Monarch Wedding Planning

r communication closer to the day. Because I was a full time grad student and my partner works full time, she was super flexible and responsive when it came to communicating and scheduling calls. A couple weeks til the wedding, she had every finite detail planned and ready to go, contacted all the vendors, and day of, everything was absolute perfection!!!!! Alison did so many things in the background, most of which I feel like I still don’t know!! Alison and her assistant Karen were completely professional, respectful, gracious and kind, and worked so hard to make sure our day went smoothly. She was such a calming presence and helped to melt away any stress I had leading up to and the day of. I absolutely cannot recommend them highly enough. You should have zero hesitations when it comes to working with them!

we got them right. The day of our wedding was so easy with her handling everything :)

ng closer to the date so she could get to know our wedding details just as well as us! On the big day, she handled everything and didn't need to ask me for help with a single thing. Our day truly would not have gone as smoothly without her, thank you Alison!

ith us throughout the process. She also kept us optimistic and relaxed when we felt that the wedding may not happen and was incredibly kind and caring over the few years we worked with her. As we neared March, Alison helped us incredibly by checking in bi-weekly, communicating directly with vendors, and also stopping by the venue to check on items needed for our big day. Our big day also went perfectly because of her organized list of vendors and timeline keeping both us, guests, and the vendors on track. So many of our wedding guests felt like this was the best wedding they'd ever been to and we are grateful to Alison for her professionalism and support throughout the event planning. We couldn't recommend her more for wedding planning in the Central Coast: she is responsive, insightful, and incredibly capable.

to work with. She was fun yet had a calming presence and was very professional. She had great guidance and was always open to making my ideas come to life. She was so flexible with all my little changes I made along the way. My vendors were happy to work with her and my family and friends enjoyed working with her on the wedding weekend. I would highly recommend Monarch, especially Karen!

h during our one year postponement. Our wedding day felt like it went so smoothly and I know Alison is to thank for that!

d beyond to make sure everything ran smoothly. She helped manage every detail that led up to our day as well. She was easy to work with, very accommodating, and extremely thorough. Alison made sure that all of our vendors were on the same page. Brett and I were able to enjoy our day that much more knowing that Alison was in charge! We didn't have to worry about a thing. All of our energy went into enjoying our day. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication. 💜

of the last minute changes that we had to make. She is very professional but still personable and fun to work with. On the day of the wedding, she ensured that everything went according to plan and the timeline. My husband and I didn’t have to worry about a thing on our wedding day other than showing up where we needed to be. We received many compliments from our guests about our wedding and how everything seemed to flow so well. I highly recommend Alison!

the wedding party and the parents. She helped load gifts in the car and had things neatly packed in the bridal suite and that made easier for us to load into our cars. Thank you Alison for assisting with the welcome table; cake table, etc. Alison worked together with our caterer, baker, and our florist to ensure a beautiful setting.

cking with us after we had to postpone in 2020 for over a year. She even connected us to a great caterer when our prior one wouldn't postpone with us. Thank you, Alison, for all of your help in making our wedding possible!

er assistant is also very helpful and professional. Thanks to Alison and her assistant for making my daughter's wedding better than I even imagined. It was a perfect day.

a true delight! (This happened after a few in person meets & calls with others!) Although Alison is calm she is still excited, interested, and on-it. Who needs more stress while planning a wedding, not us! So glad we found Alison and clicked! Even for a rather small wedding we unfortunately had to change venues. I felt as if I had searched and searched for a replacement that fit us and a date we were good with and nearly gave up and started looking back in our home town although Paso is our home away from home. A few days after our call on the subject of almost giving up, Alison came through after taking with her contacts with a HUGE list of possibilities and a little bit of insight on each one so we could narrow the pool. While on the phone I fell in love with our new venue and soon after we were back to planning our day! It was refreshing while working with Alison to plan our day we didn't have to send multiple follow up emails or wait for several days for a response with Alison, she was very prompt. We had several check in calls leading up to the day, more frequent as we got closer. She had great reminders, little ideas, or to-do’s we hadn’t thought of yet and pointed out what our next priorities should be. No call or to do list that came from it was ever to overwhelming because we took it on bit by bit together. As we got closer to the big day, in addition to the timeline after she reviewed contracts she confirmed the game plan with us and then with the vendors making sure we were all on the same page. She was my backup checklist for sure. It was reassuring to have her checking on what we had planned. We wanted someone to pull our months of planning and ideas together help us confirm/refine then and execute, she did just that! The day before the wedding we did an inventory of all we had brought and where it was going. She didn’t just want to see the box and figure it out later we looked at each item and she took notes, I was a bit surprised but very pleased. The day came, we honestly had very few questions the day of from any vendors, I suppose that goes to the planning and Alison being there taking charge. Would definitely recommend her to a friend or fellow bride!

le with our wedding plans. Due to covid, our wedding kept changing, and she took all the changes with stride, was able to execute a safe, socially distant intimate wedding beautifully and made us feel so at ease with all our changes and ever evolving plans. Seriously, couldn't have asked for anyone better- she is the best!

and kept us grounded and what was important when we got discouraged . She was honest every step of the way and insured we were getting the absolute best price from our vendors. Allison also created a phenomenal timeline and kept it up-to-date as COVID-19 was a very fluid and ever-changing plan. All in all we would rate Allison five stars .

handling everything and making sure everything went so smooth, and it did. I didn’t have a single worry on my wedding day because of her! She’s amazing!