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uly incredible at keeping everything calm when emotions are running high. I had a pretty specific vision of what I wanted our wedding to look and feel like and she knocked it out of the park. I feel so grateful she was a part of our wedding experience.

because our venue was a private residence, which essentially requires building a venue. Jaime is amazing. She has an incredible amount of knowledge and experience, she always knew exactly who to talk to, what we needed (and DIDN'T need!) and she was always organized, professional, and so, so kind. Another huge service she provides is (1) handling all of the contracts but also (2) she has relationships with all of the reputable vendors in the area, all of whom seem to give her discounts that she passes on to her clients. I can honestly say that she paid for herself. Our wedding was absolutely spectacular, thanks to Jaime, and the whole thing would not have happened without her. Whether you want to be more hands-on or hands-off, I know that Jaime will be the perfect wedding planner for you because she knows this business so well and will give you the exact experience you're looking for.

re the big day. It also didn't hurt that all of our vendors exclaimed "WE LOVE JAIME!" whenever we first mentioned we were working with her :) She was always game to handle any of my crazy ideas and requests and could not have been more helpful and kind from start to finish. Our entire wedding weekend was absolutely perfect, and we have Jaime to thank for that. We cannot recommend Eventfully Planned more highly to any couple planning a wedding in New England. We just wish we could do it all over again!!

of everything! Jaime was clear about when we needed make decisions about each vendor and has worked with many vendors in the area, so gave us several options for each. She advised us on and helped us plan so many aspects of the wedding that we never even thought about, like bathroom trailers, generators, etc. She took note of what we cared about and what we didn't care so much about to make sure the day went smoothly and the way we wanted. Jaime was especially helpful on the months and days leading up to the wedding - she kept in contact with every vendor and was on site daily for our tent & rentals set up so we didn't have to manage it. She also wrangled friends & family members to coordinate the rehearsal, which likely would have taken hours without her :) I felt so relaxed my wedding day knowing that Jaime had control. It went so smoothly and it really wouldn't have been possible without her! Thank you again so much Jaime !

e LOTS of logistics and transportation schedules (ferries, trolleys, you name it!) and with Jaime leading the charge, all went smoothly. We couldn't be happier with working with her + her team. 10/10 recommend!!!

every vendor is understanding perfectly. The weekend went off without me knowing about one hiccup and allowed me to enjoy my wedding weekend without any additional stress or worry. She is caring, thoughtful, has an amazing attention to detail and always puts the couples wants and wishes first through the entire process - exactly what you want in a wedding planner.

And throw a pandemic in the mix, Jaime moved our entire wedding vendors & contracts within 2 hours....managed ALL of it! I'd highly recommend Jaime not just because of her hard work ethic, but she is so sweet & caring and really puts such a personal touch on things. Every vendor we worked with that had worked with her, had nothin but the nicest things to say about Jaime. And I can see why! She truly is the best!

hing, and is extremely professional and responsive. She even helped us with planning our Welcome Party the day before our wedding. Jaime and her team looked after every detail on the day of, and we had absolutely no worries! Everything was perfect!

ls for the timeline and choreograph how all the elements would fit together. It was so helpful having her coordinate with all the vendors and make sure everyone was where they needed to be on the wedding day. And when the bumps came up (literally, our officiant was rear-ended on the way to the wedding), she managed with poise and a problem-solving mindset. It's stressful when things don't go exactly as planned, but I felt calm and cool knowing Jaime had things under control. Thank you, Jaime!!

