More of a liability - literally
I did not decide to leave a personal and written out review until another bride reached out to us about a lawsuit against Theresa Davis.
I had more complaints about her as a day of coordinator than anything else - no other complaints about the wedding ironically except about the coordinator. It was really a liability to have her there. No bride wants to hear complaints from 5-7 people complaining about their day of coordinator. She did not reach out to any vendors until the day before. She did not give a day of schedule. This was all part of her contract, and when I pointed out she did not fulfill this, she went full guilt trip mode about her personal life (which I will elaborate on later). She was not able to contribute to an excel document that I made to make her job easier. She asked repetitions of basic questions (how many tables? At least three different times) constantly as the day approached even though I had reached out to her several months earlier - so disorganized. Day of, she was in Jean shorts and a t shirt and appeared unkept at a formal event - people were wondering what she was doing there. She did not follow through on basic things. She would reach out to me day of the wedding to give her directions on things I already discussed about. Family members described her “clueless, disheveled, under-dress, confused” that “she wasn’t doing her job” and that she “barely helped at all” and “didn’t seem to know what was going on” and that “they hope I got my money back.” Once my family left an honest review on another website, she basically responded “no way you’re getting anything back now!!”
I should have gone with my gut - sometimes Teresa would sound awake on the phone while talking to her, other times she sounded extremely tired and “not all there” on multiple occasions even during normal workday hours. I should have been tipped off something was wrong. She brought up lots of personal problems via text to make excuses of things she did not follow through on, which ended up falling on me. Also, though Teresa breached her contract, she refused to compensate me even a penny. Please, do not rely on her for your special day. My day was absolutely beautiful and people who weren’t even there say they heard how beautiful it was, and other guests commented on how well organized it was too (again, I had gone to great lengths the week before the wedding communicating with everyone, because Theresa, once paid, seemed to not be on top of her duties). I will still have the most wonderful memories of my wedding day thanks to my wonderful husband, family, friends, and all the little things that just happened to work out thanks to God. But I should have gone with my gut - and trusted someone else. Unfortunately, my family was really upset with Theresa for me, and that’s on them, but Theresa also was extremely rude to me via text after the wedding, which was likewise extremely unprofessional after she found out about my family’s review (they worked with her, insulating me from her day of fortunately). After the wedding, would also text things like “I have so many personal expenses to pay and your family’s reviewed single handedly ruined my business” even though she had other bad reviews on other websites like the Knott. This is not professional behavior, and I wish brides so much better than this!
Blessings to you as you plan your wedding, and I hope this review may be eye opening for you as well.