert back to status quo within a few weeks. PLANNING: Throughout the entire process, we felt like we were pulling teeth trying to move things forward. We chose her for her Hudson Valley vendor connections, warehouse of existing decor (which was great and likely saved us hundreds of dollars in decor) and glowing reviews. But we had an entirely different experience than the other reviews. Rather than reduce our stress and be a partner in planning, Kelley's lack of communication and initiative was our main stressor. Kelley would go weeks without responding to emails or texts. And when she finally responded, she would give half answers. She would say she was reaching out to vendors, then never did. And if she did, she often stopped short of finalizing things and didn't copy us on communications (despite several requests to keep us CC'd on all vendor emails), so we couldn't actually push things forward ourselves. It took months to lock in vendors - some of that was due to vendors being slow to respond, but often it was because Kelley failed to reach out or follow up. We'd wait weeks for her to review something (e.g., vendor contracts, our floor plan), and then she'd send responses that made it clear she didn't even take the time to review it. When interviewing planners I specifically asked for her help to stay on budget and negotiate pricing with vendors, but it was clear her loyalty was with the vendor vs us and wouldn't push them on pricing, forcing us to do so. Having Kelley working with us added a ton of stress--not only did we have to do the same amount of work as if we didn't have a planner, but we had to manage her as well. Dozens of extra emails, hours, and stress. And so many wedding week-of - and even day-of work we had to do, that we could have solved weeks or months in advance. DAY OF: We thought this is where Kelley would shine. Unfortunately we were wrong. She did lead the reception decor which looked stunning, but was MIA for us and our family. Our wedding started at 4pm. As of 1pm, no one had heard from her and she was not responding to texts or phone calls. Nightmare scenario. We had to send family members in cars to go find her 15 minutes before our first look. We ended up leaning on our other vendors (photographers, makeup) to help keep the day on track. You can imagine how surprised we were to see she had spent time posting Instagram stories *of someone else's wedding* on our wedding day. Overall, not only did we not nearly get our money's worth, but honestly I think it would have been easier to have just done it all ourselves. It certainly would have been less frustrating.

few months later, she had all of those ideas written down on paper — so she truly has attention for detail. She truly shines in the week before/day of the wedding. We had a 90 minute phone call with her just going through all of our plans with a fine tooth comb. She made a ridiculously detailed timeline, layout, vendor contact sheet, and packing list. She coordinated with each of our vendors so we didn’t have to, which was one less stress for us. 90% of the decor from our wedding came from her inventory, and anything we had bought she (and her awesome husband Gregory and her sweet assistant Laniya) would set up for us. I had the wedding decor of my dreams thanks to her. I just kept telling people that I’m not sure how I would have had a wedding without Kelley. On rehearsal day, she wrangled my wedding party and family and showed them what we needed to do. Day-of, she and her team worked magic. There was a mixup with transportation, and Kelley just *fixed it.* I didn’t find out until the day after our wedding that we were short one groomsmen boutonniere, and my husband said “Kelley just made him one with extra greenery and electrical tape.” I mean, come on. If anyone told me that we were missing something like that on my wedding day, I probably would’ve freaked out. But no worries, because Kelley had it handled. My husband and I just looked at each other after it was all over and knew there was no way our day could’ve gone as smoothly as it did without her. I’m Type A, and her attention to detail was incredible. She’s also just super cool and down to earth. We can’t thank her enough!! I told all of my bridal party “if anything happens, call Kelley,” and they took that to heart. Our entire weekend was filled with “Kelley can fix that!!” or when I was feeling a bit overwhelmed, my groomsmen said “I’ll call Kelley if you don’t chill out.” Seriously, she is the best. Professional, efficient, gets it done, and super sweet. I can't recommend her enough.

ding to us a stress free wedding day. I cannot thank Kelley enough for all of her hard work and dedication to our special day. It truly was a pleasure to completely feel like all my needs were taken care of (food, drink direction!), any problems had solutions, and to see our vision come to life. I sincerely enjoyed working with her when planning details - she is SO organized and on top of everything, yet somehow calm and relaxed - you can't help but feel excited! Just to mention one or two special things - Kelley took some amazing photos for us during set-up, first looks, first dances etc. and sent them to us the next day. It was such a wonderful surprise being able to relieve our day immediately and see us from another point of view. I think I have watched our first look and dance clip 10x already. Thank you Kelley, we loved working with you!

