Events by Satra

I found Satra after extensively searching the internet (like all brides do) for a wedding planner. I wanted someone who had experience with Indian weddings and knew great contacts in the Bay Area. Satra hit both of those marks for us right away. She also has a great sense of humor, which is always a plus. We decided to do a 30 person micro-wedding, and Satra truly made it look and feel like a grand, large wedding. She went to work right away; we gave her only 6 weeks to put the whole thing together! She always gave us options for pricing and vendors and really cared that we were satisfied with all decisions as we went along. She also is so meticulous with tracking and following up with all the vendors, and really just making sure I didn't have to worry about a single detail. She is also extremely prompt when contacted by us with any questions or concerns - a huge plus is that she also always had great suggestions and ideas because she is so experienced. I didn't have a great vision of what I wanted when it came to my wedding -- all I could offer was my Pinterest board as a look inside my head. What resulted from Satra was better than anything I could have imagined. She turned my wedding into a gorgeous and romantic fall wonderland. Enough raving about Satra, you will find many reviews exactly like mine saying you should hire her -- and they are exactly right. If you want to worry about every single detail and not sleep during the planning, do it yourself. If you want to have a beautifully designed wedding that requires minimal effort on your part, hire Satra.

We cannot thank Satra and her team enough for all of their help, support, and encouragement throughout the wedding planning process and on the wedding day itself. We held a ~300 person Indian wedding, and Satra went above and beyond in helping us plan it. She translated our vision into an event that was even more magnificent than we could have ever imagined. In every decision that we made, Satra laid out the options and helped us think through where to spend money in a way that would be the most impactful and aligned with our goals. She not only guided us through the process and made sure that we were on track, but also handled our unique circumstances (needing to find Indian/ethnic decor, wrangling parental involvement in decisions) with poise. Throughout the planning process, Satra was extremely responsive, on top of the details, and had always thought through everything. She kept track of multiple different vendors for us, and went the extra mile to coordinate with those who were less responsive. Satra truly cared about making our big day special, and her professionalism shone the entire time. The day went extremely smoothly despite several last-minute changes to account for rainy weather, and we even received a lot of compliments about how the event ran like clockwork. Most importantly, we had a wonderful time, especially because Satra reminded us to take it all in and enjoy the moment, and she handled various family members and vendors so that we didn’t have to think about them. We couldn't have done this without Satra and we are so glad that she was part of our big day! We cannot recommend her enough.

From the beginning stages of planning to the day, I knew we were in good hands with Satra. We hired Satra for month ahead planning & it was perfect. She anticipated every detail of our day, including: minute by minute timeline, exact seating charts, layout of the rooms, recommendations for vendors, best locations for signage and coordination with other vendors. On the day of the wedding, she came to check in on me & my groom before all the events. She kept us on timeline, all with such positivity and calmness. Another Very special thing she did for me was to join me in my final dress fitting Because my family lives on the east coast. This was so thoughtful & very appreciated!She is truly the best & would want to have her presence at any event! My parents complimented me on finding her - they quickly realized they didnt need to worry about anything because she handled all the details. She made our wedding day a dream come true!

From the beginning Satra was easy to communicate with, helpful and knowledgable. We used all of her preferred vendors and loved everyone of them! They all had great working relationships with them as well. We actually got married during the PG&E blackouts. Our venue, cake baker, rehearsal dinner and hotel all lost power. Satra went ABOVE and beyond to help us navigate what to do and helped us create several plan bs if we had to move our reception venue. Could not recommend more!

We had such a great experience with Satra and highly recommend her services. From our first meeting to the end of our wedding night, it felt like Satra really understood who we were as a couple. She is a low key but very efficient person, and gets things done without having to stand around with a bullhorn. We really appreciated her vendor recommendations, her expertise, and the little touches she thought of when looking out for us, including making sure my husband and I had a quiet moment to ourselves to eat and reflect during the wedding itself. She was always prompt and thorough in her communications as well. Thank you Satra!!

