Stratford & Pearl

in wine country!

onse. This might be lengthy. I highly recommend not booking this company for your wedding. I will say when first speaking with Shannon, it felt like a great fit and we actually had some connection through growing up in the same area and attending the same school. In our initial conversation Shannon repeatedly said “I will attend rehearsal” and “when I am at your wedding.” Making it clear she was the one who would be at our day. She never once told me it would be someone else who would be coming to work our wedding. If that was clear from the start we would have looked around for someone else. About a month before our wedding we got an email stating Shannon could not attend due to unforeseen circumstances and she wouldn’t be attending any of her booked weddings. However the same weekend of our wedding I saw her on Instagram at another wedding. Maybe they offered more money I am unsure. With that being said my aunt and I planned my entire wedding and we only needed a day or coordinator to assist with ceremony and decorate. That is all we needed. Someone else showed up for our wedding who was really sweet, but did not seem like a good fit. A friend in the bridal party ended up having to direct rehearsal because the day of that arrived was way too soft spoken. And the most important factor of all, on the day of our wedding only 1/3 of our decor was used!! I spent months and months planning and buying decor, we even pre staged and provided photos with exactly what we wanted to be put out. And I even stated in multiple emails we wanted candles everywhere for a romantic vibe and I wanted everything used. While it was windy in the early evening, it died down and I still wanted the candles out that is what we bought them for. Maybe she ran out of time or felt she didn’t need to use our decor? But we were heart broken to see hundreds of dollars of decor completely unused and our vision did not come to fruition. While our wedding was truly the best day, this was a huge disappointment considering we really only hired a coordinator to help us set up and decorate. It just seems that the communication with this company isn’t clear and honest; and maybe they just do not have the experience they need to ensure the bride and groom’s full vision is achieved.

attentiveness to detail that helped me know I made the right choice. While I knew that I was going to love planning our wedding, I also knew that I didn’t want to have to think about any of it on the day. Even though we booked Shannon for day of coordination, she was readily available when we had venue issues or when plans changed for our rehearsal dinner. The vision we had for our day with the small details was executed flawlessly by her and her counterpart, Kristi. Shannon was attentive to “difficult” family members and proactive in understanding different dynamics of our entire wedding party. I’d wholeheartedly recommend Shannon for full, partial, and day of planning because I know whatever package of hers you choose, she will execute flawlessly always being mindful of the couples desires. Thank you again, Shannon and Stratford & Pearl!!

uld hire her all over again!!

be a good fit. However, we did not have an overall positive experience and I would not recommend her services to anyone. She did not make it the day of our wedding as she was supposedly in a car accident but luckily our venue coordinator set everything up for us and helped keep the flow of events. It could have been a disaster if we did not have our venue coordinator willing to step in and do her job for her. Shannon supposedly hires an assistant to help the day of and they did not show up the day of either. Regardless of them not making it to our wedding, it seemed she had a hard time following our venue's vendor guidelines. She double booked herself on the day of our rehearsal, so was not able to facilitate for us (even though we paid extra for this), and I had to create my own room diagrams/timeline as hers were not nearly detailed enough. She would not attend our walk throughs with us as she “already knew the property” therefore did not understand my vision for our space or the day as a whole, which is important if you are the one setting up the day of. She did not communicate well with us nor or vendors, arrived late/left early from our menu tasting (which I also had to reschedule twice due to her double booking herself). She sent me a “checklist” 2 days before my wedding that she asked me to complete which was stressful as I was preoccupied and could have been completed much sooner. Quite honestly, this all added stress to me as a bride rather than help take some away. I highly recommend all brides save themselves and look elsewhere as no one deserves added anxiety or stress when planning a wedding as it is already stressful enough.

on Shannon to source vendors for us (like the drapery, silk flowers etc.) and she absolutely pulled through. On the day of, she made sure we kept to our time (which is a HARD if not nearly impossible task when your bride and groom are running late). She also helped pull together the finishing touches like hanging a family heirloom and decorating our cake with extra flower pieces. We had NOTHING to worry about the day of. She handled it all. We appreciate you Shannon!! Thank you so much for being our day-of coordinator!!

e sad to say goodbye to her when it was over. HIRE HER.

spond back to us and always knew exactly what to say with very question and curve ball we threw her way. When it came to the final touches she had them down to the exact details! She truly was amazing and amazing to work with! Her assistant Christys was just as helpful and amazing as well! Would recommend Stratford and Pearl! There is no reason to keep looking once you have found Shannon, trust me!

nd my guests raved about her and how well she coordinated everything. Shannon was easy to get a hold of, had great suggestions and made our day perfect! I highly recommend her!

or her! Highly recommend!

n’t have asked for more.

and enjoy the day was a big relief. She thought of details that were completely not on my radar, and helped with some of my last minute decision making too - absolutely above and beyond.

have a small elopement ceremony – just the two of us. I was far from the easiest bride, often forgetting the little things. However, Shannon treats you with such compassion and the utmost care that anything we’d overlooked, she’d already taken care of. Closer to the trip, we came to realize we needed to be on a tighter budget, due to a very poor exchange rate; this meant a few last minute changes. Shannon didn’t bat an eyelid. She is the most professional person I have worked with in such capacity. We could not have dreamed our wedding would go as smoothly as it did - without one single hitch. It was an absolute dream come true for my husband and me. Thankyou Stratford & Pearl, our day is immortalised because of you.

kly and smoothly. The wedding day was absolutely perfect and she kept everything and everyone right on schedule. She contacted all of my vendors and everything was set up exactly like I wanted. She was very responsive and easy to get in contact with. She was really, really wonderful to work with and I would highly recommend her to anyone.

very little idea of what I wanted and how to go about planning but she eased all of my concerns and answered all of my questions. I would highly recommend her to anyone who is in need of a planner, Shannon is the best in the biz!