Leilani Weddings

ugh my 3 months I learned so much about this industry by working at a few events, having weekly meetings to stay in tuned with what was going on with the company, and learning so much about social media and the concepts behind it. I worked closely with Danielle and Alaina who went above and beyond on involving us in learning the behind the scenes of this exciting industry and what takes place to really make people’s dreams come true and all the hard work that comes with it. I recommended Leilani Weddings to anyone who is looking for a planner to assist all of your needs and come up with some of the most amazing ideas to add on the final touches to your perfect day!

k that goes into styled shoots, weddings and baby showers. She was always available to answer any questions and help with whatever I needed done. Her assistant, Alaina, is also pretty amazing! If you decide to book an event with Leilani Weddings, even if you do not get Danielle as your coordinator, her team is hard working and dedicated to make your dream event come to life. I got the chance to work with Taylor O. and Charlotte. They are extremely professional and pay attention to all of the fine details in making an event perfect for their client. Highly recommend booking your next event with Leilani Weddings!

e present throughout our entire wedding weekend, because I knew Danielle had everything more than covered. I wouldn't change a thing, and when I look back at pictures, I still can't believe that was OUR wedding. Thank you, Danielle, for designing and executing a wedding beyond our wildest dreams. It is still the highlight of our lives so far and you helped make that happen. Couldn't recommend the Leilani crew enough!

bout my budget, since I didn’t want to actually hire a wedding planner for the month of/day of. Especially, if I was already going to be planning most of the décor myself. My now husband ;) listened in on my first call with Danielle and was just as impressed as I was. He convinced me that it would be worth it to spend a little extra on our wedding planner to ensure we don’t experience any stress on our big day and so that things could run as seamless as possible. BOY WAS HE RIGHT! After my initial call, I didn’t hear from Danielle or her team until the month of the wedding. Which was expected. (I did reach out once or twice prior with questions and did receive a prompt responses.) We had a conference call the first day of my month of planning, they provide an excel google doc that is very detailed and includes information such as, vendors, bridal party, family, most importantly the day-of-timeline. I made an error when filling out the google doc and saved it to my desktop rather than saving on the google doc. Danielle and her team took care of correcting my mistake and re-entered all of the information for me, they ensured the google doc was up to date at all times, and they updated the day of timeline as necessary. After this call, I already knew I made the right choice. There was a change, in my leading wedding coordinator, and I was a little worried at first. However, it ended up being a BIG blessing. Taylor Oyebadejo was assigned to be my leading coordinator, and she was so professional, very SWEET, easy to work with, and would recommend her to EVERY couple! Leading up to the big day, Taylor & her team did help with making suggestions on additional décor items and helped with the purchase/rental of items that were still needed. She constantly checked in on me during the month of my wedding, she made sure I wasn’t worried about anything. On the big day, Taylor & her team were there on time, they set up ALL of my personal décor items, (which included hanging up a neon sign, putting together the party favors, and much more) organized the wedding party, and worked effectively with all of the vendors. They too had nothing but good things to say about Taylor & her team. There were also little things that Taylor & her team did throughout the day that meant so much to us, like: 1. Making sure I had a drink & appetizer right after we said I do! (Very Important LOL) 2. Grabbing our coats when we were cold. 3. Holding my lipgloss & purse, also helping me touch up during pictures 4. Checking in on us to ensure we were ok! 5. Bustling my dress. They made me feel so reassured and confident that they would take care of everything. I literally handed everything over to them after our first month of call and trusted that they would take care of everything. And they DID, seamlessly and exceeding all expectations. I cannot thank them enough for being there on my big day. I was actually emotional the days following my wedding, I felt like Taylor and her Team were my very SUPPORTIVE friends LOL. In summary of my long but very much deserved review, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND. It was an amazing experience and I was SO blessed to have Taylor, Danielle & the Leilani Team on my side.

uld always count on Annie to be there for me when I wanted to obsess (yay) or talk me off a ledge when I was stressed. She introduced me to vendors I never would have come across or considered on my own - and I had an AMAZING group of vendors (A++). When my wedding finally rolled around, I was able to surrender and relax (as much as any bride can relax) because she, Danielle and their team handled everything. They're chill, trustworthy, fun and creative geniuses. NEVER could have done it on my own. I wish I would have hired LW to plan every other event in my wedding weekend too - hindsight is 20/20! WORTH IT.

