San Diego Life Events

Rachel is a gem. She was flexible and so easy to work with. The support we had from her the day of the wedding was so helpful. We had a very fun light hearted wedding and was hoping she would reflect that energy which she really did with dressing up and cracking jokes to break tension all while being attentive and professional. The only regret we have is that we wished we went with her full package.

We hired Rachel as our Day of Coordinator for our wedding in September 2023 and have nothing but praise to give. Rachel quickly responded to our emails, maintained detailed notes about our plan for the day, and executed on our plan. We also really appreciated how Rachel handled discussions with everyone. Rachel kept an incredibly positive attitude throughout our wedding day and our rehearsal but was also very efficient and direct about what needed to get done so we could all stay on schedule. We wish nothing but the best for Rachel and their team and think anyone would be lucky to get the opportunity to work with San Diego Life Events!

Rachel helped us plan and coordinate our wedding at our home. She was always very friendly and made herself available for anything that came up. We appreciated how responsive she was and her rolodex of vendors was excellent. I received a ton of positive feedback on her day-of coordination as well. We're really grateful for her support. If I could do it again, I think I would seek out more hands-on planning services since I was the one would needed to work with the vendors directly during the planning phase. This is by design, however, since such planning services would have probably been a significantly larger expense.

Rachel was the PERFECT day-of coordinator for our special day. She is communicative, efficient, professional, and easy to work with. She showed up to our rehearsal with a vision of our ceremony and executed it perfectly within the 1 hour rehearsal window. I DIY’d most of my own decor and emailed her how I wanted everything set up, and she executed it perfectly. We didn’t have any hiccups in our ceremony or reception, it was truly a perfect night. Rachel and her team packed up our gifts and decor at the perfect time and we were able to just take it with us right when the night ended. Our family and friends didn’t really have to help with anything at the end of the night because Rachel was on top of it. I highly recommend San Diego Life Events for coordination! Thank you, Rachel!

Rachel was fantastic to work with. She helped me plan a wedding in San Diego while I was living on the East Coast, and helped me through the entire process from start to finish. Her recommendations and insight in venue, catering, and rental selection helped take a gigantic workload down to a managable one. She helped me understand the array of costs listed on the various vender Estimates, and upon my request help me find less expensive alternatives when available, saving us a ton of money. On the day before and the day of, she was invaluable. She helped keep everything running smoothly, allowing me and my spouse to focus on the event and the guests. She was such a great planner to work with.

So just like many other of you couples we were somewhat clueless on the wedding process and Rachel held our hand along the full process. She was quick to answer any and all questions we had. She was very attentive before and during the wedding as she even brought us food and drinks going above and beyond for her clients. She was great at coordinating all of the venders. Even though there were some unexpected hiccups in our wedding not due to her, she was able to pull everyone together and make sure we had an amazing experience and fun celebration for us and our guests. We definitely recommend her! She is wonderful!

Rachel coordinated our 10/22/22 wedding and we couldn’t be more thankful. She kept everything smooth sailing, the both of us completely at ease in times of high stress, and really paid attention to detail (especially when no direction was given 😅💕). She was also very thankful the months prior to the wedding in answering questions and relaying information. Thank you Rachel and San Diego Life Events for your great care, kindness, and professionalism!

We hired Rachel in 2019 and never would we have thought that we would not be able to actually have our wedding until October 15, 2022. So to say the least we worked with Rachel for years to make this day perfect. She is amazing. Rachel really listened to what we envisioned this day to be and made it a reality. She communicated with us throughout the entire process and when we had minor set backs she was always positive and ensured us that everything was going to turn out great and it did. We could not have done it without her and we recommend her 100%.

This is so overdue I'm so sorry Rachel but I have to tell everyone how happy I am that I chose Rachel as my planner. I almost went with someone else but something told me to do one more look. I'm so glad I did because Rachel was the reason we feel our wedding went so perfectly!!! We hired a few vendors before we hired Rachel and one of them was not great. Rachel noticed a few off things in their contract and was even able to help us negotiate getting out of it when we realized what was happening. We definitely would have ended up in a bad situation so thank god for her. At the rehearsal and the actual wedding, Rachel was always smiling positive upbeat, my bridal party and my guests loved her. (Like really loved her lol) and she went above and beyond for my partner and I. She kept checking in with us and our vendors, made sure we had what we needed and that we were happy. We were beyond happy, thrilled, amazed, any other word you can think of that's how we felt on our wedding day, and huge thanks to Rachel for that. We could not have pictured anything better. Hire Rachel trust me. You'll be so glad you did.

