Jillian Howell Events

Jillian is just incredible. My husband and I met with 5 different wedding planners before hiring Jillian. We ultimately chose Jillian because of her disposition, kindness, attentiveness, clear organization, and we just knew that she would be someone we would want to have in our lives for the next year and a half of planning. We were married in Boston on NYE at the State Room. Jillian helped us negotiate our contract with the State Room and all of our other vendors, which was something we greatly appreciated (we did not know where to start with this/what things we could even negotiate). Jillian was always available to us. I would have random thoughts and questions throughout the planning process and call or text her and get an almost immediate response. She always made me feel like i was her only bride and that my wedding was as important if it was her own! Jillian even helped my aunt organize my bridal shower which was amazing. My mom also worked very closely with Jillian and claims Jillian was the "best gift" we could have given ourselves for the wedding. Now that the wedding is over we truly miss working with Jillian and consider her a life long friend! I can't recommend her enough and am so grateful to have found her!!!

Jillian is hands-down the best wedding planner and overall person! Not only was she amazing to work with from my perspective as the bride, every single one of my vendors mentioned how nice, detail-oriented, and helpful she was throughout the entire process. We booked Jillian for partial planning over a year out from our original wedding and had already booked several vendors. COVID hit and we quickly realized we needed to postpone. Jillian handled absolutely every detail and coordinated with all of our vendors to find a new date, before we had even decided we were going to postpone. After COVID continued to be a problem, we hired her for full service planning and started the planning process from scratch. Jillian handled every single aspect of the wedding. From designing and coordinating vendors and payments to creating all of the schedules, Jillian did not miss a single detail. A few hours before the wedding, my husband realized that he did not have the buttons for his tuxedo! Jillian immediately went to the mall, picked them up, and delivered them without me finding out until later! After our wedding reception in our backyard, Jillian and her team stayed until 2am to clean up and organize, and the next morning our house looked better than it was pre-wedding. We are so lucky to have been introduced to Jillian from another friend who had her as her wedding planner, and we already miss working with her!

Jillian was amazing to work with! Jillian was the planner for my reception at an asian restaurant and She was up for the challenge to make sure it looked more modernized. Jillian was super easy to talk to and knew exactly what my vision was from day one. She also used an online site to help keep us on the same page which kept me organized as well. She always kept me on task and was very flexible with meeting times. She was very responsive to emails, I would always get a response the same day, i want to say within hours of sending them out. Also she goes out of her way to make sure the day was perfect. Even though Jillian was only planning my reception she reached out to all my vendors for all my other wedding events to make sure everyone was aware of the timeline (which she put together). As for the day of everything was perfect! Jillian and Melissa made sure it looked exactly as I wanted it to and made sure everything was going as planned. She was very organized and emailed me a list of my things at the reception and where i could find them which was very helpful. Thanks Jillian! We couldnt have asked for a better day!

Hiring Jillian was absolutely the best decision we made in the wedding planning process. Planning a wedding was never a concern for us; however, execution of our plans on a day when we wanted to enjoy all our hard work was a major concern. After talking to a few month-of-coordinators and having little faith that their supporting coordinators would live up to what we expected, we finally found Jillian. It was very clear that we would benefit having Jillian, the business owner, be our point person, not another coordinator that works for her. As the business owner, Jillian should be extremely proud of the brand she has created since she knows exactly how to read her clients and execute on their behalf. She listens, takes copious notes, and follows up – which seems to be quite rare with wedding vendors. For example, during an on-site walk through, Jillian noted all the necessary improvements to the venue that my mom suggested, made sure she had the right contact at the venue, and followed up repeatedly to make sure that they were complete before our big day – all done in an extremely professional manner and with a smile on her face! The most incredible part of our journey with Jillian was actually weeks after the wedding. Upon hearing about our disappointment with a specific vendor, Jillian reached out to that vendor to express her own concerns and experience with their poor execution. Her involvement led us to get a partial refund from that vendor. Overall, it is quite clear that Jillian goes above and beyond the call of duty. Her calm mannerism, flawless execution, and superb listening led not only my husband and I to having a spectacular day, but also our friends and family as well.