r our wedding was set at an all-inclusive venue and we ended up at a venue where we literally needed a vendor for EVERYTHING! Danielle handled each transition with so much poise and confidence. She was very resourceful and accommodating. Towards the end of the wedding journey I must admit I got really stressed out with the last minute details but she assured me everything would be ok. The big day finally arrived and our day was everything and more!!!! The vendors that Danielle had lined up for us were all amazing, professional and just a dream to work with. The "Man in Waiting" that was assigned to me as the bride, Charlie, went above and beyond to ensure I felt like a queen! (Def ask for him, he will make your day 1000x better). Our guests were really impressed at how smoothly everything went considering our church ceremony was in Burbank and the reception was in Malibu. Thank you Danielle, Charlie, and the entire Leilani squad for your time and dedication. Thank you for executing the wedding of our dreams!!!

t I had asked. She executed everything perfectly on my wedding day. I have total confidence in her and would 100% recommend her!!

with our venue: coordination services were scheduled for the month before our wedding. Imagine our surprise when one month before our wedding, we were assigned a new coordinator, Nikki. Via our contract, we were to get a month of coordination, but in the e-mail alerting us of our new coordinator, we instead saw that we would hear from Nikki in the "next couple of weeks." It took initiative from my wife to explain that our wedding was "in the next couple of weeks," and that we should speak with Nikki in the next couple of days. She set up an initial call with Nikki, but Nikki failed to call, and blamed it on her own phone, but also on my wife's voicemail not working. We found that strange, because we waited by my wife's cellphone for 30 minutes on the day of the scheduled call, and even sent out a follow-up email and text during that time. Leilani Weddings requires you to fill out a Google document to track vendors and other wedding information. It took my wife 3+ hours to fill it out. The Google document disappeared when my wife tried to access it at a later date. My wife tried to help troubleshoot by explaining that it could be in the trash, but they insisted it was completely lost and blamed it on a server issue on their end. My wife once again spent 3+ hours filling out a new document. Later in the process, my wife noticed important information about our vendor count was changed. She contacted Nikki, who was noted as the last editor, and asked why things were changed; Nikki was evasive and unapologetic and offered no reasoning for this. During our final meeting with the venue and Nikki, we needed to make a few changes to the timeline. As we voiced our changes, Nikki openly disagreed with our changes and we felt her attitude turned hostile. This was our wedding, and I feel that Nikki should be listening and working with us, instead of undermining us. We tried to explain why we opted to change the timeline, but she seemed to not be listening. During the meeting, Nikki said that she would be reaching out to all of our vendors to confirm their services and let us know when they confirmed. After a week and a half of getting no confirmations from Nikki, I reached out to all of our vendors and half of them said they hadn’t heard from her. The morning of the wedding, breakfast was to be picked up by Nikki and delivered to the Bridal suite at 10:00 AM. We specifically chose a breakfast place across the street from the venue that opened up at 9:00 AM. My wife received a text message from Nikki at 9:30 AM saying that she would be arriving at the Bridal room at 11:00 AM instead, due to the place not opening up until 10:00 AM. I would have hoped that she did her research to see that the location closest to the venue actually opened up at 9:00 AM. This unnecessarily stressed out my wife as she had to contend with texting Nikki about breakfast being late instead of enjoying her morning. On a positive note, one of the assistants, Alaina, made sure that my wife’s dress looked perfect in all of our pictures. I felt that she went above and beyond. If the one month of coordination it didn't come with our package, I would have fired Leilani Weddings and looked for another wedding coordinating company.

ed with Nikki up until the very end of my wedding she was there to answer any questions and I had and give advice when needed. She was the BIGGEST help day of. She took care of things without hesitation, she helped us where needed, it was more than I could have asked for. I know she does and has done the big, beautiful, elaborate weddings and because of this I was unsure how my wedding was going to compare for her. I didn’t have the biggest budget but I put as much heart as I could into making the details as beautiful as I could. Come wedding day when Nikki did a grand reveal of our reception space I could not believe it. Even writing this I am getting emotional. She took what I gave her and turned our space into a complete dream. I can’t tell you enough, her eye for design and style is what makes this girl so special. I would over and over again hire her for any wedding or special event. Nikki is sweet, so kind and truly treats your day as it is the best day ever… she is the absolute best and we can’t thank her and the team enough for all they did for us! The hard work did not go unnoticed! Nikki, Taylor and everyone who was apart of our big day from Leilani weddings… thank you from the bottom of my heart for making my day truly the best day ever!

