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A Lively Event is a wedding coordination/planner partying all over the East Coast and beyond. Founder Katie Hamuka will work hard to bring your wedding visions to life through detailed planning, friendly interactions and fierce business negotiations. The team at A Lively Event creates a wedding that reflects your personality and desires for your wedding day!

Services Offered
The team at A Lively Event offer Full Planning, Partial Planning, Month-of Coordination, and Wedding Day Management; a slightly more friendly and in-depth choice than day-of coordination. They help make sure all of your wedding details come together smoothly for any type of wedding. We offer the following services for your wedding:

  • Budget analysis
  • Event coordination
  • Event design
  • Guest list management
  • Referrals
  • Timelines
  • To-do lists


Areas Covered
The wedding planners work in the Albany, Saratoga, Lake George, Hudson Valley, The Adirondacks, The Berkshires and Long Island. They also travel for destination weddings.

  • Woman-owned
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Frequently asked questions

What is the starting price for day-of wedding coordination?

$1,300

What is the starting price for partial wedding planning?

$3,000

What is the starting price for full wedding planning?

$4,250

Do you offer an hourly rate?

Yes

What is the hourly rate?

$75

What wedding events do you provide services for?

Ceremony
Reception
Rehearsal Dinner

What wedding planning services do you offer?

Day-of Coordination
Full Planning
Partial Planning

What weddings do you have experience planning?

Civil
Cultural
Destination
Double Weddings
Elopement
Eco-Friendly
Military
Non-Religious
Religious

How many planners are on your team?

1
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Reviews of A Lively Event

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Katie from A Lively Event is highly recommended by multiple reviewers for wedding planning and coordination. She is praised for her professionalism, helpfulness, and ability to make the wedding day run smoothly. Reviewers appreciate her organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to handle any unexpected issues. Katie is described as resourceful, easy to work with, and someone who truly cares about making the couple's vision a reality. Overall, customers highly recommend Katie and her team for a stress-free and successful wedding experience.

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Katie from A Lively Event is highly recommended by multiple reviewers for wedding planning and coordination. She is praised for her professionalism, helpfulness, and ability to make the wedding day run smoothly. Reviewers appreciate her organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to handle any unexpected issues. Katie is described as resourceful, easy to work with, and someone who truly cares about making the couple's vision a reality. Overall, customers highly recommend Katie and her team for a stress-free and successful wedding experience.

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Wyatt R. Sent on 02/07/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Katie is Super Organized and Easy To Work With

I am writing this review from the perspective of a Wedding DJ who has collaborated with Katie in the past. In my experience, the success of every wedding hinges greatly on the quality of service provided by vendors and the chemistry among the chosen vendors on site at the wedding.

As a wedding DJ, we meet A LOT of wedding planners and day of coordinators. Some who really do an amazing job, like Katie, and some that don't do an amazing job. We've noticed great planners usually go hand in hand with great weddings. We love working with planners like Katie because of how smooth and successful the wedding day is. She is so easy to work with from a vendors perspective and you will be at total peace from a couples perspective.

If Katie is available, book her! Your other vendors will thank you.

Wyatt Roberts
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Tiffany K. Sent on 10/28/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Our Happily Ever After

From our very first phone call I knew that Katie and I were going to get along well. Even though I'm fairly organized our day had a lot of moving parts and I knew that I needed some extra help to make it everything that we wanted it to be. Katie helped me keep everything organized and was always there to answer my questions when I ran into a problem in our planning. In the final weeks leading up to our wedding she made sure that all our other vendors were on the same page and that every detail was covered. On our wedding day she was calm, cool and collected and made sure any bumps were handled and unnoticed by my husband and I. We had the most amazing day ever and Katie was a huge part of that. Katie is incredibly sweet, easy to talk to, resourceful and down to earth. I would hire her again in a heartbeat.
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Brooke M. Sent on 03/20/2024
5 out of 5 rating

The best !!!!!

No need to look any further, A Lively Event is the best choice hands down! Katie is seriously amazing! She was there for us every step of the way answering any and all of the questions we had, bringing up things we may not have even thought about, and making sure everything went exactly as we planned. Her organizational skills and attention to detail is exactly what we needed to keep us from worrying on our wedding day and giving us peace of mind. She was super proactive with our planning and vendors and it felt like she knew exactly what we needed and wanted. She made everyone in our wedding party feel very comfortable and she did so much behind the scenes for us to make sure our wedding day was the best day and exactly what we dreamed of. We are forever grateful for Katie and we couldn’t have done it without her!
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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2022 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2020 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2018 Winner

Team

Katie Hamuka
Katie Hamuka
Owner/ Lead Coordinator

Hi, I’m Katie!

I started my own event planning business sitting in my mom’s living room. It started with planning my son's birthday party and has rapidly grown. I had an amazing support team which included my mom and my son! With their love and support, I went back to college graduated with my Associate degree, the best part of recieving my degree was having my son handed over the wall at HVCC so that he could walk out the rest of the way with me. I decided event planning was the way I wanted to go went back to school to become a Certified Wedding Planner. In May of 2016, I graduated Summa Cum Laude with my Bachelors degree in Event Management, having my son in the audience watching me, was the best part of it. I love being able to show him you can do anything you set your mind to.

I am so happy to do what I love for a living and thankful for every event that I have been a part of and for all of the new friends I have made along the way. I hope this has given you a little insight into my passion and heart. If you'd like to know more, please do not hesitate to ask.

I look forward to seeing how I can coordinate an "A Lively Event" for you!


​XOXO,

Katie

Professional Network & Endorsements

3 Endorsements
Rogue Hospitality Rogue Hospitality Wedding Caterers

Katie from A Lively Event is truly amazing! She goes above and beyond to make sure her clients are taken care of. She also makes sure to check on the vendors she is working with to make sure they are okay and see if they need anything. Katie is so easy to work with and we love working with her.

Chaplain Claudia Meyer Chaplain Claudia Meyer Wedding Officiants

Katie and her team are PROS at their work... they will plan and execute every detail to ensure that your day is as perfect as you always dreamed! They're a joy to work with and I would highly recommend their service to anybody!!

Out of the Ordinary Photography Out of the Ordinary Photography Wedding Photographers

A Lively Event is amazing to work and collaborate with. She is point on with ideas and figuring things out. She keeps everything flowing and is so nice and professional. She's always there to answer questions about any wedding or planning topic. I highly recommend!

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