About this vendor
Events by Fran is a small wedding planning, design, and coordination company dedicated to creating events that are elegant and are inspired by you. We specialize in beautiful outdoor small intimate and big weddings - from wineries, ranch, historical parks and private homes. We've designed and coordinated amazing indoor luxury weddings and engagement parties too. We provide a range of services from full service to management coordination. Now serving Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez, Ojai, Ventura, and Malibu. Willing to travel to Los Angeles areas.
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Business Attributes
- Asian-owned Business
- Woman-owned Business
Planning
- A la Carte Wedding Planning
- Budgeting
- Day-Of Coordination
- Full Service Wedding Planning
- Honeymoon Planning
- RSVP Tracking
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Engagement Party
- Honeymoon
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Bachelorette Party
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4.7
out of 5.015 reviews
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Fran is a sweetheart. The first thing that comes to mind when I think of her is: there are still genuine, good people in the world that do what they love to serve and see others happy. Covid brought ups and downs to our wedding planning and Fran stepped in 2 weeks before the date, found us a venue, catering, cake, decor and planned the entire ordeal. Better than I had even imagined it. She will work hard for you with a giving heart just to see you happy. I had the wedding of my dreams and married the man of my dreams on Valentine’s Day in Santa Barbara thanks to Fran!
Ive had the pleasure of working with Fran on a few weddings. Im a wedding DJ who likes to provide the client with the best entertainment but there is alot of work leading up to the event that can take away from all the fun to be. Only an experienced wedding coordinator like Fran can make sure all loose ends are tied up to ensure all of us vendors operate at our best. Although the party wont see it, Fran truly is the best leader and is a competent multitasker and skilled problem solver. I recommend and look forward to working with her again.
Fran and her team went above and beyond to ensure our day was perfect in every way. She made my dream a reality and I cannot recommend her and her team enough!
Fran has a heart of gold, you can tell she really wants her couples to have the best wedding day possible.
Fran was quick at responding to emails, texts, and phone calls. She was also available to work around my busy schedule to meet up in person and go over details. she has a big picture understanding of how you envision your day, and pays close attention to the little details as well.
I am giving her a four star rating because;
1. She cares! she is personable and wants the best for you
2. Her team! the assistants were incredible, she really has a great group working with her. They are creative and on the spot with the little details!
3. She is available and responds quickly
4. Affordable
My advice for future brides or grooms;
Make sure when you are discussing plans you follow up with Fran and make sure she is on the same page/ timeline! Planning is overwhelming, keep yourself organized so she can be organized too. If you have vetted/or hired your own vendors, make sure communication is streamline! I was very involved in these parts of the planning. I know i couldn't do it all myself so i am thankful to have had Fran assist me in the whole process.
As a whole i am pleased with how my wedding day turned out. I appreciate the time and consideration Fran put into helping me. I only have happy memories now!
Fran came highly recommended to us for our wedding by our friends. She met and exceeded expectations! Fran was available to suggest vendors throughout the planning process and most importantly work within a budget- I spoke to many wedding planners and coordinators and budget was not at the forefront of any of their minds. Fran simply asked my budget for a vendor and went and found us excellent vendors within the budget- something so very appreciated! She also didn't push her vendor recommendations on us- if I found someone I thought was a good fit she was completely open and willing to work with them as well. Fran and her assistant Jenny went above and beyond helping with our Friday night welcome dinner for all of our wedding guests- seeing our design vision through and providing decor to make it perfect. I highly recommend Fran and her team. Our wedding was for 100 guests. My husband and I will always look back on our wedding weekend very very fondly, it was so much fun and stress free thanks to Fran and Jenny. If only we could do it again!
Fran was easily the best vendor at my wedding! She made sure everything went as smoothly as possible and was so attentive to every detail! Her vendor recommendations made it so easy to find great people to work with and she truly went above and beyond with the entire planning process, I couldn’t believe how much was included with her package. She was so wonderful that both my cousin and sister plan to use her for their weddings!
Thank you Fran for everything!
