5 out of 5 stars and 24 reviews
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(24)Best of Weddings (2x).New Orleans & Destination Weddings and Events
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Kate David Events is a boutique wedding and event production company, that will work alongside you to make your dream wedding or party a reality. We spend time getting to know our clients to create a custom design that reflects both your style and personality. We are here to collaborate with and guide you through the most joyous time of your lives as we help share your love story. From full service planning packages to design and management, we are here to ensure that your day runs seamlessly and stress free.
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- Native American-owned Business
- Veteran-owned Business
- Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Planning
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- Budgeting
- Day-Of Coordination
- Destination Wedding Planning
- Full Service Wedding Planning
- RSVP Tracking
- Wedding Design
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Engagement Party
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Bachelorette Party
- Bridal Luncheon
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I am so appreciative of all that Kate did for our event. I am the MOB and was the "wedding planner" until the month of the wedding when Kate stepped in. She took all the vendor contracts and did everything needed to finalize things - contacting the vendors, pulling together the timeline, etc. And once I made it to the wedding day, I knew that Kate and her assistant were handling things, I could completely relax and definitely didn’t have to worry about anything. She is the best wedding planner ever - from helping with hotel room blocks, vendor advice, running the rehearsal, wrangling the vendors and wedding party, loading up my car post wedding with all the stuff. I know of several friends who had issues with their daughters' wedding planners. I am so glad that I had Kate - no problems at all.
Kate is the absolute best, I am so glad we hired her for our wedding! If you're like me and on the fence about hiring a wedding coordinator, let me tell you that is was the best decision we made and you need to call Kate David Events right now! Kate went above and beyond to make our dream wedding come true. There was a sense of calmness that came over me the morning of our wedding and that is all thanks to Kate and her fabulous team! Everyone from our bridal party, to our parents and even guests commented on how wonderful her team was. Kate David Events, thank you for keeping me sane and helping me create the. best day of our lives!!
Kate was an absolute pleasure to work with - very professional, organized and approachable. She was forward thinking about all details and had a calming effect during the planning of a covid wedding.
Kate was the greatest wedding planner EVER!!! She was very attentive and made the experience so smooth, even during COVID. She is hands-down the best planner!!!!
I consider myself a planner, but not when it comes to planning my own wedding. I knew what I wanted for my wedding (or thought I did) but the idea of planning it always overwhelmed me. On top of that, we quickly learned we needed to plan a COVID wedding.
Kate started this planning journey with us prior to COVID. She instantly understood what we envisioned. She is not only a pleasure and joy to work with, she works well and effectively with other vendors to implement the vision cohesively and seamlessly.
She is a seasoned wedding planner who has seen it all. Her years of experience allowed her to stay nimble in order to navigate the ever-changing world of COVID without losing sight of our original vision or more importantly, her cool. She is such a calming presence and knows when to remind you everything will be okay - which was invaluable to me.
Our wedding may not have exactly been what we initially planned for, but thanks to Kate, it was an even better, more intimate experience, which we will never forget.
We worked with Kate to plan our wedding in NOLA from out-of-state. Kate was an incredible resource and support for us from day one — she had relationships all over the city, tons of experience to draw on, and was just generally fun to work with! But we really realized what a gem Kate was once we ran into some challenges. We had to cancel our hotel block late in the game, and Kate was able to get us set up with a new hotel block option within a week. She convinced this new (and better, more highly rated) hotel to make exceptions to their policies, match our previous hotel block rate, and transfer all of our guests over for us. Given the stress and inconvenience of the situation, Kate supported us to handle this as smoothly as possible. As the date neared, COVID became a reality, and we had to indefinitely postpone as many couples did. Kate was extremely supportive, professional, and empathetic throughout this entire process, doing anything she could to make the decisions and refunds easier. In fact, over six months after our cancelled wedding date, Kate even convinced one of her clients to use one of our vendor credits, procuring a significant refund for us that we hadn’t expected. Kate is an experienced pro, but beyond that she’s a fantastic human that you’ll want to be part of your big day. Couldn’t recommend her highly enough.
Kate was amazing! I didn’t have to worry about a thing with my vendors when it came to set up and delivery times. She’s so calm and organized which is so refreshing during wedding chaos. Everything she did, she did with a huge smile on her face. She was constantly there helping with veil, handing us a drink, lipstick reapply, etc. The night was flawless, and she definitely played a huge part in that. We couldn’t recommend Kate enough!
KATE DAVID IS THE BEST! I knew from the moment I spoke to her that she would be amazing. It has been nearly 4 months since the wedding and our friends and families are still raving about the wedding! She was extremely professional and at the same time I felt as if I was working with a friend. Kate was fantastic at negotiating contracts and helping in keeping to a reasonable budget. Our reception was at home, and Kate made sure that the only focus was that I was going to marry the love of my life. I never once worried about a thing. I could never have enough words to thank Kate for all she did!
