About this vendor
Malo E Lelei & Hello!
Welcome to Ofa Atu Events! I am a Pacific Islander with roots from the beautiful islands of Tonga. I come from a community where we live to have a great time with our families and friends. We also love to have a reason to come together to share in memorable moments that warm our hearts. The meaning of Ofa Atu in my language is I Love You. A simple phrase to encompass my company. Which is; For the love of events.
Having to grow up and help in all these types of occasions has taught me to be prepared for anything. I have been unofficially planning and coordinating events for over 10 years. I wanted to become more official, so I started my company in November of 2018. Just within my first I mostly coordinated 10 weddings, with books over that for the coming year.
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Business Attributes
- Pacific Islander-owned Business
- Woman-owned Business
Planning
- A la Carte Wedding Planning
- Budgeting
- Day-Of Coordination
- Full Service Wedding Planning
- RSVP Tracking
- Wedding Design
Wedding Activities
- Wedding
- Ceremony
- Cocktail Hour
- Reception
- Rehearsal
Reviews
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2.6
out of 5.05 reviews
Do not hire! She’ll take your money and ghost you!
We had to elope in lieu of our larger wedding due to unforeseen circumstances, which meant canceling our wedding. I emailed Lu’isa to let her know. I know it’s a forfeit of the dep...
osit, which is totally fine. My issue is she never responded back to let me know she received my email.
I emailed again to make sure she received the email and just cc’d my fiancé just in case there was a delivery issue and never heard back from her.
It’s extremely rude and unprofessional to not respond. She got half of her fee for pretty much no work and can’t even be bothered to confirm she knows the wedding is cancelled and/or wish us well.
The price to me is an obvious reflection of the services. I saw some iffy reviews across various platforms and I thought maybe they were one-sided. Now, I’m thinking there was truth to them. I can’t imagine what would have happened if we didn’t have to deviate from our original plans. It makes me wonder if we would have been left hanging.
She's AMAZING!!! We hired Lu'isa a couple months into planning. We planned for a little over a year and half. She was with us thru it all including a venue change. Attentive to det...
ails, always there when I had any questions, helped calm me down, etc. Whatever we needed there she was. She executed the day of wedding and we are so thankful for having her as our gal!!! Highly recommend!
I hired Lu’isa to coordinate my spring 2023 wedding. I would NOT recommend hiring Lu’isa. In the beginning, she was responsive and we had several back and forth emails. However, sh...
e has been ghosting me for several weeks now. She only attempted to meet with me once (I was out of town) and never tried again. Her contract stipulates that a venue walkthrough is required 6 months before the wedding. I am now well past that window and she never reached out for this nor did she respond to my email asking about it. I asked for part of my deposit back as she has done nothing in terms of planning for my wedding and unsurprisingly she has not responded. Your wedding coordinator is supposed to relieve stress, not cause you stress. I’m only glad this happened now and not a week before the wedding so that I can find a wedding coordinator who is actually willing to do their job.
Lu’isa has some great reviews on Thumbtack and online, but recently someone wrote a new review on Thumbtack that reflects my experience. It appears that she picks and chooses which weddings she actually wants to be invested in. It’s not worth the deposit money to take that risk. If cost is an issue, I recently discovered that there are so many other wedding coordinators out there that can be within your budget. DO NOT hire Lu’isa.
Lu'isa was a fantastic day-of-coordinator for our wedding! Leading up to our wedding, she met with us several times to talk through details, including a walkthrough at the venue it...
self. On the day-of, she arrived promptly and got everything set up in plenty of time. She also ran the schedule and made sure all of our vendors and cues happened just the way we wanted. We originally booked Lu'isa in early 2020 and she was flexible when we had to postpone due to the pandemic. Highly recommend!
Contact
P.O. Box 204, Graham, WA