Satra is amazing at what she does. My (now) wife and I hired her to do month-of coordination for our wedding a few months ago. I think when looking for a wedding coordinator/planner, the most important things you're looking for are: responsiveness (how quick/often does she respond?), dependability (does she get things done well and on time?), and confidence (does she seem like she knows what she's doing? do things run smoothly?). The last one is important because weddings are hectic to plan and you really need someone who feels comfortable making sure stuff gets done and doesn't give you a sense of anxiety. Satra is five stars across all these categories. In further detail: - Responsiveness: Satra is quick to reply to emails, and also does a good job of nudging things along that might be lagging behind. I never felt like I was pinging her too often or that my questions were silly. - Dependability: Our wedding was especially complicated, as we had a blend of cultures, traditions, and ceremonies. Not only was Satra on top of all of this, she even asked questions that we hadn't thought of. - Confidence: This one is so crucial on the day/weekend of the wedding. Satra ran the rehearsal like a fine-tuned machine, wrangling everyone who needed it and made sure everyone was prepared. On the day of - this is where Satra really shines. As you might have guessed, on the day of your wedding, your attention will be divided between about a thousand things. You don't have the bandwidth to deal with everything, so you need someone there who can handle everything gracefully and put you at ease. Satra was a godsend here - everything went off without a hitch, and Satra managed every little detail. The last thing I'll say is this: of all the small individual memories I have of my wedding day, one really needs to be mentioned here. After our ceremony was over, while our guests were enjoying cocktail hour, my new wife and I were shuttled off to the bridal suite to take care of the marriage certificate and costume change. Walking into the suite, there on the table, was a perfect portion of each one of our hors d'ouevres as well as our favorite drinks (a white wine for my wife and a sparkling water for me) - placed lovingly with a note of congratulations by Satra. This kind of service is above and beyond, and is really the kind of thing that makes me look back on that day and smile, knowing we chose exactly the right person to handle the coordination. Do yourself a favor and hire Satra for your special day. You won't regret it.

Satra was an INCREDIBLE coordinator for our wedding. We hired her not just for day-of, but for month-of, which was awesome. In our kickoff meeting with her (she had done a ton of weddings at our venue and also knew almost all of our vendors), we talked about my vision for the wedding, she asked us for all our vendor info, we agreed on a timeline, and after that... BLISS. We didn't have to do ANYTHING. I remember so clearly the moment at our kickoff meeting when Satra smiled, looked me in the eyes and said, "You don't need to be taking notes on any of this - I'm going to handle all of it." After a year and a half of wedding planning, sweeter words could not have been spoken to me. And she was right - she handled all of it. In the weeks leading up to the wedding, if my stepmom or my fiance's mom or a vendor or the venue or anyone else had questions or concerns, I said, "Talk to Satra!" There were a ton of email threads between Satra and our family members, vendors, etc. that I didn't even read, because I didn't need to. At the rehearsal and on the wedding day, nobody from our families or the wedding party asked me anything about where to be or when to go there or what to do, because Satra had already prepped them. I should also point out that we had an Indian fusion wedding, which was... complicated. Lots of moving parts. Satra dealt with all of it. It seems like a small thing, but one of my biggest concerns leading up to the wedding was that my walk down the aisle would be timed appropriately. The song I'd chosen needed to play for all nine of my bridesmaids and also for my dad and I during the processional, and there was a specific moment in the song that I wanted to match up with the moment my dad and I appeared walked down the aisle. I was terrified that the bridesmaids wouldn't be paced appropriately and that specific part of the song would happen before my dad and I started walking down the aisle, or that the song would end before my dad and I reached the altar. I had a mild freak-out moment when the bridesmaids were walking down the aisle and asked Satra if everything was timed correctly, and she showed me her phone - she'd created a countdown timer that was perfectly configured to the timing I'd requested. Everything went perfectly. I should stop rambling, but I'd like to make one final point - Satra has the calmest, most soothing energy. She is the perfect antidote to wedding anxiety. She tells you she'll handle it, and she absolutely will. If my wedding was like every other wedding in the history of weddings, I'm pretty sure there were like a million little crises that happened, but I did not and will never know about them, because Satra was there to handle everything.

Where do I even start. We interviewed several coordinators but were immediately blown away by Satra's calming nature and knowledge of the business. Our wedding day was absolutely perfect and I know a huge part of that was because of Satra and her team! Thank you so much for the best day of our lives. Xoxox

I loved working with Satra for my wedding this October -- she did month-of planning for us, and fielded some questions via email in the months preceding. Satra brought the most amazing energy to everything -- she's competent, calm, and manages to be completely on top of everything while making everyone (including stressed out family members!) feel better about everything that's going on. She helped figure out our timeline, wrangled a 20+ person wedding party, and coordinated with all of our vendors without batting an eye. She also really supported the decisions that my husband and I were making (example: holding our ceremony outside with an impending rainstorm!), making me really feel like she was on our team. Our day was perfect, and she was a huge part of making that happen!