Working with Ericka was the best and we genuinely miss our weekly check-ins! We got engaged in December 2019 and started looking for a wedding planner in January 2020. We live in Chicago and knew we were going to need someone local to help us p...lan our wedding. We had a few calls with different planners but after our meeting with Ericka we knew she was the one! She was engaging, professional, and kind. She made us feel confident that she understood our vision and could make it happen without a six-figure budget. We hired Ericka for her full planning service, and it was the best decision we ever made.
Due to Covid we had some downtime in our wedding planning from March 2020 – August 2020 but Ericka still checked in on us. She provided us a list of vendors to look at once we set our date. When we got our venue, North Bank Park Pavilion, in August 2020 we got right to wedding planning. We worked with Ericka to go through the list of vendors and select who we would get quotes from. She set up all the initial consultations, joined us in our meetings, and guided us on things to be mindful of. By October 2020 we had all the big vendors booked (catering, DJ, floral, hair, make-up).
Ericka was so helpful and supportive throughout the whole planning process. She provided us a timeline of events and would regularly check in to make sure everything was on track. Additionally, she was always so calm! If we were ever stressed about something we could talk to her about it and she never seemed stressed, she would just handle it.
The weeks leading up to wedding day and our wedding day itself went along so smoothly. We know Ericka worked so hard, but she made it seem effortless. Our wedding day is everything we dreamed it would be and more! Ericka and her assistant Miranda knocked it out of the park. Every single detail was accounted for, and the night flowed perfectly. They took care of the setup, vendor communications, tips, tear down, loading up our stuff at the end of the night, and dropping everything off to our family the next morning.
Ericka even coordinated with our maid of honor and best man to have a surprise mariachi band come to the cocktail hour. It was so special and something we will never forget. The day could not have been more perfect!
My list of reasons to hire Ericka could go on forever. Do yourself a favor and hire Ericka for your wedding!