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4.9 out of 5 rating
150 Reviews
98% recommend it
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Miguel C. Sent on 09/06/2024ABC made our wedding vision come to life!
We planned a wedding overseas with no stress thanks to the support and professionalism from the ABC team! From the initial phone call, they stood out and made us feel comfortable with their services and experience. We were lucky to be paired with Keyah, who was an absolute angel to work with! She guided us through vendors, timelines, different options, and day-of helped to coordinate our micro wedding to PERFECTION!
If you're thinking of planning a destination wedding anywhere in Hawaii, ABC is your go-to!! You will not regret working with them! -
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Marissa B. Sent on 08/27/2024Amazing service!
When we chose ABC Wedding Coordinators for our Hybrid Wedding Package, we were beyond impressed from the start. Brittany was an absolute superstar. She went above and beyond to ensure that every detail was executed flawlessly. While we did encounter a few bumps along the way, Brittany’s unwavering support and guidance, even after the wedding, has made all the difference. Her attention to detail and flexibility turned the planning process into as stress-free of experience as possible, and helped us navigate any and all challenges. Thanks to Brittany and the ABC Team, our special day was truly unforgettable! -
Annie W. Sent on 08/18/2024
THE best wedding investment!
Our experience with ABC was nothing short of PHENOMENAL. We initially found ABC through Google; after hours of cross-referencing a myriad of other wedding coordinator sites and reading through pages of client testimonials, everyone seemed wonderful, but we kept coming back to ABC. From our very first call with their welcome team, we knew they were the right wedding coordinators for us.
My husband and I are both born and raised on island, but currently live in Massachusetts, which made wedding planning seem that much more daunting. Given that we still wanted to be hands-on in the vendor selection, but needed strong support in execution, we selected the Signature Coordination package. The systems + planning, wrap-up, handoff processes, and rehearsal were all incredibly simple (feels like a crazy word to be used for wedding planning, right?) and seamless.
While everyone at ABC was amazing and super helpful, our lead coordinator, Jaime D. really deserves a special shoutout! From the very beginning, Jaime was the pinnacle of professionalism and an absolute joy to work with. Everything from her helpful reminders to her FLAWLESS execution and agility to navigate unexpected challenges on the day of the wedding- she was truly a god send.
Little did we (and our guests) know, the venue we selected actually tried to postpone our wedding the morning of due to weather. This would have been a nightmare to postpone given most of our guests were flying in just for this weekend to attend and we were leaving to our honeymoon the next day. But amidst the chaos, Jaime stood firm and wouldn’t take ‘no’ for an answer. She quickly re-evaluated our initial game plan and pivoted with our other vendors to make it work. Amongst many adjustments made, the tent layout was rearranged to ensure our catering wouldn’t be impacted, our ceremony location was changed (but still was picturesque as ever), and the show went on without a hitch! It sounds cheesy, but even the skies miraculously parted and we enjoyed wonderful weather throughout the day.
We’d feel remiss to not also give a shoutout to the rest of the ABC team (Natalie & Leanne) as well as the rest of our vendors (Pacific Party Rentals, Kuoha Culinary, Redefined Weddings, A Cake Life, Kālele Eats, Waiahole Nursery, Hawaii Events Unlimited)! Highly recommend them as well!We’re so thankful that all our vendors had such great attitudes and absolutely we love how great of a relationship the ABC team had with each one!
As a little girl, I was never one to dream of weddings, but thanks to Jaime & the ABC team, my husband and I had a wedding that was better than any that I could ever hope for- we will cherish these memories forever. From the bottom of our hearts, mahalo nui loa!
If you’re on the fence about ABC, trust me, they are going to be the single best investment of your entire wedding!!! -
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Yasmin K. Sent on 08/12/2024Hire ABC for Flawless Wedding Coordination
Stop reading these reviews and go with ABC for your wedding coordinator. Their team will have your back no matter what comes up on your wedding day and it will be an absolute dream.
My husband and I got married at Lanikuhonua in April 2024. The venue required that we have a coordinator and after interviewing a couple of groups, it was ABC's Signature Hybrid Coordination Service which includes a getting started call (discuss timeline, budget, vendor recommendations), point-of-contact takeover for your vendors 3 months out, and day-of coordination among other things. That 3 month mark is when we really started to stress out so knowing our coordinator was triple checking everything and had done this a million times was all the assurance we needed.