egit MISS HER. Guests and even vendors came up to us saying it was the most perfect and fun wedding. A total 10. That was because of Jaime. She was worth every penny and more. She also is an absolutely lovely human being that you will want to have around you during both the stressful moments and the magical ones. Some things to know - First of all, we chose a beautiful yet challenging venue, a private residence in Jamestown where we had to bring in every fork and knife, even the bathrooms and solar lights for the dangerous driveway - just one of Jaime’s many great ideas! We held FOUR events at this venue with different staff and catering for each (a lobster clambake rehearsal dinner in the tent, a welcome party upstairs, the ceremony/reception and a day after brunch). Jaime’s attention to detail and coordination at all events was on point. She is kind, patient and isn’t afraid to work hard and get her hands dirty moving/lifting things - her team of assistants were also absolute gems! Jaime even lent us tons of items (ice tubs, easels, etc) and went out of her way to make sure our name cards were gorgeously displayed, napkins were fanned out to my liking and so much more. If there were issues at any of the events, I didn’t know about it. They were handled. We did have something come up with our venue AFTER the wedding weekend about pickup and Jaime ON HER VACATION went to the venue and picked up trash by hand and broke down a table (not a folding table, but broke down a legitimate screwed together table) and put it in her car to ensure we would not be charged cause a vendor did not complete their pick-up of items properly. Planning the wedding over the course of the year was equally as great. She answers emails and texts quickly and clearly and was always available to jump on the phone to talk things out. I felt very safe in her care. When I was in town, she would make time to meet me in person. I loved that she recommend trusted vendors, but I never felt like any were being forced on me, and she was flexible and open to any vendors I presented to her. She took into consideration our budget constraints and never judged any of our decisions. I also felt like she was honest, if I asked an opinion of option A or B, she’d give me the pros and cons and sometimes if I felt like both were great, I’d just let her decide based on her expertise - having an expert onboard is so worth it! So many vendors told us Jaime was their favorite planner to work with and she got along great with everyone in our families from our niece and nephew to our friends and parents. We had our perfect wedding weekend and if you book with Jaime, you can too. HIRE JAIME. Best decision we made. To see our wedding: https://vimeo.com/354991213

e friends with. Honestly, it felt weird to not have her as a guest at our wedding - it was as if she should have been out there on the dance floor with us! But, she’s all business on the wedding day, hardly even visible and simply making sure everything single thing is perfect. As a bride, this is exactly what you want. So much time and energy went into the planning, it’s so wonderful to be able to completely enjoy each moment of the day without worrying about anything. Jaime also has such wonderful relationships with so many vendors - they all love her! This made all the planning seem almost seamless and is especially helpful if you’re not local to RI. I can’t recommend Jaime more highly. If you can — book her ASAP!!!

helped us with everything from vendor selection to taking care of the minutest details on the days of both our welcome party and wedding. She knows ALL of the vendors in the area, and made the planning process seamless. Jaime offered up great suggestions, but never pushed anything on us and allowed us to make our own decisions. Jaime was indispensible on our wedding day. Not only did she coordinate with all of the vendors and handle 100% of the setup, she came prepared for everything. It was raining on the morning of the wedding and Jaime had thought ahead and purchased cute clear umbrellas to use for pictures. The venue was pushing for us to install a tent for our outdoor ceremony (which we really did not want), but behind the scenes Jaime advocated for us to have an outdoor ceremony without a tent because the rain was scheduled to stop in time. She had also thought of a rain contingency plan in case we did not have a tent and the rain continued. I had an issue with my dress during the reception, and she even helped me cut out boning in my dress – yes she really will do everything! Most of all, my husband and I appreciated how organized and calm she was the day of the wedding. I am sure there were about 100 different things going on in the background, but we were blissfully unaware. In addition to our wedding, Jaime helped us throw a welcome party for all of our guests on the Friday prior to our wedding, which was basically a mini wedding. The event turned out to be spectacular, and we were so impressed with the final product. On the day of, we had to worry about absolutely nothing – we walked into the venue and everything was set up perfectly. Many of our guests weren’t sure how the wedding would top the welcome dinner. We’re not sure what we would have done without Jaime!