May 2020 for our September 2021 and truly enjoyed working with her over the months that came to make our vision a reality. Kelley was organized, calm, collected and enthusiastic at every step (even during what may have been the busiest wedding season EVER). She made great vendor recommendations (especially the band and photographer!) and always had great tricks of the trade and wedding etiquette advice for us when we weren't quite sure what we were doing . She and her team thought of everything on our big day - big and small. From capturing videos and photos of special moments, taking care of last minute requests, managing small hiccups seamlessly to overseeing our vendors she and her team did a fantastic job so we could just relax and enjoy the day. We also felt like we were working with a good friend. She is a sweet and genuine person who added real joy to our whole wedding planning experience. We loved working with her and you will too!

still had an absolutely perfect day. Most of this was due to the efforts of Kelley’s team! We absolutely would recommend them to everyone!

re amazing for us! Kelley's suggestions and planning are second to none! Kelley and Gregory put our minds at ease as soon as they arrived Friday for set up of the wedding to the last minute of our wedding day Saturday! Kelley was super friendly and understanding to all our needs! I would 100 percent recommend A La Carte Events to anyone!

ul event, and Kelley was able to deliver that and more! Throughout the entire planning process, Kelley was so helpful and supportive - from recommending other incredible vendors, to brainstorming back-up plans due to the pandemic, to explaining all of the details and decor needed to make my vision of the day come to life (honestly, I would've been nowhere near as prepared without her guidance...she knows everything!). She even traveled to attend venue walkthroughs and floral design meetings with me; I loved having her input! In the days and weeks leading up to the wedding and on our wedding day, Kelley made sure that we didn't have to stress or worry about a thing. She created an incredibly detailed spreadsheet with our timeline and other information about our event (this came in so handy!) and liaised with other vendors on our behalf so that we could scramble to get other last-minute stuff taken care of. On the day-of, she kept everyone on schedule and made sure everything unfolded seamlessly. If we needed anything, she was never far away and always on top of it! She set up all of the decor beautifully and made everything look just how I'd pictured it in my head! Because of Kelley, we were able to totally relax and just enjoy ourselves on our wedding day. Highly recommend working with Kelley and her team!

wedding day needs. She came with me to rental appointments, venue walk throughs, and final floral meetings as well as answered all of my questions & concerns. I am so happy that we chose Kelley as our month of coordinator & for her design help! We had to change our plans from indoors to outdoors within 3 weeks due to COVID and Kelley was on it right away! On the day of the wedding there was a setback at our venue, of no one's fault, right before we were getting ready to take pictures which carried into the beginning of the ceremony. Kelley & Tara adapted on the spot and pulled everything off without a hitch! My bridesmaids walked down the aisle without bouquets due to the setback at our venue and Kelley & Tara were able to go get them before the ceremony ended, get lunch for the bridal party, set everything up at the venue, and make it back to the ceremony so that my bridesmaids could have their bouquets walking out of the church. All within an hour! I do not know what we would have done without their support & guidance throughout this whole process. If you are considering a day of, month of, full package planner, Kelley & her team of supportive, caring professionals are the ones for you. Thank you so much for making our day so special & memorable! I will genuinely miss working with you! :)

details had to come together to have my version of perfect for our big day. This is when I went onto search for a day of coordinator and immediately came across Kelley and her team. All of the reviews said how amazing she was and said to hire her immediately. Which is exactly what we did.! My fiancé was hesitant in hiring another vendor, mainly because he had felt we had everything done. However, after our initial meeting with Kelley and after our timeline phone call, he said that this was the best money we had spent. My only regret was not hiring Kelley and her team sooner! It would have saved me a lot of stress and anxiety. I can confidently say that our dream wedding came to life because of Kelley. My fiancé and I were able to fully enjoy our wedding and magically dance the night away, because my mind was at ease. And my mind was at ease because of Kelley and her team. Through this wedding planning process, I learned a lot about how much of a Type A personality I have. And Kelley was able to work with me in every aspect. I trusted her with all my heart and listened to her advice. She was so easy to talk to! Whenever I had a question or needed a recommendation, I would shoot her a text and she always replied. We were also able to get so much of our decor through her (table numbers, candles, signage, etc). Thank you to Kelley and her team for all of their tremendous work before, on, and during our wedding day. If you are questioning whether you need a full or part time wedding planner, or a day of coordinator, I strongly encourage you to get in touch with Kelley and to work with her! You will not be disappointed. In fact, you will be thrilled to see how much easier the process gets.

