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About

On WeddingWire since 2012

Austin Occasions is a wedding planner that serves Austin, Round Rock, Bee Cave, Buda and the surrounding areas. Their trained and certified staff will ensure that your wedding runs smoothly, as they believe that you should get to relax and enjoy your own celebration.

Experience

Melissa Benavides and Maria Russo, the owners of Austin Occasions, established the company more than two years ago. Together, they have over 10 years of experience. The duo currently leads a team of talented day-of coordinators, servers and prep cooks.

Services Offered

To ensure your celebration runs like clockwork, the wedding planner provides a range of packages for your rehearsal dinner, ceremony and reception. These wedding-related services include:

  • Day-of coordination
  • Full planning
  • Partial planning
  • Referrals
  • Timelines
  • Greeter
  • Wait staff
  • Setup and breakdown
  • Floral design

Frequently asked questions

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

$801

What is the starting price for partial wedding planning?

$1,504

Do you offer an hourly rate?

Yes

What is the hourly rate?

$70

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
Double Weddings
Eco-Friendly
Non-Religious
Religious
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Reviews of Austin Occasions

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4.9 out of 5 rating
73 Reviews
98% recommend it
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Aarin
Aarin K. Sent on 02/03/2023
5 out of 5 rating

What an amazing wedding day!

Camille and her staff made our wedding everything that we could’ve dreamed! We used her services for Day-Of Coordinating and staffing.
We had been feeling extremely out of our depth with wedding planning. We had a ton of family coming in from out of town and we were concerned about getting everyone there, getting all the materials there, and we felt like we were losing sight of the actual goal: to get married.
Camille made the day so easy for us. All the worries and concerns that had been building up in the months leading up to the wedding felt heard and understood from our very first meeting. She asked us all the right questions, and made the whole thing seem doable, and more than that actually made the whole wedding doable.
My wife and I tend to be planners so everyone was very concerned about us actually kicking back and enjoying our wedding instead of micromanaging everything from the sidelines. From the moment we arrived at the venue on the big day, it was clear that everything was taken care of! My mom rolled up with a trailer filled to the brim with all our wedding things, and Camille and her staff took over arranging everything including our archway exactly as we had pictured it! She followed all of our requests and anything that we didn’t explicitly discuss was arranged beautifully without adding any additional stress to our plates.
Throughout the night her staff was professional and accommodating. They handled set up of everything for the wedding including the archway, decorations for the ceremony, table settings, the welcome table, as well as serving the food, providing bartenders, and putting everything away at the end of the night. We got endless compliments from our friends and family over how beautifully everything was done and we were blown away ourselves!
Camille made sure we were taken care of with everything for the night. She made sure we had plates of food once dinner was started, she kept us hydrated, and kept us on our timeline so we didn’t miss out on photography, cake cutting, and every other event we had outlined.
Overall, I would absolutely recommend Austin Occasions to anyone getting married. It was so worth it!
Kim
Kim Sent on 02/10/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Wow - amazing team and service!

Melissa and her team were amazing. From the moment I sent an inquiry to the farewell at the end of our evening, we were so glad that we found Austin Occasions. We found their packages easy to select from and Melissa also provided a number of recommendations (what we might need, what we didn’t need) that were greatly appreciated. Even when we had a last minute change in venue (as in, the day before), Austin Occasions didn’t skip a beat. Every single team member at our event was pleasant, professional, attentive, and made things so easy. B was a wonderful crew leader and very helpful with facilitating decisions about where to set up, our place settings, and keeping things on track. So glad we worked with Austin Occasions and will definitely be using them in the future when the need arises. We hope the crew had fun at our wedding - thanks to AO, we sure did!
M
Matt P. Sent on 08/22/2020
5 out of 5 rating

True professionalism!

A pleasure to work with all around! Melissa and her staff personify professionalism at every junction of the process, from planning to execution. We HIGHLY recommend Austin Occasions!!
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