Bliss in Bloom - Big Island of Hawaii Reviews
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Kristina J. Sent on 04/10/2024A forever fan, HIGHLY RECOMMEND! You'll regret it if you don't consider Bliss in Bloom
[Warning: this is a long review and it will be very well worth the read. Especially if you’re about to make one of the most critical decisions to choose who will get to handle the most important and special day in your life: Your Wedding Day]
As a particularly fastidious, OCD, and detail-oriented person. I’m the type of person who (if I had the spare time) would iron my pillowcases and arrange my closet into the colors of the rainbow. And… I had no idea the level of detail it takes to effectively plan and smoothly execute a wedding.
If I did not have Kirsten Haspe with Bliss in Bloom on our side, our wedding could have rapidly and easily turned into a sh*tshow. In fact, she was so on-top-of her game and so diligent, she and her team were actually having to constantly remind US to get things done, so everything would turn out as we wanted. She didn’t skip a beat! She FAR EXCEEDED any expectations we could possibly think of or even try to make up.
And when I say “on top of her game,” I mean— she was vehemently quick to respond (whether it was text or email), quick to take action, and is extremely organized knowing every bit of everything that needed to be handled. There was never a moment that she didn’t know what was going on. Not one iota of detail was overlooked, not one moment ever missed. Her detail-orientedness is sharper than a hawk’s eye, and her level of organization makes Marie Kondo’s appear like that of a toddler.
My husband and I travel multiple times a month basically living out of our suitcases for work, so we were pretty out of pocket and unable to handle a lot of things that needed to be handled. And planning a wedding on a completely different island didn’t help make things easier either.
Thankfully, Kirsten knew the Big Island well, is highly connected with vendors there, and was incredibly resourceful. She provided excellent vendor recommendations from catering, cake, music, decor, lighting, linens, and activities (for our guests for when they arrived to Hawaii).
She was one of the major reasons why not only did I thoroughly enjoy the wedding planning process, but our guests and family all had an amazing time on our wedding day. We got married about 2 months ago and our guests are STILL TILL THIS DAY raving about how beautiful, smoothly ran, fun, breathtaking and memorable our wedding day was and wish they were back at our wedding!
As a bride, you typically want everything to be right: your hair, makeup, the dress, the entire day; and you pray everything goes well according to plan. As a human, you know there needs to be a level of acceptance that once it’s the morning of the wedding day, what goes-goes. What is gonna happen, is gonna happen.
I will proudly share with you, there was NEVER a moment of doubt, fear, anxiety, concern of how everything was going to turn out because of Kirsten and how she and her team showed up for us from Day 1 (starting from our initial intro call) until well after our wedding.
I loved Kirsten’s taste (and I am pretty picky) and truly valued her opinion on nearly everything. We leaned on her a ton for a lot what needed to be handled.
Because of Kirsten and her team at Bliss in Bloom, what I thought was impossible actually came true— My wedding became Pinterest worthy! Though that never was my intention or goal, she helped make our wedding turn into something that magically came out of a fantasy.
And I so appreciate the care, dedication, and diligent hard work that Kirsten poured in to help make that happen. I will forever refer her to anyone who I know is looking for a reliable, trustworthy, proactive, organized, professional, and caring wedding planner. -
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Jeana D. Sent on 10/25/2023We love bliss in bloom
We had the best experience working with Bliss In Bloom from Day 1! Our head coordinator was Kirsten who instantly put us at ease because she is so clearly great at her job. Our wedding guests constantly commented on how relaxed we were the week leading up to and day of our wedding, and honestly it was all because of Kirsten and her team.
In the lead up, Kirsten advised us on all the vendors we would need and who on the Big Island they recommended. She knows everyone! It made it so easy for us that she had a strong shorthand with all the vendors we chose.
She also worked very closely with us on the florals, and handled all the communication with the florist which again made it so EASY! I also at times felt at a loss of what direction we should go with the flowers and Kirsten was a great resource with that, never told me what to do but helped me visualize what it would all look like together... she even found example imagery of what I was having a hard time articulating to her, making it clear that she understood me and what I was looking for.
Once we got into the month lead up, Kirsten took over all the communication with our vendors and we honestly didn't have to talk to anyone else but Kirsten from that point on and even through the wedding day.
