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ted in a beautiful and magical wedding weekend at The William Aiken House, despite needing to go to Plan B due to horrific weather. Shea never missed a beat and her attention to detail was impeccable. Her recommendations for vendors was perfect and saved us so much time. I highly recommend Ooh Events and Shea Colbert. They added so much to our awesome wedding weekend.

r coordinator, Shea, was the absolute best. In addition to being so kind and friendly, she made me feel completely at ease planning from afar. She was responsive, reliable, and navigated any issue or problem that arose quickly and painlessly. She provided guidance in a way that helped me create an atmosphere for the wedding even better than I could have hoped for. While the weather for our event was not as expected (upper 30s and rainy), she was able to improvise and talk my family and I through all our options in a way that we felt calm and relaxed the whole time. I truly cannot recommend Ooh! and Shea highly enough!

gs from the day of timeline to the last minute group transportation we needed. At the beginning she was able to offer suggestions and recommendations which all proved to be helpful for us especially since we were planning a wedding from a different state. Emily always made herself available when we needed it and was extremely professional. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking to hire a wedding coordinator

out perfect beyond our expectations. Our guests felt comfortable in the chairs, commented on the perfection of the dance floor, and enjoyed spending their time in the lounges. We cannot tell you how much we appreciate Ooh helping to carry out our vision perfectly. Highly reccomend!

all share information and ideas. As an out-of-town bride, I really relied on the Ooh! team and I was very happy with every aspect of the process. Emily Parham was my day-of coordinator, and Emily is INCREDIBLE. She was super responsive during the planning process and made it very easy to plan the wedding from afar. Emily has great taste and brought my vision to life. Emily also is very relaxed and just gets things done - which really paired well with my style. I trusted her completely and knew if any issue came up, Emily would handle it and make everything perfect. Her day-of assistant, Mia, was also great and I'm so glad we all worked together. We had a perfect wedding (and wedding planning experience). A huge thank you to the Ooh! team and Emily and Mia for such a fun experience. I'd love to throw another party just to work with them again!

eam rose to the occasion and made it work in our favor. We were truly impressed with Emily's ability to not only adapt but also make sure that there was zero stress on our wedding day. We had such a tremendous time at our wedding and we left Charleston wondering why other people always say wedding planning and the day of are so stressful. We feel like the last 18 months have gone by so smoothly and we have never really worried about any of it. Seeing the venue and watching our friends and family having the time of their lives celebrating us, we could not be happier with our decision to choose Ooh! Events and specifically choose Emily as our planner and coordinator. Emily Parham, you are AMAZING!

mely thoughtful of all our needs. Her creativity working with my wife's vision turned out to be absolutely stunning on our wedding day. Leading up to the wedding and on the day of the wedding, there was never anything we felt like we had to worry about with Emily and ooh events at the wheel. People are still raving over a month later about how beautiful all the decorations were and how smooth the whole night went. That is a huge testament to the wedding planning abilities and all the décor ooh events has to offer. At the end of the day Emily is your employee but by the end of it, she feels like a friend who wants to see your special day be everything and more. I would highly recommend ooh events to anyone and if you have Emily or anyone near her abilities and personality, you are in great hands.

was warm and welcoming to visit when selecting vendors and an overall great experience. I knew that I was in good hands for my big day with Ooh events rentals! Thank you Ooh for making my special day have all the fabulous touches that it needed.

yper-organized, well connected in the industry, and allowed me to be as hands-on (or off) as I wanted. They have the largest selection of rentals and flowers and were so accommodating to any budget concerns I had. Someone once told me: "You should pick the planner you feel is your best friend--someone you can cry in front of, laugh with, and tell anything to." And Emily was just that. They executed our wedding perfectly and made it an absolute dream. Even my other vendors commented on what an excellent job they did. Can't thank Emily and the rest of the team enough.

family peace of mind throughout the entire wedding planning process. Her attention to detail, creativity, vision and project management focus were incredible! I’m so grateful we found such a gem. Ooh! Events truly knows how to make the wedding planning experience seamless and fun! Thank you for everything!

n I walked into our venue on the day of because it was more beautiful than I could have even imagined. Throughout the entire day Shea was great about keeping us on schedule. During the reception she checked to see if we needed drinks and then grabbed us food without asking so we could sit down and actually enjoy our meal-- she even remembered that I am a vegetarian. Shea is an absolute sweetheart and we are so lucky she was a part of our day!!!

