My husband and I recently had the pleasure of working with Zakiya (Z) as our day of planner, and I cannot recommend her highly enough.
Z went above and beyond just planning for the day itself. Despite her busy schedule, she took the time to accommodate our needs, even though we were planning from overseas, as we live in the UK. Her dedication to working around our time zone and her willingness to engage in frequent communication made the entire process seamless and stress-free. She also was always super speedy to respond, even on weekends.
From start to finish, Z demonstrated exceptional organisational skills that truly set her apart. Her meticulous attention to detail ensured that every aspect of our big day was executed flawlessly.
She also thought of everything and brought up many points we would have missed without her help and had a plan A, B and C already prepared just in case an issue would have arisen - in our case there was a semi-rainy forecast and Z thought of everything we needed just in case it rained.
If you're looking for a wedding planner who combines strong organisational skills, a keen eye for detail, outstanding communication, and a willingness to go the extra mile, Zakiya is the person you want by your side. She turned our vision into reality and made our wedding day truly unforgettable.

Zakiya was an amazing wedding planner! She was the partial planner for our wedding this past April and had been planning with us for the past 2 years. We had our wedding at the Piedmont Community Hall in Oakland. The venue is pretty bare bones, only providing tables and chairs, so we had to coordinate everything else ourselves - including drop off catering, waitstaff, rentals, silk floral & decor rentals, DJ, photo/video, drop off alcohol, and more! There were a lot of moving pieces and Zakiya really helped us pull it all together.

She couldn't be there in-person on our wedding day, so we had Miriam (Pinsky's Planning) as our Day of Coordinator. Zakiya put together a super in-depth guide for the waitstaff since she couldn't be there, and Miriam and Zakiya worked really closely together beforehand and the day of our wedding to make sure everything went smoothly. We really didn't have to worry about a thing on our wedding day - all thanks to them both! Zakiya is super affordable and I really couldn't ask for more in a planner. Highly recommend!

Zakiya was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING for our wedding in October! By far one of our best vendors. She was available when we needed her, walked us through everything we needed for our day, and helped us organize the vendors we booked. Everyone could not stop talking about how well Zakiya did on our wedding day and how everything was so organized. She even took over as an MC when our DJ failed to perform and everyone loved her! If you are contemplating hiring her, just do it. She was awesome to work with and really made us feel like we were a team.