ho takes a vested interest in her clients and im so thankful for that. For anyone who has planned and wedding or is planning one, knows the mountain of stress that piles on, Annie gave us reassurance and confidence that things would go smoothly, and it did! Thank you for everything Annie and Leilanni weddings! Highly recommend!

ns who were absolute rockstars. She was very helpful before the wedding with our our day-of timeline and advising on the flow of events since we removed a bunch of traditional things. It was such a huge relief to hand off all the vendor communication to her. Now for the day of, Danielle and her team literally went above and beyond for us and we can not thank them enough. We had a rainy, windy and cold day at an outside venue which we didn't exactly plan for but the wedding was as perfect as it could be because of Danielle and her team. We had to shuffle events around, change the layout due to the weather but none of our guests could even tell. Her team offered to pick up our florals and she perfectly executed all my decor. It was so gorgeous and exceeded my expectations. I remember the wind knocking down all the decor and her team constantly putting things back up throughout the day. I know there were many other challenges that day we probably didn't even know about because she handled them for us. She kept her cool and executed with so much grace that only a pro would have been able to do. One of my vendors texted me to tell me how impressed he was with Danielle and her team and that it inspired him to jump in and do everything he could to make our day so special. We received so many compliments from our guests on our day despite the weather and it really couldn't have happen without Danielle and her amazing team. She went above and beyond with her services for us. THANK YOU, Danielle!

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It was nice to have a coordinator to take care of last minute details and day-of orchestration. Danielle is really passionate about design, so she offered to put together a few finishing touches if there was room left in the budget. Two weeks out from the wedding it was a huge relief to pass this over to her! She proposed custom signage, extra florals, upgraded linens, and pretty little rentals for our sweetheart table for $500-750. Three days before the wedding she sent me quotes that added up to over $1500. It was all gorgeous, but I wish she had listened more to my needs.

sy to work with, and exceceeded all expectations from organising the wedding party, to the decorations, to the end of the night surprise in our room. We can not thank them enough for everything that they did! I would 100% encourage any bride to get a wedding planner and make sure it is the Leilani team!!

ng for a day of coordinator to help with the stress of the actual wedding day, but Danielle and Nikki went above and beyond to help us with EVERYTHING. I mean everything, every single detail you can think of they were on top of it. Even details you didn't even think of; they are there to help. I seriously do not know what i would have done without them. They helped prep so much prior to the wedding, with phone calls, emails, and everything else. My actual wedding coordinator was named Nikki and she is seriously the sweetest! She made sure everything was perfect and that I didn't stress one bit. Anything that was even the slightest of issues she had it under control. She helped me when I was stressing over one of my bridesmaids leaving the ceremony early, and was seriously such a genuine beautiful soul. I am forever grateful for you guys making my wedding day perfect! Gyssel Rivas

felt like my wedding day would be taken care of. I ended up booking the 2 week coordination plan as I had already done much of the legwork myself. My coordinator was Taylor Decker. She did an amazing job throughout the entire process. Although the time we spent together wasn't very long, I felt like she really made an effort to get to know me and I really enjoyed the few calls we had together. The parts I was most nervous about for my wedding was the timeline and small details so having her to talk me through any questions or ideas was such a blessing! She handled everything for me in the last stretch (coordinating with ALL my vendors) which brought me so much peace in the days leading up to the wedding! If the timeline was adjusted throughout the night, I had no idea due to the flawlessness in execution! Thank you for making my wedding day so amazing. Would definitely recommend. I didn't spend much time with the assistants but I would also like to give a shout out to them as well! These gals also played a huge role - setting things up and even small things like holding the train on my dress or seeing if I needed water, calming me down before walking down the aisle, to name a few... thanks to all on the team for the role you played on our big day! Michael and I appreciate all your hard work.

