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About

Based out of New Bern, North Carolina, Down To I Do is a wedding planning company. This experienced team strives to make your nuptial journey seamless, taking care of the details so you don’t have to. They are passionate about making your big day come to life and providing you with special memories without all the stress.

Services Offered

From the initial consultation to the final send-off, Tamara and her team will be by your side. Down To I Do offer full-service planning and design, partial and day-of management. They will listen carefully to your unique vision for your special day and will use their knowledge, skills, and expertise to bring your dream day to life. This company can cater to many wedding types such as civil, religious, non-religious, and military. Some of the services available at Down To I Do include:

  • Budget analysis
  • Vendor referrals
  • Timelines
  • To-do lists
  • Event design

  • Woman-owned
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Frequently asked questions

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

$1,550

What is the starting price for partial wedding planning?

$2,300

What is the starting price for full wedding planning?

$3,000

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
Eco-Friendly
Military
Non-Religious
Religious

Reviews of Down To I Do- Weddings + Events

Chelsea
Chelsea Sent on 06/21/2022
5 out of 5 rating

A Joy to Work With

We hired DTID to be our month-of coordinator and we are so happy we did!
Tamara helped us with our day-of planning ahead of time and walked through our venues with us the month before. Her communication was great and she was a joyful and helpful addition to our team! We had several zoom meetings to go over the overall idea & themes of my day and she gave some great suggestions. We also got the pleasure of working with Kristin the week-of and day-of our wedding since Tamara was out of town. What a wonderful, kind, helpful, soul Kristin is. She totally saw our vision, listened to all of the details, and was a rockstar when it came to some major unforeseen issues just days before the wedding. She called me to personally make sure I was mentally okay given the last-minute changes/surprises I had both personally and with vendors. She helped communicate with our vendors & work through some challenging situations, all with a positive can-do-it attitude. We hired DTID to help us with: Event timeline, Ceremony walking order & Rehearsal, Day-of set up & break down at our ceremony site, and set up at our reception where Kristin helped my godmother set up a beautiful large charcuterie board, she set the tables and all the décor, and made sure every detail was in place. Better than I could’ve imagined!
Because of DTID, our whole wedding & reception happened without a hitch. We would hands-down recommend Down To I Do for your event!

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Maggie Sent on 12/02/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Wedding Day Go-To

Tamara and her team are all amazing. From day one Tamara makes you feel like you have known her your whole life which is why she’s so good at what she does. She takes everything you tell her and makes it into your dream wedding without making you sweat one thing on the big day. Would recommend to anyone !
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Kelcie Sent on 11/28/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Wedding Day

We had the very best time with Tamara, she even walked my children down the aisle!!! 10/10 recommend hiring her as a planner.
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Jenna Sent on 11/28/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Perfect/Excellent

She was PERFECT! The day of her and her team worked their butts off and I never knew if anything went wrong. They were awesome. We used them for the month of and day of. Highly recommend!
Jenn
Jenn Sent on 07/04/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Loved Working with Tamara!

We hired Tamara to be our day-of coordinator, and I'm so thankful that we did! She helped me feel at ease on my wedding day, and I felt I was able to fully enjoy it because of her! She is so thoughtful and detail-oriented, and you can tell how much she cares about her brides! She will go above and beyond to make sure your day is exactly how you dreamed it to be, only elevating your vision to make it truly incredible and memorable. Thank you, Tamara! :)
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Ashley Sent on 06/30/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Fantastic service!!

Tamara was great! From the planning stage to our big day, I could not have done it without her and her team!!
Rebecca
Rebecca Sent on 06/16/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Couldn’t have asked for anything more from this team, they are AMAZING!

Down to I Do was a LIFE SAVER! Every detail I asked for this team NAILED! If you are looking for a planner, all I can say is HIRE THEM, you won’t be disappointed what so ever and would pick Down to I Do over and over again! I had a fairytale wedding day and never stressed once because this team had it all covered!
Ashley
Ashley Sent on 04/04/2022
5 out of 5 rating

The absolute best!

Tamara + her team are the absolute best at what they do! So professional, helpful, and easy to work with. I cannot say enough good things about them!
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Allison Sent on 05/28/2024
4.8 out of 5 rating

They were awesome!

I used Down To I Do for month of/day of wedding planning. They were priced very fairly and even offered military, health care, and teacher discount which was awesome. Tamara helped with my final details meeting at my venue, wedding day timeline, and seating chart layout the month of the wedding. She was so nice and helpful and had great recommendations! Kristin was my coordinator on the day of the wedding and Melanie was her assistant and they were amazing! They set everything up perfectly and made the day go so smoothly. I highly recommend Down To I Do for wedding planning!
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Bm Sent on 10/22/2023
1.2 out of 5 rating

Down To I Do added significant stress and frustration

We were extremely disappointed in our experience with Down to I Do. In the months leading to the wedding, Tamara was increasingly difficult to reach. We consistently had to follow up with multiple messages to elicit a response, days later. Despite repeated requests, we did not receive an initial draft of the day-of timeline, one of Down to I Do’s primary deliverables, until less than 2 weeks before the wedding. This caused delays to planning and coordination with other vendors.

Tamara was not in attendance at either our rehearsal or wedding. She sent an alternative POC with whom we had never had any contact to lead both occasions, and we had never been informed upon signing the contract or leading up to the wedding that it was a possibility she, as owner and lead planner with whom we had communicated with exclusively, would not attend and/or would send a substitute except due to emergency. The venue manager was also not informed that she would be absent until the day of the wedding. Per Tamara’s staff, she was attending another rehearsal during our rehearsal, and another event the day of our wedding. She stated that an email was sent to us in her portal to inform us of such change, but the portal shows that the message was never delivered. Despite the easy availability of multiple other communication channels which had been used throughout the planning process (e.g. text, phone, email), she did not follow up to ensure we were aware of such an important change, 3 days before the wedding.

The girls she sent to the wedding in her place were nice and assisted with setup and breakdown. Though they were nice, it was clear they did not have the same level of experience leading weddings as we would have expected from Tamara. At multiple points throughout the wedding, the lead seemed overwhelmed, uncertain, and was intermittently absent.

Tamara’s consistent delays in communication, or lack thereof entirely, caused significant stress and frustration. Her lack of accountability in addressing her absence at both the rehearsal and wedding was unprofessional and unacceptable. Tamara let us down on one of the most important occasions of our life, and we would have been better off planning everything independently.
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