Ally was so helpful as the Day-Of Coordinator at my wedding on the Big Island of Hawaii. She is a local, which means she knows everyone and that played a huge role in everyone working together well on the big day.
Our venue was a lesser known ...spot that required some understanding of how to set up the tables and chairs, how to manage the lighting and electricity, and we had to arrange all of our own vendors. I found Ally, and thank goodness she had already worked at events at our venue!!! She helped take those details off of my mind and allowed me to focus on other things. As for our vendors, although I had already found most of our vendors when I met Ally, she recommended a photo booth guy who turned out to be absolutely wonderful, AND she already knew most of the people that I had already booked for our wedding.
In the months leading up to the event, Ally was most helpful via text and email. During the month of our wedding she got every single vendor's contact info and confirmed their start times and jobs for the day, which I am super grateful for. During that month I was so scatter brained I could not have done those things as patiently and thoroughly as she did.
Before traveling to HI, I had all the amazon orders, and signs that I made, and little last minute bits shipped to her house on the big island, which she brought up to our venue on the big day. She also picked up our favors, alcohol order, and ice and brought all of those things up as well.
Last but not least, it was POURING on our wedding day exactly when our ceremony took place. This was not Plan A, but we had umbrellas on hand just in case, and Ally shifted everyone under our tents and the whole thing turned out so much cooler than I could have predicted. I know nobody wants rain on their wedding day, but I am so glad it rained on ours. The umbrellas were beautiful in photos, our guests got to be more intimate with us during the ceremony, and everyone had more fun!
I am telling you, I could not have done this day without Ally. She would be an asset to any event on the Big Island!