Merry Me Events

I have mixed feelings regarding this service, and I'll explain why. The communication prior to the wedding was awful. I was passed around to three different coordinators, and I was made to feel like I was a bother rather than a paying client. I ended up asking for one specific coordinator that I had communicated with the most at that point, and expressed my concerns in terms of being passed around amongst the team, and they did end up solidifying that coordinator as my coordinator for my wedding. I was told I was passed around so much because it was their busy season and they didn't have a coordinator to assign to me, but now they would. The communication was still pretty bad though, even after that. It was so bad that it ended up causing me a lot of extra stress, because it was unclear as to what was my responsibility and what was the coordinator's responsibility, as well as the specifics on how they wanted things done. For example, I ended up having to do my seating chart three times, which was horrible and a lot of work. I had it done in excel and after I had it done, I was told I needed to do it on their website. I was never told that prior, so it was extremely frustrating to have it all done, and then have to do it again on their website (which is not user friendly at all). Then, after I had done it and told the coordinator it was done, she went in and changed things without asking me. So then I had to do it a third time to fix what she had done. After that, we had some long text exchanges regarding expectations and things improved after that. The day of the wedding went smoothly and the coordinator did do a lot of hard work and everything was beautiful. So I do thank her for all that she did for setup, florals, organization, etc. That was all great and I'll give her credit for that. However, the next day, we noticed that we had a big box of our favors left over. We thought this was strange because even though we knew not everyone would take their favors, we figured at least half of people would take them and with how many were in the box, it looked like nobody took their favors. I texted my family and some friends a couple days later to ask if they needed favors because we had a lot left over. My aunt and one of my friends told me that the coordinator was picking them up off the tables about an hour and a half prior to the end of the wedding. This was extremely upsetting to me because our wedding was still full, as most people didn't leave until it was over, and most people were dancing, so they weren't at their seat to "save" their favor from being taken away. I messaged the coordinator after I was informed she was picking them up and I was told that it is standard practice to pick them up 30 minutes prior to the end of the wedding. I have two issues with this...first, why would you pick them up prior to the end of the wedding? People do not take their favors until the wedding is over. And second, I was told by two people that it was not 30 minutes prior to the end, it was an hour and a half. So neither of those scenarios make sense. She told me she'd note it for future weddings. My guess is that the coordinator just wanted to be able to leave as soon as possible, which definitely made sense to me because from day 1, I always got the vibe from this company that I was a bother to them, because they were too busy and likely overbooked themselves for the wedding season. They should plan better and not overbook events.

Cher, Corinne and the team are absolutely the BEST!! I worked with them for flowers, tablescapes and day of planning & coordination for my wedding in August 2022 at Notre Dame. For florals & table decor, I really appreciated all of Cher's guidance and she was so wonderful to work with, especially through the process of moving dates due to covid. The arrangements & decor turned out beautifully! For day of planning & coordination, we absolutely loved working with Corinne! She was SO helpful, especially with planning the wedding from out of town & truly can't imagine not having her help! She was very thoughtful, detail oriented, listened to what I was looking for and gave great advice. She made sure everything went smoothly with our timeline, vendors, our family and so many details. I also really loved being able to use the tools Merry Me provides to work through details together and make sure I wasn't forgetting anything. I really felt like Corinne was my #1 person and was there for us to make the day stress-free & fun. I almost didn't add on day of coordination and I'm SO glad I did and feel so grateful that Corinne was available to help. I would highly recommend Merry Me!!

We hired Merry Me to handle the florals, design, and day of planning for our daughter's wedding. Cher was great to work with--very accommodating and responsive. She worked with us on creating the atmosphere my daughter and son-in-law were hoping for and it all came to fruition exactly as envisioned.

When it comes to event planning, this is the A team. You will be at ease with MerryMe in charge because they can throw a PARTY!! We received a personal touch with a professional execution from Shelley and Cher. They walked us through our party and options and smiled and laughed with us while adjusting to circumstances. You will be so glad you hired MerryMe to get ‘er done right!!