Rachel was my wedding planner and she was AMAZING! She's so easy to work with, personable, and clearly knows her stuff. And she was able to wrangle my wedding party of 16 plus a dog. We did partial wedding planning, but Rachel was always available and responsive to any questions that came up during the planning, and took the time to check in with us throughout the whole process. We had a backyard wedding of about 80 and she handled every hiccup and issue that came up, and I'm still amazed at how smoothly everything went! She's incredible at her job and made everything seem so effortless!

We wanted to tell you how much we appreciated your expert coordination of our daughter's wedding yesterday. It really couldn't have been any better - and we know that you were largely responsible for how well-run the entire afternoon was. You were simply wonderful in every way, and we are so grateful that we could rely on you to manage every single detail. You are a gem, and your next clients are very lucky to have you!

I could not be more thankful we chose Rachel for our Wedding Coordinator. I chose do the week of event through Rachel and looking back I think I should have done a little more due to the amount of last minute things I totally did not even think about planning for. Rachel truly helped us make our wedding perfect and helped coordinate the things we forgot about. She was so easy to work with and made the stressful stuff fun. It was clear she had a lot of experience in this field, which was so helpful for us. She really took a lot of pressure off our plate for the planning and coordinating. She even helped with being creative when the venue forgot to set up some of our items. Rachel was absolutely amazing and I would recommend to anyone that wants a fun, personable, and professional wedding coordinator that will make your wedding flawless. Thank you Rachel for making our wedding perfect!!!

We couldn't be more thankful to have Rachel help us get ready for our special day and handle every detail on the day of! My entire bridal party was impressed by how well she organized everything, kept us on time, and all with a big smile on her face. Rachel was attentive and made sure we had everything WE wanted on our big day and literally took off so much stress from our plates. 100% we would recommend San Diego Life Events to anyone looking for help on their big day!

Rachel at San Diego Life Events was on point! She kept our large bridal party's attention during the rehearsal and made sure everyone knew what they needed to do. She had a solution to every problem that we encountered on our wedding day and handled things with authority and grace. I'm so glad we chose her to be our day of coordinator! Thank you Rachel!

My fiancée and I have been working with Rachel for over a year planning for our wedding, but due to COVID, we had to postpone our wedding from October to June 2021. From the first time we spoke to Rachel for our consultation, we knew we were in good hands. Rachel constantly goes above and beyond for her clients - she is very professional and truly cares about the success of your wedding or event. We are so looking forward to our wedding day, because we know Rachel will be on top of everything - what a relief for us!

Our day of wedding coordinator, Rachel Weinshanker, was hands down the best decision we made when wedding planning. As a project manager and Type A personality, it was very important to me to plan all the details of my special day. I realized the need to have a professional execute the tasks and coordinate all the efforts on our wedding day. From the beginning, Rachel has been thorough in learning all the details of our wedding. She created our master timeline and used her professional experience changing some things around. During our ceremony rehearsal, she was so detailed in how we stood at the altar and recommended things that would look good in our photographs. On our wedding day, she was calm, cheerful and always had a smile on her face. She set up our wedding decor flawlessly and exactly how I envisioned. During the dinner service, we noticed that our catering company was serving the wrong entree and I was very upset. She calmed me down and got to the bottom of what had happened faster than the catering company itself. I will forever be grateful for how she handled that stressful situation and prevented me from going into full melt down mode. Rachel is a true gem and I couldn't have asked for a better person to trust on my wedding day. Thank you Rachel!!

I had the pleasure of getting to work with Rachel 4 months prior to my wedding. She came to the rescue every time I started to have a bit of anxiety planning for the wedding. I reached out to her when there were many questions that came up while planning in which I had no idea how to answer or know where to begin to research. She calmed my nerves multiple times throughout the wedding planning process and she always responded via text or email very enthusiastically, quickly, and reassuringly with more advice than what I would have expected. I must thank her for providing over half of the vendors and services at my wedding which is why and how my wedding turned out not just beautifully but, beyond what I even imagined. From the florist, to the deserts, to the linen/rental and to the smallest details of signs/decor, I owe a lot to Rachel for helping make everything come to life. All vendors she recommended were very cost efficient, friendly and did their job well with enthusiasm just like her :-) She also provided all 12 of my table center pieces, my sweetheart table mr/mrs. sign and came to the rescue with a back up ceremony aisle runway as the rental company forgot my runway! Not only is Rachel an amazingly organized and friendly coordinator, but she's FUN and all of my guests were raving about her! I along with all 115 guests recommend her as all of our guests came to know her throughout the night. Rachel helped make the best party of my life one to always remember and I can say so with my utmost enthusiasm. Please contact Rachel if you wish to be taken care of and have a beautiful and fun-filled wedding day!