Our wedding was honestly more than we could have ever expected! It was so special to us, everything went off perfectly and we really owe all of that to Kirsten. It was so important to us to be present and enjoy the event as our guests did... and that is exactly what we did! We cannot thank Kirsten and the Bliss In Bloom team enough!!! -
Jennifer Sent on 09/08/2023
Wedding in Paradise
Kirsten Haspe at Bliss in Bloom was the best wedding planner I could have asked for. We organized a destination wedding to Hawaii with 135 guests at the Fairmont Orchid, afterwards many guests let us know how smooth and well organized the event was. Some standouts for me: Kirsten’s ability to problem solve, her autonomy, her attention to detail, her communication style, and her relationships with vendors. Nearly every vendor we met with, told us we’re in good hands with Kirsten - she’s the best! They said. And I completely agree. As a nervous and anxious bride, she made me feel confident that the wedding would go as plan. And the event turned out beyond what we could have hoped for. Thank you Kirsten. -
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Nicole P. Sent on 05/27/2023Lynn - Planner
Hiring Bliss In Bloom was by far one of the best decisions we made for our wedding! Lynn was so kind, composed, supportive, organized, and truly made the wedding planning process and our wedding day so perfect. Working with Lynn allowed us to completely relax on our wedding day because we had full confidence her and her team had everything handled. Lynn and the Bliss In Bloom team truly exceeded our expectations and went above and beyond in supporting us with the wedding planning process and ensuring our day was exactly how we envisioned. Lynn's attention to detail is truly unmatched. We truly don't know what we would have done without them and could not recommend them more to anyone planning their wedding! -
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Monique R. Sent on 07/06/2023Bliss in Bloom Rocks!!!
Bliss in Bloom is the absolute best ever!!! Words do not adequately express how exceptional they are at all they do. They are knowledgeable, professional, caring and beyond organized. Allison was a dream come true in the month leading up to the wedding and, of course, during the entire big day. The group thinks of every possible detail and takes care of a million things behind the scenes, allowing us to relax and just enjoy our beautiful day. They work with an exceptional group of high quality vendors and are able to personally recommend anyone/anything based on the vision for the event. Allison had an emergency kit the day of the wedding with just about anything you'd ever want/need. She led the rehearsal and handled every detail leading up to the wedding. I highly recommend Bliss in Bloom to anyone considering a wedding on the Big Island. They are, hands down, the reason our wedding was truly special and so much more than we dreamed it would be. -
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Aviana S. Sent on 09/21/2022Don't think twice hire them!!
BEYOND AMAZING!!! if you want to have a stress free wedding hire Bliss in Bloom. They have completely won me over with how they truly care for you and want you have the most special day ever. Lynn and Kirsten were pure joy to work with, they made me feel valued and loved as a bride. I can't say enough about this company, do yourself a favor and hire them!! I wish I could do it all again
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Monica S. Sent on 05/27/2022Superb vendor!
I just got married this past weekend and had the absolute tropical wedding of my dreams because of Kirsten from Bliss in Bloom! To give some background, I had postponed twice because of Covid and Kirsten was so incredibly helpful and understanding for each postponement- calming me down (LOL) and reaching out to vendors each time to identify new dates. Not only is Kirsten kind and warm (I felt like I had known her my whole life when we finally met), she was so collaborative, responsive (trust me - she will get back to you instantly!) and organized. She coordinated with all my vendors flawlessly. (By the way - all my vendors were so excited to hear Kirsten was our wedding coordinator/planner which is always something you want to hear!) On our wedding day, Kirsten had every detail under control. My husband and I could just truly enjoy our day, knowing everything in the background was being taken care of. My guests seriously kept saying over and over again that this was the BEST wedding they had ever been to - we had a blast! Thank you to Kirsten and Lynn for literally making my wedding dream come true! -
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Serena R. Sent on 08/29/2022This crew was absolutely amazing!
If you are debating hiring Allison and her team for day-of-coordination, don't hesitate, just book! Even though we only had them for day-of, they provided us with immense help with our wedding from start to finish. Kirsten shared so much guidance and care in the months leading up to our wedding, from an initial kick off call to vendor recommendations, help with Aisle Planner, and answers to my many questions over email. We then had the pleasure of working with Alison, who created a perfect timeline, again answered my many questions, made sure all the vendors were aligned and on it, got us rehearsed and ready, and truly brought our vision to life the day-of. She thought of everything, had answers for everyone, and made sure I didn't have to think about (or stress about) anything the entire day. Plus the Bliss in Bloom Instagram/Blog is great for inspiration and they have really strong relationships with all the best vendors on the Island which makes for a seamless celebration. Absolutely recommend booking them for your wedding!! -
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Sheridan J. Sent on 06/24/2022Dream Team!
There is no way we could have managed a Big Island wedding without Bliss in Bloom! From finding the perfect venue for us and our family, the right vendors for our vision and incredible day of details - Bliss in Bloom helped us make our dream wedding a reality. It was everything we could have asked for thanks to Allison and her incredible team! We will cherish these memories forever!! -
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Anna B. Sent on 03/14/2022Bliss in Bloom put together our perfect wedding day!
