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A Monique Affair is a wedding planning company based in San Francisco, California.

Love is Colorful. Bold and Exciting. Love is worth celebrating!

A Monique Affair is all about effortless and colorful elegance. We are a collective of designers, planners, and producers who are dedicated to creating heartfelt and unique events.

We are a full-service wedding, corporate, and milestone event planning and execution firm serving the San Francisco Bay Area. Our professionally trained event team has been celebrating colorful love for over 45 years combined!

AMA was founded on the belief that all love deserves to be celebrated. In fact, we’ve been celebrating marriage equality since 1999. Our founder, Chanda Daniels, is a celebrated industry leader on the topic of marriage equality and inclusion. You belong here. Weddings belong to everyone.

Tell us your colorful love story, and we’ll help you curate a highly creative, comfortable, elegant, and unique event. We’ll be beside you as you select your design aesthetic, choose creative partners, and host one of the best events of your life. We’ll be by your side throughout the entire planning process.

  • Black-owned
  • LGBTQ+-owned
  • Woman-owned
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Frequently asked questions

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

$8,500

What is the starting price for partial wedding planning?

$10,000

What is the starting price for full wedding planning?

$18,000

Do you offer an hourly rate?

Yes

What is the hourly rate?

$250

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
Cultural
Destination
Double Weddings
Elopement
Eco-Friendly
Non-Religious
Religious

Reviews of A Monique Affair

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A Monique Affair is highly recommended by multiple reviewers for their wedding planning services. The team is praised for their professionalism, project management skills, and excellent execution. Reviewers appreciate the helpfulness and organization of the team, their ability to listen to their clients' wishes, and the smooth and seamless experience they provide on the wedding day. The team is also commended for recommending excellent vendors and making the planning process stress-free and enjoyable.

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A Monique Affair is highly recommended by multiple reviewers for their wedding planning services. The team is praised for their professionalism, project management skills, and excellent execution. Reviewers appreciate the helpfulness and organization of the team, their ability to listen to their clients' wishes, and the smooth and seamless experience they provide on the wedding day. The team is also commended for recommending excellent vendors and making the planning process stress-free and enjoyable.

Tessa
Tessa Sent on 07/25/2022
5 out of 5 rating

The absolute best!!

We had the best experience working with A Monique Affair to plan our dream wedding. Chanda kept us on track with our wedding vision and our budget and she was an absolute joy to work with. On the day of our wedding, her entire team was extremely polished and professional and the whole day went so smoothly. Even my bridesmaids were impressed by the direction they got from the AMA team and one said that our wedding was the first one she's been in where she actually knew where to be and what to do. We requested some challenging layouts and turnaround times between the ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner, and dancing, and AMA executed everything flawlessly. She also recommended excellent vendors, from cake to bands to photography! 10/10, would recommend A Monique Affair to everyone.
Lauren
Lauren Sent on 06/24/2022
5 out of 5 rating

A True Professional with Excellent Taste

Working with A Monique Affair was an absolute JOY. From our first discovery call through to our wedding day, the process - what to expect, when to get to work, when to relax and who was responsible for what was made so explicitly clear - we felt eternally well represented and supported. Chanda and her team worked with us to put together a package that was right for our unique situation and went above and beyond to make our dreams come true. They are so incredibly experienced and knowledgeable and were instrumental in helping us navigate what ultimately was most important to us - family, friends, a weekend long event we could settle into, and a design aesthetic that was beautiful, vibrant, and laidback. We were working with a tight budget, but had a real vision for all the details and they would fit together. AMA and Chanda helped us deliver in every aspect including managing the day so effortlessly that we were able to really live in the moment and enjoy everything we had put together. On top of Chanda's taste and professionalism, she is warm, funny, down-to-earth and a joy to be around. As a queer female couple, she always made the tradition of a wedding feel accessible and inclusive to us and we were never left apologizing for not fitting into a standard mold. We warmly refer to her as our Queery-Godmother and wouldn't have wanted it any other way. We cannot recommend A Monique Affair enough!!
Leticia
Leticia Sent on 06/20/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Whoa! Wedding experience was waaaay better than we could have imagined

First, huge thanks to Chanda and team for helping us every step of the way to create a beautiful wedding. Part of me feels like a guest in awe of a beautiful wedding, the other part feel like the queen and king of a major event. Because of their attentiveness and organization, we both were able to be fully present the whole weekend really. I don’t know how A MONQUIE AFFAiR put it all together, we gave three photos for inspiration and vague words like ”dreamy” “vibes” “joy”. I have to breakdown our experience:

Planning- we met monthly but Chanda and team always made themselves available between meetings or clarification and reminders. Chanda and the team are genuinely sweet people who care. I would not have known she was actively working with other couples. They made us feel heard and special. They have a system that helps with reminders, communication, and seating and all that. They set-up all the meetings to meet with vendors and creatives. We were never pushed and always provided options on who to select. All of our vendors were amazing!

Wedding Day- OMG, I’ve never had concierge /assistant support. We both had a dedicated assistant. They helped in ways that I didn’t imaged needing help. Our families can get overwhelmed pretty easily, it was so nice having someone right there helping us along the way. I was hungry Syrhonda brought me a breakfast sandwich and coffee, my feet were hurting she was right there my my flats, I needed to communicate something to my dad- she sent the message, when I got nervous- she played soothing music . I didn’t touch my phone the whole wedding. I am so grateful! The week leading up to the wedding I was so relaxed, I felt like I should be stressed, but everything was handled.

In review, our wedding was a cry fest…so much love …so much drama-free joy…all the parts in place..and thanks to A MONIQUE AFFAIR ! We were blessed to celebrate our union in a way that felt authentic and heartfelt not only for us but our guests.
Thank you!!!
L & M
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Professional Network & Endorsements

7 Endorsements
Julia's Cake Stand Rentals Julia's Cake Stand Rentals Wedding Cakes

It was great working with Chanda at the Wedding Sistahs Event last night! She is a wonderful event planner and so creative and responsive. Her design for the dessert table and the desserts made for an impressive display. The event was very organized and so much fun! I would definitely recommend A Monique Affair to my friends!

Cupcakin Bake Shop Cupcakin Bake Shop Wedding Cakes

Highly recommend A Monique Affair for a streamlined process and flawless wedding day. The Founder Chanda is personable, organized, efficient, creative, fun to work with and very professional.

Bloomies on Main Bloomies on Main Wedding Florists

Chanda is a great wedding coordinator. Doesn't get fluster and is the coolest person. Will make any event run smoothly.

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