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  • 2026
  • 2025

Ashley May Events

Full Planning
Partial Planning
Day-of Coordination
Elopement
Nicole
Alex
Nicole
Claire
Amy

Recommended by 100% of couples

About this vendor

Based in the heart of Arroyo Grande, California, Ashley May Events is a creative coordination service for your wedding day. Founder and meticulous planner Ashley is here to produce a seamless celebration. By handing the reins to Ashley & her team, you and your significant other can expect an event filled with lots of smiles, love, and laughter.

Services Offered

To make your dream come true, Ashley May Events invites you to enjoy a consultation to explore your favorite wedding package. If your day Is planned and you need someone to come in to mostly just execute and finalize your day her Day of package might suit you best, but if you have some plans in place and would like further management or guidance before your big day, Ashley recommends her most common option, The Month of Coordination package. Thanks to their expert assistance, all your plans with vendors (and your venue) can be finalized. However, if you have your vision but can't get started, this professional will offer their Semi Planning package. For more details about how this passionate coordinator can ensure your celebration runs without a hitch, contact Ashley May Events today!

Features

Woman-owned

Experience

  • 3 years in business

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FAQ

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

$2,800

What is the starting price for partial wedding planning?

$6,550

What is the starting price for full wedding planning?

$10,500

Do you offer an hourly rate?

No

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
Elopement
Non-Religious
Religious

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Reviews of Ashley May Events

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The planner is highly organized, professional, and made planning stress-free by coordinating vendors and communicating promptly. On the wedding day her team ran the timeline flawlessly, solved issues quietly, and let couples relax and enjoy. Reviewers say she goes above and beyond and highly recommend her.

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The planner is highly organized, professional, and made planning stress-free by coordinating vendors and communicating promptly. On the wedding day her team ran the timeline flawlessly, solved issues quietly, and let couples relax and enjoy. Reviewers say she goes above and beyond and highly recommend her.

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Tess Sent on 07/23/2026
5 out of 5 rating

Please book Ashley as your planner!

The most organized and fabulous wedding planner on the central coast! We planned a wedding across the country in 8 short months, and could not have done it without Ashley. She made our day absolutely seamless, which allowed us to fully take in the day and live in every moment. From the big things like rentals to vendors, even down to the details on the tables and aisle, she knew exactly what to do and understood our vision without fail. If you do anything for yourselves during this process at all, please remember to call and book Ashley! We truly couldn’t have done it without her. 
Nicole
Nicole Sent on 07/06/2026
5 out of 5 rating

Best Wedding Planner!!!

We absolutely recommend Ashley as your wedding planner! She went above and beyond to help plan our special day and keep everything running smoothly on the day of. She always made us feel like a priority, was incredibly kind, and went out of her way to make our wedding day stress free. She was helpful in recommending and coordinating with vendors.  We are forever grateful for Ashley! -Nicole and Alexander
Alex
Alex Sent on 06/30/2026
5 out of 5 rating

Hire Ashley First!

If you're considering hiring Ashley, do it! We hired her as our full-service wedding planner, and our only regret is that we didn't find her before booking our venue. She helped us find incredible vendors, kept us organized every step of the way, and made what could have been a stressful process genuinely enjoyable.

On the wedding day, Ashley and her team went above and beyond. They were organized, professional, warm, and so incredibly kind to everyone. We truly felt like we could relax and be fully present because they had everything under control.

Ashley was one of the best investments we made for our wedding, and we can't recommend her highly enough.
Nicole
Nicole Sent on 10/23/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Hire Ashley!!


Working with Ashley was truly a dream! She made our entire planning process so seamless and stress free! We aren’t from the area so she really helped us with all of our questions and gave incredible vendor recommendations. Anytime I had a question for her or a vendor she was right on top of it which really made the planning process a dream. She truly knows the wedding industry like the back of her hand!! Our wedding day ran absolutely so seamless and we wouldn’t have been able to do it without her and her team!
Claire
Claire Sent on 10/13/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Best Wedding Planner/Coordinator Out There!!

Ashley was absolutely amazing. The whole process truly felt like having a close friend give me advice and help plan the perfect day. No matter how many times or what time of day I would reach out with a question Ashley was very prompt and always there to help. The day of the wedding was coordinated to perfection and I will without a doubt recommend Ashley to all my friends who get married in the future!
A
Angelina Sent on 10/07/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Angelina & Dylan 8-30-25

Ashley was amazing she really helped us stay within our budget and was extremely professional. She had an amazing attitude and truly helped make my day feel so special. I am so grateful for her and the experience my husband and I had with her.
C
Caroline Sent on 06/22/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Such an amazing wedding planner!

We are do glad we had the pleasure of working with Ashley. She went above and beyond to ensure we had the most perfect day. She was so on top of everything and we couldn’t recommend her more!
Amy
Amy Sent on 05/21/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Organize and Effective

Ashley May Events was a delight to work with! She communicates efficiently, thoroughly and with grace. If you are looking for a well executed day, where vendors know what to do, when and where this company will delight you as well.
A
Ann Sent on 05/08/2025
5 out of 5 rating

12/10 Recommend

Ashley made our day so much less stressful. She helped work with all our vendors and was always timely, courteous, and patient as we asked dozens of questions. She eased our worries and kept us organized and on a manageable time schedule.
Katie
Katie Sent on 03/17/2025
5 out of 5 rating

"Dream Wedding Coordinator"

My daughter, Katie and her fiancé Beau, were wed in Morro Bay 2/2/25 at Windows on the Water.
I found Ashley online and reached out to her to be our “day of wedding coordinator”.
From the beginning she was gracious and open to all our plans- that seemed to be constantly changing!
Ashley made planning our destination wedding an enormous success…and we had
only six months to plan the grand event.
We took it upon ourselves to do the designs, lighting, table scapes and florals. Having Ashley to bounce ideas off of was priceless.
Ashely coordinated and ran the entire rehearsal and stayed for the set up that evening. She and Hannah worked hard to get everything in place so we would not have much to do the day of the wedding.
The ceremony and the reception were beautiful. We counted on her for all the “day of” finishing touches and she kept everyone on time (not our family’s strength). She coordinated all the vendors and made sure we had all “had crossed all our t’s and had dotted all our i’s”. She even took some pictures that no one else had captured. We all loved that they effortlessly were able to mix and mingle with our guests.
Ashley and her assistant, Hannah, went above and beyond to make Katie and Beau’s wedding day run smoothly and look spectacular!
I can’t thank them enough for their professionalism and their excellent work ethic. Together they made all the behind the scenes activities seamless.
Cheers ladies we can’t thank you enough for helping us create such beautiful memories❤️
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