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Events by Gillian is a wedding planner for couples preparing for a wedding in the Lititz, Pennsylvania area. This wedding planner is both organized and experienced, so that couples won’t have to worry about a moment of their wedding day. Planner Gillian believes in making a couple’s wedding both personal, and memorable. Her two favorite parts of a wedding include watching the couple as they walk down the aisle and the bridal party entrance at the reception.

Experience
Owner and planner Gillian McSherry has loved event planning since she was a girl. She landed her first internship in high school, and studied at Penn State University for her hospitality management degree. The degree led to another internship and finally to an event coordinator job, which she held before starting her own wedding planning business to do what she loves best.

Services Offered
Couples will find full planning, partial planning, and day-of coordination through Events by Gillian. She is there for couples from the rehearsal dinner to the ceremony and reception. Her planning for religious weddings includes services such as referrals, timelines, and to-do lists for couples.

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Frequently asked questions

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

$900

What is the starting price for partial wedding planning?

$1,350

What is the starting price for full wedding planning?

$2,000

Do you offer an hourly rate?

Yes

What is the hourly rate?

$50

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?

Non-Religious
Religious

Reviews of Events by Gillian

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Reviewers rave about the planner and team for superb organization, attention to detail, and calm professionalism from planning through the wedding day. They translated visions into beautiful designs, managed vendors and rentals, and resolved issues seamlessly. Clients report stress-free, flawless events and highly recommend them.

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Reviewers rave about the planner and team for superb organization, attention to detail, and calm professionalism from planning through the wedding day. They translated visions into beautiful designs, managed vendors and rentals, and resolved issues seamlessly. Clients report stress-free, flawless events and highly recommend them.

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Hope Sent on 05/27/2026
5 out of 5 rating

Best planner ever!

Gillian and her team did an amazing job planning and executing the most special and beautiful wedding day we could ever hope for! Booking Gillian’s services was seriously the best and most important decision we made to have a smooth wedding day. Gillian and Maddie and Karen did the best job possible. Thanks for helping us stay calm and navigate the difficult family components. From start to finish, the wedding planning process felt less daunting and less overwhelming and more manageable and fun. I would book these services again in a heartbeat! I can’t put it in to words how much it means to us and “thank you” doesn’t do our heartfelt gratitude the proper justice.
Michael
Michael Sent on 05/18/2026
5 out of 5 rating

The best vendor we have hired and worked with!

We hired Gillian for the partial planning package, and it was truly the best decision my husband and I made for the wedding! Gillian's attentiveness to detail, incredible organization, and deep knowledge of wedding planning made such a difference for us! We had so many questions along the way, and she always took the time to answer them thoughtfully and clearly, which helped us feel so much more at ease.

On the wedding day itself, Gillian and her team were amazing! Everything ran so smoothly that we didn’t notice a single thing going wrong. If anything did come up, they clearly handled it seamlessly in the background so we could stay fully present and enjoy every moment.

Most importantly, Gillian helped bring our exact vision to life. Everything came together so beautifully and felt so effortless from our perspective. It was truly beyond what we could have imagined. We cannot say enough good things about Gillian and her team!
Claudia
Claudia Sent on 05/13/2026
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing!!!

Events by Gillian & Co was absolutely the best experience with planning our wedding from start to finish. We booked full service planning with Gillian about 18 months out from our wedding. Our wedding was at Winterthur Museum in Delaware in April. From the start Gillian was organized and walked us through every step of the planning process with a calm demeanor. She kept track of every detail I would never have thought of and made the process stress free. The day of my wedding there was rain so we had to shift some plans, and make some pivots. But Gillian and her team handled it all without any issue, and without any stress on me. Gillian designed a BEAUTIFUL reception space as well which we got tons of compliments on. Overall 10/10 I would recommend anyone to go with Gillian and her team for their wedding she was easy to work with and made our wedding great!
Thomas
Thomas Sent on 12/04/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Hire Gillian if you want a Stress Free Wedding

We hired Events by Gillian for their Day of Coordination package and were blown away by the services. From our first call we knew Gillian was a seasoned veteran, understood the venue and timeline, and was guaranteed to give us a wedding without issues. Gillian handled all of our discussions and was calm and level-headed at all times, she fielded all of our crazy requests and delivered exactly how we wanted. I genuinely had no worries about issues during the event because Gillian orchestrated everything beautifully and if something did happen...... she managed it brilliantly because I still don't know!!