hired her immediately following the meeting. She is patient, and detail-oriented, which you can tell from speaking with her about her weddings. She was always generous with her time, always quick to respond to emails as we got closer to the event. She had excellent suggestions for vendors and kept a detailed Google doc folder full of information on them, which was added to as more and more details were finalized. She coordinated communication between the vendors and us, and with the venues of our events, with a relaxed demeanor. Any questions that we had for anyone we directed through Jaime, and she was always ready with an answer, or she knew exactly who to talk to for an answer. She also had lots of useful suggestions for creative ideas for décor and ways to make guests feel included during the day of the wedding, as well as solutions for things like room setup that we hadn’t thought of. When it came to the day of, she was the person behind the scenes making sure that everything ran smoothly. We didn't even see the venue until we were walking down the aisle, and it looked terrific: we didn't have to worry about decoration or deliveries or setup, Jaime handled it all. She was there gently reminding us all of what was coming next, which allowed us to kind of float through the afternoon without worrying at all. We were ahead of time on almost all of the scheduled moments for the day. I cannot stress enough how important this aspect of her service was; it made the day so stress-free and light-hearted. Never once with any vendor or any interaction during planning or the day of did my husband and I, as an LGBT couple, experience any discrimination or lack of support. Jaime was great with us, and we felt true support from her when discussing the details of our marriage. Overall, we would recommend hiring Jaime Nelson of Eventfully Planned to plan your wedding event. We thought we would be able to do it all on our own, but she was the best choice we could have possibly made, and truly elevated the overall experience.

and I will never forget her saying “ that’s what I’m here for”. From then on I had 100% confidence in every aspect of the wedding planning. Jaime is detail oriented and conscientious about cost, it was so refreshing. She was organized and upbeat in every phone call, email or meeting. She has wonderful and respectful relationships with our amazing vendors. We will miss our constant contact with Jaime, she truly became a friend, but we will always stay in touch and cannot recommend her enough!

our 200+ family and friends so I assumed there would be a lot of work on my end to make sure that they weekend went by smoothly. The best part? Jaime was able to give me bite sized pieces and small projects for me to work on slowly throughout the process. I can honestly say that I never felt overwhelmed because of how she nativgated my family and I throughout the entire process. Jaime is reliable, confident, and will execute each task flawlessly! Thank you Jaime for making all our dreams come true!! We received countless compliments that our wedding was the best wedding that are guests have ever been to and we have Jaime to thank for that!

d with Jaime for over a year planning my wedding and never once did she make me feel like there was any other wedding that was more important than mine (though of course she was working with other brides throughout the time, and I'm sure was making them feel the same way!) Leading up to the wedding, Jaime was a detail-oriented (always going through invoices line by line to ensure nothing was missed or added inappropriately), budget-conscious, solutions-oriented, problem-solving extraordinaire, and really always steered us in the right direction. Even when we had wild ideas, Jaime would let us entertain them just long enough to get it out of our system before ultimately coming down to earth and going with the more logical (and cost effective) approach. (But had we stuck with the wild ideas, Jaime would be prepared to make them happen nonetheless). The weekend of the wedding, Jaime absolutely blew us away. Every vendor that we worked with (which was a lot) praised Jaime for being the best of the best - we even got a portapotty upgrade because of her! - and the most organized, on-it wedding planner that they had ever worked with, and that couldn't be more correct. I am a control freak, project manager by nature, but was able to completely let go and enjoy the weekend and wedding day entirely because I knew Jaime had everything handled. Her presence was incredibly calming - she never once even seemed stressed! - and she was always there for my husband and I to turn to whenever we needed anything at all. Jaime was an absolutely AMAZING wedding planner, and the post-wedding-blues are especially difficult knowing that I no longer get to work with her :(

at our wedding would not have been as organized, beautiful, completely enjoyable to the guests and my husband and I. Every detail was cared for and perfected! Some of Jaime's specific strengths include: -Organized: Jaime kept us in line with a useful timeline and regular check ins. -Well-connected: Jaime recommend a fantastic team of vendors (lights/DJ, floral, photographer, catering). -Communication: Jaime not only kept in touch with us (just the right amount), she also communicated with each of the vendors, which took an incredible amount of work off of our plate. -Vision: my husband, mother-in-law, and I had ideas about how the wedding would look. Jaime helped make those visions a reality with a meticulous eye for detail. -Trustworthy: Jaime is SO kind and understanding. We had some family issues that concerned us and relaying our concerns to Jaime took a ton of this deeply personal pressure off of our plates. That was truly Jaime going up and beyond our expectations! -Hard-working: Jaime works SO hard! Jaime was the first to arrive on the day before and after the wedding. She ensured that the tent was set up and seating was just right. From the start of the planning through the wedding day, Jaime worked tirelessly to pull off the event!

