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Let's Create Your Next Special Memory!
Em Eliz Events offers full and partial wedding planning services along with day-of coordination. Based out of Richmond, Virginia, Em Eliz Events strives to provide professional expertise stemming from over 8+ years of experience in the wedding planning industry.
Owner and Lead Planner, Emily, started Em Eliz Events with a passion for seeing every couple's wedding day be filled with joy. Wedding days are meant for being around those you love and creating a special and lifelong memory. As a team, we strive to fulfill both the spoken and unspoken needs of every Bride + Groom on their special day. Our goal is to form a trusted and genuine relationship with every couple we have the opportunity to work with. Your wedding planning season is meant to be enjoyed, without stress!
You can trust our team to work hard, consistently communicate and ensure that your wedding day is your next special memory. It would be such an honor to play a part in your day!
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- Woman-owned Business
Planning
- A la Carte Wedding Planning
- Day-Of Coordination
- Full Service Wedding Planning
- RSVP Tracking
- Wedding Design
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Engagement Party
- Rehearsals & Parties
- Bridal Luncheon
- Engagement Party
- Rehearsal Dinner
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Em Eliz Events receives glowing reviews as a top-notch wedding planning service. Emily and her team are highly praised for their professionalism, organization, and attention to detail. Reviewers highlight the seamless coordination, stress-free experience, and flawless execution of wedding day logistics. Emily's expertise, communication skills, and ability to bring the couple's vision to life are consistently commended. Clients highly recommend Em Eliz Events for a perfect and memorable wedding day.- Top reviews
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Emily did an excellent job coordinating the wedding, both getting all the details set for the day AND on the day of. We had the perfect day because of Emily and Julia! Emily was quick to respond to questions during the planning process, kept great communication with vendors, and overall took care of me during the process. Emily is very personable, detail oriented, and just lovely to work with. I highly recommend Em Elize Events!
Em Eliz Events is AMAZING!!!!!! They deserve way more than 5 stars. I had the pleasure of working with Janie as our day of coordinator. Leading up to the wedding and the day of she was extremely responsive, helpful, and organized. Without her my wedding would have been pure chaos. She made the wedding day stress free with set up, clean up, making sure everybody was where they needed to be and constantly checking on me to make sure I was enjoying the day and comfortable. All around absolutely P E R F E C T. If you are hesitant on hiring a wedding coordinator or day of wedding coordinator, do it and be sure to use Em Eliz Events!!!!
I cannot say enough amazing things about Emily & her team! We had Emily as a day of coordinator for our wedding and she started helping us 3 months out. We needed someone who could be detailed oriented, easy to work with & see our vision and Emily did just that and so much more!!! She is so thorough in her communications and makes handing off the planning so easy, so you can truly enjoy the months, weeks and days leading up to the wedding. You can also tell Emily is so well loved by the wedding vendor community - our florist and rental company raved about Emily before we even started working with her. As soon as we started working with her, we knew exactly what they meant!! Two days before the wedding, Emily even ran over to the venue late night with her husband to answer our questions about load-in and calm our minds when we were stressed out. My mom and I both plan events for a living and we couldn’t have been more blessed to have Emily to execute such a beautiful day!! She is so kind, a joy to be around and puts your mind at ease so you can truly be present. I cannot recommend Emily and her awesome team enough!!! I am excited to recommend her to any of my friends and family once they are engaged!!
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If I could rate Em Eliz Events 100 stars, I would. Having Emily help us coordinate our wedding was truly one of the best decisions we made throughout our entire planning process. She is one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met and she went above and beyond to make sure our wedding day was beyond perfect. Every suggestion and idea we had, she made a reality. She thought about each and every detail that went into making the day seamless and helped keep us organized throughout the entire process. Her personableness, communication, and experience makes her and her team top notch to work with. We are so thankful we chose Emily to help us plan and coordinate our wedding day. We highly recommend her to anyone looking to have a stress free wedding!
We brought on Mackenzie as our day off coordinator fairly late in the process and she was still able to hit the ground running with no issues. She was invaluable in the lead up the ceremony communicating with vendors and on the day of - from set up to clean up. We wouldn't have had as amazing of a time without the peace of mind Mackenzie and Em Eliz Events provided the entire day!
