Lexi is a GODSEND. My mom hired Lexi to help plan my sister's wedding, which was held six months prior to my own. After watching her work her magic on my sister's wedding, my husband Dan and I were completely on board to on hire her for ours. W...e originally did not intend to hire a planner (as a very organized person, I thought I would be able to do a decent job on my own). Brides who are on the fence about hiring a planner or think you do not need one - you will not regret having one, at all! Hire Lexi! You will fully recover the reasonable cost of hiring her, and MUCH more, by working with her.
Lexi was able to negotiate with all of our vendors, find us the absolute best (sometimes unbelievable) deals, and take over the more minute details of our day that we most likely would have missed altogether, or would not have had time to address. She is incredibly detail-oriented. She will remember every minute of every meeting with every vendor, and she often remembered things I mentioned in passing that even I had forgotten. I feel like Lexi cared even more about making our day meet our highest hopes than Dan and I did. Anything we wished for, she would make it happen. For the 10ish months between picking our wedding date and the wedding weekend, Lexi, my mom, Dan and I were in regular communication - texts, calls, and emails. She treated us like we were her only clients and always made time for us.
Something that cannot be overstated is the key role that Lexi will play not just in your planning, but ON your wedding day/wedding weekend. Those precious days leading up to your wedding can actually be enjoyed rather than chaotic (as I've seen with most friends who have not hired a planner), because Lexi takes care of all the last minute details. Bad weather forecasted for the wedding weekend forced changes to our plans, and Lexi spoke with all of the vendors individually to discuss the changes so that we would not have to. On our rehearsal and wedding days, Lexi and her assistant somehow managed to be everywhere, doing everything, all basically behind the scenes. She asked our bridal party and family to direct any questions to her, so that he and I could be fully present in every part of the weekend and as relaxed as possible. She made timelines for people to reference - our parents, our bridesmaids/groomsmen, every single vendor - so that there was no confusion about who should be where, and when. Our bridal party and guests were astonished at her skill and professionalism, and taken by her bubbly and kind personality.
We are very sad that our time working with Lexi has come to an end, and joke that we will have to come up with events for her to plan for the rest of our lives just so that we can keep her around! She is a dear friend to our family now, and we are indebted to her for everything she has done for us.