Hawaii Event Planners were fantastic. From the moment I spoke with Angela Miranda, I knew that I needed to look no further in my search for a wedding planner. I just had a feeling she knew what I needed. I have attended and been in a handful of weddings - ALL STRESSFUL...and mostly beautiful and fun too. Our wedding was just beautiful and fun, completely stress free. I always felt 100% certain that Angela had it handled, and she did. She seemed to know just the kind of wedding we wanted and executed it to perfection. We did a ceremony on the beach with a Hawaiian Minister. It was the most beautiful ceremony we could have imagined. We had pretty high expectations - and they were exceeded. My husband's parents were so moved - they have vowed to celebrate their 50th there with a vow renewal with the same Minister. IT WAS PERFECT. Following the wedding, we had a reception dinner that Angela helped to arrange at The Hukilau Lanai at The Kauai Coast Resort at the Beachboy. Again - AMAZING. My best friend was helping me get ready the morning of the wedding and mentioned that she was a bit jealous (lovingly!). She had wished she too had done a destination wedding as I had NO stress. Other family mentioned that they wished they had done it that way as well - and they meant it. I could not give Hawaii Event Planners a higher recommendation. Best day of my life!

I would highly recommend HI Event Planners. We got married April 30th, 2011 at the Sheraton Kauai. We worked with Angela via email and phone calls because we live in CA. I had a million questions and she always responded quickly and thoroughly.

The Sheraton Kauai was under construction during our wedding but Angela worked with us to ensure we were taken care of and that it would not interfere with our wedding in anyway. The staff went way above and beyond to make sure we were taken care of from the moment we walked on the grounds. Great staff and service- we will definitely be coming back to check it out post-remodel.

In addition, we provided our own center pieces and tablecloths which she arranged to be shipped to the hotel and then set up after we assembled them. We could not have been more pleased with how it turned out. She listened to our ideas and fully captured them. We had one hiccup in that my place cards included paper umbrellas and it was a little windy. She quickly came up with a solution of putting them in a basket the hotel supplied and then having someone pass them out; it worked out perfectly.

Overall, everything was perfect- the DJ, the location, the service, the staff....everyone was awesome and it turned out better than we could have ever imagined. A big thanks to HI Event Planners!!

I worked with Tina and Angela at Hawaii Event Planners to plan my wedding at the St Regis Princeville. I am so glad that we did use their services as the St Regis contact quit the week before our wedding without any notice. We rode over on a plane with another bride that was getting married at the St Regis who had to plan their wedding the day before the event because they had decided to go direct with the hotel and could not get a hold of someone at the St Regis until then. Apparently this happens all the time with resorts with people coming and going, so I am glad we hired an independant coordinator who was there for us through the entire process. Tina and Angela knew how to get things done at the resort as they are well connected, even if they manager was no longer there.

It was the wedding of my dreams, completely perfect. Angela helped with the ceremony, and everything was exactly as planned. The musicians she hired were perfect and played a few requests for guests after the event, with all our guests singing to the tunes.

When we hired Angela she already had another commitment that evening, but we had heard so many good things about her serives that we decided to hire her anyway, and was counting on the St Regis to take care of the dinner. Of course, as mentioned above, the planner at St Regis left suddenly and even if we didn't know it at the time, we ended up with the good fortune of having Tina as our on-site planner for the reception. Angela offered her services and as we were uncomfortable with not having the St Regis contact on site, we took her up on the offer. Tina is another planner that works with Hawaii Event Planners as a day-of coordinator. I have to tell you, she was superb. She even brought me dinner in the bathroom as I had decided to change outfits a few times at the event (a mistake that Angela had warned me about beforehand) and ended up not having enough time to actually sit and eat dinner.

Tina made sure that everything ran on time, making up for the time we lost as I did show up a bit late to the dinner. She was very attentive and knew her job well.

I would not hesitate to recommend Hawaii Event Planners staff to anyone. They were a blessing to us.

I live in Houston and originally hired another individual to help me plan my Kauai wedding, after 3 months, I had to change planners because I didn't have confidence that my vision would be met for my wedding day and I felt that I would be stressed on the wedding day and was being strayed away from my vision due to our budget. I found Hawaii Event Planners and spoke with Angela. She immediately put me at ease. She is extremely professional and always responsive. Angela worked within my budget and when a change needed to be made, she did it with a smile (and there were many last minute changes!). She was extremely flexible and our communication was always open.

When my wedding week came. I had a clear agenda and timeline. Everything went as planned. I had barely any last minute running around to do. She took care of everything. We had our reception at Smith's Tropical Garden Luau and the food was spectacular! Everyone raved! The service was immpecible too. The wedding cake and favor vendor she used were awesome! The cake was so delicious, the centerpieces exactly what I asked for and all the leis were fresh and gorgeous. Angela has a good working relationship with many vendors which made it easier to stay within my budget, yet have the wedding of my dreams.

Don't waste your time searching for another planner. I am a very picky and detailed person and spoke with at least 8 planners and should have never wasted time and hired Angela on the spot. Here are my top reasons why you should choose Hawaii Event Planners:

1. Open and honest communication, immediate responses
2. Not pushy and always keeps your vision in mind.
3. Extremely professional
4. Perfect organization, very detailed
5. Works within your budget and accepts changes with a smile
6. Relieves so much stress from the bride and the wedding day
7. Absolute confidence to get the event done right

Angela is awesome and most of our communication was done via email. Even then, everything went perfect for our wedding. If you want a stress-free event, I fully encourage you to use Hawaii Event Planners.

