Lori and Jackie were so easy to work with- they made our day stress-free! Good value for all the services they provided and both are very friendly. My rehearsal wasn't scheduled until last minute, which started to get me worried, but it all worked out. They would send me vendor options (eg for florist, limo companies etc), but I was able to find better deals and options myself sometimes. I was able to book whoever I wanted though and pay through TMW. It made everything very easy! We also hired Lori's husband, Jamie, to be our musician at ceremony and reception- wow he was incredible! Not cheap, but really made the ambiance of the night. Lori was not always quick to respond, but Jackie was on top of things 95% of the time. I would recommend TMW!

overall the service and professionalism was very pleasing. The wedding was perfect, the venue we selected was exactly what we had wanted and the added touches that Lori provided really made the day seem like a dream come true. She connected me and my husband from day one, understanding what we wanted. She was very flexible and always willing to provide advice and suggestions.

This wedding planner was very helpful until I used a photographer who she didn't want me to use (even though he's on her website, which is odd). After I booked the photographer (I don't know that this was why, but the timing was odd), she was hard to get in touch with, and she would take forever to respond to me. For example, I asked her for a quote on a shuttle in March of last year. She finally gave me a quote at the end of September! I went almost all summer without hearing from her at all. I even started to wonder if she was still doing my wedding.

The day of the wedding, my makeup artist didn't show up. Well, come to find out, she was never hired by the wedding planner. She hadn't wanted me to use this makeup artist from the beginning, but I was adamant that I use her. Guess who ended up doing my makeup? The person the wedding planner wanted me to use. Convenient, huh?

I shed many tears from being stressed out, and ironically enough, the person who was supposed to ease my stress (wedding planner) was the one who caused the tears in the first place. Please don't use this person. I know she has many great reviews, but I can't for the life of me figure out why. I felt like I was fighting an uphill battle with her. It was beyond ridiculous. BTW, the photographer was fabulous!! The makeup artist was not. I loved the florist she recommended. Her husband was our singer, and he was wonderful! It's hard to plan a wedding when you're thousands of miles away, but this is still a business. She just didn't act like she was running one.

Do not hesitate to work with Jackie and Lori with Tropical Maui Weddings. From start to finish they were flawless. Always responsive and ready to answer any questions we had. Lori even went to our location 3 hours early to set up for our event, just to make sure we had a spot. All of the beaches in Hawaii are public so that was very important. I really felt like they went out of our way to make us feel comfortable and special. Five stars!!

Lori is amazing!!!!!!! Sweet, smart, efficient and just wonderful! Jackie was amazing as well. Highly recommend them!

Laurie and her team do an excellent job at what they do. They know the vendors, the venue and the details that make a wedding happen stress free. I am in event planning professionally but knew I would need a local coordinator to ensure a seamless day. Laurie is professional and an incredible service for value. The only comment is sometimes it takes a while to hear back via email (any phone calls were prompt, however!) but this is just the Maui time versus my OCD response rate and didn't affect the quality of service at all!

Tropical Maui Weddings are amazing. I was going to Maui already for the wedding of friends, and became engaged four days before leaving for Maui. My husband, then fiancé, and I decided to get married later in the week, after our friends, while we were all still on Maui. Tropical Maui Weddings was the wedding planner my friends were using. They were so happy with Lori and the team, and immediately referred us when I told them our happy news and plans to wed in Maui as well. Lori is so wonderful. She thought the idea of an impromptu wedding was romantic, not hectic. Planning was stress free. Lori arranged the pastor, beach permit, the most stunning beach location I could ever imagine, and much more. I trusted Lori completely and because I did, we had the most amazing morning beach ceremony and breakfast reception. She ensured we had the wedding of our dreams, despite the short notice and tight budget. Thanks to Tropical Maui Weddings I have experienced two beautiful Maui weddings, my friends' and mine, both of which were unique, fun and fantastic. Mahalo!

Lori, Jamie, and Jackie at Tropical Maui Weddings were amazing to work with for our wedding. I would recommend them to anyone getting married on Maui. We live on Oahu and they made the planning process so easy even though we weren't on island. They helped us plan our perfect day and we couldn't be happier. Everything went so smoothly and all our guests commented on how awesome our wedding planner was. We got married at Honua Kai Lani and my bridesmaids, mom, grandmother and I were able to arrive in the morning and relax and all get manicures while Lori coordinated all the vendors and decorating. She made everything so easy for us and stress-free and really took over the planning process. It was wonderful. She helped us select the best vendors for us and was always available to answer my many questions. Jamie played the guitar and sang beautifully at our ceremony. He has such an amazing voice. They make such a great team! I would highly recommend Tropical Maui Weddings to anyone planning a wedding in Maui and we feel so lucky that they were our wedding planner for our special day!

