Event Troupe

Amanda was great to work with! She is so detail oriented and knows what she's about. She has seen it all and so she was able to make sure that our day went as smoothly as possible. She responded to all my emails quickly and helped me with every step along the way.

BRIDES PLEASE READ!!! All these good reviews you read are great because they are actually allowed to be posted. Amanda deletes all the negative reviews on Wedding Wire & The Knot. I was excited to hire Amanda as my wedding planner because she seemed very detail oriented. While this still remains true, she is detail oriented for the way she wants the wedding to go. I had to fight for doing family photos before..she kept telling me “that’s not how I do it, it’s better to do family photos after”. Fast forward to our walk thru..I was incredibly embarrassed by her attitude & lack of respect for the other vendors. So much so that our day of contact for the venue, Sara, had to ask her boss to be there on the day of the wedding in case Amanda acted up. Sara also offered to me to be my primary contact on the wedding day so I didn’t have to be talked down to on my wedding day, in which I accepted. I never confronted Amanda regarding this because she was intimidating & not welcoming to hearing what I, the bride, had to say. Leading into the wedding, she had extremely early due dates for things. She asked me for the emcee sheet, which I gave directly to the DJ & communicated that with her, but she still responded by saying I need that like yesterday please…” **See attached photo for email** Additionally, she needed my ceremony seating chart 3 months prior to the actual wedding. I did give it to her, but it wouldn’t have mattered because she made my mother cry the day of. She argued with my mom that her ex husbands new wife should be in the front row. Thankfully she didn’t win this fight due to the 3 amazing ushers we had. However, it hurt my heart to see my mother & myself cry on my wedding day due to Amanda. At the rehearsal, she was micromanaging like nobody’s business. It took 45 min to practice just 1 time & she was being rude. I asked if we could walk from farther back to help my bridesmaid & a groomsmen practice their song while I was walking down the aisle. She ignored it & said nope. Then, she was telling me EXACTLY where to place my hands on my fiancé & that I needed my bouquet for when the officiant said “you may now kiss your bride”. I told Amanda I didn’t want my bouquet, but she said “YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT, it makes for a great photo.” I said “What if I don’t want it?” in which she responded with, “You have to have it.” She also needed her tip the night of the rehearsal, which I thought was unprofessional because we wouldn’t have tipped her as much after her behavior on our wedding day. She also reiterated to my mother that she has an anti harassment clause & told me one of my bridesmaids was verbally harassing her. Though my bridesmaid did confront her, it was in support of me getting what I wanted & was nothing near verbal harassment. I understand the verbal harassment clause protecting Amanda, but where’s the one protecting the clients?? If anybody was verbally harassing, it was Amanda. After the wedding, I received an email titled “For your sober self” which was incredibly rude because nobody was drunk. She told me that she talked with the bar to stop serving doubles & go to plastic ware because a few glasses were broken (what wedding doesn’t have broken glasses?!)…but we paid the bar for glassware…so we wasted money on that. Amanda was the biggest waste of money. I am only posting this because I’d hate for another bride & groom to be troubled with the drama she created for both myself, my family, & the wedding party.