me provided choices for vendors that she knew and trusted and it helped tremendously just being able to choose from a small list vs. having to doing all the research myself. I appreciated how organized she was, keeping track of vendor lists, hotel options, schedule, etc. all on clear spreadsheets. We had regular calls to check in on the status of different items and she also accompanied me to a few in-person vendor appointments as well. I wasn't familiar with all of the (many) different options for tent lighting, furniture rentals, dishware, linens and flowers. Having Jaime to talk me through these options with the vendors was very helpful and it make the process of choosing vendors and items a lot easier. I liked that Jaime was very calm, practical and provided her advice when I needed it but didn't give her opinions overly willingly, allowing me to make sure that our ideas and style were still represented. We had a lot of conversations that ended up with me asking "what do most people do for X,Y,Z ?" or "what do you think makes sense?" because I valued her opinion and I truly didn't know what to do a lot of the time when having to make certain decisions (and there are a LOT of decisions to be made when wedding planning!) As my wedding day grew closer, Jaime took on the big task of helping to deliver my welcome bags to a lot of different locations. Her calm, soothing presence was so helpful the day of my wedding. For me as a type A, mild control freak, normally letting someone else run the show on the big day would have stressed me out but I was 110% confident that Jaime had everything under control. It was so nice letting go of all the coordination the day of the wedding and simply being a part of it. There were some complications the day of my wedding that Jaime dealt with behind the scenes, many of which I found out about after the wedding. She handled it all like a pro, e.g. a short but intense thunderstorm caused our cocktail hour to need to be be moved inside the tent which she did without needing anything from me, the wind from the storm was blowing in the tent so Jaime not only contacted the tent company to come secure it but she and her assistant physically held the plastic sheeting in place themselves until the tent company arrived. Also, it turns out that our trolley driver had damaged one of my vendor's cars! Jaime handled all of this for me and I didn't even know that it was happening. I was able to relax, have fun and enjoy what was the happiest day of my life! Hiring Jaime with Eventfully Planned was the best wedding planning decision that I made.

of June in Charlestown, Rhode Island. Our 175-person wedding was at my parent’s house, so absolutely every vendor - tents, catering, linens, bathrooms, lighting, you name it! had to be organized and coordinated separately. My husband and I both have very busy jobs, so we relied HEAVILY on Jaime, and worked with her throughout all the planning process leading up to the wedding, and then of course on the day of. She was available to us whenever we wanted to discuss something, and was always incredibly prompt in getting back to us! Additionally, she did an amazing job keeping us on track! To start, she is so incredibly kind, thoughtful and funny, and my entire family absolutely ADORED her and trusted her with absolutely everything. My Dad especially was very eager to be involved in planning (and was at times very stressed out about the logistics) – but Jaime did such an amazing job of including him in all aspects of the planning that he wanted to be involved with, but also making him feel SO secure that everything was taken care of, that he was able to completely relax. Beneath the calm exterior Jaime projects is a planning mastermind – she doesn’t miss a SINGLE detail. She also added so many thoughtful small touches that we hadn’t even thought of – and didn’t even necessarily know about! – until the day of. Additionally, ALL the vendors in the area know her, respect her, and love working with her (literally, every time we met a new vendor they would tell us how much they loved Jaime), and for the few vendors we found from further away that she hadn’t worked with before (our florist and band) she worked beautifully with them as well. She also had fantastic vendor recommendations, and helped us narrow down and choose vendors, especially for decisions we didn't care about as much. We also had a few vendors we came up with on our own, and she did not care at all that they weren't her suggestions. On the day of, we felt like we could 100% relax, because we knew Jaime would take care of everything, which she did! Even in the face of the (very real) threat of rain throughout the entire wedding, Jaime created a BEAUTIFUL rain backup plan, and made the whole night magical. I cannot possibly recommend her more highly.