Lori and Jamie at Tropical Maui Weddings were amazing to work with. They helped us plan our perfect day and as the bride, I was able to show up at our venue and relax and get ready while Lori coordinated all the vendors and decorating. She arranged our marriage certificate appointment and found Pastor Laki, who made our ceremony the most beautiful one many of our guests had attended. She helped us select awesome vendors and made sure we knew the pros and cons of various vendors. Our wedding was perfect and stress-free because of Lori and Jamie. Jamie's played the guitar and sang beautifully at our ceremony and reception. I feel like Lori is a good friend and she would spend hours talking to me on the phone and responded to my text messages at all hours during the days leading up to the wedding. I was able to stay calm and enjoy our time in Maui with family and friends knowing that Lori had all the details covered. I would highly recommend Tropical Maui Weddings to anyone planning a wedding in Maui.

We booked Lori pretty early on in the process and she is such a lovely person. We were able to meet her in person on our scouting trip and then again in the week before the wedding. She did an amazing job in the lead up to the wedding and again on the day - it was so good not having to worry about anything on the day or the timing of everything. She made everything as stressfree as possible. Also I definitely had moments of indecisiveness all the way through the planning and she was really accommodating and never irritated with me for all the changes which was pretty impressive because there were moments when I was annoying myself! She also coordinates lots and lots of weddings at Olowalu so she has lots of suggestions for set-ups etc. Strongly recommended!!!!

I worked with Lori Lawerence of Tropical Maui Weddings. She is an absolute delight and runs the whole day like a well oiled machine. I have to say it was best money we spent as the day of there was no stress. I put one less star for responsiveness as it really isn't until maybe 2 months before the wedding that her and the team start to run down every detail and respond ASAP to every email from you. But, I guess that makes sense as they do a ton of weddings and everything doesn't really come together until close to the big day anyway. She thinks of everything and truly feels like a friend after the whole experience!

In March of 2010, I got engaged with my boyfriend of seven years, within 6 months we had to plan and execute a large Indian reception, an Indian ceremony in NY and a 150 person wedding and reception in Maui. To be honest, I was not looking forward to the stress of planning three different occasions in various different states, so obviously, we knew we needed help. So, I enlisted the support of Lori Lawrence, from Tropical Maui Weddings for our Hawaii wedding. Jackie Tanaka was assigned to be my Wedding Coordinator and for the next six months Jackie and I worked together remotely between NY and Maui. The goal was to plan a simple Hawaiian style wedding with a NYC flare. We did everything from NYC through Jackie- music, band, hula troupe, venue, cakes, floral, decor etc.. I have to say that planning a wedding like this was no easy task, and Jackie did all the hard work. I estimate that over the six months, at least 1 thousand emails and countless calls were made to each other. Jackie did the pricing, made the calls, got the vendors, promptly emailed me with updates, recommended ideas that fit my style and was completely willing to allow me to bring in my own vendors. She even had the foresight to schedule a person to steam my dress when we brought it from NY- which was something that had not even occurred to me!

Since I had dealt with two different wedding planners, one in NY and one in Maui, I can now say that I have a good sense of what a good planner can do, and Jackie was the best! She gently guided me in areas I was unfamiliar with and yet made sure that my vision of my wedding came through perfectly. When the day came and I walked into my wedding, my eyes teared up because it was such a shock that 6 months of planning with Jackie gave me exactly what I wanted! (that never happens to me!!!) My husband and I cannot say enough about Jackie Tanaka, she has an exceptional personality, she is very organized, polite and patient. Most importantly, she was perceptive enough to be able to pin my tastes down very quickly, to the point that towards the end, I just let her make some of the decisions because I knew she would choose the right one for me.

Tropical Maui Weddings is a great company, one of the advantages we found with working with them, was that we also didn't have to get bogged down in contracts, separate billing and deposits because it is routed through Tropical Maui Weddings. So we only had to pay one bill at the end. Tropical Maui Weddings has a great future and Jackie Tanaka has our complete respect and admiration for all her hard work and dedication- Mitch and I sincerely thank her for making our wedding day wonderful. THANK YOU!!!

Chandra & Mitch

Lori had all our bases covered and even had the perfect 'plan b' when we found out the officiant we were hoping for was too ill to perform our ceremony. I absolutely reccommend her to anyone that asks!

OUTSTANDING VENDOR!!! The wedding planner that I had was named Jackie Tanaka and she was excellent! A Tropical Maui Weddings is an excellent company that works with you based on your wedding coordination needs. I only wanted a coordinator for the day of my wedding, and I got to work with Jackie, which was great. She went above and beyond her duties as a day of coordinator. She made me feel stress free on my big day, and took care of everything for me. I highly recommend her and a tropical Maui weddings for any bride looking for a wedding coordinator on Maui.

I can not say enough about Lori! She helped me plan the most amazing destination wedding. I put all trust in her to get my flowers, cake, officiant, location and photographer. I have NO complaints! I gave her ideas of what I wanted and she made it happen. And all with in my budget! Lori and her husband Jamie are the best team on Maui!