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Together Events (a Greater Good Events company) offers a unique, socially conscious wedding planning experience for chill couples by prioritizing partnership over patriarchy and confetti over everything else. We donate 10% of our profits to community organizations, and we love working with our clients to create beautifully styled, people-centered, fun celebrations that maximize getting down and minimize stressing out. With package offerings ranging from Full Service Planning and Design to Month-Of Coordination, we serve and celebrate all bodies and all types of love - all while prioritizing vendor partnerships with women-owned, POC-owned, and queer-owned businesses.

Our team is here for you every step of the way to make sure you’re fully present at your wedding and making treasured memories with your loved ones. Leave the list-making to us.

  • LGBTQ+-owned
  • Woman-owned
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Frequently asked questions

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

$5,000

What is the starting price for partial wedding planning?

$12,000

What is the starting price for full wedding planning?

$15,000

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
Elopement
Eco-Friendly
Non-Religious
Religious

Reviews of Greater Good Events

Justin
Justin Sent on 12/29/2024
5 out of 5 rating

A Photographer's Favorite!

There aren’t enough kind words in the English language to say about the incredible team at Greater Good Events! I am a photographer and have been lucky enough to work with them on weddings, charity events, and corporate activations and I never feel more confident and comfortable than when I know their team is planning an event. Maryam, Justine and MacKenzie are some of the most creative, empathetic, and brilliant people walking this earth - you’ll be so incredibly lucky if they are available on your event date. I’ve seen them pull off everything from micro weddings on rooftops to sprawling destination wedding on multiple estates to swanky yet thoughtful conferences. There’s nothing they cannot do! Just hire them already - you won’t regret it.
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Dena Sent on 10/03/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Best Team Ever!

Cannot recommend Greater Good/Together Event enough. We had a last minute change of plans to our wedding day and they accommodated our change of location, date, full-service venue to tented event at home, etc. We worked with Justine prior to the change of plans and she was so helpful at giving us guidance leading up to our original date. When plans changed, Sam was assigned as our month-of-coordinator and the day just could not have come together as it did without hers and Sharan's help! They are conscious, kind and so professional!
Hunter
Hunter Sent on 09/25/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Truly The Best.

Maryam, Justine, and Margaret did an absolutely phenomenal job planning and coordinating our wedding. We cannot recommend them enough. They anticipated every minuscule detail, managed all of our vendors, and synchronized the entire day flawlessly (including bringing us both glasses of water throughout the night). They were calm, confident, and organized, which allowed us to truly enjoy the momentous day.

I was skeptical of working with professional planners when we started planning our wedding (I consider myself pretty good at planning events, and I'm also somewhat frugal), but I can safely say that working with GGE was the best wedding decision we made.

Maryam enthusiastically embraced all of our (sometimes strange) wedding ideas, while simultaneously keeping us grounded and sane. She kept us on track in the months leading up to the wedding, and provided us with invaluable guidance and perspective along each phase of the process. These are wonderful humans.
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Kathryn Sent on 08/23/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Such an amazing time

Working with GGE was beyond amazing. We had Sam (and Katie!) as our coordinator, and I feel embarrassed by how much I felt like they were just amazingly competent friends. Their extreme professionalism mixed with their general kindness and sense of humor made the day completely stress free.
We're at a bit of loss for words to describe the thanks we have for them on literally the most perfect day.
All I can say is, if you're thinking of hiring someone, do it! Having GGE allowed us to be wholly present in our event, and now I couldn't picture it any other way.
(It helps Sam likes cats as much as we do 😹)
Quinn
Quinn Sent on 04/12/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Top-Notch Wedding Support System

If you're looking for a down-to-earth team of wedding planners who will keep you sane, chill, and organized as you deal with the ups and downs of planning a giant event, the GGE team is 100% the best choice. We *loved* working with Maryam and her team throughout every step of the process, and she made sure we had nothing to worry about on our big day even when sudden hurdles arose the day before. Every single one of them are rockstars, and they made our wedding a truly magical 24 hours. Can't recommend them enough.
Natalie
Natalie Sent on 10/06/2021
5 out of 5 rating

wedding at Barrow Mansion

Greater Goods Events helped make our dream wedding at Barrow Mansion come true!
Allie
Allie Sent on 09/01/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Couldn’t have done it without GGE!

GGE was one of the best decisions I could’ve made! Every team member I worked with was supportive, flexible, understanding and willing to work with me on whatever I was requesting. I hired the team for month of coordination after planning my entire wedding, and it was so helpful and relieving to have a team I could trust to execute on my plan! I started speaking with them regularly about 2 months out, and they created an extremely extensive timeline that was shared with all of my vendors to ensure everything went smoothly. And it did! I even had a day of (literally 30 minutes before) last minute switch of my ceremony and cocktail hour to allow my ceremony more time to be outside given all day rain and it worked out!! This was in large part due to the flexibility of GGE and close coordination with the venue to make this happen!
Hector
Hector Sent on 06/25/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Virtual wedding with heart

We had a great experience from concept to execution of our virtual wedding. As recent transplants to the area we did not know any vendors but were quickly supplied with quality options based on our needs. It was easy to communicate and align our expectations with our wedding planner. In the end our family and friends enjoyed every moment and complimented that while our wedding was virtual it was as if they were in the room with us.
Alexandria
Alexandria Sent on 02/12/2020
5 out of 5 rating

A must have!

We could not recommend Greater Good Events more. Both Ellen and Rachael were easy and wonderful to work with. From the moment with met Ellen we knew she would be perfect to assist us with our month of coordinator. We could not have imagined our day without them
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Becky Sent on 10/26/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Best Wedding Decision We Made - Working w/ GGE

Ellen and her team did a phenomenal job helping us to coordinate our wedding details in advance, as well as kept our day running smoothly. We even ran AHEAD of schedule!! They truly helped make sure we enjoyed our actual wedding day. Choosing to work with Greater Good Events was one of the best decisions we made.
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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2019 Winner

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