Elegant Occasions by JoAnn Gregoli

JoAnn Gregoli of Elegant Occasions is an amazing wedding planner! She is an excellent listener and will quickly understand the type of wedding you'd like to have. She really knows how to take your visions and turn them into the wedding of your dreams! She knows the industry very well, and has endless contacts with each type of vendor. She is very kind and comforting to her clients, but she also knows how to effectively manager your vendors. On the day of your wedding, you will be a guest at your own wedding! JoAnn will coordinate all of the vendors and ensure that you're not worried or stressed. She will be in contact with your for several weeks after your wedding, to ensure you are happy and that everything is taken care of. Other wedding planners were dismissive of me when I shared my budget with them, but JoAnn told me that we could make all of my wedding visions come true, and she was right! Her industry knowledge and vendor contacts are so robust, that she can work with any client and no request is too big or too small. I definitely recommend JoAnn Gregoli of Elegant Occasions as a wedding planner.

JoAnn Gregoli is the wedding planner we chose after interviewing several candidates. Her company, Elegant Occasions, offers both full service planning and wedding day assistance packages. My son, James, daughter in law, Tamar, and all the parents found the prospect of planning a large New York City wedding stressful. Our first conversation with JoAnn was reassuring and informative. When we met in NYC she was professional, warm and down to earth. She very quickly set up appointments at venues that satisfied the wish of Tamar and James to be married near Central Park on June 3, 2012. When they decided on The Pierre Hotel, JoAnn immediately and effectively interfaced with the hotel staff. Her network of wedding professionals is substantial. The couple kept busy selecting photographer(4 Eyes), band(Marianne Bennett Orchestra), caterer(Foremost) and videographer(Linda Petrucci Productions). She stayed very involved in guiding the couple and attended meetings with us to select invitations and paper goods(Michael Zac Designs), flowers and decor(Amaryllis Floral and Event Decor). We had a delicious taste testing that she arranged with Foremost. We were impressed with the professionalism of all of our vendors. JoAnn was flexible and always welcomed our ideas and helped us with setting up a meeting with Ron Ben Israel for the wedding cake they designed. At times we bombarded her with emails and she navigated between the bride, who was away in medical school, the groom and the parents very well. She mailed both our save the dates and invitations. All of the paper goods were shipped directly to her and she did all the setting up with the floral designer and The Pierre staff. She explained wedding budgets and alerted us to payments as they came due. She also helped arrange our after party with the caterer and hotel. JoAnn was very familiar with our religious customs and on the big day, everything proceeded like clockwork. My father had died unexpectedly the month before the wedding and our family was still in mourning and she was very supportive. She was the go to person on the big day freeing the parents to enjoy the party. When my husband's cousin lost her diamond bracelet, JoAnn averted a crisis, climbed under the table and found it stuck to the tablecloth. JoAnn is a very experienced and well connected Master Bridal planner who is comfortable working anywhere. One of her specializations is destination weddings. We very much enjoyed working with her and the wedding was absolutely gorgeous and so much fun for everyone.