My husband and I got married on March 7 on the Big Island of Hawaii and we couldn't have done it without Kirsten and the Bliss in Bloom team. Kirsten worked with us for more than a year to help us plan our wedding, connecting us with the best vendors on the island, communicating with our vendors when we made requests, and helping us walk through a very comprehensive checklist of todos. Bliss in Bloom is SO organized and prepared, from their wedding planning software to the timeline they prep for the wedding day.
As the days got closer to the wedding, I was so scatterbrained and Kirsten helped me keep everything in order! She was so on top of it, reminding my mom and I of everything we needed to do by when and we so appreciated her advice and guidance.
Most of all, Kirsten made the wedding day seamless and smooth! It was magical and my husband and I are going to dream about it for months to come. When we told Kirsten that we forgot to eat slices of our wedding cake because the wedding was so busy, she brought us by some freshly made wedding cake after the wedding - so sweet and generous!
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Chrissy S. Sent on 03/16/2022Prevented me from becoming a Bridezilla!!🤣
Bliss and Bloom helped prevent me from becoming a Bridezilla! Planning a wedding during a pandemic with numerous uncertainties and sudden changes was an overwhelming challenge. I was so lucky to have an supportive, encouraging, optimistic, compassionate, and empathetic wedding planner by my side throughout the process. Lynn helped me deal not only with the unexpected changes from the pandemic, she also helped me by communicating with and organizing vendors. She was an integral part of helping us create the wedding of our dreams and ensuring our day proceeded smoothly. Which it did!! Everything felt so relaxed and well taken care of. We had no worries. We were able to just enjoy the day and celebrate our marriage! Bliss and bloom had been recommended to me by one of my friends who they helped on her wedding day; likewise, I highly recommend them to anyone that wants to ensure their wedding planning process and wedding day are both things they can enjoy! -
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Ben I. Sent on 11/15/2021The Absolute Finest Coordinators
Lynn and the Bliss In Bloom team were beyond fantastic. The level of coordination and planning allowed us to focus on each other and the celebration of our marriage on the night of the ceremony and reception which was so wonderful. Lynn especially deserves so much adulation helping us make everything work so well in the toughest of times through COVID-19 and the seemingly constant change of local regulations. Further, the detailed timeline and fantastic communication with us and all of our vendors was appreciated on all fronts. We could not be happier with the work of her and her team. -
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Karly G. Sent on 11/14/2021Best decision - you wont regret it
My now husband says hiring Bliss in Bloom was the best decision we made. I had to convince him at first why a wedding planner would be incredibly helpful. We lived in the San Francisco Bay Area and were getting married at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. Why that isn't reason enough... But now, he tells all of our friends they need to hire Bliss in Bloom for their weddings.
Hawaii held a special meaning for my husband and I, and we knew immediately we wanted to get married at the Mauna Kea Hotel. But we lived halfway across the Pacific Ocean and didn't know where to start. Not only was planning a wedding overwhelming, but planning a wedding during a pandemic added uncertainty to the already overwhelming process.
It was Allison who made our dreams come to life. Planning a wedding during the pandemic with the future unknown, Allison was very attentive, forthcoming, and calm as we planned a wedding with many things uncertain. She assured us that no matter what it will still be a day to remember, made the planning process a lot easier.
Our monthly phone calls and online website made communication and planning so easy. She was incredibly professional throughout the entire process, and the perfect person to be there the day of to help with all of our last minute needs.
Our wedding was the best day of our lives, and thanks to Allison and Bliss in Bloom, it went off without a hitch. Our only problem was that our dance floor was too small!
Our wedding exceeded all our expectations, and came together so well, we are incredibly grateful for the time and effort Allison and her team put into this. We could not have done it without her, and are forever thankful for everything she did.
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Catherine L. Sent on 12/04/2021Bliss in Bloom is the best of the best
It does not get any better than Bliss in Bloom - they are the dream team of wedding coordinators!
During my wedding planning experience, I was originally planning a destination wedding with a coordinator (not from Bliss in Bloom) and everything was going fine ... until 3 months before the wedding. They stopped answering my questions and ultimately stopped responding to my communications. I reached out to Bliss in Bloom and they took me on as a client. It was one of the busiest times of the year for them and we only had 3 months to make up for 12 months worth of planning.
Kirsten was AMAZING! She took all of the stress of my shoulders and handled everything. She took my ideas and created exactly the vision I was looking for. She helped answer all of my questions and made sure that every detail was thoughtfully taken care of. My wedding planning went from a nightmare to a dream. Kirsten is so skilled at understanding and listening to her client's thoughts and being a kind and firm decision-maker. She made sure we stayed on schedule for wedding planning and was always reachable via texts/calls/emails while still managing her other clients. Kirsten is kind, honest, direct, and overall a true joy to work with - she is the best.
