It’s difficult for me to put into words how incredible Allison and the entire ABE team is – from our first phone call with Allison to our wedding day, we felt so supported and knew we could trust Allison and her team with every detail.

My husband and I got engaged at the very start of the COVID-19 pandemic – it was a very stressful year to plan a wedding and Allison helped us figure everything out – including changing the date from April 2021 to July 2021 without losing any of our vendors or any money.

Allison’s deep knowledge of the industry resulted in the most beautiful wedding that blew us and our guests away. We truly loved all our vendors – Allison has the best contacts! We all had the most amazing time and even when things didn’t go as planned (we had horizontal rain an hour before our outdoor ceremony), Allison quickly figured out how to make everything work for us, so we still had the most beautiful and memorable day.

We opted for Allison’s full-service planning package (rather than partial planning) because we both work full-time and needed all the help and advice we could get. Allison took care of everything – she created design boards to help us come up with a cohesive vision for our wedding, shared vendor shortlists with us that fit in our budget, handled and negotiated all contracts with our vendors, and more! We definitely saved thousands of dollars by working with Allison – her contact list is extensive, and she knew the right questions to ask and where we could shave off costs and still get the wedding we wanted.

I can’t say enough good things about Allison and her team. We feel so lucky that we had her by our side for our whole wedding experience!

After working with Allison on a wedding this month, we have nothing but good things to say about her! Throughout the whole process, Allison was very easy to work with, super sweet, and responsive. We would highly recommend her to anyone looking to plan their wedding.

Allison is a superb wedding planner with skills, knowledge and professionalism second to none. We started working with Allison right before the pandemic started and she handled with ease and skill the rescheduling of our wedding from Nov 2020 to Aug 2021. Initially we were not even sure we had much of a vision for our wedding, just looking for someone who could help us coordinate it all. When we started talking to Allison, she was excellent in helping us flesh out our thoughts and offered excellent ideas on making it all work out. She is very good about developing appropriate timelines and gently but firmly keeps folks (both us and other vendors) on task without being pushy. She is incredibly easy to reach and responds very quickly to email questions about anything. Her contacts are superb and every vendor she recommended was spot-on. When talking to the other vendors we used, it was also clear they had respect and confidence in Allison and her team. As an added bonus, Allison is a lovely, kind individual who is just fun to be around which makes working with her even better. She was simply a gem the day of the wedding and was instrumental in creating a seamless perfect wedding day. I had the utmost confidence in her and knew she could absolutely handle anything unexpected…and having that ease of mind is incredible at that point. The compliments we have received from our family and friends about our wedding have been across the board excellent. If even considering the possibility of using a wedding planner, I would strongly encourage you reach out to Allison and her team and utilize her services to the utmost that your budget will allow. She is definitely worth it.

Allison made planning our wedding possible. She was unbelievably organized and ensured that our day went flawlessly. My fiance and I were living in Florida for much of our wedding planning and we relied heavily on Allison to help us coordinate with vendors. Day-of she made sure that everyone performed per their contracts and made the entire experience stress-free for my fiance and I. I honestly don't know how we would have planned our wedding without her and I highly recommend her to anyone looking for a planner who will go above and beyond to make your wedding run smoothly.

After interviewing 3 different planners I settled on the obvious choice, Allison Barnes. Her calm and cool demeanor instantly put me at ease. I was planning a wedding in the middle of the woods, on top of a mountain-this required a keen attention to detail and lots of knowledge. Allison handled our rural, mountain top wedding with ease. She was instrumental with every last detail. We had to bring in EVERYTHING-generators, bathrooms, water, tables, chairs, tents, etc. From vendor recommendations, handling the timeline of deliveries, helping me find the most cost effective choices-to dealing with last minute emergency details-she handled it all professionally and calmly. Every single one of my vendors LOVED working with her. Not only is she really good at her job-she's also extremely likable. She is someone you'd actually want to be friends with after your wedding is over. I have to admit-I'm sad the planning is over because I enjoyed working with her so much! I cannot say enough great things about Allison and her team. I always have very high expectations and she exceeded every single one of them. I am not easily impressed but she is out of this world good. My wedding was perfect.

