Holly-Lynn
Wedding: 06/05/2009
Reviews:
5
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Wendy was one of the top five investments for our wedding. She coordinated all of our vendors and left me with 0 hassle. I was a super busy bride who had little time to plan & Wendy stepped up to the plate and navigated the nitty-gritty details for me. Pre-wedding, Wendy accompanied my husband and I on numerous appointments and kept in contact with all of out vendors to ensure there were no problems. My mom told me at the end of the night Wendy had packed up all of our supplies and helped load them into the car. Wendy was with me from the beginning of the day, and she was the last one to leave the wedding. Wendy put us in touch with our florist, who ended up being another amazing investment. The week of the wedding Wendy contacted all of our other vendors and made our timeline. My husband and I only had to show up. Both my mother and mother-in-law found Wendy to be so helpful throughout the night. No one in the wedding or any guests had any problems. She was behind the scenes all night ensuring the best wedding possible. All of our other vendors had no difficulties with Wendy and appreciated her help!
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Reviewed On:
06/15/2009
Services Used:
Wedding Planning
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Autum Beall
Wedding: 11/01/2008
Reviews:
1
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Working with Wendy was wonderful. She was always available when needed, and was extremely helpful with all questions and concerns I had. She was also great on the wedding day. From helping my sister-in-law with her 10 day old twins, to breaking down ALL of the 19 tables centerpieces I designed myself, she was great! I would recommend her services to ANY bride or groom in need of an extra hand on the wedding day. I truly enjoyed my wedding day, because I had someone else to worry about the small details!!
She truly is an angel!!
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Reviewed On:
11/17/2008
Services Used:
Wedding Planning
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Marlene
Wedding: 05/10/2008
Reviews:
1
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I hired Wendy to help with my daughter's wedding as I do not live in the same city as my daughter. To say that we could not have planned this wedding without her is an understatement. Wendy is a workhorse and is very very organized. My daughter already had picked most of her vendors, but Wendy helped us finalize everything. Even though my daugher had a clear vision of what she wanted her wedding to be, Wendy helped her expound on her ideas. Wendy has great ideas and the knowledge to bring them to fruition. She went with my daughter to all of her dress fittings and to the bridesmaids' fittings as well. She has an extensive background in bridal and bridesmaid's gowns and wanted to be sure they fit perfectly, and they did. Wendy also worked with all of our vendors to make sure that they did everything they were supposed to. She is a hardworking, professional powerhouse who has unending energy. I am so happy we hired her. My daughers wedding went smoothly and was so beautiful. I will be forever grateful for all of Wendy's hardwork and attention to detail.
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Reviewed On:
06/30/2008
Services Used:
Wedding Planning
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Terry
Wedding: 10/13/2007
Reviews:
1
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Wendy was great to work with; she went to every fitting, tasting, and meeting we needed to attend. I havent used other wedding planners, but I know that our wedding was fantastic, and that was all we really could have hoped for. I cannot begin to tell you how much time it would take to evaluate all the vendors we used, which is where Wendy really helped us; she knew all the vendors, and she gave us a selection comprised of very reputable people. Our wedding was perfect - period. In less than 3 months, Wendy organized a 100 person wedding for us. The person playing the Cello said she has been playing weddings her whole life and commented that ours was the most beautiful she has even seen.