My husband and I are both born and raised from Hawaii but live in NYC. Our coordinator, Jamie, not only assuaged our crazy, particular personalities but I would even go so far to say she thrived on it. She would regularly respond to my 10 AM EST / 4 AM HST text messages, provide me input when asked for, and follow my lead when I requested. We highly recommend Jamie and the entire ABC team. -
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Bea N. Sent on 05/29/2024The Most Important Vendor to Book!!
If you're crazy enough to plan a destination wedding like us, please do yourself the BIGGEST favor and plan your dream wedding with ABC. After asking several different vendors for their recommendations, Aloha Bridal Connections was the one company that kept popping up - and in hindsight, we know now exactly why everyone loves them.
After our initial phone call with Natalie, we just knew we could trust this team of amazing women to be our "boots on the ground" to plan our special day. Derek and I were so lucky to be paired with our lead coordinator, Jamie, who went above and beyond to make sure we were taken care of. As a type A bride who is super meticulous for every detail, Jamie made sure to stay on top of everything for me. (I may have been such an annoying bride - but Jamie never made me feel bad for constantly reassuring me and answering all my questions). Looking back, my now husband and I were crazy to plan a destination wedding - but having Jamie and team was the only reason it was nothing short of amazing.
One of the biggest compliments we heard from guests was the flow of the wedding. This ONLY happened because of ABC. You definitely need planners and a team who knows every vendor, been through every venue - in all types of weather. If you're going to spend a lot of money on a once in a lifetime wedding, at least do so with a team who can execute it perfectly.
Lauren, Natalie and Jamie (+ team) made sure that our wedding was going to be the most magical rain or shine. Jamie - thank you for all the hours of video calls, texting, and planning. You are the most thoughtful and sweetest soul we have ever come across. I could not picture a more perfect day and you truly made it happen. Not just for us, but for our family and friends to cherish forever. 1000000000/10 recommend.
(Also, besides the one photo of us with Jamie on our site visit, photo credits to EandE Photography who know how to capture the dreamiest photos despite the unpredictable weather!) -
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Kalia H. Sent on 02/19/2024
Don’t question it, hire them!
Where do we start?!? First, ABC is amazing. We love how they have all the different packages that accommodate all the different types of couples and what they need. We know whatever package we would have chosen, they would have delivered. We chose the basic coordination package because I had planned almost everything already by the time we hired them, for us we hired them as they took over two months out and most importantly, day of. We also added on the “site visit + final rental order + customized layout creation” as we were not going to see our venue till rehearsal day. They made the process seamless and we enjoyed every step of the way.
Second, JAMIE FRIGGEN DUFFIELD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ABC is SO lucky to have her on their team and we are so so so so so so grateful she was assigned as our lead coordinator. I can not get over her process from start to finish from being assigned lead till now. She is so detail oriented, she is so sweet, she is just so on top of everything. She never made us feel like a bother if we needed to text her. If she could handle a task, she was more than happy to and so dang quick about it. As a bride who is very detail oriented myself, we thought I had it pretty well handled but WOW!!!!! Jamie thought of questions and things we would never think of. A couple weeks out rain was forecasted for our wedding day. She called us and discussed our options. Then she executed changing our rentals to accommodate if it does rain and made it very stress free.
She put out the inevitable wedding day fires so fast that we were never stressed. We truly can not say enough nice things about her.
Third, McKenzie the assistant coordinator was amazing as well. She handled the end of the night so seamlessly and we were not stressed about one single thing!!! All our belongings were packed up nicely and anything she was unsure about, she double checked on, which we greatly appreciated.
Our whole wedding was seamless and wonderful because we hired ABC, but 1,000,000% am so happy we were assigned Jamie. She’s a rockstar. Would rate her 1,000,000/10 lol. -
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Stacy F. Sent on 09/23/2023Aloha Bridal Connections-highly recommended!