at needed to get accomplished. I highly recommend working with Ooh! to streamline vendors and have one point of contact for the most important touch points of your wedding day! Thank you Erin!!!

tretched my dollar very far! With wedding planning being so stressful, Ooh! and rentals was one less thing I had to worry about, because I was confident it was being taken care of.

to work with -- I probably changed my proposal 500 times but Lorita was always patient with me and changed everything for me. I loved the way everything looked and it was literally perfect! Highly recommend!!!!!!

nd could not have done it without Erin from Ooh Events. From the start the process was so fun and exciting. Erin was so easy to talk to and understood my vision from day 1. We are from Boston and got married in Charleston and it was so helpful to have someone in the area to help us plan. As we couldn't meet in person often we did most of the planning via phone/email and it was seamless. The thing that really took Ooh Events to the next level was their amazing warehouse full of things to rent. It seems silly to buy things (decorations etc) that you will only use once and then not know what to do with them post wedding. The warehouse and rentals took all of this stress away. They had so many cool things to pick from that made our wedding really unique. Not to mention it was great to get the linens etc all from the same place and not have to deal with multiple vendors. I love being organized and Erin took that to the next level. Having a timeline planned out to the minute for our wedding day made everything run flawlessly. We felt like a queen and king on our wedding day. Erin was always one step ahead of me, even when it came to needing a glass of champagne. It was truly 5 star service, from making us each a plate of food, to sewing my dress back together when the strap popped off I cannot say enough good things!! I felt my only job on our wedding day was to relax and have fun and without Erin and Ooh Events this would not have been possible. Some of the vendors I barely even spoke with and they just showed up and did their job perfectly all thanks to Erin. Looking back I could not imagine our wedding without a planner. And If you are looking for a planner look no further. Ooh Events and Erin exceeded all of my expectations. Not only did we have the wedding of our dreams but we gained a friend in Erin who we hope to keep in touch with forever. I cannot say enough good things. Xo

8 months she helped us to plan while we were living in Charlotte, but we always felt like our every need was a priority no matter where we were. The day of, everything was executed with perfection and we had a day and night we will never forget! Our venue was beautifully decorated with some of the most unique pieces from Ooh's rentals, and we simply could not have been happier working with anyone else. Thank you so much Jerri!!

e was) and their rentals were of top notch quality and brought together the entire vision of the evening. We used Ooh! Events for our Welcome Party, Rehearsal Dinner, and Wedding and all 3 events were absolutely AMAZING! Couldn't be happier with them :) Thank you!!!

Her connections and recommendations to only the best in the business made this wedding a once in a lifetime event. Available by phone or email all hours of the day and night allowed the families to enjoy the anticipation of this special day. There was not a dream of this wedding day for which she did not deliver with her special talents and perseverance. Our family and friends have attended many weddings and continue to comment this was the best wedding event ever. We are grateful and blessed forever for having shared this special day with such a fabulous person and wedding planner, Candice Lorraine. We Love You!!!

easy to work with and helped us in every way possible - from designing the best floor plan for us to adding in last-minute needs at the reception. Her and Candice made sure everything ran smoothly the entire day and I will truly miss working with them!

listening (and executing) to my vision. She was kind and reassuring to my slightly anxious mother, recommended the best vendors, and she came up with creative/inventive and even some cost saving solutions. The love for her job so evident and she genuinely cared for me as if I was her close friend. My wedding was on time, there were ZERO hiccups and my family and I were stress free the day of the event. Everything was thought of ahead of time and they were prepared for every situation. The services I received were invaluable, in hind sight it was the best money we spent. My wedding was more beautiful than I could have ever dreamed and I have Candice and the rest of the team at Ooh (including her assistant Shay) to thank- again HANDS DOWN the best decision we made when it came to my wedding!

were very pretty. They were very reasonably priced too.