Emily was an incredible planner and day of coordinator! Our wedding day was absolutely stress free, and we were able to enjoy the whole day because Emily and her team were taking care of everything. She was so friendly and easy to work with during the whole coordinating period leading up to the wedding. She is an excellent communicator and knows the wedding industry so well. I was able to get other vendor recommendations from her, and we were so happy with them too.
Our experience with Em Eliz Events was what dreams are made of. I mean that so sincerely. Everything was FLAWLESS leading up to the wedding and on the day of. I was expecting at least something small to go not according to plan, as is typical of any event, but nothing did. I had the most relaxed wedding day and was able to truly soak everything in. I fully attribute this to the amazing team at Em Eliz Events. I can't recommend them more and will sing their praises to everyone I come across who is looking for a wedding planner!
Emily was great to work with. She was very organized and has a very kind, calming demeanor. She put me at ease, so I knew I was in great hands during my wedding day, which allowed me to enjoy every minute! I highly recommend her for day of coordination. She listened to any feedback I provided and she did a great job communicating with all my vendors. On the day of my wedding everything ran smoothly and I can't thank her enough!
Emily and her team were amazing! I hired them for the day and it went super smoothly! Emily started helping and bringing things together about 2 months from the wedding! She and her team are wonderful to work with, they are the dream team! Highly recommend them for your wedding day! Everything was perfect!
We had a wonderful experience with Em Eliz Events! We were nervous about planning a wedding from out of state but Emily did a great job at putting us ease. Emily found wonderful vendors for us, from the officiant to the band to the make up artist. Emily also made our vision come to life with the wedding decor; we were so happy with how everything looked at the ceremony and reception. We would recommend Emily to others in the future!
I had no idea what a wedding planner actually did and wasn't thrilled about having to hire one. Em Eliz Events were fantastic. They took care of every little detail, every problem that arose, leaving us to just enjoy the event. With smiles, grace and amazing energy they made the event wonderful for everyone. Thank you.
Stop looking now - Hire Em Eliz Events! I wish I would have hired Emily sooner during our wedding planning process! She coordinated and planned our wedding at The Farmhouse at Veritas Vineyard. Our wedding was small ~40 people and planning is really not one of my strengths. I was feeling overwhelmed about little details and communicating with vendors and all of that disappeared instantly when we hired Emily. She took care of all of the little details and I could just relax and enjoy. She is kind, communicative, and professional. On the actual wedding day things went so smoothly with Emily and her team. I truly didn’t worry or check on pretty much anything because around every turn Emily had it taken care of. One other funny anecdote I wanted to add, Emily realized immediately that my husband is the better planner and detail person so she directed her communication towards him - I didn’t get her phone number until the wedding day 😂. She really understood us as a couple and did a great job. Thanks so much Em Eliz Events. Your entire team was great and we really appreciated everything.
The best decision you can possibly make for your wedding is to hire Em Eliz Events! We hired Emily as our day-of-coordinator and she went above and beyond. She was communicative and professional, reaching out to us well in advance of the wedding to contact vendors and help create the timeline. We had our fair share of last minute changes, cancellations, and complete 180's from the venue, but Emily handled it all calmly and professionally. The day of the event, she was a constant, yet unobtrusive presence, getting us all down the aisle on time and ready with the bandaids and the bustling of the gown. The wedding really was flawless and I give Emily full credit for her exceptional work.
Emily did an amazing job on our wedding. On our wedding day, everything went smoothly and she kept us very informed throughout the planning process. Highly recommend! 10/10
I can’t say enough great things about our experience with Em Eliz Events. From the first details meeting we had, Emily was the best addition to our wedding day. Logistically, Emily was a rockstar. From managing our vendors to creating and finalizing the timeline, Emily left no stone unturned.
Whenever I had questions or worries, Emily would address them promptly and with care. At one point, I reached out after reviewing the timeline as I was worried there was too much time between dinner, toasts, cake cutting and the dance floor opening. Emily listened to my concerns, explained the rationale behind the timing decisions and provided options to move forward. In the end, Emily’s initial timeline was perfect - during the wedding, everything flowed naturally and didn’t feel rushed or dragged out - but I was so appreciative that she listened and put me at ease.
