I cannot say enough good things about Mallory and her Two Be Wed team. First of all, as a company, I was really pleased with Two Be Wed. The pricing, payment structure, reputation, established experience, industry connections, and just vendor s...tyle. Great company! Love them.
To start, we had about 14 months to plan and ultimately our wedding size was about 275 guests.
Regarding my planner Mallory, both personally and professionally she is awesome. She is so sweet, fun, and funny! She's just a great person, someone you want to spend time with! She still gets excited with her brides. She is patient and helpful when decisions are difficult. She can read a bride and a situation, and offer the perfect amount and type of info needed. In doing so, she never overwhelms you though. This skill is hugely important, as you don't want a planner that doesn't understand you/your vision and just forces a plan on you OR doesn't guide you at all.
She is prompt, responsive, available. She works with you and behind the scenes to coordinate. She takes over when you need her to. She manages elusive vendors. She follows up on loose ends and keeps on a necessary timeline. During the final days before the wedding, she was so incredibly helpful with the smallest but most time consuming details! Picking up this, dropping off that, tying these ribbons, picking this up again, going back to the hotel, finding this, not forgetting that... etc etc. It's crazy! haha
She also coordinates the "day of" seamlessly and with apparent ease. This was especially important as there was another large event going on in the area which complicated vendor deliveries and setup, guest arrivals and transport, etc.
I was shocked at home much I actually got to see her and have her help during the wedding & reception too! That made me really confident and comfortable that things were going smoothly. Because I worked with Mallory & Two Be Wed, I honestly had the best wedding planning experience. When the weekend finally arrived, it was so incredibly beautiful and FUN and just what I had envisioned. I was able to relax, take it all in, and focus on my marrying my love! :)
So Bottomline, Mallory is awesome. I would highly recommend her to any type of bride (high strung OCD Type A or totally chill go with the flow, lol) and for any style/size wedding. My only recommendation would be to establish a more fully inclusive budget early on in the planning process, as I did not account for all the minute hidden costs surrounding the last few planning steps and wedding weekend. This may be more of my own issue with choices though!
Love Two Be Wed & Mallory!!