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g coordinators KNEW this (or else that would be terrible coordinator)… STEPHYN SHOWS UP IN A PINK BLAZER 🙃 we were shocked she even showed up since she said she wouldn’t and my sister had to pull out the contract stating she would… BUT MY FAVORITE MOMENT was we were in LINE to walk down the aisle and Nicole comes up to the best man (my escort) hands him a water bottle and tells him to pour it in the wine glass at the front before the bride walks down… I was disgusted as this was apart of the plan from the beginning and they didn’t check the ceremony set up before guests arrive???… she also said there is no bread for communion because she forgot so they would need to fake it… fake the body of Christ on their day of their marriage vows??….. I threw a fit and made Nicole run down the side of the ceremony to fix her mistake instead…. DISAPPOINTING AND HONESTLY SO EMBARRASSING

it would be her personally working on my wedding and she said yes, but that was the first of many lies. She put Nicole on my wedding who seemed to not know what she was doing at all and was unable to answer most of my questions so I would have to talk to the vendors and venue owners myself to get any questions answered correctly. I planned my whole wedding myself and couldve/shouldve done it all without them, but my venue required a coordinator so I could not fire them or I absolutely would have. They did not do several things that they said they were going to do or what they were contracted to do. 3 of my vendors never heard from them until day of. I caught them in several lies and they ended up not even coming to my wedding rehearsal. they forgot to get the bread and water for communion for my ceremony and said that it was fine and we could just "fake it" and that was what they wouldve made me do if my sister did not tell them to fix it. save yourself time, stress, and money and do not use them for your wedding.

The day of the wedding was wonderful! Southern Charm handled all the details and created the wedding my daughter and son-in-law were hoping for! Thanks again to Stephyn and her SC team!

ave all the meetings we were promised. They didn’t reach out to several of the vendors so it’s a good thing my daughter was so on top of things. Day of they all had such bad attitudes and did the bare minimum. Guests at the wedding even noticed their attitudes. The other vendors have asked us if we got money back since they didn’t do all the things they promised. It was wasted money and they caused more problems then they fixed. Run don’t walk to another company. Dishonest, unreliable, incompetent are just a few words to describe these people.

on to life and helped make it such a beautiful, stress free day for my groom and me! Just book them, you won’t regret it :)

alk about this privately with her, but without a response, I can't help her. We booked The Charm service from them so we knew we were not getting full planning services. We needed someone to take over a few months prior to the ceremony and coordinate the day of activities. Our planner, however, did not even perform their very basic duties. Leading up to the wedding, their were virtual visits that our planner was not prepared for. She was also on vacation for 10 days out of the 30 days leading up to the ceremony. At our one venue walk through, she was late because she "got lost". Her initial ceremony timeline was so bad (5 minutes for pictures after the ceremony that we had to take over the creation of the ceremony timeline. She asked us to change to timing of the rehearsal and have dinner before the rehearsal because she had a doctors appointment. We were told that it would be her and two others to help set up the day of the ceremony. I found out later that she was only bringing one other person because she read the schedule wrong and her boss had only assigned one other person. During the ceremony, she did keep things on schedule but that was about it. She even commented to one of our guests that brought a present to the wedding that she wasn't sure what to do with the gift because no one brings gifts to weddings anymore. She was completely unprofessional. The wedding turned out beautifully but not because of Southern Charm.

ack in a timely manner. The day of the wedding, she was a rockstar in making sure everything was ready and we went according to the timeline she had created for us! Thank you Southern Charm Events and especially to you Kaitlin!

nd after I decided all the big fun things, I was so overwhelmed with all the tiny details. Of the few things I would have done differently with our wedding, Nicole is the #1 vendor I could not have lived without. Not only is she super talented at event coordinating, professional and so fun, she literally became my friend and voice of reason. She calmed my every fear and worry about anything that came up, she was there for us all the time. Nicole literally made my wedding dreams come true. I felt like she understood my vision perfectly and was able to execute our wedding so beautifully. Nicole was such a dream to work with, I am forever thankful for her and recommend her to everyone!

