This review is long overdue, but the good people of the world deserve to be lauded and Gianna is truly one of them. My wife and I started our wedding planning by looking for a property in LA, which led us to Gianna's website. After a great phone call where we talked about what we were looking for, we spent a day looking at a handful of properties around town and picked our venue in Malibu.

Both my wife and I worked in production for years, so we naively thought we could DIY our wedding, but quickly realized we were in over our head and asked Gianna for advice. After learning about her own decades of experience in live event planning, live production, and wedding planning we knew we had our perfect partner. We wanted an experienced wedding planner who has been through it all and could handle whatever might come up, so it was not a tough decision. She bent over backwards to make our requests happen, and walked us through the issues when they couldn't (which was rare.) She was a blast at our catering tastings, took detailed notes and handled everything. She introduced us to our amazing florists, lighting, decorators, photographers, and makeup artists, she reminded us of things we didn't even think of, like bringing in extra bathrooms for our guests, and she even secured our venue for a Sunday pool party (don't forget the lifeguards!) the day after our wedding at a big discount. Not only that, but I jokingly said we wanted baby goats at the pool party...AND SHE GOT THEM. I was joking! But we had two adorable baby goats roaming around munching on the grass and it was amazing.

My favorite story is that when we picked our venue, which overlooked the ocean, she told us that if we could pick a date near a full moon that the ocean would sparkle like white diamonds. We factored that into our planning and she was right - it added a truly magical touch. That's attention to detail. Gianna knows the ins-and-outs of how to plan for every aspect of a live event - the things you can anticipate and the ones you can't. We all know that unexpected issues arise, but the real test is how quickly they are handled and Gianna is one of the best - totally unflappable and completely professional. She not only planned a perfect wedding but also an entire 4-day weekend around our wedding and was a joy to work with the entire time - she was always responsible, prompt, responsive, able to pivot on a dime and did it all with a smile. You could tell that the people she works with love working with her, from property owners to vendors to her own staff.

We loved every aspect of planning and executing our wedding with Gianna and highly recommend her to find you any venue and plan any event. She is truly a good person who is great at what she does and we need more people like her in the world.

We used Gianna and Co for our wedding as well as our combined 40th birthday party several years later, both in Malibu. She is completely on top of every detail. With big events, something will usually go wrong because that’s just the way it is. But, Gianna knows how to quickly put out fires when needed. For example, at our wedding which was at the house we were about to move into, the water had to be shut off. She was able to call in last minute beautiful Porta-potty trailers that were high class and talked to the neighbor about hooking up to their water. She was completely resourceful and shielded me as the bride from all of the stress until it was completely handled. She has immaculate taste and is very sweet and fun to work with. She transformed our pool into a dance floor by having a platform installed over it. Whenever we have a big event in the future, she will be the first person I call!!!

Gianna was our wedding planner in October 2014. She was always available, responded quickly, had great recommendations for venues and vendors, and came to majority of our meetings with vendors. Our wedding was beautiful. Would recommend her over and over again.