e the process easier or more stress-free. At our first meeting, we walked through a couple of possible venue contracts and it immediately became very, very clear, very quickly, the value she would provide and expertise she would bring to the table throughout the entire process. She started flipping through the contracts, underlining possible points of concerns and things we should get clarified in the contract language, then pulled out a calculator and helped us strategize on where we could cut costs, how to order quantities of things that made sense and possible negotiation strategies we could use with the venues, coming up with ideas we never would have even thought to ask or suggest. She is super responsive, hyper organized, on top of everything, knowledgable, and excellent with vendor negotiation. When I would send her massive emails with tons of detailed questions, she followed up within a day every single time, and made all the extraneous details and planning completely painless. She’s pragmatic and realistic, without being remotely pushy, and she always had our best interest in mind in everything she did- it really felt like she was our advocate. She gave wonderful recommendations while being conscious of our budget, and we adored every single vendor she endorsed. She went to bat for us anytime there was a snafu with any vendor and we could not have been happier with her. On a more personal note, she’s incredibly warm, friendly, personable, emotionally intuitive and comes off as completely calm and relaxed even in the midst of the chaos of the event, which made us feel so much more comfortable and happy on the day of. Hiring her was the best decision we could have made.

rage, tent, transportation everything you can think of). This would have been a nightmare to do on my own and Jaime did it so smoothly and effectively. She was always responsive and so knowledgeable about everything to expect. I can't recommend working with her enough.

t spots, that our photographers/ videographers/ florists/ HMU artists were all aware of where and when to be in places. And most importantly she made sure we were on time and where we needed to be. She was a pleasure to have around always checking in on us, and so beyond helpful. Our day was perfect and it absolutely was that way because of Jaime and her team's help! We highly recommend Eventfully Planned as the best of the best!

have someone local during the last month to reach out to vendors, etc. Jamie was excellent on the day of the wedding. She kept us on schedule, fielded incoming vendors, and tended to every request my family and I made. She even took my dog back to his border after the ceremony! Jamie played a crucial role in our day--I don't know what I would have done without her!

to detail. While hiring a wedding planner may seem like an unnecessary additional expense, thinking of all that Jaime did to prepare and day of our wedding she is WELL worth her weight in gold. If planning a high end wedding in Newport, look no further. Several Rhode Island vendors I worked with say, “Jaime is one of my favorite planners.” After a unexpected family emergency, I asked Jaime if she thought it would be possible to reschedule our wedding to 9 months earlier. Several months into the wedding planning process with deposits on all of our vendors, Jaime didn’t even blink an eye. I had updated contracts in my email inbox within hours. The week leading up to our wedding was surprisingly relaxed because from start to finish Jaime handles everything. Welcome bags, scheduling/coordinating vendors, making sure wedding party gifts make it to the locations, getting booze on the trolley, delivering the gifts at the end of the night, Jaime even made sure I had a change of shoes before leaving for the after party. If something goes wrong, the bride and groom will never know about it. Jaime made sure that even the littlest details that I had mentioned were perfect. She is a very calming presence on the wedding day. Jaime truly is a great person, fastidious wedding coordinator, and all of her efforts ensured that our big day was truly unforgettable.

k the time to understand our vision for our big day, and executed it perfectly. When we met with Jaime before our wedding, she offered lots of helpful ideas and advice based on her prior experience. She was present at our ceremony rehearsal and helped to keep things moving smoothly. For our reception, we had tons of candle holders that we planned to use as centerpieces and to decorate the space. Jaime took care of getting all of these items to the venue, and did an amazing job of setting everything up on the day of the wedding. Both the ceremony and reception space were perfect- intimate, beautiful and exactly what we had envisioned. I don't know how we would have pulled it off without Jaime! Jaime also coordinated all of the vendors and made sure that everything went smoothly. At the end of the wedding, Jaime and her assistant packed up all of our items so that we just needed to go pick them up from the venue the next day. Hiring Jaime allowed me to enjoy my wedding day, without worrying about anything. Most importantly, Jaime was extremely pleasant to work with. She was always smiling, and our wedding party and parents all commented how nice she was. We are so happy that we hired Jaime!