vendors, responded to my thousands of questions, and calmed every ounce of planning anxiety that came my way. When I tell you my day was perfect, I’m not exaggerating. Stephyn ensured the day flowed without a hitch. She does everything from putting in your veil, herding groomsmen, bustling your dress, helping you define your wedding theme, the list goes on…. Of all of the many expenses that are a part of a wedding, budgeting for the professional services of Southern Charm is a must and it will absolutely be the best money spent as you plan and prepare for this special day.  A wedding planner turned friend. If you’re planning a wedding, you need Stephyn / South Charm in your corner.

ot wait to have them back at our venue.

tly as we wanted. They would tend to every need and think of things i would of never even considered. The day of team was so attentive to every detail and made sure everything ran smoothly. My husband and I can say without a doubt that there was not a single issue or thing we would of changed about our wedding day and we give that credit to them! They created a stress free environment so we were able to enjoy time with our guests and not worry. No amount of words will describe just how wonderful our experience was. Thank You Southern Charm for being the best wedding planners a girl could ask for.

ook care of everything and really helped make decorating decisions that I didn’t feel confident about and she did a great job. The day of the wedding I just sat back and watched the magic take place while Nicole and her team took care of all the details. Thank you Southern Charm!!

tember and Stephyn and her team handled everything. From calling all the vendors and making sure everything got moved to the new date. And on the wedding day I actually got to enjoy just getting ready with my bridesmaids and look forward to marrying the man of my dreams. Because they handled everything. Future Brides do yourself a huge favor and hire Stephyn and Southern Charm events!!

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thank her enough for everything!

t happened on my wedding day that I haven't had the stomach to write it. BEFORE: What is even the price? Our venue had a "preferred vendor deal" which is actual the baseline price on the sheet, but we were told a higher price when we met with Stephyn in person. Hopefully the confusing pricing and packages have been resolved. When I reached out to ask if Stephyn knew a way to save a little on my linens I was given 1 option, when I responded that was too much, I was given 1 more. Although we were told that some help with vendor selection/suggestions were part of our package we were treated rudely when we asked for help. Eventually I found the linens by myself, paid 80% less than the "cheaper" vendors she suggested, and when I told her who I had gone with, she responded, "Oh, yes, Lexi is great!", which I interpreted as "My commission from vendor X is more important than your satisfaction". In our final meeting before the wedding, I was asked to design the entire set up of both ceremony and reception and then to send it to the venue. Basically no work was done during this last (or any) meeting and I was expected to both create the content and share it with the vendors. We were continually encouraged to shorten the wedding and despite MULTIPLE emails stating that we did not in fact want to shorten it, all of the timelines had HER schedule on it, NOT OURS. We were told the best option would be to book the venue the evening before for the rehearsal dinner and set up (read an extra $2k to rent the day before). No set up was done until mere hours before the wedding. DAY OF: The weather was poor and the ceremony had to be moved inside. I was not aware of any of the movement or how things had been rearranged until I was being ushered into the building. 75% of the people at our ceremony had to stand as a result. There were chairs available, but somehow they weren't made available to our guests... NONE of the corsages (read $100+) made it to the mothers, grandmothers, or aunts who were supposed to be wearing them, even though the bag containing them was given to Stephyn and/or her assistant. During speeches people were speaking so loudly that many people couldn't hear - despite the speaker having a microphone-- no one felt it appropriate to quiet those speaking (even though we discussed this potentially being a problem before the day of). The DJ was not notified that we were cutting the cake, meaning all but maybe 10 wedding guests missed it. Multiple guests mentioned/asked either me directly or my parents who the woman on her phone was the whole night. The groomsmen were not ever asked to help clean as we requested. It was bad. It was expensive. It left a horrible taste in my mouth and an awful impression on those present. We would have been so much better doing the planning all ourselves -- which we basically did anyway-- and almost nothing was actually done on the day of. Just horrible.

e with your daughter on her wedding day is priceless! She handles every situation with grace and elegance. I could not imagine a wedding without Leesh and Southern Charm.

