Working with Chanda Daniels and her team at A Monique Affair was the best decision I could have made for my wedding.

I had my dream wedding at UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens, and SO many of our guests have been raving about how this was the most beautiful wedding that they have ever attended.
My husband and I wanted to be very involved in the planning process and we chose the Wedding Day Direction package, which worked out really well.

Chanda was like our Fairy Godmother, providing so much wisdom and guidance for us as we navigated planning a wedding. She was so patient with us and has a really beautiful energy as a human being. Her team was incredible as well on the day of the event, Zeraka and all of the ladies were so kind and encouraging. I felt very supported.

Wedding planning is can feel overwhelming, but choosing to work with Chanda was the smartest decision I made for this big day.
We are deeply grateful and highly recommend A Monique Affair to plan anyone’s wedding! (Especially if you’re an anxious person like me haha)

This was the best day of our lives. Thank you for an unforgettable celebration!
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Jenny and James

Working with A Monique Affair made our wedding day seamless. They offered great project management experience, professionalism and excellent operational execution. Our day of wedding planner Syrhonda also made the process fun and made sure to listen to our wishes in order to ensure our wedding day was just as we envisioned. Highly recommend working with this amazing team!

We LOVED working with Chanda, Alejandra, and Syrhonda! The entire AMA team is kind, professional and create beautiful weddings. We heard from many of our guests that they were impressed with how smoothly the wedding day went. Throughout our planning process, we were able to see how respected team AMA is in the wedding industry. We received a list of preferred vendors from team AMA. Everyone we interacted with, from the DJ to potential caterers, all had such great things to say about team AMA. It made us feel really happy about our decision to work with them.

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.

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!!

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

I still remember when called Chanda crying, burnt out, and feeling overwhelmed. My venue in Big Sur required a day of wedding coordinator - and EVERYONE I called for weeks in Monterey County was booked. Now, I am not a well known person or a celebrity - but I desperately needed help to feel supported, guided and represented. Once I spoke with Chanda, I felt taken care of, heard and most importantly, seen. Syrhonda, our coordinator, was utterly phenomenal. Each logistics meeting, design meeting and vender referral made me feel calmer, trust them more and feel that they understood my vision. EVERYONE, including Kristy, my personal day of support woman and our additional location coordinator made my wedding day absolutely exceptional. Because of A Monique Affair, I truly had the wedding ceremony of my dreams in Big Sur, California. Mere words cannot express how much gratitude I have for this company. I will forever be grateful for the process that brought me to them. Simply put, thank you.

Chanda made the experience of planning our wedding as fun and stress-free as possible! She’s creative, organized, patient, and did a wonderful job of making our ideas and vision for our wedding come to life. Chanda pays attention to the details, really listened to us, and had fantastic ideas to contribute. She beautifully balanced guiding us when we needed guidance and letting us take the lead when that’s what would be best. And on top of her and her team’s incredible service, they were all lovely humans to work with! We couldn’t recommend Chanda more - you’d be so lucky to have her help you plan your big day!

Chanda and her team were amazing. Chanda helped my daughter and her bride-to-be all through the planning and design process, and was always enthusiastic, informative, and helpful. She didn't blink when informed that the ladies wanted a "chic geek" wedding--and went on to help them bring that vision to life. The wedding was full of personal elements that reflected the "Kingdom Hearts" theme, but never strayed from being tasteful and elegant. My 94-year-old aunt thought it was the most beautiful wedding she had ever been to.

Chanda helped us find many of the important vendors--flowers, invitations (and signage), DJ, pie (no cake for these brides), and more. Our monthly zoom meetings and regular emails kept everyone on track (no easy feat with my ADHD daughter), and the team on the day of the wedding was amazing--no detail was overlooked, no issue (there weren't many) wasn't resolved smoothly and immediately.

I found "A Monique Affair" via the internet, and I am so glad I did!
When my daughter and her bride made that first call, the connection was immediate, and lasted throughout our time together. The fee was well worth the peace of mind Chanda and her team gave us--we could just enjoy the wedding, and we did!

Our daughter selected A Monique Affair because Chanda is experienced and our daughter and son-in-law felt great chemistry with her from the beginning. Syrhonda was our wedding day director and was amazing from beginning to end! Our daughter and son-in-law chose all the venues and vendors, we contracted them together, and A Monique Affair had a system for us to upload all the contracts. My husband and I don’t live in CA, so it was so convenient to able to look at all the contracts on our phones and not drag my huge wedding binder with me when we were in town. Syrhonda reached out to all of our vendors and made sure she knew who the contacts were in preparation and on the wedding day. She dealt with my MOB nerves and concerns and gave us complete confidence that she had a handle on everything and would be able to tackle anything that came their way. When I was anxious, she was calm and joyful. The ceremony was at the UC Botanical Garden and the reception was at the UC Faculty Club. Syrhonda was particularly helpful because she works on the UC campus and has detailed knowledge of parking requests and university requirements. A Monique Affair has done many weddings at the garden, so they have a great working relationship with them. Syrhonda orchestrated our rehearsal beautifully. She even had contacts at the Graduate Hotel, and they made us feel so welcome, accommodated and celebrated!

A Monique Affair has another system online that helped our daughter track RSVPs, drag and drop guests into table assignments, and a checklist to keep us on track and make sure we weren’t forgetting anything. This system had a timeline for the rehearsal and wedding day. It was so convenient for us to check it on our phones / computers for reference and then communicate to the bridal party, family and friends what was happening and when.

On the wedding day, A Monique Affair had event techs at our two hotels and both event venues, and Syrhonda was supervising everything. We had Kimi with us all morning as we got ready. She was fun and ready to help whenever we needed her. There were unforeseeable issues, as there will be, that came up - timing of food delivery while I was getting my hair done, one lost bus driver, a last-minute parking request, and even scissors to cut off tags at the ceremony. I never had to worry because the team handled it all with grace. They had smart watches and phones to communicate with each other all day. They were never flustered and I could be present and completely enjoy the day. Bailey was at the Faculty Club all day from event setup to cleanup. They made sure we knew where and with whom everything was going after it was all over.

I don’t know how we could’ve done it without the whole team. They were extremely professional, genuinely nice and really fun to be with. Thank you for making our day special and so memorable in all the good ways!