n aspect done already, I only needed the month of coordination. My coordinator was Annie and she is so professional, so nice and on top of it!! She is the ultimate type A as well as being a friend throughout the whole process. I met her in person to go over the details of the wedding, she also emailed me and texted me to remind to do certain things as the wedding approached. She also asked me small detailed questions that I wouldn't have thought to address myself and she calmed me down a lot (that in itself, was worth it!) My family all commended her on her ability to run the wedding seamlessly and I couldn't agree more. She truly wants your day to be perfect and she coordinates her team efficiently and professionally. I would recommend Annie to anyone!!! She's a rockstar <3 <3

w that she was going to be able to handle anything that came her way, and she went above and beyond what we expected out of a month-of coordinator. She and her team took care of us so well, and when something went wrong with one of our vendors at the wedding she fixed it immediately. I highly recommend Danielle, she's amazing!!!

rprised such a premium vendor was included in the wedding package. Overall, Leilani Weddings handled our big day with great attention to detail, guided us with the flexibility of making the wedding whatever we wanted it to be, but they also gave great advice on what is typically expected/what extras we could consider. I’m somebody who has a hard time letting go of control, but the high standard at which Leilani Weddings operated made me confident that they were going to stay on top of everything. I was able to let go and hand things over much more easily that I expected. We were on a very short time frame, trying to plan our wedding in just a few months. We contacted their website and were thankful to see an email response from Danielle within a few hours. She was warm, very clear and thorough, and made us excited to start planning. Danielle then sent over another email with several attachments with great level of detail about the planning process. I was excited to read through everything so I could finally feel like I knew what I was supposed to be doing to put this wedding together. Danielle arranged for our first phone call and sends out calendar invitations for every phone call we schedule. Although she had to postpone our phone call by about a half-hour, she made sure to give us a heads up. During our first phone call, we talked through all the details of the email attachments and what we could expect from her moving forward. I felt reassured and relieved that our short time frame was not going to be a problem. Unfortunately, I must mention that we had one snag while working with Leilani Weddings, but Danielle swiftly intervened to correct the situation. Understandably, Leilani Weddings only trusts certain florists to carry out their brides’ vision with style and we were connected with Will Zipperer. Long story short, Will severely lacked accountability (without explanation, failed to show up to scheduled phone calls or respond to my emails multiple times), we had to let him go, leaving us suddenly without a florist a month prior to our wedding. Leilani weddings promptly cut ties with him and immediately reached out to other florists to step in. Our month-of coordinator was Annie Lee. We don’t even know where to start to do her justice. She was simply AMAZING. FLAWLESS. So much fun to work with, patient and proactive in everything that she did. So personable throughout the whole process. Above all, we really appreciated how she advocated for us in moments when we did not know how. She definitely looked out for us and effortlessly adapted to the demands of our wedding day. My husband was particularly impressed by how Annie always stayed one step ahead, asking the right questions to help us double check our plans. Just as we had hoped for, we were able to just sit back and truly enjoy being the bride and groom while Annie took the lead. Her two wonderful assistants, Jessica and Michelle, also helped ensure our day was perfect. We understand that it is hard to decide on who to entrust your special day. Any vendor out there can put together a wedding, but if you’re looking for a team that will undoubtedly enhance your wedding experience, we HIGHLY recommend going with Leilani Weddings!

n March 31st, 2018 and our day couldn’t have been any more perfect. It was truly a dream come true and seeing my wedding vision come to life was magnificent! Danielle, thank you for being there for me as not only your client but also now a friend. When I unexpectedly and tragically lost my Father in August you showed up as a my friend and was there for me through the toughest time of my life. Planning a wedding is hard enough and grieving the loss of my Father is unimaginable. Your professionalism, eye for design, and attention to detail made made trusting you and your entire time team easy through some of the hardest months. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Leilani Weddings is the best!

