We had our wedding in Mexico in June 2013 at a beautiful resort overlooking the ocean. We had a wedding coordinator on-site at the resort that helped us with some of the planning. We decided to hire our own vendors, such as the flowers and gaze...bo decorations, photographer, videographer, and DJ so we could hire those we personally felt were best for what we wanted at our wedding. Typically, the resort would handle all vendors and hire them directly, however since we hired our own, we had to personally manage all of the planning and execution on wedding day with them directly. Everything was pretty smooth in the planning phase, and the week of the wedding we met with all of the vendors and discussed the wedding day. The day prior to our wedding, our on-site wedding coordinator broke her arm and was hospitalized and needed surgery the following day, the day of our wedding! There was some immediate concern and panic, however looking back on it, it was a blessing in disguise. In came Samantha…
Samantha was actually a guest at our wedding. Knowing Samantha and her passion for event planning, we asked her to help coordinate things and guide us along on our wedding day so everything was smooth and there were no issues with the setup of our wedding or any of our vendors. Before we could even finish the sentence asking her, she was gleaming with a response “ABSOLUTELY!”
Samantha not only saved our wedding day, she even improved upon the small details and things we had overlooking throughout the process, all in the matter of 6 hours. She was running around the resort making sure both bridal parties had everything they needed, were staying on time while also working with the Gazebo decorators to ensure their setup was flawless, to the ballroom setup, to literally helping create some of the unique details we so cherished about our wedding.
Samantha is incredibly attentive to detail and a wonderful listener. On top of that, she is very direct and great at coming up with ideas and making decisions on the fly. I was astounded by how quickly she was able to get downloaded on all the instructions and details, and completely take charge. Everything was executed flawlessly. Samantha was there for us on our most important day, and I don’t know what it would have been like without her there. If you are looking to hire someone to plan and coordinate your wedding, no need to look further – just give Samantha a call and your life will forever be changed…
Timon and Yana