Hi everyone, my name is Christy and my husband I had the lovely experience of working with Rachel and the San Diego Life Events team for our wedding at BRICK in San Diego. As the story goes, my husband and I booked our venue, and were hoping to find a coordinator who could take our remaining budget and plan/coordinate the rest of our big day. Through the power of the interwebs, we were able to find Rachel and the San Diego Life Events team :) From the start, Rachel was super amazing to work with. She was quick to respond, and super patient and kind with all my questions (I plan events for a living, so it was kind of hard to relinquish that responsibility to someone else, lol). Rachel was the perfect fit for us. Prior the wedding, Rachel was incredibly responsive and super duper solution oriented. I felt like she understood my vision of a sweet, simple, and fun celebration and brought it to life. When the day came, everything ran smoothly- her team came to assist, and they kept the day running smoothly! We also loved all the vendors she chose- the rentals were lovely, the photographer was amazing, the DJ kept the party going, the bartender was sweet, the florals were fantastic, and the catering company was awesome! Note-- she even worked with the catering company to make our dream Filipino menu (complete with pig) happen. Thank you so so much to Rachel and the team at San Diego Life Events for such an incredible day!

We can highly recommend “San Diego Life Events” to plan and coordinate any event you may have, from day one Rachel was committed and a wonderful resource leading up to our wedding We found Rachel and her team to be so attentive & proactive it made a our wedding calm and fun filled, we can’t thank them enough. Paul & Morgan

Rachel and her staff are wedding angels.They did such a wonderful job coordinating the day of our wedding, if it weren't for them I wouldn't of enjoyed my wedding I would have been very stressed out. She was very affordable as well you get to people for the day and she does the wedding rehearsal as well . She's really good at what she does and very professional and has an amazing and beautiful personality. Thank so much Rachel from the bottom of my heart on making my wedding go smoothly.

I first met Rachel last year at my sister’s wedding. Her wedding went absolutely seamlessly and so I knew when the time came for me to plan a wedding that I’d reach out to Rachel and San Diego Life Events. One of the first things my now husband and I did after we got engaged was call Rachel to start tackling the wedding planning. We met Rachel at her office and went through what exactly we were looking for as far as style, venue, price, etc. Rachel offers an all inclusive package that includes about 90% of all your total wedding expenses (venue, party rentals, DJ, floral, cake, officiant, etc.). So we chose to go with the all inclusive package. We ultimately chose to go with The New Children’s Museum as our wedding venue. We absolutely loved our wedding at the museum but they did have a strict required vendors list we had to stick to which really inflated our budget. Rachel did an AMAZING job to keep us as close to budget as possible. I’m also an incredibly anxious worry wort, so I was emailing and texting Rachel almost weekly to go over this and that, asking her questions. She was always so helpful and happy and got back to me ASAP. Rachel was truly priceless during the planning phase however absolutely essential and necessary the day of. She coordinated the drop off and set up with all of the vendors, set up all of the table decor, kept the whole wedding party on schedule, and did all of the take down. I truly couldn’t have done it without her! Rachel and San Diego Life Events were great and worth every penny

more than 5 STARS !!! thank you so much rachel and san diego life event team for making our wedding dream come true!!! i cannot say or translate how much thankful we are for your effort, planning, behind the scenes work, thoughts and hard work from ceremony to reception everything turned out perfect!!! i dont know how you do it but your expertise is incredible!!! i am so happy and blessed to have you as my wedding coordinator and to ms tegan thank you for being an amazing partner of rachel!!! you are a great asset in the team. san diego life event youre awesome !!!! we love you!!! *hugs, kiss, hugs, kiss!!! love you rachel and tegan!!!

