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Small team (2-10 members)

Austin Occasions is a wedding planner serving Austin, Round Rock, Bee Cave, Buda, and the surrounding areas in Texas. Their trained and certified staff will ensure that your wedding runs smoothly, as they believe you should get to relax and enjoy your own celebration.

Experience

Melissa Benavides and Maria Russo, the owners of Austin Occasions, established the company more than two years ago. Together, they have over 10 years of experience. The duo currently leads a team of talented day-of coordinators, servers, and prep cooks.

Services Offered

To ensure your celebration runs like clockwork, the wedding planner provides a range of packages for your rehearsal dinner, ceremony, and reception. Their services include but are not limited to:

  • Day-of coordination
  • Full planning
  • Partial planning
  • Referrals
  • Timelines
  • Greeter
  • Wait staff
  • Setup and breakdown
  • Floral design

What You'll Love About Austin Occasions

Couples who have worked with this wedding planner enjoy peace of mind knowing their big day is in good hands. With passion and creativity, this team will create a one-of-a-kind experience that exceeds your expectations. Check out their reviews and FAQs to see how this business can serve you.

FAQ

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

$801

What is the starting price for partial wedding planning?

$1,504

Do you offer an hourly rate?

Yes

What is the hourly rate?

$70

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
Double Weddings
Eco-Friendly
Non-Religious
Religious

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Reviews of Austin Occasions

Aarin
Aarin Sent on 02/03/2023
5 out of 5 rating

What an amazing wedding day!

Camille and her staff made our wedding everything that we could’ve dreamed! We used her services for Day-Of Coordinating and staffing.
We had been feeling extremely out of our depth with wedding planning. We had a ton of family coming in from out of town and we were concerned about getting everyone there, getting all the materials there, and we felt like we were losing sight of the actual goal: to get married.
Camille made the day so easy for us. All the worries and concerns that had been building up in the months leading up to the wedding felt heard and understood from our very first meeting. She asked us all the right questions, and made the whole thing seem doable, and more than that actually made the whole wedding doable.
My wife and I tend to be planners so everyone was very concerned about us actually kicking back and enjoying our wedding instead of micromanaging everything from the sidelines. From the moment we arrived at the venue on the big day, it was clear that everything was taken care of! My mom rolled up with a trailer filled to the brim with all our wedding things, and Camille and her staff took over arranging everything including our archway exactly as we had pictured it! She followed all of our requests and anything that we didn’t explicitly discuss was arranged beautifully without adding any additional stress to our plates.
Throughout the night her staff was professional and accommodating. They handled set up of everything for the wedding including the archway, decorations for the ceremony, table settings, the welcome table, as well as serving the food, providing bartenders, and putting everything away at the end of the night. We got endless compliments from our friends and family over how beautifully everything was done and we were blown away ourselves!
Camille made sure we were taken care of with everything for the night. She made sure we had plates of food once dinner was started, she kept us hydrated, and kept us on our timeline so we didn’t miss out on photography, cake cutting, and every other event we had outlined.
Overall, I would absolutely recommend Austin Occasions to anyone getting married. It was so worth it!
Kim
Kim Sent on 02/10/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Wow - amazing team and service!

Melissa and her team were amazing. From the moment I sent an inquiry to the farewell at the end of our evening, we were so glad that we found Austin Occasions. We found their packages easy to select from and Melissa also provided a number of recommendations (what we might need, what we didn’t need) that were greatly appreciated. Even when we had a last minute change in venue (as in, the day before), Austin Occasions didn’t skip a beat. Every single team member at our event was pleasant, professional, attentive, and made things so easy. B was a wonderful crew leader and very helpful with facilitating decisions about where to set up, our place settings, and keeping things on track. So glad we worked with Austin Occasions and will definitely be using them in the future when the need arises. We hope the crew had fun at our wedding - thanks to AO, we sure did!
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Matt Sent on 08/22/2020
5 out of 5 rating

True professionalism!

A pleasure to work with all around! Melissa and her staff personify professionalism at every junction of the process, from planning to execution. We HIGHLY recommend Austin Occasions!!
Meredith
Meredith Sent on 01/07/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Helped us stay on track and think through all the details for a DIY event

Melissa truly put us at ease as we planned our DIY wedding for 180 people. It was the first wedding we'd planned and she helped us think through all of the little things - We hadn't even considered thinking of how to bring home the extra food! She helped organize and execute our personalized and atypical ceremony (we created it ourselves) and made sure all of our guests enjoyed themselves. And she also made all of our bouquets and boutonnieres!

The run of show was seamless - checking in when it was time for toasts, cake and send off while adapting throughout the night as things moved quicker or slower than expected. Melissa and her team were great - the bartenders were some of the friendliest wedding bartenders I've ever experienced! We could easily say "do what you think is best" and know that she would choose an option that we may not have thought of but would fit our event perfectly.
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Colleen Sent on 12/12/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful Experience

Our experience with Melissa Benavides at Austin Occasions could not have been better. She and her entire team are thoughtful, hard working and fun! They went above and beyond to help us pull off a wonderful event for our daughter and her new husband. Melissa makes herself available during the entire planning process and offers great suggestions while also keeping in mind what each couple would like.
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Vicky Sent on 05/30/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Quick to response and very professional!

I had my wedding on March 9th, 2019 and reached out to them a couple months before and they responded instantly. I spoke with Melissa a couple times over the phone and she was very quick to answer questions and respond to all of my emails!

The ladies who were at the wedding were professional and did everything from serving drinks to picking up trash and cutting the cake. I couldn't have asked for a better team! Thank y'all so much for making our wedding amazing!
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Kara Sent on 12/05/2018
5 out of 5 rating

Personable and Professional

Sarah and Norah were absolutely AMAZING at the most recent wedding I worked. Not only were they attentive to the guests to create an intimate and memorable experience throughout the evening, but they were so kind and responsive to the tasks that I gave them throughout the night. I hope to work with both of them again very soon!!!
Nina
Nina Sent on 10/22/2018
5 out of 5 rating

Excellent!

Loved their services! Needed a last minute server and they were so quick and easy to work with. Highly recommend this company.
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Marissa Sent on 10/12/2018
5 out of 5 rating
Melissa is absolutely amazing. My goal when I got married was to keep it as stress free as possible - I planned what I thought was a pretty simple wedding and I honestly didn't think I needed a planner or a coordinator. I was wrong. If Melissa had not been a part of our wedding, it would have been a mess. We turned cabins on the river into our venue so everything was pretty DIY and Melissa's input was invaluable. She helped me determine how much beer & wine to buy (we had the PERFECT amount), how to coordinate the food truck, helped me pick out my flowers, the list goes on and on. Melissa was there for our entire wedding weekend and she worked the whole time making sure everything was perfect. She not only made sure everything was set up & everything happened on time, but she went above and beyond. We did everything pretty non-traditional so we didn't have a time for speeches planned. She encouraged us to see if anyone wanted to say something, and I am SO GLAD she did. It was one of the most memorable moments of the evening. She also made sure to set up some really beautiful photo opportunities I never would have thought of - she even brought sparklers! On top of all of the above, she also did the flowers - I do not cry easily and the flowers were so gorgeous I cried. She was absolutely invaluable. All of my friends were saying things like "I need Melissa for my wedding" or "I wish I had had Melissa at my wedding." If you are wondering if you need a wedding planner or day of coordinator - you do. And you don't just need any planner, you need Melissa.
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Abbey Sent on 08/07/2018
5 out of 5 rating
Melissa was beyond helpful! She took care of all the day-of details and really put me at ease. She even repaired my bustle after someone stepped on my dress and ripped it! I highly recommend her.
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