Callista & Company

able team for a dream wedding! Thank you Callista & Company! Ann Reis

ibility. We ultimately hired her because we admired her thoughtfulness, candor, and professionalism when we spoke. And wow, did we need all these traits once COVID hit and turned the world upside down. Callista patiently advised us as we all rode the roller coaster of the early days of the pandemic together, supported us when we decided to put the big wedding on hold, and then stuck with us as we cycled through a million new plans for a small ceremony so we could wed this year. We ultimately settled on a small ceremony and outdoor dinner with just our immediate family...and Callista delivered the wedding of our dreams, going above and beyond to create an event even more beautiful than our original large wedding. We were very nervous about COVID, and Callista helped us to creatively devise a super safe, distanced event that still felt warm, intimate, and beautiful. Although it was in actuality our 100000th backup plan, at the event, one of our family members said, "This would be anyone's dream wedding—COVID or no COVID," and that's exactly how we felt. It was more beautiful and special than we ever could have dreamed of, and none of it would have been possible without Callista and her team. Last minute changes, difficult vendors, ever-evolving local regulations...Callista can handle it all, unperturbed. Planning a wedding today is a crazier experience than ever, and you want Callista in your corner handling it all!

ish she was 10 steps ahead. I had so much fun working with her and watching her execute so naturally. She’s truly mastered her craft.

in our planning. We knew about Callista & Co from a friend who did wedding planning for a while. The first meeting with Callista went really well, where she explained how wedding planning looks like and gave us a high level overview for the budgets. We were pretty certain that she would be our wedding planner after the first meeting :) The planning process was very smooth. We first secured the venue about 10 months prior to the wedding, then photographer and floral design, and then all the detailed design (e.g., invitation). Sometimes I had this panic of "are we behind schedule?" and Callista always calmed me down. It happened that my husband Bryan and I were slammed by work one month before the wedding, but Callista took care almost everything for us. We're not exaggerating when we said our wedding wouldn't have been possible without Callista and her team! I will give her 6 stars out of 5 if I was able to do so :)

you an incredible timeline and has a handle on all the details - no matter how small. I was planning my wedding from San Francisco while our venue was in Los Angeles, but with her help everything went smoothly. She polished my design and decor ideas, keeping true to the elements I loved while elevating my vision and staying in budget. She was incredible at navigating sticky or emotionally charged situations when they arose and always acted with grace when speaking on our behalf. Her guidance on vendors was spot on and helped me save time and frustration. Extremely happy with our photos and memories of the day, which can be viewed here: https://www.stylemepretty.com/2019/12/27/a-whimsical-tea-party-inspired-wedding-at-none-other-than-the-peninsula/.

nt 17 months engaged/planning. I had a pretty strong idea of what I wanted for our wedding and she made it all possible! She is a GREAT listener, answered every single question I had during wedding planning, had the best advice and insight, and made sure everything I dreamed of came true wedding day. She is always calm and collected, organized, and always has a back-up plan ready. Everything came together perfectly and I didn't have to worry about a single thing day-of. She is an incredibly hard worker and will stop at nothing to make sure your day is perfect! Callista is truly the best and I cannot recommend her enough!

er with our big day. She offers her style POV when asked but also makes sure that her client’s vision comes to fruition. Cannot say enough good things about how on top of it she is and everyone noticed that the day ran so smoothly with no hiccups. Highly recommend her to any newly engaged couple. Best decision we made during our planning process!

nd fun! She even designed our invitations for us and they are STUNNING! she was so easy to plan with and so nice! She was so calm the day of and adjusted as needed and random things came up. She never pressured me to make decisions regarding other vendors or design elements and always support the ones I made. I cannot recommend her highly enough. She will make planning so much easier and the day about getting married and not worry about anything else!

nd to make the planning process approachable and organized. Not to mention she was a constant source of support and encouragement, which was definitely necessary at times. One of the aspects I am most grateful for was her focus on my fiance (now husband!) and me, on what we wanted, what we felt was appropriate, what fit our personalities, rather than our families, social norms or expectations. It not only made us feel comfortable, but helped remind us repeatedly that this day was really about us. She was a constant ally and advocate. I especially recommend her if you are planning on using our venue, the Farimont Miramar. While absolutely gorgeous and puts on a great party, the venue staff can at times be unresponsive and challenging to work with during the planning process. Callista, with her previous experience at the Fairmont, was such an asset for these aspects. She knows the property and staff so well and was able to help facilitate all the logistical and planning details, which took a large burden off of us in dealing with these stressors. I cannot begin to express how grateful we are for Callista.

l without making the process stressful. She was very easy to work with, and instantly understood our needs and preferences. On our wedding day, she was perfectly poised and calm, which helped us relax and get the most out of the day. Callista will work tirelessly to make sure you have the best possible wedding or event; you should hire her immediately!

ay. We loved working with Callista and her team. We highly recommend Callista and Co. for all of your event planning needs!

endors and wedding details. Most importantly she has a calming presence that puts a bride and groom at ease throughout the hectic wedding planning process. Our wedding day ran smoothly with all details executed just as we had discussed. We couldn't be happier that we were lucky enough to have Callista as our wedding coordinator.

vably responsive, overly generous with her time, extremely attentive to detail (just wait until you see her day-of timeline), incredibly well connected, tremendously knowledgeable and endlessly patient and supportive. Without a doubt, we can say that thanks to Callista our wedding day was perfect and we are so grateful to her. Callista provided so much more value than I ever thought possible and we couldn’t have planned our wedding without her. We will ALWAYS refer her to our friends, families, and loved ones in need of her wedding planning services and, personally, we can’t wait to work with her again for planning other events in our future! Thank you, yet again, Callista!!