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Events By The Bay is a full-service event planning and coordination business in San Francisco, California that specializes in weddings. Owner and lead planner Janette Najar created this team to help clients to realize their dream events. Couples may call on Janette and her team to help create, plan, and execute a truly unique celebration.

Services Offered

Wedding services available from Events By The Bay include day-of coordination, partial planning, and full planning. Janetter and her team are ready to assist each couple with their rehearsal dinner, wedding ceremony, and reception. This team has experience planning religious, non-religious, civil, cultural, eco-friendly, military, and destination weddings. Couples may call on them for to-do lists, budget analysis, guest list creation, timeline creation, event design, and vendor referrals.

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Frequently asked questions

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

$1,500

What is the starting price for partial wedding planning?

$4,000

What is the starting price for full wedding planning?

$6,000

Do you offer an hourly rate?

Yes

What is the hourly rate?

$100

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
Cultural
Destination
Eco-Friendly
Military
Non-Religious
Religious

Reviews of Events By The Bay

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Events by the Bay delivered exceptional planning and day-of coordination, successfully managing complex logistics across multiple locations. The team created stunning florals and cohesive, budget-friendly decor, provided trusted vendor recommendations and helpful rentals, and kept communication organized. Calm, professional, and reasonably priced, they made the wedding run smoothly and stress-free.

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Events by the Bay delivered exceptional planning and day-of coordination, successfully managing complex logistics across multiple locations. The team created stunning florals and cohesive, budget-friendly decor, provided trusted vendor recommendations and helpful rentals, and kept communication organized. Calm, professional, and reasonably priced, they made the wedding run smoothly and stress-free.

Dominic
Dominic Sent on 03/30/2026
5 out of 5 rating

Highly recommended!

We hired Events by the Bay for our wedding coordination and it was one of the best decisions we made. Pooja and Janette were so on top of everything, from vendor communication to making sure the day flowed perfectly. They were calm, organised, and such a joy to have around. If you're looking for a team that genuinely cares about your day, look no further.
Jon
Jon Sent on 10/12/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Great vision and value

Janette from Events by the bay understood our vision from the beginning, and worked patiently with us through the process to make sure we had exactly what we needed for our wedding reception. We didn’t want to go overboard due to budget, and she kept that in mind. The arrangements were romantic, bohemian, and colorful, and she provided the perfect accent candle holders and vases for our retro/disco theme! She even hooked us up with a designer who created our seating chart, place cards, etc. which ensured the vibe was cohesive. Day-of coordination went smoothly too.
M
Me Sent on 09/15/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful florals!

Janette at Events by the Bay was wonderful to work with. She perfectly executed our vision for our florals. She brought, assembled, and decorated our chuppah and it turned out stunning. Her crew was extremely efficient in setting up and taking down the florals. We were able to keep some of our florals for the brunch the following day and they lasted beautifully. Events by the Bay is also extremely reasonably priced and easy to work with.
Veronique
Veronique Sent on 05/19/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing wedding planner, cool under pressure

Events By the Bay did a fantastic job planning my wedding. Not only great vendor recs, but handled all the hiccups that came up in the planning process and made it stress-free for me and my now-husband! They are also really nice to work with, great people
Danielle
Danielle Sent on 08/19/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Absolutely LOVED Events By The Bay!

Janette is incredibly kind and calming! We worked with her for a year up to our wedding and she provided great recommendations for vendors and an excellent check list to make sure we were on track. She and her whole team were excellent on the day of the wedding! Super affordable and helpful!
Petra
Petra Sent on 11/27/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing wedding planner and florist!

Janette was our wedding planner and florist for our wedding this summer, It was a complex event involving two locations (our backyard in a rural area and a restaurant 30 minutes away as well as 3 hotels that 120 guests had to be shuttled to and from). It was so complex that initially we were unsure if we could even pull it off. Hiring Janette was the best decision we ever made! She assured us that it could be done, and she was right.



From the get-go, Janette was extremely organized and always a step or five ahead of us, while being cheerful, friendly, and flexible when we changed our mind on something or were slower than expected in our wedding planning homework tasks.