ur venue for a recommendation for a planner and let's just say it was clear that Kelley and team were the ONLY choice worth pursuing and we are SO glad we did! Kelley's magic really shines in her day-of (/weekend of) coordination. Our gorgeous outdoor plans were plagued with storm warnings and throughout the weekend she easing us through plans A, B, C.... DEFG... literally through our scheduled ceremony (where she saved the day and the dress by carrying my train and holding an umbrella over me as we sprinted through a field after it started downpoaring mid-ceremony). There were very few things about our big day that turned out how we expected them to but I cannot imagine them having gone any better than they did and that is in no small part thanks to Kelley's amazing planning (and back-up planning) to make sure the things that mattered most to us still shone through despite set backs. If you're considering NOT getting a planner, let me tell you it's a big mistake!! At the very least, you need Kelley by your side holding your dress when the unexpected comes.

y was there through every step of the way. She always kept in contact, always answered my 1000 questions and always kept me calm. The week leading up to my wedding we found out it was going to rain and I was pretty devastated after everything we had gone through with planning this wedding but Kelley reassured me everything was going to go well and work out perfectly. BOY was she right! I had the best day of my life and it’s truly all because of her. Kelley is worth all the money in the world! I literally felt like after all this time we became best friends haha she literally always had my best interest at hand and always had the best ideas! She literally re planned my wedding 48 hours before my wedding day and it literally looked like flower heaven because of her! The tables, color scheme, florals the flow of the day etc was all because of her and I owe her the world. Everyone at the wedding kept asking what’s one thing we’re so glad to have and my husband and I both said, Kelley hands down. I’m so thankful and lucky to have found her through a friend, she made me not hate wedding planning and truly remember that a little rain never hurt anybody. AND my pictures came out amazing! Don’t walk but run to grab her for your wedding day, you’ll thank me later ♥️

and was constantly ahead of the game. Her enthusiasm and optimism made it a breeze to work through various decisions along the whole process. We would highly recommend her to anyone.

do and she had experience planning backyard weddings (her own included!). She gave us so many recommendations on food, florists, bakeries, transportation, rentals & so much more as our ceremony and reception were now in two different states (NY & CT). Having to re-plan our wedding due to COVID was stressful and overwhelming until Kelley. All of our negative feelings towards our wedding completely vanished in those 3.5 months that Kelley helped us. We would recommend Kelley to any couple getting married! She’s seriously the best! 10000/10

tent. After many tears, I searched for someone who could help make our wedding the perfect day ever. After my first phone call with Kelley, I knew she was the right fit for us. She made our March wedding the most amazing day ever! I cannot express how much she helped me during this crazy, difficult time. I am forever grateful that I hired A La Carte Events to make our day so special! Thank you Kelley (and Jenna) for all you’ve done! You are the best!

ovid 19. Leading up to our wedding, Kelley confirmed details with our other vendors and made sure we had everything covered, and during our wedding Kelley made sure everything ran smoothly from a big picture perspective while also individually handling many details. And she managed all this for a wedding with a very unique structure/schedule in response to Covid. We are so glad we decided to hire a coordinator, and we are even happier it was Kelley!

space where we had to bring EVERYTHING in. I knew we would need some help when it came to understanding the rental process as well an actual day of coordination and Kelley was nothing less than kind, supportive and helpful. She was extremely communicative, always making herself available for a text or call to simply answer a quick question or to provide support during a stressful time. She came to our new venue a few times before our actual wedding day and then was also there the day before for our rehearsal + welcome event. Then the day of she was there from start to finish. She was wonderful in relation to keeping our event on track, kept all parties of both of our families happy and even sewed my broken bustle up multiple times throughout the evening! When looking for a planner/coordinator, Kelley will not only keep you and your event on track but will be there for you and your fiancé along the way.

ed Kelley on my side! I chose a day-of-coordinating package which I am so happy I did. You can guarantee something will go wrong on your wedding day, it’s unfortunate but it’s bound to happen...first off, leading up to the wedding knowing I would have Kelley if anything went wrong saved me so much stress! Second off, when things did go wrong on my wedding day, Kelley was like my fairy god mother!!!! Kelley and her assistant Molly were so helpful, organized, there when I needed them, and more importantly so nice and kind! If you are hesitant on getting a wedding planner or a day of coordinator, I highly suggest you DO IT and you hire A LA CARTE!!!!!!

savor. She helped my now husband and I plan our engagement party, our initial wedding in March 2020 then all modified plans for our postponement date of Sept. 12. She's so creative, kind, and genuinely knows how to look out for you as a couple and the authenticity of the day you are working so hard to plan. It's easy to get lost in the world of wedding planning but having Kelley on your team will ensure the best possible outcome for you, your spouse, and your guests. I loved all of our planning meetings and I know Pete and I would not have had the best day that we had without Kelley.