I cannot thank her and her team enough for all of the work they did to fulfill our wedding. Trust me, hire Events by Gillian and let them handle the operations - you will thank me later when you're enjoying your event!
Chrissie
Chrissie Sent on 10/27/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Beyond Wow

When our original wedding planner closed her business, Gillian McSherry of Events by Gillian & Co. stepped in and absolutely saved the day. From the moment she joined our planning process, she went above and beyond every expectation. We had the partial planning package, but Gillian made it feel like full-service care in every way.

She immediately understood our vision — she just got our vibe — and brought every detail to life with incredible precision and creativity. Her attention to detail is unmatched, and her calm professionalism made the entire experience stress-free.

What truly made the day so special was how flawlessly everything came together. As the mother of the bride, I was able to spend every precious moment with my daughter on her fairy-tale day without a single worry. Walking out to see everything exactly as we had dreamed — it took my breath away. Our guests are still raving about how stunning the ceremony, venue, and reception were.

I cannot recommend Gillian and her team highly enough for any event. She is a true professional, an absolute class act, and someone who will make your vision come to life more beautifully than you could imagine.
K
Kallie Sent on 01/22/2025
5 out of 5 rating

The Best Team Ever!!

10/10 would recommend Gillian and her team! I may be biased as Gillian is one of my best friends and was in my wedding, but her team truly outdid themselves and made it the most perfect day!!
Allison
Allison Sent on 12/02/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Best Wedding Planner Out There!

Gillian and her team were absolutely amazing. We did the partial planning package and it was perfect. There were so many moving parts to our day - lots of surprise performances and 250+ Guests...she handled this day and everything leading up to this day perfectly. She gave great advice, she helped with vendors, and her rentals were reasonable and so cute! Can't reccomend her and her team enough!
Alissa
Alissa Sent on 11/15/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Gillian & her team are the BEST planners!

When looking for wedding planners for our June 2024 wedding, I immediately clicked with Gillian and hired her after our first meeting for her partial planning services. Gillian was AMAZING to work with! She spent a lot of time making sure she understood our vision for our big day and was always in communication with us and all our other vendors. I cannot emphasize how amazing her design guides are; she completely visualized our day for us in a way we didn't know was possible! Which, as a very visual person, made planning so much less stressful as I could literally see our design ideas and décor laid out at our venue and church. Gillian is so incredibly organized, detailed, responsive and kind. I loved working with her so much that my sister hired her for her wedding four months later! I could not recommend Gillian and her team enough; if you are looking for a planner that will bring your Pinterest board to life, help you visualize your day and make your day stress-free, look no further!
Maggie
Maggie Sent on 10/26/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Wedding Planner for our October wedding

Gillian and her team are the whole package. We dreamed up our day and they made it even more beautiful than we could have imagined. The whole process from the initial call to details calls and walkthroughs were so detailed and organized. All of our information could be referenced in a Google Drive which I loved. I thought I had considered all of the details until we got on our calls, and I quickly realized I had not, but Gillian and her team had. They truly think of every little thing and make sure it is perfect and planned out. We had a few "non-traditional" components in our wedding day (worship song during the ceremony, live music performances during cocktail hour, and a line dancing lesson to name a few) and they ran with them all and made sure everything flowed seamlessly. Every vendor Gillian recommended was absolutely wonderful to work with and got our vision. We were able to just enjoy our entire wedding day and be present because we knew we were in good hands. Our family and wedding guests are still complementing our wedding day for how beautiful the details were and how personal it was. Could not recommend Gillian and her team more for your big day!
Emily
Emily Sent on 09/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

If you haven't hired Gillian yet, you should!

I hired Gillian for partial planning for my August 2024 wedding. From beginning to end, Gillian was a dream to work with. Right from the start, Gillian got to know me and my vision for my big day. She turned my chaotic Pinterest board into a detailed design plan that allowed me to visualize every aspect of my big day. Gillian is incredibly organized, responsive, and detail-oriented, all of which are characteristics a great wedding planner should have. On my wedding day, Gillian brought my vision to life and exceeded my expectations. If there was an issue, I had no clue because Gillian was there to correct the mistake before I even knew it was one. Because of her, I had a stress-free wedding and I will be forever thankful for that!
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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2025 Winner
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