About this vendor
Weddings are our passion, details are our specialty! We are focused on providing high-quality, professional and friendly wedding coordination service surrounding the most important day of your life! Your job is to show up and be the star of the show; our job is to take care of everything else!
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Planning
- Day-Of Coordination
- Full Service Wedding Planning
Wedding Activities
- Wedding
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out of 5.010 reviews
We worked with Julia of Down the Aisle Events for two years leading up to our wedding. Though we purchased her 10-week coordinator package, she went above and beyond to help us cor...
ral our vendors and style our venue to create the wedding of our dreams.
After hiring Julia (and an initial meeting), Julia held a call with us to understand our vision at the 10-week mark. From there on, she exceeded any and all expectations we had:
- She handled our complicated family dynamics and vocal bridal party with such grace.
-She handled our vendor communications professionally and acted as our advocate, ensuring we were only paying for services needed and received
-She curated day-of timelines for our entire bridal party and other day-of key players
-She recommended a nail spa for the bridal party and made sure our time there was extra special
-She worked with her wonderful assistant Tasia to style our venue to our exact specifications with the decorations provided. - She understood our individual stress points and so kindly and discretely ensured that our bridal party was prepared and our nerves were calm so we could enjoy the evening with our guests.
-She delivered the leftover cake and treats to our afterparty!
The list could go on! Perhaps most importantly, Julia was warm and fun to work with (we had lots of laughs along the way). We now consider her a friend.
Down The Aisle Events was absolutely amazing- do yourself a favor and hire them! Julia was so great to work with and I was able to be fully present without any worries on my weddin...
g day. She took care of any kinks that came up and made sure everything was absolutely perfect the entire day. She was so organized and thought of every possible detail and made sure everything was planned for and in order. She set up our decorations, which were AMAZING. Coordinated everything with the vendors, was there for the rehearsal and everything. During post-ceremony pictures she even made sure we got a plate of our food from the cocktail hour and the entire bridal party all had drinks! At the reception, she always made sure the groom and I had drinks (and water), that we got to eat, and the bartenders all knew what we were having. It was so important to me that I be able to enjoy my wedding day fully without any distractions, and Down The Aisle Events made this possible! Do yourself a favor and HIRE THEM!
Hiring Julia and DTAE was one of the best decisions my fiance and I made when planning our wedding. Julia confirmed everything with our vendors beforehand, created a detailed itine...
rary of our wedding day, and handled complicated family dynamics with grace so that we could relax and enjoy our day. Julia's day-of suitcase was a life saver when my bridesmaids and I were getting ready (tummy troubles and wardrobe malfunctions were solved with her kit, seriously a blessing). We ended up moving our ceremony inside due to rain and Julia completely handled coordinating the moving process with our venue. Julia was reliable, easy to work with, and truly a friend by the end of the wedding and I would recommend her and DTAE to all of my friends with no reservations! I would absolutely love to work with her again.
I can't say enough good things about Julia. She was an absolute pleasure from start to finish. We contacted her to provide day-of coordination so that I wouldn't have to worry abou...
t anything. I couldn't tell you if there were any hiccups on our wedding day - everything was seamless from our perspective and it was a zero stress event. I was able to relax and enjoy. She was phenomenal and I would absolutely work with her again.
Julia and team were so helpful in ironing out the details as we planned the event and with keeping everything beautifully coordinated the day of my wedding!! I could not have asked...
for a more hiccup-free day, thanks to Julia's coordination of the many moving parts!
My wedding day would not have been the amazing, incredible, joyful day that it was without Julia. Having been a part of many weddings, I know how hectic and chaotic things can get ...
- and I've seen my fair share of stressed brides and family running around making sure every vendor has been paid and troubleshooting random issues that come up (shuttle buses, missing decorations, you name it).
While we had a clear vision of what we wanted our wedding day to look and feel like, I knew we would need help bringing it to life. When Julia asked me to describe what I hoped for in a planner, I basically just said "I just want myself, my fiance and our family to be calm, relaxed, and present the whole day". Having Julia there made it possible for that wish to come true. She was in close contact with me in the weeks leading up to the ceremony - assuring me that she had every tiny detail covered and bringing up things I hadn't even thought of. She carefully reviewed every contract, timeline, and list, to make sure there were no inconsistencies, errors, or questions. She coordinated with all of our vendors to ensure seamless drop-off and setup, and she wrote out a detailed timeline for all of our wedding party, family and VIPs, to keep everyone on schedule and informed.
I'm pretty confident that there are many, many little things she handled on our wedding day without me ever knowing - and this allowed me to be fully present and relaxed all day long. I can't recommend her more highly as a planner - she's calm, incredibly organized and detail oriented, and you know that she's got your back no matter what happens. She's also just an incredibly delightful person to be around! Julia, thank you for making my wedding day even better than I ever imagined!
Julia was a pleasure to work with! We hired her as a day-of coordinator and turned everything over to her in the week before our wedding. We were able to be completely present and ...
in the moment on our day. Our wedding was absolutely flawless, and we have Julia to thank for that!!
Julia was a wonderful day of coordinator for us. She really did make sure that I did not have to worry about anything on the big day. She took care of everything from getting the l...
inens on the tables to hanging the escort cards, plus so much more. She's also really someone I enjoyed having around...she has the ability to make sure things get done without stepping on anyone's toes. I'm so glad I had her there!
Hiring Down the Aisle Events was a no-brainer decision when my finacee became engaged and we started planning our wedding. I have seen Julia in action at several weddings where I ...
have been either guest, attendant or officiant. Without fail, Julia is professional, cheerful, honest and gentle, consistent and even tempered. She is worth so much more than the money you will actually spend.
The preparation worksheet I received well ahead of our big day helped me stay organized and on track with things I needed to do and when I started to panic that I might not get done, we met with Julia and went over the list and my stress vanished!
Our wedding day was FLAWLESS! I wasn't aware of any snags, snafu's or giant blunders, if there were any, because Julia made it known to everyone that I was not to be bothered. As a result, my husband and I agree that our wedding day was the happiest, most enjoyable day of our lives!
Julia was absolutely invaluable. She orchestrated my rehearsal, ceremony and reception and all I really had to do was show up and look pretty! :) I can't say enough about Julia. I ...
didn't want myself or my mother to get carried away, concerned with details on the day of my wedding. Julia made sure that didn't happen! If you can afford it, get a wedding planner. And if you're getting a wedding planner, get Julia!!
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Harrisonburg, VA
Down the Aisle Events, LLC