As the mother of the bride, I was delighted working with Kate David. She was very sensitive to our wishes, always coming through when we needed an opinion on how to proceed. She has wonderful taste and negotiating abilities. She kept everything smooth sailing the entire time, and I recommend her highly. I can’t imagine planning a wedding without her! Thank you, KATE!
Kate David was the best thing to happen to our wedding. I thought as a New Orleans local, I would have no problems choosing vendors and planning my wedding on my own, but I could not have done it well or right without Kate. She reads contracts with a fine-picked comb, keeps all the vendors seamlessly organized and orchestrated, and always works to keep her bride and groom’s personality in the planning. Equally important, she is just a joy to be around and calming spirit when there is so much to do! Her experience in the business really helped us stay on budget. Once we hired Kate, I truly enjoyed every moment of being engaged and getting married.
Within the first minutes of meeting Kate, it is clear that she truly has a passion for her job and exudes professionalism beyond compare. She has a true gift. We interviewed 6 other planners before interviewing Kate and it was an easy decision selecting her for wedding management for our daughter’s wedding. The value and experience she brings to the table is second to none. We would give her 10 stars if we could!
Kate was the BEST decision I made in all of wedding planning! She was organized and attentive to details, friendly, helpful And just AMAZING! I felt confident and excited every time we talked, because I realized she had literally thought of everything. She helped me to execute ideas that I thought were impossible on my budget and gave great suggestions that made such an IMPACT on our big day! Kate was particularly crucial in organizing our large guest count through a second line downtown and onto buses to our reception venue. It was flawless and my guests continue to tell me how much they loved it! And even better, I wasn’t worried about it on wedding day because I knew Kate had it under control! She helped me develop a timeline that made sense for what was important to us at our reception and then she was there every step of the night. Kate even drove to the hotel downtown to retrieve some gifts my husband had forgotten to give earlier in the day. She gave me confidence and reassurance in my ideas when I would spin into overload frenzies and she was so easy to communicate with. I had lots of help with my family but my mom and her sisters were SO thankful Kate was there to help them tackle things that day. (And I’m thankful because I know they were able to relax and have a good time!) I can’t explain enough how INCREDIBLE this woman is! She helped me navigate through planning the biggest day of my life and I’m forever grateful! SHE IS AMAZING! WORTH EVERY CENT!!!
During the initial stages of wedding planning, I found myself overwhelmed and filled with anxiety...and then Kate David stepped in to turn things around! She has devoted her career to event planning with a particular concentration on weddings. She has great relationships with vendors and made great suggestions when I was picking venues, florals, music, photographer, candles, etc. She was able to get our out-of-town guests the best deal on rooms at my first-choice hotel (which btw overlooked the iconic Mississippi River). Some guests even commented to me later that they had never stayed at a place so nice for such a reduced rate. Kate also did all the legwork to organize my entire transportation fleet (charter buses, limo buses, and vintage Bentley).
After every meeting with Kate, I found that I had gained even more peace of mind each time. One such meeting was our final meeting when she sat with me and planned out MINUTE BY MINUTE the run of events during my entire wedding weekend. This schedule proved to be PRICELESS!! It took any guesswork out of answering "what's next?" throughout the weekend. It really helped me to remain in-the-moment at all times and focus on the fun stuff and the significance of it all.
I can't say thank you enough to Kate for helping me flawlessly pull off the biggest event in my life thus far!
Kate was amazing! Every detail of my wedding at Stella was perfect, even with an unexpected rain storm! So was so sweet and helpful! Even helping out with my baby girl!! I could not have asked for a better experience!
I had such an amazing & fun experience working with Kate & her team. Not only are they super fun & creative to be around but they are on top of everything. If you are looking for someone to help your wedding planning & day go smoothly KATE DAVID EVENTS is it!!!!!
Kate was amazing! She went above and beyond in every aspect of our wedding. She brought so may ideas to us that we would have never thought about, and she always explored the most practical and economic way of executing them. She spent so much time with us in helping choose a caterer, a cake, music and decor. The weekend of the wedding she basically lived at our house putting the final touches on everything. She transformed our home into this elegant wedding venue with white fabric tents, chandeliers hanging from the oak trees and turned it into a mascaraed party. An hour before our wedding Kate was literally in our pool lighting and staging candles!
The night of the wedding she made sure everything was perfect and made sure we were totally taken care of. She took all of the worry and stress off of us, and in the process became a very good friend. She's quite incredible at what she does.