On the day of the wedding, I am not exaggerating when I say I didn’t feel any stress or pressure. Everything flowed smoothly and felt seamless and flawless. Emily executed our vision to a T. On top of that, Emily was always on hand to provide emotional support and help with my train and bouquet. Our family and friends have even shared countless compliments about Emily and Mackenzie - how hard they worked, how calm and kind they were, how smooth everything flowed, and how they seemed happy and brought good energy to the day. Emily and Mackenzie allowed us to focus on each other and the celebration. We truly felt like our ceremony and reception were perfect. It couldn’t have gone any better, thanks to Emily and Mackenzie!
In a word: perfect. Emily was so well organized, friendly, responsive, helpful, and knowledgable. Her attention to details helped us stay on task and take everything into consideration from start to finish. We would have been lost without her. With Emily's help, we were able to get so much more done and she helped us have a nearly perfect wedding day. Her resourcefulness and industry contacts, in collaboration with our vision for the wedding aesthetics helped guide us to achieve exactly what we wanted. She was a pleasure to work with her every step of the way! She did so much for us while also planning and executing her own wedding and the rest of her clients. She is a must have coordinator.
Emily was our SAVING GRACE. Wedding planning was NOT my thing, and she helped me tremendously along the way. When the big day arrived, she helped with me last things and took additional stressors off my plate without hesitation. She even had snacks prepared when I needed something before the big walk down the aisle. She made sure throughout the day we stayed on schedule, and did it with such grace and calmness. Thank you again, Emily! Without you our day would have not gone as perfect as it did <3
Emily from Em Eliz Events was so helpful as we planned a spring wedding. Her experience and expertise helped us stay on course as we procured and organized vendors and venues. Her friendly personality and tremendous organizational skills made it easy to adapt plans and schedules to meet our needs. Highly recommend!
If you are searching for a wedding planner or event coordinator, look no further! Em Liz Events is incredible - easily the best decision my fiancé & I made when booking vendors for our June 2022 wedding. Emily is professional, responsive, organized, patient, calm, and kind. She and her team went above & beyond our expectations to ensure that our wedding day ran smoothly. Em Liz Events allowed me to feel confident going into our event and not worry about the timeline or details, a feeling I am SO grateful for. We couldn't be happier with the services provided.
We hired Emily to help us out with decorations, scheduling, finer details and for the day of the wedding itself and this woman was god sent! Very responsive to texts and emails. Really listened to what we wanted the day to look like and provided us with lots of options that we could choose from. She has a lot of experience from other weddings and that came in handy when helping us choose for our wedding. I knew exactly what to expect for the day of the wedding and we actually got to relax and enjoy our day because of Emily and her team. HIRE THIS WOMAN!
Emily is a step above the rest when it comes to her wedding coordinating services. She is organized, timely, calm, and radiates positivity. She made our wedding day at mount Ida and all the planning that came before it feel seamless. She is thoughtful and helpful and her ability to seem everywhere at once throughout the wedding night was very impressive. My husband and I would HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend her and would absolutely share more about what an excellent coordinator she is to anyone that asks. Not to mention the ADORABLE video clip she created capturing moments of our day. No doubt she is the one that you need to make your wedding planning and wedding day a step above and leaps beyond what you’d hope for :)
Emily is everything you could need in a wedding planner. She's organized, kind, professional, knowledgeable, and you can feel that she's really happy to be there sharing the wedding day and process with you. She anticipated our needs, handled all the background communication leading up to and on the wedding day, and took such good care of us. We loved having her be a part of our wedding day, choosing her to be our day-of coordinator (though she went well above and beyond that) was the best choice we made for our wedding!!
Emily coordinated the ceremony and rehearsal dinner for our wedding. She was organized and professional and I felt very confident that our wedding was in good hands! She is very easy to work with and helped immensely with the creative aspects of the process. I highly recommend her for your event! :)
Emily did such an amazing job and went above and beyond to make our day so special! It was actually a week before my wedding when I realized I needed help and I called her & she just picked up my burdens and ran with them. This was the best thing I could have done. She is so detailed oriented, organized & she really helps everything run so smoothly!! Our wedding day wouldn’t have been the same without her!
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Richmond, VA, Charlottesville and beyond
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Emily Hollis
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Emily is the owner and lead planner behind Em Eliz Events. Her personal approach to forming a trusted and genuine relationship with every client that she meets, is her top priority. Emily is passionate about seeing every couple's wedding day be filled with joy, creating the most special memory. With over 8+ years of experience in the event planning industry, Emily ensures a stress-free day surrounded by those you love most.
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