Kandace McElroy Events

Florida + Destination

About This Vendor

Service Driven Wedding & Event Planning

Kandace McElroy Events is a wedding planning company based in Central Florida, and available for service worldwide. We offer professional wedding and event planning services for clients desiring a grace-filled, memorable celebration. We create modern and romantic celebrations that make an impact, believing that every detail should be intentional . We do this through a unique approach of understanding and producing your vision through dedication, organization and meticulous coordination. Born and raised in St. Pete, FL, Kandace delights in sharing her attention to detail and calm demeanor with those celebrating milestone occasions. Valuing full transparency, professionalism, and easy communication, she aims to create seamless, unforgettable events for her clients. Kandace McElroy Events aims to provide exceptional, service-driven planning to meet their clients’ one-of-a-kind visions and needs. With the full-service planning package, Kandace will be there to take care of details big and small from start to finish. If you’ve already started the planning process but would like someone to guide you to ensure that nothing is overlooked, partial-planning options are available. And for those who simply need someone to orchestrate everything on the big day itself, wedding day management can be provided. To align with your unique preferences, any package can be customized. We would love to hear how we can help turn your vision into a reality!

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Business Attributes

Woman-owned Business

Destination Weddings

Destination Wedding Planning

Planning

A la Carte Wedding Planning, Budgeting, Day-Of Coordination, Destination Wedding Planning, Full Service Wedding Planning, RSVP Tracking, Wedding Website

Wedding Activities

Getting Engaged, Engagement Party, Honeymoon, Rehearsals & Parties, After Party, Bachelorette Party, Bridal Luncheon, Bridal Shower, Rehearsal Dinner, Welcome Party, Wedding, Ceremony, Cocktail Hour, Day After Brunch, Reception, Rehearsal

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Kandace McElroy Events Reviews

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Reviewed On 11/15/2022 by Bella A

WE HAVE NO WORDS…. we came to Kandace over a year ago with the dream of transforming the Saint Petersburg pier into a beautiful wedding reception and ceremony space. Kandace not only made our dreams come true but exceeded our expectations us in...

every way possible. I cannot explain enough how important it is to have a mature, communicative, kind, and knowledgeable Wedding Planner by your side for your wedding (especially when you are looking to do some thing a little out of the box). Kandace was able to take a space that has never been used for a wedding and make it completely our own. There was never a doubt in our mind that Kandace would take care of us. She completely understood my vision and helped it come to life. all of our meetings were so much fun and brought so much joy to not only me but my husband. I can honestly say I consider Kandace a friend now. Her calm, and supportive spirit helped us the entire way of wedding planning. She is excellent at thinking on the fly, it started to pour 15 minutes before our ceremony and Kandace was still able to still accomplish every single thing we wanted for the day of and keep us on timeline! She made so many important calls that I could not deal with the day of. She is so dedicated and so capable I would trust her all over again with our most special day. I could go on and on because there are so many little details of things that Kandace has done to help us and support us throughout the wedding process. But all this to say that she is amazing and we owe her our first born or something like that !!!! She worked magic on our behalf and I’m forever grateful for her skills and expertise!

Reviewed On 2/28/2023 by Emily H

Kandace was absolutely amazing to work with! She was so thorough and the most approachable & responsive vendor I worked with. I would work with her a million times over! Our wedding wouldn’t have been nearly as amazing without her.

Reviewed On 1/03/2023 by Rachel E

Having Kandace as our wedding planner was truly one of the best decisions we could have made! From our first meeting to executing every detail for us on our wedding day she absolutely nailed it. Wedding day she was such a calm presence even whi...

le multiple things had gone wrong- she evaluated and fixed these issues without us ever having a clue! We truly can not express how wonderful she was through the whole process and recommend her without hesitation to anyone!

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Reviewed On 12/15/2022 by Stephanie H

We wouldn't have survived wedding mania without Kandace. To say Kandace is the most patient, professional and organized person around, would be a complete understatement. Kandace made wedding planning a breeze and made the actual wedding day it...

self incredibly stress free. She also was such an instrumental part of keeping our wedding together, as evidenced by fixing my father-in-laws broken bowtie 5 minutes before the ceremony! So technically, her skills are limitless. All that to say, we appreciate all that Kandace did for us and it's beyond words to explain how grateful we are that she was a part of making our special day, so special. Thank you for all that you do, Steph + Jori

Response from the Vendor on 12/16/2022

Thank you Steph and Jori! So happy for you! ❤️

Reviewed On 12/02/2022 by Allison F

Kandace is an amazing wedding planner. She’s calm, organized and detail oriented. She made our reception effortless and we’re so grateful. We had one major hiccup that Kandace was able to correct and make it seem like a minor inconvenience. I d...

efinitely recommend reducing the stress of your important day with a calm, friendly, organized professional like Kandace!