We highly recommend her, and OOH Events.

listened and brought to life the bride's wedding ideas, helped to make communications between us and the vendors seamless and made the entire wedding day so organized and easy! Words can not describe how pleased we were with the rentals and rental choices. Such an amazing staff! They get 5 stars plus 1 from us!

and wonderful selection of rentals and decor items. Visiting their warehouse was one of the funnest vendor meetings we had. Lisa and the team are quick to reply and will work with you to deliver the wedding of your dreams. The highlight was working with our coordinator Candice Beaty. She is SO full of energy and her styling ability & esthetic is on point!! I felt 110% comfortable letting her handle everything! We got to start working together 60 days prior to the wedding as part of my package. I wish I had used her for the whole process vs just a "day of coordinator". Candice is the kind of person you will want be friends with outside of the entire wedding process because she is amazing! Overall our experience was wonderful. The only critique I had was that the florals were not as fresh as I had expected. Some flowers were wilting and the florals provided for our cake were a disappointment. It was fairly hot & Candice made sure the day was a dream, so the small details really didn't affect our experience much!

and make up ideas before I remembered that Lisa was my artist and Lorita was with my rentals. She was giving me detailed responses with ideas! What a sweetheart!

ic and I knew I could totally trust her and her opinion. She is an amazing combination of fun and bossy. Which you will definitely need on your wedding day!!! She helped keep me stress free throughout the process. She is impressively organized, which put ours minds at ease that no detail would be overlooked. There were a lot of moving parts at our wedding bc it was a blended Indian and Christian ceremony and she nailed it. I have to say thank you to her and her team for making our wedding day the most magical day of my life. I have made a forever friend. Thank you Candice!

h family and rented decorations and ordered floral arrangements. By Wednesday (10/5) of the week before, both of our families' hotels cancelled their rooms and refunded because of the impending hurricane. All flights were cancelled by the airlines and refunded in full. The Governor of SC had requested evacuation of residents by Thursday (10/6) and plans were made to reverse the interstate going into Charleston. I tried calling Ooh! Events numerous times on Wednesday, 10/5, because we unfortunately made the final decision to cancel our wedding events there. We had received no notification from them whatsoever at this point about their plans for our event, I couldn't reach anyone all day, and their voicemail was full. I eventually emailed Terri about our situation and that we were being forced to cancel. I requested to discuss a refund of the rentals we had ordered. The response we received was less than reasonable. Initially, we were told that the owner, Lisa, had declined ANY refund BECAUSE of the impending hurricane. ALL of our other vendors, including our venue, expressed apologies and understanding of the situation and offered us partial or full refunds. When we questioned this, we were told that Lisa had decided to “refund the rentals 100%.” We assumed this meant all inventoried items they had in stock. Since we understood that floral arrangements were pre-ordered and pre-made and we were going to be charged for floral anyway, we requested these still be delivered to our venue for others to enjoy. However, apparently the $400 worth of glass cylinders, globes, and pillar candles I rented specifically for the reception dinner were included by Lisa in the florals and would not be refunded. We were told nothing about this until after the fact, so we asked why they were not delivered with the florals if this was the case. We got the following response, exactly as written: "...Because you did not call off your event we kept staff and completed your event 100%. The is globes with succulents ready to go, cylinders cleaned and packed for transport with candles - everything. We could have and would have delivered the event 100% on Sunday and you elected not to come to charleston, which we clearly understand given the situation...” To clarify: we did call off our event because of a hurricane, and they did NOT complete our event 100%. We were a destination wedding with no family in the area, and our few friends had already evacuated days prior. Ooh! Events told us they could not ship our floral arrangements because they boarded up their shop. The cylinders, globes, and candles were not mentioned until days after the floral was delivered. We requested a reasonable refund from this company and were met with contradictory statements and lies. They were professional when everything was going smoothly, and I'm sure if a hurricane had not happened, my review would be very different. Though a unique situation, I would not recommend this company due to their lack of communication, inability and unwillingness to clarify costs, and overall unprofessional manner in which they handled our business. The lack of empathy from the owner Lisa was so disappointing and something I hope no future bride has to experience.

rm, friendly and listened to all of our ideas. She is incredibly creative and helped take our ideas and make them even better. Bottom line is - she has impeccable style and she gets things done! We also used Ooh! Events for flowers and rentals as well, and it made planning so much easier. It also helped that Ooh! Events has a gigantic warehouse where you have a lot of choices! A few weeks prior to our wedding, Ooh! Events added a second coordinator, Candice Beaty, to help with our event. Candice ran our wedding rehearsal and helped with the final coordination leading up to the event. She was incredibly warm, enthusiastic, friendly and brought new ideas with her to help make our event better. We were already VERY lucky to have Megan as our planner, and then to have Candice added just made the perfect dream team. On the day of, I felt that everything was taken care of for me and I could fully relax and enjoy the day. Megan, Candice and the rest of the Ooh! Events team took care of all the delivery, set-up and placement of all the furniture and decor. And everything looked spectacular. Unfortunately, Megan was leaving Ooh! Events shortly after that. With Candice now there though, I still recommend Ooh Events! as the go-to wedding planning service (this is after having spoken to multiple planners at the beginning)! We were incredibly lucky to have worked with both Megan and Candice and our day was perfect. Go to Ooh Events and ask for Candice!