The wedding day was magical and seamless and completely stress-free, all because of the help of Kirsten and the Bliss in Bloom team. They helped manage every detail of the day so that me, my husband, our parents, and our wedding party could enjoy and cherish the day. I cannot recommend Bliss in Bloom enough - my wedding was absolutely perfect because of their hard work. -
Michael C. Sent on 10/31/2021
Bliss In Bloom - Holualoa Inn, Big Island
We worked with Kirsten from Bliss in Bloom, and we cannot recommend them enough. We are from San Francisco, and chose the month of package back in 2019, because we needed the extra help coordinating our destination wedding. We had to postpone our wedding in 2020 due to Covid, and had to file for a permit to hold our wedding on the Big Island this October, 2021. Kirsten communicated with all our vendors to reschedule and secure their availability on our new date, sent us updated contracts, as well as kept us up to date with the constantly changing covid-19 travel restrictions.
Kirsten and Bliss in Bloom far exceeded our expectations. Our wedding day was so seamless and stress free, that we were able to really cut loose, spend time with our guests, and dance the night away!
Kirsten was extremely professional, communicative, flexible, and best of all laid back! Truly a pleasure to work with. We can't thank you enough for being such an integral part of executing our dream wedding.
You are in amazing hands with Bliss in Bloom! -
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Ben S. Sent on 10/11/2021Bliss & Bloom for the win!
Our wedding planner, Lynn, basically saved our entire wedding.
We had a major issue 3 hours before the start of the ceremony. It's a really long story, but the venue we had originally booked wouldn't let our officiant in (they weren't on the "guest list"). Lynn also was not "on the list". We panicked and pandemonium ensued. We were not ready to give up on our original spot. We argued and fought with the venue's management for hours, always seemingly only a few minutes away from reaching a deal.
While we were in sheer denial of what was happening, Lynn knew that things were not going to work out. At the last minute, she coordinated an alternative location, on the same beach but about a mile down from where we were originally planning to be. This location ended up being even better and we cannot thank her enough! Bliss & Bloom, you saved us. -
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Maggie C. Sent on 08/30/2021Couldn't thank Bliss in Bloom enough
I can't say enough nice things about Allison and Kirsten at Bliss in Bloom and couldn't thank them enough for helping plan our wedding. I had a very difficult time articulating what I wanted and could only provide random Pinterest images and explanations of what I did not want, and they somehow easily spun that into the perfect wedding. They constantly provided me with excellent ideas, quick responses and updates, as well as all around support. I feel like I had people on my side at all times. They made everything feel effortless, fun and stress free, which was always appreciated as I was planning our wedding from out of state. Allison always encouraged me to do what I wanted or what felt right to me and gently reigned me in when necessary. If I so much as mentioned an idea during one of our weekly chats, Kirsten and Allison had a quote lined up within days so that I could decide if it was something I wanted to move forward with. It's obvious in everything they do that they are very experienced and well connected.
The week of the wedding Allison said all the right things, but also backed up what she said with her actions; calmly dealing with my indecisiveness, last minute changes, high winds and Covid issues. Every vendor they recommended and/or provided was wonderful. Bliss in Bloom's day of coordination was movie-like as the team worked discretely throughout the night: the timeline was upheld, our parents and family were always in the right place at the right time and everyone and everything was taken care of. I would not hesitate to recommend the ladies of Bliss in Bloom over and over again and feel so lucky that they were part of my 'Big Day'. -
Stephen M. Sent on 06/18/2021
Wrap Around Services with Bliss in Bloom
Kirsten and her team from Bliss in Bloom were the best wedding planners my wife and I could ever ask for. We had the unfortunate experience of having to delay our original wedding date on March 28, 2020 to an uncertain time in the future. Through it all, Kirsten has been there for us. If our wedding proceeded as planned on March 28th, Kirsten definitely made the process as painless as possible. We had many scattered ideas of what we wanted, and Kirsten was able to make sense of all of It and create a wedding that was picture perfect.
A week from our wedding date, we had decided to postpone due to COVID concerns. Kirsten did all the legwork to contact our vendors, and checked up on us periodically just to see how we were doing. We then settled for February 2021, but again decided to delay to June (a full 15 months from our original date!) for vaccination purposes. Again, Kirsten did everything to make the process so smooth.
Then the big day came - there were no hiccups, all the pieces fell perfectly into place, and everything was so picturesque. We could not be happier with how everything went. Even the small stuff that may have been issues, were not issues at all because of the Bliss in Bloom team.
Seriously, if you are reading this wondering if Bliss in Bloom would act in your best interest, or if you don’t know who to choose because it may seem so overwhelming, keep this in mind - Kirsten was such a supportive part of one of the most testing and grueling experiences in wedding planning, and still, she handled it with such grace. You want someone who is organized, compassionate, down-to-earth, experienced, and professional, and she was all that and more.
Kirsten - thank you for making our day so special. You’re the best! -
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