Reviewed On 10/29/2022 by Madison C

I am SO glad I found Kandace. She was absolutely amazing to work with from start to finish. She is so organized and very detail oriented. She made sure my wedding day was perfect. I couldn’t recommended her enough!!!

Reviewed On 9/23/2022 by Diana E

Kandace is absolutely incredible! She and her team assisted us with partial wedding planning, primarily design, as well as day-of event coordination. Words truly cannot express how wonderful it was to work with her. She saw our vision from the ...

very beginning and helped bring it to life. So much so, that in several vendor meetings when asked about our preferences, I flat out turned to Kandace and said “what do I like?” She was that good and she knew me better than I knew myself. She is always on top of it – punctual, helpful, and prepared. For day-of coordination, I really underestimated just how much she would be interfacing with our family and friends, not just our vendors. There were a lottt of strong personalities throwing constant questions her way and she handled it all with such ease and grace. Cannot recommend Kandace and her phenomenal company enough!

Reviewed On 8/14/2022 by Allison L

Kandace was the MVP. Seriously. We looked back upon our wedding and of all the vendors, of all the folks we worked with for a very big wedding (175 guests), Kandace was the BEST. Can't recommend her enough. We got positive feedback about all th...

e work she did from our wedding party, family, the venue, and other vendors. Great communication. Very calming presence. Super helpful timelines provided in a timely manner. Extremely knowledgeable and helpful with the small details, like table settings or handling vendor tips. She really was a key to our super successful wedding day.

Reviewed On 6/22/2022 by Priscilla T

Kandace is AMAZING! Highly recommend working with Kandace... she was such a pleasure and so professional...very attentive to my wishes and attentive to every single detail. Kandace was instrumental in the success of our wedding day, and most i...

mportantly, made me feel completely at ease. Kandace was very perceptive of how much/how little to help with decision-making along the way. She was a natural fit with me and my mom during the planning and I can't imagine having done it without her. Consider yourself very lucky if Kandace has the availability to work with you for your own big day!

Response from the Vendor on 06/22/2022

Thank you Priscilla! I enjoyed working with you and your mom so much, and am so happy your wedding day was everything you hoped for! :)

Reviewed On 5/28/2022 by Sierra H

Kandace is truly the best and if your looking for a coordinator for any of life’s big events look no further!! She was a real life angel during the wedding process and put the fun back in wedding planning. I can’t have imagined my wedding day w...

ithout Kandace by my side. She went above beyond to solve all the hiccups that occurred and gave me my dream wedding. I can never thank her enough for giving Nathan and I the best day of our lives. She is professional, kind, and is so knowledgeable and was the best person to have my side. Thank you Kandace for all that you do!!

Reviewed On 5/09/2022 by Karina A

Kandace was spectacular!!!! She transformed my vision into a reality! She was extremely diligent, professional and detailed oriented. Most of all she was as pleasure to work with!

Response from the Vendor on 05/09/2022

Aw thank you Karina! It was my pleasure! Yours and Ivan's day was absolutely amazing!

Reviewed On 4/15/2022 by Jayne B

Back in Fall of 2021 we stumbled upon Kandace through theknot.com, ademantly searching for the perfect wedding planner for our funky, yet romantic beach wedding. We envisioned what was a non(official) wedding venue to be transformed into the Be...

ach celebration of love and friendship of our dreams. Amid the busiest work season for both of us - I told Sean, I didn’t need the fanciest of anything, what I wanted was to hire a wedding planner… someone to keep us on schedule, help remember important details, and translate our dream into a wedding reality. I could shout from the rooftops how absolutely perfect Kandace was of a fit for our big day. She was kind, she was humble, she was professional, and more than that - she became a friend and someone so dear to us during these last few months. Kandace went above and beyond to help schedule preliminary meetings and site visits (which if you know us and our whacky availability, is no small feat!), she built an outstanding vendor-venue timeline detailing every minute of when things were arriving/departing, and when Sean and I needed to be participating in certain events. Let me tell you - BRIDE BRAIN IS A REAL THING. Without her guidance, this night would’ve looked a lot different. So grateful for her and her assistant’s help every step of the way. She turned our dream into a larger than life reality, creating an unforgettable atmosphere for us and our guests. We can’t thank or recommend her enough. Cheers to you, Kandace!!! We love you!!!

