About this vendor
Based in Columbia, SC, Sophisticated Events is a wedding planning company. The team here works hard to make every event as unforgettable as possible. They want to exceed your expectations for your special day and help you bring your vision for the milestone to life.
Sophisticated Events is owned by Lydea, an experienced event coordinator. She has worked in this industry for more than a decade and has a natural talent for organization. She loves putting plans into action and watching them come to life, giving you a day you can remember for years to come.
Sophisticated Events offers several wedding planning packages to help streamline the coordination process. Lydea is also happy to create a personalized quote and further tailor her services to what you need. She offers day-of coordination alongside partial and full-service planning. This company is happy to help with RSVP tracking, budgeting, and wedding design. The full-service planning package also includes timeline and checklist preparation, site tours, and venue selection.
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Business Attributes
- Black-owned Business
- Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Planning
Planning
- A la Carte Wedding Planning
- Budgeting
- Day-Of Coordination
- Destination Wedding Planning
- Full Service Wedding Planning
- RSVP Tracking
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Engagement Party
- Honeymoon
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Bridal Luncheon
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We didn't feel like a priority at all with Sophisticated Events even from the very beginning. The team was very responsive when they were trying to get us to book with them but as soon as we paid our non-refundable deposit we were then met with unresponsiveness. We wanted our first task of course to be booking our venue to lock in our preferred date. Sophisticated Events asked us if we had any venue ideas. We provided a list of 7 venues that we wanted more info about and to schedule visits with. A week went by and we hadn't heard anything about the list we sent. So we emailed to ask for an update and did NOT receive one until we decided to send a text the following day. I emailed on a Monday morning for that update, still heard nothing that Monday or during business hours that Tuesday. So I texted after 5pm Tuesday (after having allowed her more time to respond) to which we finally received a response. During this over a week span with no update, we went ahead and contacted vendors, scheduled venue visits, and selected a venue ourselves. We did not want to miss out on our preferred wedding date due to their lack of communication / response. After this we were told that communication would pick up but this was already an indication of the lack of service we'd be getting and we didn't want to keep paying for that. In our over two weeks with Sophisticated Events, they did not schedule or lock in anything for us regarding vendors. We did that ourselves and had to reach out for updates multiple times before receiving responses. So if you do book with them, be very clear about what you expect service level wise and communication wise or you may not get timely updates. And you will NOT get your deposit back because it is non-refundable, even with the poor level of service we received! I hate writing bad reviews but when it comes to money, reviews matter.
Ms Jackson is a very well organized young lady who made our wedding the most beautiful day of all days. My only worry was how not to messing up my makeup. She is a beautiful and friendly person inside and out
Sophisticated Events provided excellent service. The attention to detail was important to me. She made my wedding day better than expected. I've used many event planning companies, but she has been the best so far. The communication is excellent.
Sophisticated Events LLC. is top notch! Ms. Lydea Proctor is very professional. She does not miss any detail when it comes to planning the perfect event.
My wedding was on point! Ms. Proctor is very prompt and her goal is always for the event to start on time and run smoothly. Her and her staff were definitely prompt and had that wedding rolling right on time. Everything was lined up just as discussed. There were no missed steps with the wedding party coming in even though there was a bit of choreography as they walked down. The music was perfectly timed, and all moving parts of the ceremony ran smootly. Her and her staff communicated well and did not get in the way of anything. You barely knew they were there.
Transitioning from the outside ceremony to pictures to inside reception was flawless. Ms. Proctor is very particular about how that happens and will give suggestions of how to make those transitions run smoothly. The reception was bomb.com. Everything that was lined up for that portion of the evening was on point. No detail was missed and we had a blast. I didn't have to worry about anything.
Overall, expect the best! I would book Sophisticated Events LLC. to plan any event that I have and trust that it will be just as flawless and special as my wedding day.
...no need to look any further than Sophisticated Events, LLC!!
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South Carolina and North Carolina
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