help a client with whatever they may need. Erin is so selfless and always made sure the couples needs were met, keeping the client happy and stress-free is a main concern for her. Candice brought such creative ideas to life while always maintaining a positive attitude. Each planner is unique but all equally amazing!

al competitor I originally contracted. I cannot speak of the customer service, as my wedding planner did the coordination, however their website is easy to browse and includes prices, making it a great shopping experience for me.

its-she seriously does it all-hanging floral arrangements, stunning candles, and rentals that are out of this world. Also, if you don't stop by her shops it Mt. Pleasant you are missing out. There are gorgeous, unique dresses, fun gifts, and a makeup counter fit for celebrities. If Anthropologie went local, and married a make up store and a florist you would have Out of Hand. Trust me-you want Lisa and the Oh Events team working their magic on your big day. I did not stress for one minute about flowers/rentals. I completely trusted Lisa and the flowers more than far exceeded my expectations.

deposit, I was not in touch with anyone for months. My knot checklist suggested that I secure rentals, so after seeing that Ooh takes walk-ins I stopped by. Megan seemed baffled as to why I was there without an appointment or asking about rentals so early (7 months before my wedding). I told her I had a small budget and was looking for essential rentals only. She proceeded to tell me that my ideas for centerpieces and color schemes "won't look good" and showed me rentals out of my price range. I had paid for a 60 day coordination package and no one contacted me to assign me a coordinator. At 55 days out, I contacted them asking when I would start services I was paying for. I was supposed to meet weekly with my coordinator and receive 3 CAD drawings, per my contract. I met with my coordinator twice before my wedding. Both times at my request and once she had to reschedule because she double booked herself. I received two CAD drawings that looked like a child drew it. I was assigned to Erin who was consistently disorganized, unprofessional, lacked communication skills and seemed highly inexperienced. I frequently felt that she added stress and frustration which is what I hired her to relieve. When she finally gave me a timeline, it was incredibly obvious that she did not communicate with my photographer or DJ who would dictate the timeline and it had to be revised probably 10 times due to her lack of communication with other vendors and inability to make corrections when asked repeatedly. The day of my wedding was fantastic and her support was essential, however, there were two instances that I find very frustrating. After correcting the start time of hair and makeup with her several times, hair and makeup thought we were starting 20 minutes earlier than I did. This caused us to leave late which caused us to not have enough time for family photos before the ceremony which we then had to do during cocktail hour, making us basically miss all of cocktail hour. Secondly, herself and her assistant bustled my dress. I had expected my bridesmaids to do this and was completely overwhelmed leaving the ceremony. I explained to them how to do it and they were concerned about the fastener showing so they did it a COMPLETELY different way. With all of the excitement and me never seeing the back of my dress I didn't realize my bustle was incorrect until the next day. I can't stand how it looks in photos and they should have done what I asked. Lastly, I might say that maybe I had an isolated experience with a new coordinator but the company management as a whole and my interaction with other planners was also negative. I have a good friend who was recently married and used their full planning services who was equally disappointed with a different planner for the same reasons. I would not recommend Ooh to another Bride.

y dream wedding! Megan is able to take your ideas (no matter how vague they are lol!) and turn them into a stunning design that is somehow exactly what you imagined but a million times more fantastic. Aside from the incredible design, I think Megan stands out (from what I’ve heard from friends’ experiences with other planners) because she is an incredible support system throughout the entire process - literally holding your hand the entire way. If there is an issue, she fixes it - no questions asked. I really don’t have words to explain my gratitude to her! If you are looking for a wedding planner in Charleston, Megan is your girl! I wouldn’t even bother looking any further

ng lanterns hanging from the trees. Everything ran smoothly and without a hitch while looking absolutely stunning, and I have Megan to thank for that.