It is hard sum up in words how phenomenal Susan has been and the fantastic service she provides…it really has to be experienced. Before Cary and I started working with Susan, we struggled to find a venue for our wedding and select vendors to wo...rk with (e.g., DJ, catering, photographer, videographer, rental equipment, hair and make-up, flowers, hotels for guests). With so many choices and decisions to make for a destination wedding, we didn’t know where to begin. We also struggled with articulating our vision and bringing everything together under one theme. We each had ideas of what we wanted and with Susan’s experience and great recommendations, we were able to have a wedding that was a reflection of us both as a couple, and that was fun, classy and modern.
Susan helped us immediately by giving us her recommendations for a venue and vendors that she worked with previously and thought highly of. Her recommendations saved us a lot of time and gave us peace of mind. Susan strengths are her attention to detail, organizational skills, excellent taste, creativity, patience, and professionalism. Susan kept us organized, on track, and within budget. Even though we planned our wedding a year and a half in advance, there was so much to do and time flies by. She kept us organized with to do lists and timetables. She would follow up with us to make sure we completed our tasks. She also coordinated everything and everyone for us. With so many details, it is so easy to drop the ball. She made sure everyone was in the loop. Susan provided great coordination with the vendors, and constantly worked hard on our behalf to make sure were happy and our wedding would be beautiful. For instance, for things like the flowers, we told her one vendor was too expensive. She found us another vendor at a much cheaper rate and a fraction of the cost. Our flowers were AMAZING!
We invested in the full planning and design. We could not imagine having someone just handle the day of coordination since we lived far away and could not work with and communicate with many of the vendors in Spanish prior to the wedding. We were also able to enjoy ourselves and spend time with our guests on our wedding day instead of having vendors. Susan always knew exactly what needed to be done. Since she had been part of the planning process from the very beginning, she had been already working closely with the vendors. Susan is extraordinary planner, and we could not imagine pulling off this EPIC wedding without her.
We and our guests came away feeling that we had the perfect wedding that set the new standard for weddings in the family…and it’s mostly because we had Susan was our wedding coordinator. Working with her was easy. Susan was so responsive, flexible, and accommodating. Susan has great decision making under stress, and was tireless in pulling our wedding together even when the occasional difficulty arose. If we had questions, she usually emailed the same day or within 2 days. We skyped 5-6 times with her and our vendors to see if we clicked with some of the vendors. We also emailed regularly and she responded to all of our concerns within 1-2 days. Susan took much of the stress and anxiety out of the wedding by communicating with us regularly and providing us with her expertise. She also was there the whole day of the wedding handling EVERYTHING. We were able to enjoy the three-day destination wedding with little stress.