Janette has a wealth of experience and a great event planning network: she connected us with trusted vendors she had worked with (such as our photographer, DJ, the furniture rental company, and the catering company for the post-wedding brunch). The manager at our event venue restaurant had also worked with Janette multiple times before and was happy to hear that Janette would be in charge. She clearly has an excellent reputation in the industry! Every vendor we hired upon her recommendation did excellent work. I would trust Janette's recommendations blindly.



Another big plus for us was that Janette is also a florist and could do all the flowers for our wedding herself, from bridal and bridesmaids bouquets to flower arrangements for tables, vases, and outdoor signs. Janette also has a lot of rentals available for reasonable prices, which come in handy to put finishing touches on the design. In our case, she created a beautiful wedding arch by draping our oak tree in white fabric and adding flowers, hanging lanterns, pedestals with beautiful flower arrangements, etc., from her collection. Janette also created and provided beautiful graphics and images for our dinner menu, wedding ceremony, outdoor signage, signature cocktails, table signs and escort cards, etc.



We went through months of planning and enjoyed the process. Janette is a true professional who kept us informed, in control as much or as little as we wanted to, on timeline, and on budget.



Everything went off without a hitch, and we could truly enjoy our wedding day without worries or stress. It was more magical and wonderful than we could have dreamed of, and this is truly due to Janette's professionalism and experience! I would hire her again in a heartbeat. We had an amazing experience with Janette and her team and cannot recommend her highly enough!



Thank you, Janette, for everything you have done to make our wedding such a beautiful, unforgettable experience!
Derin
Derin Sent on 09/26/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Fantastic Coordination/Florals/Decor for a Fantastic Price!

We hired Janette and Events by the Bay for month-of coordination, floral, and decor services for our wedding on September 23, 2023. She absolutely exceeded our expectations, and we're so grateful to her and her team for making our wedding day run smoothly. Janette was incredibly communicative, especially during the month before the wedding, when she helped us make sure every moving piece fit together. At one point, we realized we didn't have a vendor to help with set-up and tear-down of the reception space, and she helped us fill that gap. Janette created our floor plan, asked insightful questions during our walkthrough, and was regularly in touch with our other vendors. She created floral arrangements and set up decor that matched our inspiration photos perfectly. I gasped when I saw my bouquet--it was that gorgeous. Her staff were kind, respectful, and super on top of the timeline. The icing on the cake was the pricing--Janette has incredibly competitive prices for all services she offers. Her business truly is a one-stop shop for so many key pieces you need for a wedding. Highly recommend!
H
Hailey Sent on 12/14/2022
5 out of 5 rating

A Flawless Wedding!

Janette was the coordinator for our wedding, and she and her assistant ensured it went off without a hitch! She read over our contracts to make sure they were fair, created floor plans, provided a few last minute rentals, and coordinated with our vendors leading up to the wedding to ensure that they knew the plan. It was so helpful to have Janette step in and work with our vendors and answer questions so we didn't have to deal with that stress! Our wedding day went exactly to plan, and we have to thank Janette and her team for that!
D
Dee Sent on 07/08/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Floral and Day-Of Coordination Services

I hired Events By The Bay for their day-of coordinator and floral services. Both services were top notch and affordable. Janette was absolutely outstanding as both my florist and day-of coordinator.

Regarding floral services, Janette respected our budget and delivered absolutely beautiful floral arrangements.

Regarding day-of coordination services, Janette went above and beyond to ensure my special day went smoothly. Specifically, my wedding was on a tight timeline from beginning to end. Of course hair and makeup caused us to fall behind schedule. As you could imagine, I started to stress out. However, with Janette’s calm demeanor and expertise, she was able to get my wedding back on schedule and our guest never knew the difference. In fact, all of our guest stated that the wedding was absolutely beautiful and very well organized. I only have Janette and Events By The Bay to thank for the outcome.

Events By The Bay is truly a one-stop shop for all of your wedding needs. Do yourself a favor and hire Events By The Bay for your wedding!
J
Jillian Sent on 06/18/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Thank you!

We are so happy we went with Janette for our wedding coordinator, rentals and florals! It was so convenient having the single point of contact for these three huge pillars, and she was super on top of everything. Her wedding coordinators were great and went above and beyond on the day of, and everything went off without a hitch. I was particularly impressed with the flowers and we received many complements. Thank you Janette!
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