s allowed me to focus on the details that I wanted to and more of the "fun stuff" with planning a wedding. Every step of the way I felt prepared by Stephyn for what needed to be accomplished next - there was no guessing, and she was my biggest cheerleader along the way! The day of the wedding was a dream because of how diligent, professional, and high energy everyone was. Nothing fell through the cracks, everything was executed the way we had discussed prior, and they made sure that it was a stress free environment for me and my husband to enjoy our day in!! Even though I am extremely organized and felt I was able to plan it on my own, I am SO GLAD I chose to allow Southern Charm Events to help me out - it allowed for me to enjoy my wedding day to the fullest extent and bring a vision to the wedding I couldn't have come up with by myself. None of that would have been possible without the AMAZING team at Southern Charm Events!!

made our day seamless. There is no way to put into words what a blessing she was for us. Not only is she great at what she does but she is a beautiful person. Stephyn came to help on wedding day as well and she was just as sweet and helpful. She laughed and joked with us and we loved having her a part of our day. Southern Charm was such a huge part of our wedding and we could not say enough good things about them! Book with Southern Charm! You will not be disappointed!

r group to anyone and everyone planning a wedding/event! They made the process so easy! My husband and I were stress-free through the entire process! The communication with Southern Charm is top-notch, any email or text that I sent was answered quickly and professionally. They stayed in contact with all the vendors and the big day went off PERFECTLY! Look no further when it comes to your wedding day! If you want your event to be perfect, Southern Charm is the only one who can do it!

ort she gave me the day of. I got the wedding of my dreams because of southern charm and I couldn’t be happier!

At our first meeting Addy went over everything we could expect from her since we were doing the Pop of Charm package, which included a monthly checklist of things that needed to be completed, help with finding all of our vendors, meetings coordinated with vendors (this was just the basics). I would like to note that at our initial meeting the main vendors we were concerned about were: dj, floral, hair/makeup, transportation. Addy told us that she had MANY options for each of these and would be glad to help us. When time came to finding these vendors it took asking several times for recommendations and then she would only provide 1 name.She did not help with getting quotes or setting up meeting except for the caterer (which included quotes that were FAR OUTSIDE our budget), linen, buses (until she just quit and told us to contact places). We should've known when she never showed up at the ONLY meeting we had for the location that this was not a good fit. Each meeting after that was always very awkward and from then nothing went as anticipated. Luckily we had free time to schedule all of our own vendor meetings with the dj (which we found and she never attended a meeting), floral (she showed up 30 minutes late), location (to this day we do not think she ever visited the space before our event), hair/makeup (we had to do all the research for this vendor). We could go on and on about how disappointed we are in everything. As far as the monthly check ins we received ONE in August but nothing after that. We were the ones actually contacting Addy to check in and see if there was anything that needed to be done after going months without hearing from her. At our final meeting the owner of SC showed up which relieved some of the stress we had been under leading up to our event.She told us that going forward Addy should be the only one contacting vendors and getting all final invoices (hahahaha this was such a lie). We had to BEG for invoices from almost every vendor and even then she waited until the last minute to request them. Our caterer invoice came back completely wrong and when we asked Addy to have the corrections made she had the nerve to tell us that we should contact them if we want things changed. Addy knew that leading up to our reception we would be out of the country at our CEREMONY for 10 days and we would need everything before we left. Due to her waiting until the last minute we were rushing the day before we left to contact vendors for changes and make payments. We hired a wedding planner to take stress away from us leading up to the events and instead hiring Addy from Southern Charm caused us even more stress. When it came time for our actual reception we both did our best to be optimistic since WE had planned everything out and given specific instructions for the entire layout, seating chart, bars, ect. As we looked around we noticed tables were not in the correct order, signs we'd had custom made were no where to be found, lights on the patio were not on (we paid $400 for these and ended up plugging them in ourselves with only an hour left of the event). Again we could go on and on about how DISAPPOINTED we were in everything. Luckily this was NOT our Ceremony.

sider her a friend! I 1,000% recommend her! Thank you again Stephyn! LOVE YOUUUU!