Allison was absolutely incredible. From day 1, we were hooked on her as our planner because she was genuine, warm, and truly wanted to know who we were. She was fantastic at helping us through the entire planning process, and our wedding would not have been so perfect without her. There was nothing that she could not handle, and she constantly put both of us at ease as she tackled all the potential hurdles that came our way.

Allison was incredibly accommodating, and she did her utmost to make our wedding day exactly as WE wanted. But maybe even more important is that Allison's experience and overall wedding know-how gave us invaluable advice, and her suggestions and insight ensured that our wedding day would be perfect.

Getting married was so much easier and less stressful thanks to her. She handled all types of difficult vendors, and managed what would have been an otherwise impossible timeline of detailed contracts. We were very lucky to have had her as our planner. We are extremely satisfied with her service, and highly recommend her as a wedding planner. Thank you so very much Allison!!! We wish you nothing but the best!

- Shannon and Paul

Allison is an incredibly talented wedding planner and I know our special day would not have gone as smoothly without her help. I worked with Allison on vendor management through-out my wedding planning as I knew the vision I wanted for my wedding, but knew that I didn't have the proper amount of time to work with the vendors on all of the details associated with having an amazing wedding. Allison was very friendly and was my rock through-out it all. She offered me a list of vendors for consideration based on what I wanted for my special day and it helped me choose the best fit to make my day unique for me and my husband. My guests asked me if I was nervous at all on my wedding day and I said no, because I knew everything was being handle by Allison.

Allison was so great to work with! She was always sunny and pleasant and was very easy to get along with right off the bat. She was my "day of" coordinator but they should really call that "month of" for everything she did leading up to the big day! The whole night went smoothly and she made sure that we always had anything we needed! She was also a huge help in picking my vendors who were all also amazing. I would definitely recommend her to anyone looking for a great planner!

I hired Allison Barnes Events for our day-of coordination and it was one of the best decisions I made! Allison went above and beyond to keep me on track while planning our wedding and she was so helpful to me throughout. Leading up to the wedding, she helped us create a detailed weekend timeline and made sure all of our vendors were updated with last minute changes. During the week leading up to the wedding we had to make weather changes, but Allison was always available and handled everything with grace and ease. Day-of, she made sure each vendor arrived and performed as stated on their contracts. She made excellent calls related to the weather, moving certain things inside in ways that made perfect sense and ensuring that the timeline was followed seamlessly. She and her assistant, Brittany, were so helpful to us throughout the day - we could hand them things and they'd make sure they got to a safe place, or we could ask for something and they'd get it taken care of in no time. Hiring Allison took so much pressure off our families for the weekend of the wedding and we were truly able to enjoy our wedding activities without worrying about a thing! I can't thank Allison enough.

Allison and her team at ABE are in one word, priceless. I have more of a glowing review below, but if you are considering ABE for your wedding - without Allison and ABE, our wedding would not have been the same wonderful day, and for that my husband and I are eternally grateful. It was the best investment we made in our wedding. We contracted for day of services but really Allison made herself available during the whole process & was very easy and quick to work with. Even with as much planning as my husband and I did, I can honestly admit that I would have been overwhelmed with all of the last minute coordination & day of details that ABE handled with ease. In the last week our venue had a change in catering manager with no overlap and Allison quickly jumped in and caught a few details that were lost in the transition. Our church did not have a service coordinator and our wedding ceremony was going to be the first a new Priest was presiding over. Allison stepped in to manage the entire wedding party and the procession and the ABE team saved the day with handling a rogue ring bearer who wanted to upstage the bride. He was entertained & handed off to a family friend so the ceremony was undisturbed (and they even found the box he chucked & got it back to us). We had several rooms for guests at our venue, which made keeping track of people tricky, but ABE kept us to schedule in a way that was low stress and easy. As a person I’m not typically able to give up control of events thinking I can manage better than anyone. For my wedding I was able to completely relax and enjoy the day knowing the details were in good hands. We loved how ABE incorporated our decorations into the venue and the whole set up. Our vendors raved about Allison & how easy and refreshing it was to work with ABE. They said her enthusiasm and attitude were unique to the industry and that she was a pleasure to work with. Thank you ABE for making our day!