We thought a lot about how to write this review comprehensively while not rambling and we thought it best to give you an anecdotal account of our experience that highlights the expertise and professionalism of David and the trust we had in him.
Our story - Our wedding planning experience was unique to say the least. My family is from Erie PA (top left), her family is from Morgantown (bottom right), we were living in Cleveland, Ohio planning a wedding in Hershey. Sounds crazy - it was, it it only got crazier. I traveled extensively for work and we lived in three different states while we planned our wedding. We had wedding planning Skype meetings with David from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Israel, Georgia, and California. To say we needed a planner was an understatement!
Vendors - This was by far the most helpful part of our planning process. David works with multitude of local vendors and after spending time with you and your significant other, he will provide 3-4 vendors (of each type) that meet your price point, theme, and any other special request that you have. All of the vendors David helped us pick were AMAZING. With his premiere package he also would notify us when payments were due and in which amounts making sure we never made a mistake! David helped us coordinate all of our appointments (tasting, flowers, etc.) and accompanied us for a whole day of visits — having him there ensures no detail will be overlooked.
Wedding — David was already at the venue when I arrived at 10 am, he was ironing and hanging our drapery. He met my Dad and I to help unload our alcohol and plan the end of night loading. As vendors arrived he coordinated all of their activities and monitored the readiness of the venue and bridal party. He had an agenda for every detail of when to get ready, where to be, what times things started. We LITERALLY PLANNED NOTHING the day of wedding and it was perfect. When guests began to arrive David orchestrated their entrances, the seating, and prepped the bridal party for every major cue. He choreographed the ceremony and everything went off without a hitch, after the ceremony he queued up all the right groups of family and friends for photos and released people to cocktail hour when finished. He takes control of the situation and garnered respect from all of our guests (captured perfectly from a comment of one family friend to another “are you sure we can go in there? David hasn’t told us to yet.”). During the ceremony all we did was eat dance and enjoy our family and friends. David brought us and our families drinks and would come find us for photo ops, cake cutting, our sparkler sendoff, and everything else that was pre-planned. We never looked at our watches once, and David never missed a moment. As the night went on David worked tirelessly in the background, when the night was finally over all the food and alcohol was loaded, the decorations packed, and the venue cleaned with no one even noticing. David is THE REASON our wedding was amazing.
Final thoughts - The reason David was able to make our wedding amazing is that we trusted and listened to him. He is an absolute professional at what he does, if you want the experience we had the only things you need to do are have a good stream of pre-wedding communication and on the day of stay out of his way and just watch the magic happen.
— Nate & Brook