I can’t say enough about how amazing Kate was! She took SO much of the stress off of me when planning our wedding. She was so knowledgeable and really did a great job of steering us in the right direction. She was always so professional, flexible and available for us. She knows everything there is to know about planning a wedding and has a wealth of resources at her fingertips. If you need a reliable and fun wedding planner, I HIGHLY recommend this gal. She’s simply the best! :)
Kaitlyn could not have been a more phenomenal wedding planner. She not only was entirely buttoned up prior to the event, but made the big day absolutely stress free. Of course, when planning a wedding, you don't know what you don't know, so she was instrumental in making sure every detail was addressed, without being overwhelming. Her knowledge and expertise in venues and vendors was really helpful as well. When the big day finally came, I did not have to worry about a thing - everything showed up and was set up exactly where it needed to be. Even our dog who walked in the wedding magically appeared tucked safe and sound in our room without us needing to ask! I could not recommend Kate David Events more!
From the moment we spoke with Kate, we had a feeling that our wedding planning journey was going to be a great experience. We were so right! My husband Josh and I cannot say enough good things about working with Kate. Throughout our year+ of our planning the wedding together, she was consistently responsive, organized, calm, and down to earth (the latter of which was one of the things we valued most in our partnership). She is honest and has the best interest of the client at heart. We trusted Kate with all decisions, as she thoughtfully guided us through vendor proposals with the years of experience she brings to the industry. A lot of wedding planners have a tendency to persuade clients to work with vendors they have relationships with. While Kate was helpful in offering suggestions of trusted vendors, she never once made us feel pressured to choose vendors based off of her relationships. We ended up taking a lot of her suggestions simply because she does have great relationships with incredibly talented vendors, who we ended up loving. It's also the little things that make Kate stand out and certainly didn't go unnoticed by us. Being an out of town client, she allowed me to mail boxes to her house in the months leading up to the wedding (there were dozens...!). On the morning before our wedding, she drove HOURS to a post-office outside the city to pick up my husbands engagement ring because we had to get it rush shipped. She also was sensitive to my family's needs and took my mom to the wedding venue early. This might not sound like a big deal, but we needed someone to walk my mom there, and Kate had the kind heart to take her, despite the fact that the was in full-blown wedding mode. On wedding day, she was a complete pro at keeping everything on schedule and on task. I didn't worry about a thing that day because Kate and her team were such rockstars. When our wedding was over, my husband and I were actually sad that our time working with Kate was over! Thank you, Kate, for giving us the most perfect wedding we could have asked for. We are forever grateful and can't wait for you to plan our vow renewal ceremony ;) ;) ;)
Kate was our white knight! She was our day of planner and she was so easy to work with. Really fast on the replies, a total joy to talk to, always made herself available for our questions. She was constantly making sure to advocate on our behalf and she fought for things to be the way we wanted it. Knowing she was there was comforting. The moment I saw that she was at our venue the day of our wedding taking charge I felt a huge load come off of my shoulders. She was in control the whole time! Literally a calm center to the controlled chaos of our wedding. Her advice was amazing, I never felt pressured to do anything a certain way. When things didn't work out exactly as planned she rolled right into plan B like that was plan A all along. Do yourself a favor and BOOK HER. And if your fiancé thinks you don't need a day of planner just have him sit in on a phone all with her. He won't ever say a single thing about not needing a day of planner ever again. Worth every penny. Do yourself a favor!
Kate was a DREAM to work with! I was planning a wedding in New Orleans from California and had NO idea how I was going to pull it off....enter Kate. She was one step ahead of everything before it even became a conversation. Not only did she have amazing ideas and vision she thought of all the what if's too. Above all else she was so fun to work with. On our wedding day I felt like I had a great friend helping not just a coordinator. I would absolutely recommend Kate to anyone who wants to enjoy their wedding day knowing no matter what happens, Kate's got it! Thank YOU Kate! We can't thank you enough and hope to see you when we visit next for a glass of wine.
Kate was the best value per dollar we spent on the wedding! Her attention to detail was bar none. And she made everything come together without a hitch. She was a complete professional through it all and was so easy to have around. I have no hesitation in HIGHLY recommending her to anyone. We are truly thankful to have had her help, DF
Top-Notch-Pro! As a sought after wedding band, we get to work with many vendors and it was a joy and pleasure working with Kate as the central point of contact. Very impressed with all the elements. She's diligent, responsive, has great ideas, and makes it look effortless with the execution. We're happy to refer her whenever we're on the front end of the wedding planning process -- Rock On, Bag Of Donuts
We were planning our wedding long-distance, and I can't imagine how we would have done it without Kate. Every step of the way, we were blown away with how helpful and professional she was - whether it was answering our emails (immediately), or putting out fires with vendors on our behalf, we truly felt like she was always looking out for our best interests. We particularly appreciated how knowledgeable she was about New Orleans, especially since we were doing everything from Ohio. Kate's insights continually allowed us to compare different vendors objectively, and we never felt like she was forcing anything upon us. Kate listened to us, always gave us good options (at a variety of prices) to choose from, and made sure we stuck to our planning schedule. As a result, everything felt like it was *our* wedding, which is all we could have hoped for from a wedding planner.
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