The entire team from Aloha Bridal Connections (ABC) is nothing but AMAZING! We worked mostly with Julie and were so happy with her. We had a vision for our wedding and she took it to the next level. She helped to solidify our ideas, she had direct contact with all of our vendors on a regular basis, kept us on track with our timelines, and pulled off an amazing event! Our wedding was very large (over 550 ppl) and it was super organized without a glitch thanks to the ABC team. Natalie and Sherry helped to keep our bridesmaids and groomsmen stay on cue the day of and handled intricate details for us. Our wedding was over a month ago and I still have people coming up to me talking about our wedding and saying that it's the best wedding they have ever been to; ABC is to thank for that. Julie is extremely knowledgeable and a whiz with spreadsheets. She had us super organized and ready to conquer any hurdles with suggestions and solutions. Everything turned out beautiful. We both highly recommend ABC for your wedding no matter what island you're getting married on. -
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Alice T. Sent on 07/09/2023Excellent basic coordination package
ABC was recommended to me by a friend of a friend, and I am very happy with their wedding coordination services! I got the basic coordination package, so I was responsible for booking most of the vendors but handed everything off to ABC at the 2-week mark. ABC has a great website full of vendor recommendations, which made booking vendors easy. All of the vendors that I found through ABC were fantastic! I loved the google sheet template that ABC provided to organize everything. I spoke with a couple different staff members when I was initially booking the package, but as we got a couple months out from the wedding Jamie became my point of contact. She did a wonderful job staying in communication with us, keeping things on track and sending gentle reminders on things I needed to take care of. I was more than happy to hand everything off to her at the 2-week mark and just relax and focus on family and friends arriving from out of town. The wedding itself flowed perfectly; Jamie and her assistant Sadie did a fantastic job keeping everything on track and on time. They even went out of their way to accommodate a very specific timing for a grand entrance that I wanted. I could just relax and enjoy the day because I trusted them to take care of everything behind the scenes.
If you’re planning a wedding, I *highly* recommend getting at least the day-of coordinator services. It was required by our venue, but I don’t see how anyone puts on a wedding without that professional help. I definitely recommend checking out ABC for your coordinator needs to help make your special day run smoothly! -
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Kathryn R. Sent on 06/28/2023Don't just book anyone. Book Aloha Bridal Connections.
From start to finish, EVERY member of their team we interacted with made our experience stress free. Our consultation with Lauren sealed the deal. Our welcome call with Julie made us feel comfortable and equipped to plan our wedding independently with ABC guidance. Paulette reassured all of our layout and rental worries. Doni was understanding when I missed an email and emailed her right before a payment was due. Our lead coordinator, Jamie, was absolutely phenomenal, and her day of team - Natalie and Emma made the perfect.
I've always considered myself a very organized person, but I'll be the first to admit that I had no idea what I was doing or where to start. After my initial onboarding call, I received resources and the most detailed wedding planning checklist from ABC that seriously made every other Pinterest to do list seem completely inadequate.
Jamie exceeded all of our expectations. She made me feel confident in the decisions I was making, answered all of my questions and reassured me about all of my concerns. She prioritized to dos and I never felt rushed because she was so on top of deadlines. I was floored at how many weddings she had in front of mine and yet- still made me feel like a priority. Even with her busy schedule helping several other brides, she always responded to me in a reasonable amount of time. She made the month leading up to the wedding the least stressful month of wedding planning. On our wedding day, she went above and beyond to make our day special and stress free. We can't thank her enough for making not only our wedding day, but this entire experience absolutely perfect.
In addition to Jamie, Natalie and Emma assisted in making our wedding day completely seamless. Natalie oversaw setup of our ceremony and reception, where my vision was executed perfectly. Emma closed the night out with us and helped me keep track of important belongings and answering any questions we had at the end of the night.
I will never not recommend ABC Weddings. We cannot thank them enough! -
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Alyssa S. Sent on 06/30/2023Best Decision!
Choosing ABC for our wedding was the best decision we made! Being able to enjoy the month of my wedding and really soak in my wedding day without any worries truly made my wedding day a day I will never forget. I want to personally thank Sherry for being such a kind, fun to work with coordinator throughout the whole process. She made not only me, but my whole family feel so special! She was so on top of everything from the very beginning. The whole team was also so sweet and was so quick to help with my family and make sure everything went perfectly. Choosing ABC as your coordinator team is well worth every penny spent. Thank you so much ABC Kauai team and especially Sherry! ❤️ Truly the best!
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Melissa C. Sent on 06/05/2023Dream Wedding Coordinators
I had the pleasure of working with Mackenzie and Emma from ABC for my wedding at Kualoa Ranch. I found them via a preferred vendor list from Kualoa Ranch and just loved what they offered. I cannot express how amazing they were in the lead up and on the wedding day! ABC provide awesome packages for a great price. I also loved that they took care of all my rentals for me. They were fabulous communicators and very knowledgeable in planning a wedding here in Hawaii. I don't think my wedding would have been successful without them. They are literally my dream wedding coordinators! -
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Lauren F. Sent on 05/06/2023Month/ Day of Wedding Coordinator
ABC took over a month before the wedding to coordinate with vendors. They took care of any small problems that arose so we did not have to worry about it. Mackenzie, our lead coordinator took the time to meet with us before the wedding to go over everything and answer any questions we had. The team was amazing the day of!! They were so personable, and helped with any and all complications that arose. Many of Our guests said this was the best wedding they have ever been to, and we could not have done it without ABC!! -
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Brianne B. Sent on 07/14/2023Organized partnership & Incredible service
If you are looking for an organized, professional, and caring group of wedding coordinators choose ABC. My husband and I had the pleasure of working with Natalie and Mackenzie and WOW, I do not know what we would have done without them.
