Dovely Event Planning

Long overdue... To say I'm a bit particular about the details is an understatement. Coming from an event background of my own, making sure we found the right partner to help execute all of our ideas while letting myself step out of the production role and into the bridal role was huge. I was highly concerned about handing over the reins of something I'd worked so hard on, especially being that is was a destination event and I was unfamiliar with the area, but Kendra was the absolute perfect match. Chiming in with great ideas and advice to help tweak our plans, and helping keep us on schedule throughout the planning and execution. She followed all of our wishes to a T, and was an absolute delight to work with. It is evident that she thrives under pressure and someone with her skill set and calm nature is exactly who you need supporting you on one of the craziest and most stressful days of your life.

Kendra is phenomenal! We had a semi-DIY wedding of about 95 guests. We were looking for a day-of coordinator and ended up going with Kendra’s Partial Planning Package! She had a website where we could manage our timelines, seating charts, guests RSVPS, vendor information, notes, inspiration photos, and more; like a Google Drive designed for wedding planning! Kendra was incredible- from helping us organize our thoughts, to keeping us on schedule, to reassuring us and working with our vision, to managing conversations with some not-so-responsive vendors, to running the day and making sure things happened the way they needed to. She was absolutely essential to making our dreams come true. Debbie was an assistant the day of and was also wonderful and a joy to work with! Kendra went above and beyond every step of the way, and her calming energy was very appreciated, both leading up to and on the day of the wedding. All of our people who helped us with setup agreed with us that Kendra did a fantastic job. Our guests commented on how everything flowed so well and the whole wedding felt so connected. They didn’t even notice that we had a day-of coordinator until Kendra handed out our sparklers! We would recommend Kendra over and over again. We wish we could give her all the stars! 100000/10.

Kendra made our destination wedding experience magical and stress-free! She was always super professional, organized, and accommodating! No issue that came up during our planning process was too big for Kendra and I always knew she was doing everything in her power to smooth out any bumps in the road. She kept us on top of our deadlines and within our budget with our regular meetings and was always available and responsive in between meetings. The online platform that she uses conveniently housed all of our wedding details and she kept it updated. Our wedding day itself was a dream come true! We had rain but still didn't miss a beat. Kendra handled all of the colorful personalities of our 20+ person wedding party with grace and everyone is still raving about how beautiful the day was 1 month later. Above all, she was just a joy to work with! I would highly recommend Kendra to ANYONE! We live in NYC and got married in Jamaica but the distance didn't affect the quality of her planning services one bit.

We were looking for a day-of coordinator and got 1,000,000 times more in Kendra! She was affirming, professional, easy-going, and just a sweet and positive guiding presence in our planning of our semi-DIY wedding in DC. She helped us better articulate our needs and vision before our catering/rental appointment, gave us lots of guidance and tools to allow us to plan the things we affirmatively wanted to plan, found us a great florist within our budget, as well as a last-minute makeup artist, worked with us to assemble our DIY chuppah, lent us decorative items to use, and overall ensured our big day ran perfectly smoothly! We would HIGHLY recommend Kendra to any friend or family member looking for a coordinator in the DMV area.