Rachel and her team were our awesome day-of coordinators for our wedding this October. I was a pretty hands on bride and had done most of the planning myself, but as I started to think about "herding the kittens" on the day of the wedding, I began contemplating hiring a day-of coordinator. A well meaning friend said "you don't need to hire a coordinator! You've got all your girls to help out!" (Yes, but then someone still needs to direct traffic, assign tasks, etcetera!) All I can say is that ignoring that friend and hiring Rachel was the best decision I made for our Big Day!! Rachel handled everrrrrything: *Decorated and set up the venue and carried out my vision PERFECTLY *Met the vendors for set up in the beginning and clean up in the end *Coordinated with the venue to make sure they played certain songs at requested times (we didn't have a DJ) *Kept the timeline running seamlessly, and checked in with me periodically to give me timing options *Prompted our announcer when it was time to announce each portion of the evening *Made sure I had a prosecco when needed (very important) *Took the initiative to move décor when needed *Made sure our gifts, cards, and décor made it to our room upstairs I'm pretty sure I'm forgetting about 10 other things, but needless to say, we didn't have to worry about a thing. My husband commented later that he was pretty surprised that he was able to just show up and enjoy the night and not have to do anything. (He was also impressed by the very detailed questionnaire that she sent during the planning stage, and felt relieved that she "seems to have thought of everything!") Rachel is also extremely friendly, professional, and had the best response time of any coordinator I was considering/interviewing. If you're wondering if you really need a coordinator, you do. Look no further, hire this awesome team!!

In the Spring, I attended a friend from works daughter’s wedding. I was unsure why my friend had been talking so much about San Diego Life Events and the Wedding Planner, Rachel. She referred to Rachel as “Red”. She repeatedly told us how Rachel was wonderful to work with and how Rachel was taking care of everything. I was quite amazed when I attended that my type “A” friend and her demanding daughter were as cool as cucumbers. I watched Rachel, my friend and her daughter during the entire event in wonder…. I approached Rachel at the end of the event and asked her for her card and if she could work with me on a Surprise 50th Birthday Party for my husband. Very graciously she stayed of course. I was so impressed the way Rachel coordinated my husband’s surprise party. Not only was he surprised which was incredible, but my guests were all wowed. Rachel made sure all of the details were handled from his favorite type of music, to the food and even the photographer, this gave me piece of mind to ALSO enjoy the party. I highly recommend her Rachel “The Red” and her company, San Diego Life Events, for your Party events!!!

Wonderful experience with San Diego Life Events :) My cousin is my best friend, so I wanted to make sure everything went perfectly and smoothly, and it did! I have never seen her so happy! She also could not stop raving about Rachel and her amazing work. Rachel is a very fun and friendly person overall, she always had a smile on her face. Definitely top professionals! I would recommend to anyone!

Rachel at San Diego Life Events was absolutely amazing! She was my wedding coordinator and day of coordinator for my wedding last September. Let me just say, hiring Rachel was the best money we spent on our wedding! We loved her so much, my sister hired her for her December 2017 wedding! ----More INFO--- I was a little skeptical at first since I thought I could do everything DIY and just yelp all vendors. I was wrong! It was super overwhelming and I felt so lost in all the information. I received a recommendation from from a friend to check out San Diego Life Events (specifically Rachel) so I set up a consultation immediately. The meeting went great and both my husband and I were super impressed with their connections, vendors, previous work, and professionalism. We hired Rachel that day! She worked with us to establish a budget immediately(which was important to us) and get us on a timeline on when to schedule what. Throughout the planning process, we would talk on a weekly basis via email and then more formally about every 2 weeks to discuss what we were looking for regarding the vendors and wedding style, the overall progress, upcoming things that needed to be planned, and any issues we were having. She recommended great vendors and we ended up hiring almost all of them. Rachel was present for the rehearsal at the ceremony site and walked my whole wedding party through the events. After the rehearsal, she got to work! She coordinated ALL the receiving of wedding materials (tables, chairs, linens, food, DJ, photographer, videographer, baker, florist, etc..) and setting up of the venue. What a HUGE relief! Day of the wedding, she was awesome. She arrived early to ensure everything went smoothly and perfectly. She worked well with all vendors and took charge of everything! Thanks for all your hard work Rachel! You were absolutely wonderful!

San Diego Life Events can be described in one word, AMAZING. My sister's wedding was a blast, thanks to San Diego Life Events. Their coordination was excellent. Their decor, awesome. I couldn't help but ask my sister how much she paid for such classy services and to my greatest surprise, it was affordable. I noticed a particular friendly lady in the team by the name Rachel. Her patience when some guests became rowdy was a true reflection of the company's brand. Awesome people!! I will totally recommend.