I live in Houston and originally hired another individual to help me plan my Kauai wedding, after 3 months, I had to change planners because I didn't have confidence that my vision would be met for my wedding day and I felt that I would be stressed on the wedding day and was being strayed away from my vision due to our budget. I found Hawaii Event Planners and spoke with Angela. She immediately put me at ease. She is extremely professional and always responsive. Angela worked within my budget and when a change needed to be made, she did it with a smile (and there were many last minute changes!). She was extremely flexible and our communication was always open.

When my wedding week came. I had a clear agenda and timeline. Everything went as planned. I had barely any last minute running around to do. She took care of everything. We had our reception at Smith's Tropical Garden Luau and the food was spectacular! Everyone raved! The service was immpecible too. The wedding cake and favor vendor she used were awesome! The cake was so delicious, the centerpieces exactly what I asked for and all the leis were fresh and gorgeous. Angela has a good working relationship with many vendors which made it easier to stay within my budget, yet have the wedding of my dreams.

Don't waste your time searching for another planner. I am a very picky and detailed person and spoke with at least 8 planners and should have never wasted time and hired Angela on the spot. Here are my top reasons why you should choose Hawaii Event Planners:

1. Open and honest communication, immediate responses
2. Not pushy and always keeps your vision in mind.
3. Extremely professional
4. Perfect organization, very detailed
5. Works within your budget and accepts changes with a smile
6. Relieves so much stress from the bride and the wedding day
7. Absolute confidence to get the event done right

Angela is awesome and most of our communication was done via email. Even then, everything went perfect for our wedding. If you want a stress-free event, I fully encourage you to use Hawaii Event Planners.

Hi Angela,
I just wanted you to know that I truly appreciated the stellar job you did at Crystal & Scott's wedding on 3/16/10. Really! You left no stone unturned and covered every minute detail. As you know, I have been in the wedding business for over 35 years. And, your professionalism, attention to detail and flexibility are some things I haven't seen very often. I wish you lived in Minnesota, where I would highly recommend you to everyone I know in the event planning and wedding industry!
Also, the staff at the Sheraton did an amazing job! The table set up could not have been more perfect. And the wait staff was constantly filling and removing plates and glasses. I never had to ask for more coffee, champagne, etc. It was as if they anticipated our every need. We felt like we were treated royally.
As you may have guessed, my daughter and I are very detail oriented and also very specific about what we/she wanted. You certainly did not disappoint either of us. Thank you again for a job that was well over the top and very well done. I just can't say enough!

Sincerely,
Rev. Tairie Starr (MOB)

She was very professional and extremely helpful. She even kept people quiet who were standing nearby so we could hear the minister!

Angela was wonderful to work with, and we ended up with the wedding of our dreams at a fraction of the cost that the Grand Hyatt wanted to charge us. Angela made it easy to plan a wedding from so far away. I would recommend Hawaii Event Planners to anyone!

We wanted to share our experiences with Angela Miranda of Hawai’i Event Planners on the island of Kauai , Hawaii . Ours was a negative experience and we want couples considering her services to have a complete picture of Ms. Miranda.

It is our opinion that Angela deceived us in her pricing, and then refused to return our deposit, despite not having completed any work for us.

The agreement that we arranged with Angela seemed to be one which was positive for both parties. She would arrange vendors for us, and charge us retail price for the services of each vendor in addition to her flat planning fee. She would charge us the price that we could have gotten on our own; she would get her discount price and keep the difference. It sounded great – we would get as good a deal as we could get on our own, but also get the services of a local planner for a relatively small planning fee.

Once we signed the contract we learned that her idea of retail pricing was not in line with reality. There were two specific things that we encountered, and I’m certain we would have encountered more. The first tipoff was the price she quoted us for the Drake folding chairs, at $8 each. For 50 guests, we needed 100 chairs, half each for ceremony and dinner. Since $800 sounded like a high price for chair rental, I did some research, and discovered that Drake chairs rented for $3 per chair with various island vendors. Ms. Miranda was clearly planning on pocketing quite a differential for the hiring of chairs.

After this, we decided to test her honesty, and were disappointed in the results. We called several live musicians and inquired on their rates. We then asked Ms. Miranda to get some price quotes for music options. She quoted rates for two specific musical acts we had contacted which were both $100 per hour higher than the musicians themselves had quoted.

At this point, we were fed up with Angela’s dishonest pricing, and requested to terminate our relationship. Since she had done a minimum of work, which consisted of sending us a boilerplate quote spreadsheet and calling vendors we had already called, we requested that she refund our deposit. Keep in mind this was seven months before the wedding, and we had only been in contract for a few weeks, so it was not that we were leaving her with an empty weekend on her calendar. Ms. Miranda refused. Since we do not live in Hawaii , we lacked any recourse; it would cost as much to travel to an arbitration hearing as the deposit was worth.

In the end we did all of our vendor selection and contracting on our own, and found a day-of coordinator to handle our event date. Looking back at what Ms. Miranda was going to do for us, her services would not have saved us much effort. She wasn’t going to provide us any creative direction; for the additional money she would have cost us, she should have been doing a lot more.

In sum, Ms. Miranda did nothing substantial for us in the brief time we were in contract, attempted to charge us more than the vendors would have charged us, and refused to return our deposit to us. We do not recommend her services; spare yourselves the trouble.