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Reviewed On:
02/29/2008
Services Used:
Wedding Planning
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Kathleen
Wedding: 08/11/2007
Reviews:
1
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When I set out to find a wedding planner, we were already 3/4 of the way through planning our wedding and I thought I would just hire someone to help out the day of the wedding. Little did I know how many times Wendy would save the day over the course of the last three months before the wedding. Right from the start we hit it off. Before we even hired her, she was giving us helpful advice. I was so impressed with her right from the start that we hired her on the spot. We ran into so many problems during the last few months before the wedding that I don't even know where to begin to write about all the times Wendy came to my rescue. I had a reception site that told me in June that they were behind on their summer weddings and that is why I hadn't received any of my finalizations for our August wedding, so Wendy tracked down the owner of the country club and kept at him until we had all the information we needed and she followed up on a daily basis to make sure they were on top of things, including fixing the many things they had wrong. Then, of course, there was my Junior Bridesmaids' dresses that came into the store in the wrong size, even though I told the store owner to order them a size larger. When the store owner gave me a hard time and wouldn't guarantee the dresses would come in on time in the right size by the wedding Wendy called her contacts in New York and pulled some strings and the dresses arrived, in the correct size, three days later. Had it not been for Wendy, I may have had to find dresses at the last minute that may not have matched my bridesmaids' dresses. Those are only two of the many instances in which Wendy came to my aid. She even drove an hour and a half away to pick up my dress two days before the wedding so that I could go to the spa and relax instead of going to get it myself! On top of all this, she managed to keep my 33 person wedding party up to date on everything that they were supposed to do and she made sure everyone was where they were supposed to be when they were supposed to be there and she practically ran my rehearsal when the girl who was supposed to be doing it couldn't seem to deal with all those people. She made sure everyone did as they were supposed to, including the 9 kids. Wendy's motto to me throughout the days leading up to the wedding were "Don't you worry about it let me take care of it" and she did. The day of the wedding she was wonderful. She was at my parents' house before I even returned from the hairdressers. She was pressing all 14 of my bridesmaids' dresses, my 2 flower girls' dresses, my Mom's dress, and my dress so they would look fresh for the church. She then helped my girls and I get ready, get our pictures done, and get out the door on time, down the aisle, and to the reception, and she never once batted an eye at all the chaos. She ran everything with skill and precission, and I can definitely tell you I had the perfect wedding day and I know I owe so much to her for all her help. I was able to relax and truly not worry about a thing. My father says hiring her was the smartest money he spent, I know she is on my Mom's speed dial for when my sister gets married, and I will be eternally grateful to her for making sure I had a fairy tale wedding!
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Reviewed On:
04/16/2008
Services Used:
Wedding Planning
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angelicintentions
Wedding: 05/26/2007
Reviews:
6
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I really have a mixed review for Wendy. She is great at research and did an adequate job during the planning process. My main issues with her fell within professionalism and day of wedding coordination.
Things that I found particularly of note:
1. I found out from more than one vendor she had said negative things about me behind my back. The vendors came to me with a heads up so that I knew what was going on.
2. We had to call her from our honeymoon sight to ask her not to deposit her gratuity check and to ask one vendor to wait a week until we returned. We tried to transfer money from my husband's account to mine and it froze our account for fraud because it was overseas. Upon return, she had deposited her check and told every single one of my vendors I had no intention of paying them.
3. She was around for components of the wedding, but missing for other parts. Many vendors and guests were approaching our guest book attendant to resolve issues.
4. My flowers were flimsy, the wrong colors, the wrong flowers. The bouquet was reserved for our singer and she never received it. Wendy did manage to find a replacement for my bouquet, but not from the original vendor to follow through and make sure she did her job. I had to end up paying $175 additional.
5. Throughout the planning process I didn't feel I had an advocate on my side.
Her great qualities are:
1. Her experience in the bridal gown industry and the ability to convey to the alterations woman what I was trying to explain.
2. Her experience in getting stains out of dresses.
3. Her ability to multitask during the planning process.
4. Her ability to know her brides and what vendors would suit them.
5. Her diverse experience through the years working in different areas of the event industry.
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Reviewed On:
02/27/2008
Services Used:
Dress & Attire, Wedding Planning
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nantakajoy
Wedding: 09/23/2006
Reviews:
1
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We hired Wendy to be the day of coordinator for our September 2006 wedding, and were thrilled with her work. As an organized bride who knew exactly what I wanted, I found Wendy to be right in line with my vision and understood what I was looking to accomplish. We had already chosen our vendors before working with Wendy, but once she came in, she was on top of everything and coordinated all the small details leading up to the day. She went above and beyond to help in areas that I still needed help with like our Officiant and in helping to see that my florist understood my vision. On the day of the wedding, she was an incredible multi-tasker...from getting through a parade going on right outside of the hotel to fixing a bridesmaids dress to making sure everyone was ready and on time. I wanted my parents to be able to relax on the day of our wedding and Wendy made it all possible. She knows about so many aspects of the wedding business, and it really showed. She took charge with confidence, and I was relaxed, happy, and ready to trust her with the day of events. I would highly recommend her to anyone.
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Reviewed On:
02/29/2008
Services Used:
Wedding Planning
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4.6/5.0