I have been recently attending a wedding that was planned by this event coordinator and it was a complete disaster. My friend (the bride), was in tears after only few hours in of her day because everything was going south really quick: the coordinator wasn't able to get a hold of the florist (her friend) who showed up 3 hours later, after the ceremony the coordinator disappeared and left all the guests in complete chaos, reception started 1h later and the entire scheduled was messed up, because the coordinator kept changing things last minute. Everything run a few hours behind, the coordinator constantly disappeared and the other professionals couldn't find her or get a hold of her, and all the guests were losing their minds for the long wait, and for a wedding with over 170 people there was only one buffet service (hours of line). When it came the time to toss the bouquet, the bouquet designed for it was forgotten by the coordinator in the bridal room at the hotel so the bride tossed one of her bridesmaids bouquet...
Is this enough? A totally unprofessional coordinator, and when people started to point out the absence of common sense, the total reckless behavior she literally stood in a corner watching the chaos unfolding without doing anything at all anymore (not that she did much anyways). Sorry, I am sad to leave this bad review but these are the facts.
Fran went above and beyond for our wedding. She took care of everything. She has a great energy and matches your vision/your style perfectly. I don't know what I would have done without her. Thank you, Fran!
My Fiance' (now husband) and I choose Fran to help us make our special day perfect after speaking with her over the phone and determining she best matched our personalities and understood our vision. She did a great job staying in constant communication, handling the vendors and timeline. She was always willing to help with details, flexible and traveled to our wedding. With a few weeks to go before the wedding, she helped to set up a surprise dance group for the groom. Thank you for making sure our day was special
Fran and her team were wonderful. The day was a bit wild but our wedding and celebration were perfect. Fran has such an eye for design, and that is something I needed in my planner/day-of coordinator because I made all of my centerpieces, favors, cake toppers, and some of the signs. There were so many moving parts the day-of, and Fran managed all of it and made everything I had wanted look even better than I had imagined! Throughout the planning process Fran kept me calm and was always there to answer questions and help me get things figured out. Fran and her team helped make the wedding of my dreams come true!
Fran was our wedding planner throughout the whole process and made our day way better than we were even expecting. She used the decorative details we wanted and created something so uniquely beautiful! One really important factor of our wedding was that we had our dog part of our ceremony and were planning to keep her at the reception. Fran brought us a bag of goodies just for her! Being a shy dog, she began to be uncomfortable in her little pen but that was no problem at all! Fran and her team took care of it by taking Willow(our dog) all the way home! To me that was beyond our expectations. They even showed us pictures of Willow sleeping in the car so that we knew she was fine. Every question I had at any given moment throughout the wedding planning and day of, she was there. The evening was stress free 100% because of Fran.
She is AMAZING!!! Took care of every detail . I have a very busy schedule and she would drive all the way to my house to pick up anything that I needed for the wedding ... I honestly don't know what I would of done with out her. As the bride it is exhausting to have everything on point and it's really great to have someone like Fran to take care of the little details for you . I definitely recommend her she's so organized and will take care of you every step of the way. Planning a wedding is no easy task but with Fran it's such a much more Smoother process!
We were so impressed by Fran. She found our wedding and reception venue the first day we met her. She was on it, buttoned up, and extremely generous with her time. I was most impressed by her attention to detail and creative aesthetic. Fran pulled all of it together and our wedding was more than I thought it would be; elegant, sophisticated, fun, and a huge celebration where all the guests (and us) had the time of our lives! You killed it, Fran!
Fran is passionate about making your event special and successsful. She is detail-oriented and helpful that she helped greatly to make sure my special day was memorable.
I couldn't have better things to say about working with Fran & her team. She is easy to contact and easy to work with. She helps relieve the stress of the wedding planning process. She really listened to what I was envisioning, & made sure that our wedding day was beautiful and perfect. She was very organized and I was not worried about a single thing the whole day & night. I am quite confident when I say that if you book her for your full wedding planning (or partial wedding planning) that you will have a beautiful wedding experience. I would recommend Fran and her team to absolutely anyone!
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Ventura & Santa Barbara counties. Willing to travel.
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