Forever Weddings

We booked Julie as our planner 18 months before our destination wedding. We were hopeful to help a young planner start her business. She did a nice job find our vendors and venue. But that’s as far as it went. 2 months before the wedding she told us she would not be our day of coordinator. This was not what we expected but fine. I followed up with vendors and fixed most problems leading up to the wedding and even did a majority of the day of schedule. Two weeks before Bri ( the new coordinator ) said she couldn’t be there. We weren’t happy but allowed a second change in day of planner. Finally 10am the day of the wedding we found out the third person assigned to us would not be able to make it. We were left with ZERO planner day of and was a very stressful wedding day. I’m disappointed in how things worked out.

We hired Forever Weddings for full wedding planning services. In summary, I wish we had gone a different direction. The saving grace was our day-of coordinator, Bri, who was incredible. In detail, Julie wasn’t actively involved in many steps of the planning process, despite our contract stating that she would spearhead almost all of these activities. She showed up 90 minutes late to our planning meeting, gave us a timeline of what to expect of her in the next month, and then failed to deliver on what she promised. This was the case for most of our interactions. After we signed the contract with Julie and booked our venue, all the communication I received was reactive to my prompts following up on tasks that were overdue, such as getting quotes from vendors, rather than actively moving forward on planning or doing the tasks that she had promised within the timeline she set. It felt like the only times that Julie did things for our wedding was when I prodded multiple times, and even then, the information we received was bare-bones info that could be found easily through an internet search. I ended up doing a lot of the job that Julie was hired to do. As a result, I felt a lot of anxiety about how our wedding day would turn out and whether we would have all the vendors and extras that we needed, or whether our coordinator would even show up. I did not find that Julie was organized or attentive to details as I’d expect from a full-service planner. From my perspective, the full-service planning package that was promised was nothing like what we received. I would not recommend using this service. All that said, our day-of coordinator, Bri, was incredible. I was so glad to have her, and she handled everything and made our day run smoothly. She was professional, organized, and communicative. I would give her 5 stars. If I could do it again, I would skip the full-service planning and just have Bri do our day-of coordination because I essentially did the full-service steps myself.

Julie and her team were amazing! They helped us with a lot of DIY venue work, and made our whole day flow smoothly! I’d recommend them to anyone for day of coordination services!!

Julie was an absolute pleasure to work with. Her and her team helped us realize our dream wedding. Highly recommend hiring her immediately!!!