Throughout the planning process we scheduled many conversations with Natalie, she gave advice, answered all our questions, picked up communication with all vendors 3 months out, and called out any issues with invoices, lack of supplies, etc. Fast forward to the day before and day of our wedding it rained, a bride’s worst nightmare when your wedding is outdoors. Natalie and Mackenzie gave us a pep talk and gave us the confidence we needed to not stress. The day of our wedding Mackenzie was with the wedding party and Natalie was at the venue ensuring all details were executed to plan. In the end, our day was incredible, and we have ABC to thank for allowing us to be in the moment and not have to deal with any of the stresses that come with big events. I highly recommend ABC, the level of care and professionalism was unmatched. Thank you so much Natalie, Mackenzie, and the ABC team!
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Tricia H. Sent on 12/27/2022
Best decision we made for our wedding
Many thanks to the ABC team for playing a big part in making our special day so memorable!
Selecting ABC - Our destination wedding was in November 2022 and we began our planning process in January 2022 (we were planning our wedding from California). Our first step was to find a coordination team. After sending out multiple inquiry emails to various companies, we landed on our final 2 choices. We were very impressed after our very first meeting with Lauren - super professional, knowledgeable, and personable. The other company was highly recommended to us by a friend and had a huge social media presence. After meeting with the owner, we never received a follow up - we took this as a bad first sign from a wedding coordination company. We decided to go with ABC and we’re so glad that we did!
Planning process - I am very much a planner and an organized person. I usually enjoy planning events, but I found wedding planning to be very overwhelming and stressful. I truly could not have survived wedding planning without ABC’s help. The Google Sheet they provided helped me organize all my vendor, payment, and guest info. Having the timeline at my fingertips was very helpful. Also, the monthly checklist was such a great guide! It was so easy to shoot the team an email or schedule a call for any questions. All of our vendors had nothing but great things to say about ABC - it was reassuring to know that they are highly regarded by the Hawaii wedding community and that we were in good hands.
Day of coordination - Leisha was our lead coordinator for our wedding day and she was excellent! We could not have asked for a better coordinator. Our wedding party and family could not have been more impressed by her leadership. There were some hiccups throughout the day (as expected), but I didn’t even hear about them until the next day. Leisha made our day run so seamlessly; everything just flowed so smoothly! We truly didn’t have to worry about anything at all during our wedding. Everything was set up and taken care of for us and all we had to think about was enjoying our day.
I can go on and on with never ending great things to say about the ABC team. I would highly recommend the Signature package for anyone is looking for some guidance with wedding planning, flexibility with choosing/communicating with vendors, and a stress-free/worry-free day of coordination.
Mahalo ABC team for EVERYTHING and a special shout out to Leisha for being such a pro at what she does! -
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Shamini P. Sent on 12/29/2022Best wedding planners ever!
ABC is a must have, hands down best wedding planning service that all couples should hire, especially for a Hawaiian wedding! If you are busy professionals trying to plan a destination wedding, look no further as this is the group to trust your dream wedding to!!
Keyah was our lead coordinator and we both couldn't have asked for a more invested, kind hearted, hard working wedding planner like her. She constantly went above and beyond and truly made our process smooth and stress free. In fact, so many moments I called her my JLo (from wedding planner :)) because that's just how amazing she was! Lauren is by far the most professional business owner we have ever had the pleasure to meet, and I think what especially blew us away was hers and her team's professionalism and ability to handle difficult situations without allowing us to get caught up in the stress of the moment. I think that takes a very unique group of personalities and I truly believe this can only be found within this team.
Last but least, if you are very busy and planning your wedding in Hawaii as a destination spot, we would highly recommend the Elite package. This package is worth every dollar as the team takes over every detail, interaction with vendors, etc alleviating so much stress off the couple, especially when they don't have much time to do these details by themselves. If you are a bride searching for a group and basically going off of word of mouth and reading this, look no further. I was just like you and didn't know who I could trust and all I can say is I'm SOOO glad I found this group and we went with them. You will not be disappointed, not only did we have a fairytale wedding but the day truly turned out to be more magical than we could have even imagined and we owe it to ABC!!!!! Sign with them today!!