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wedding planning and design task. She also misrepresented that she would perform all tasks outlined in the initial agreement including researching and recommending engagement party and wedding venues and vendors. In reliance on this information, we agreed to Danielle's $8,500 service price. In less than 24 hours after I paid $2125, I learned that Danielle had no intentions of fulfilling her end of the contract or delivering the services. On 3/3/18, Danielle sent me a purported report of research she completed on venues and vendors for our engagement party. The report included insufficient information. I realized through a quick Google search that this list was found on a website unrelated to Leilani Weddings. None of the information followed the guidelines we gave Danielle. Many of the vendors were out of the Seattle area – as far as Idaho – which would require extensive travel fees. I contacted Danielle and learned that the report was completed by an intern and she agreed it was incomplete. Danielle apologized for not supervising her intern or reviewing any of the work. Danielle stated that the quality of the work was so poor that she terminated the intern. Based on my concerns, Danielle and I agreed to void the initial contract and negotiate a new one. As part of the new terms, Danielle asked that I check her references and reconsider finding another planner. On 3/7/18, via telephone, Danielle agreed to pay me $2125 if I decided to no longer retain her and not sign a new contract. Danielle made this agreement but didn’t intend to pay the $2125. After speaking with her references, on 3/13/18, I spoke with Danielle to follow-up. I let her know that I would consider partial planning because I planned my engagement party on my own and I researched and found my own wedding venue. Prior to our call, I planned a trip to Cali to view the potential venues and meet Danielle for the first time. After the call, Danielle sent me a new contract for $6,000 for partial planning. I called and let her know that $6,000 was more money than the $5,500 initially quoted. She said that her partial planning package is for 12 months and that she was charging me extra since my wedding was 17 months away. She said she did not want to meet with me in Cali or start any planning until I signed a new contract. She suggested that if I wanted to pay the lower price, we cancel our in-person meeting in Cali (that I had already paid a plane ticket for from Michigan) and wait to meet in Sept., that way it will be 12 months of planning. At that point, I was disgusted because she had already took $2125; however, not knowing when I would be able to fly back to Cali, she didn't want to meet when I would already be in Cali because of a difference in $500. That night I demanded the payment of $2125.00, and offered for Danielle to invoice me for any services, she may have completed in the one day of service. Danielle refused and ceased all further communication. I can't imagine any reputable business owner thinking it's ok to keep $2125 when they didn't even start working yet and knowing that didn't live up to any of their promised services. I have no plans of ever hiring another planner after this experience.

y husband and I instantly connected with her. We told her we wanted a music festival/Coachella themed wedding and she knew EXACTLY how to do it and ran with it. Throughout the year and a half planning process, she was on top of it. From the mood boards, the vendors she recommended, answering our questions, and the million email threads (I would get emails from her at 4am. She never sleeps!) She’s organized, friendly, professional, and KNOWS WHAT SHES DOING! Wedding planning and Danielle are like peas and carrots. They are so perfect for one another. If you’re like me and don’t know anything about weddings, she will DEFINITELY take care of you. I didn't know what a charger was and had to google it! The week before my wedding she called me and explained we had to use a different florist. She went through 2 florists before deciding on one. Any other person probably would have settled on the 2nd florist and called it a day but Danielle knew it wasn't up to par and didn't want to let us down. Never once did I lose my marbles during the floral fiasco. I had full confidence that Danielle and her team would go above and beyond, and she did! I don’t want to be cocky but our guests have said our wedding was the best they have ever been too. I’m not saying that because I’m writing a review but because it’s fact and it was THE BEST WEDDING EVER! My husband and I wished we were guests attending our wedding. So much detail, thought, and hard work were put into our wedding and it truly showed. Knowing and working with her for so long it was very hard to say goodbye to her. Knowing all the calls, emails, and text messages would be over was depressing. We even teared up at the end of my wedding saying how we’re gonna miss working with one another. I’m so proud of Danielle for what she has accomplished with Leilani Weddings and I have NO DOUBT in my mind shes gonna be more HUGE than she already is in the very very near future! She has the vision, she has the drive, and she has the personality to get the job done. The relationship she has with vendors is amazing. They respect and love working with her. Not only the vendors but also her Leilani staff. Her team keeps growing and all respect her, and witnessing that says a lot about a person. Danielle loves what she does and lives for her clients reactions! Leilani Weddings is her baby and she will make sure she does a jaw dropping job and you will be left speechless when you see her work on your big day! So I say congratulations to you for hiring Leilani Weddings as you will have the best wedding ever!