Reviewed On 4/14/2022 by Sara R

Kandace was such a pleasure to work with! Working with Kandace was like having an additional big sister helping you out for your big day! I relied on her experience for guidance and advice on a number of different details. She is very professi...

onal and organized! She handled the timeline, was in contact with all the vendors and she also ran the wedding rehearsal. On the day of our wedding, our seating chart had not been delivered so I sent a digital copy to several guests so that everyone could help everyone find their seats. Without being asked to, Kandace printed out several copies of the chart and put them in stands and placed them where all the guests could see. I don’t know why I hadn’t thought of that but she is someone who thinks ahead and takes initiative! She also helped with the ceremony decor, making sure our flower girls stayed on the right path and even reminded me to put my veil on right before I walked out! (Definitely would have forgotten to wear it) I would recommend Kandace to anyone who wants a stress free wedding day!

Response from the Vendor on 04/14/2022

Thank you Sara! You and Carson were amazing to work for and I’m so happy for you both! And your photos came out 😍😍😍

Reviewed On 3/23/2022 by Laura L

I cannot recommend Kandace’s services enough. She was hard working, professional and calm throughout the entire process of planning our wedding and the day-of coordination. We booked Event Day Coordination services for our small wedding at Stat...

ion House in St. Pete, and it made our day perfect. Kandace touched base with us regularly in the months leading up to our wedding, and went above and beyond day-of to ensure that my husband and I could fully enjoy our day, free of worry. If there were any snafu’s during our wedding day, we never knew it. If you are looking for a planner who will provide skill, calm and professionalism, look no further.

Response from the Vendor on 03/24/2022

Thank you Laura! It was wonderful to serve you guys!

Reviewed On 9/22/2021 by Suzanne Z

We are so grateful to Kandace and her team for helping us execute our wedding flawlessly. Kandace served as our professional wedding consultant and wedding day coordinator. From the beginning, we found her to be organized, professional, creati...

ve, and responsive. We had to reschedule our wedding (multiple times) and Kandace helped facilitate the moving pieces and made sure nothing was forgotten. Having her communicate and direct our vendors in the weeks up to the wedding was a huge relief. On our wedding day, we were relaxed knowing Kandace would take care of everything (which she did!). We couldn't recommend her enough.

Reviewed On 9/10/2021 by Madison D

I first interacted with Kandace's event planning skills from the nonprofit conference and event planning world and was incredibly impressed with her ability to excellently plan and implement 1000+ person week-long conferences multiple times a y...

ear. Getting to know her wedding planning abilities has been even more of a joy. Kandace is a gifted event planner with a heart for the people she is serving with her skills and takes great care to ensure the event is tailored to the couple and special for them. Kandace has a unique mind that seems to be creatively designed for seeing events in a unique way that makes the events she plans some of the most thoughtful I've ever seen. Frequently while we've been planning work events together or during the planning of my wedding she'll mention an idea or ask a question to have me consider a different option and I'm constantly saying, "I didn't think of that, that's a great idea!" I hadn't thought much of what I wanted for my wedding one day, and Kandace's questions help draw out what I do want and then her ideas make it even better. Kandace is great at coordinating all of the details and vendors all at the same time, has a great demeanor, is assertive but calm when things are going haywire, and is just plain fun. I've been enjoying the wedding planning process with Kandace and it's making a special time even more special. I highly recommend her!

Response from the Vendor on 09/10/2021

Aw thank you so much Madison! Can't wait for your wedding this December!!

Reviewed On 9/07/2021 by Madison V

Kandace is one of the most hard-working, organized, detail-oriented, creative, and professional individuals I have ever met. Her work product is second to none, and she exceeds expectations on everything she does. Her passion is creating beauti...

ful events and giving her customers a memory of a lifetime. I give Kandace my highest praise and recommendation!

Reviewed On 7/04/2021 by Shayla L

You cannot go wrong when Kandace is by your side! She is very professional and gets the job done. I was able to fully relax the day of my wedding because she handled everything perfectly. Once the reception started and I was too busy mingling w...

ith guests to get a drink I turned around to see Kandace with a shot ready for me! Little details like knowing what drink I liked truly made all the difference. Not only is she an amazing day of coordinator, she’s also an amazing person!

Reviewed On 7/04/2021 by Hannah H

Kandace does a fantastic job at really listening to what you want for your dream day! I got married during COVID and her flexibility to help me change everything was more than I could have imagined. She took the time and energy to make things p...

erfect for my special day despite the unexpected changes with the pandemic.

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Kandace McElroy

Owner

Hey friends, I’m Kandace! I’m your 30-something organization go-to girl. Before starting KME, I spent the last 12 years planning and coordinating a variety of events, from weddings, to trade shows, corporate events, non-profit and church events. When I’m not busy planning or putting out fires, you'll usually find me at the beach or checking out a new brunch spot. I love traveling, spending time with my friends and family, and I enjoy giving back to my community either through the Junior League or my church. I can't wait to hear all about your big day!

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