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Kate Murtaugh Events & Design is a bespoke wedding event planning and design studio with offices in Boston, Massachusetts and southeastern Rhode Island. They have worked closely with their clients for more than 10 years to develop dream weddings throughout New England. Every event planned by their team is custom and unique to the couple tying the knot, whether they are looking for an extravagant affair or an intimate gathering.

Services Offered
Kate Murtaugh Events & Design creates weddings that accurately portray the personalities of their clients, and each one is unique as the couple themselves. The team can provide full or partial planning, or simply day-of coordination. They can assist with event design and execution of the rehearsal dinner, ceremony, and reception. Kate Murtaugh Events & Design helps with larger tasks like budget analysis and guest list management as well as smaller ones like timelines and to-do lists. They also have a list of trusted vendors to refer to couples for a smooth planning experience. The two planners see weddings as works of art, and offer assistance with the following types:

  • Civil unions
  • Cultural events
  • Destination weddings
  • Double weddings
  • Elopements
  • Eco-friendly weddings
  • Non-religious ceremonies
  • Religious ceremonies
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Frequently asked questions

Do you offer an hourly rate?

No

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
Double Weddings
Elopement
Eco-Friendly
Non-Religious
Religious

How many planners are on your team?

2
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Reviews of Kate Murtaugh Events & Design

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Jill S. Sent on 06/06/2022
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Kate truly helped bring my vision to life like no one else could

Kate and Lauren did an incredible job bringing the vision for our intimate wedding day to life. I myself am a wedding photographer, so I had a very specific idea for what I wanted our celebration to be. I knew Kate was the right person for the job after seeing the beautiful elopement experiences she created for her couples, both on land and at sea. Our vision was to incorporate the sailboat we got engaged on in Newport, RI as part of our special day — and Kate truly made that happen. From her keen eye for design to her unique ideas (that even as a wedding vendor myself, I simply wouldn't have thought of) and masterful coordination of many (many) moving pieces, we are truly so appreciative of Kate and her team, and cannot recommend her enough. Endless thank yous, Kate!
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Gina C. Sent on 09/18/2021
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Kate Murtaugh

Where do I begin - Kate is the absolute best! I could have never even dreamed of having the wedding that I did without Kate. She pulled my vision together and made it come alive from a design perspective. She went above and beyond helping us find the best vendors, held our hands through Covid where we canceled our wedding reception twice and had to reschedule everything, and then pulled all of the details together in absolute perfection when the big day finally came! She also helped us design a plan to accomplish what was important to us during Covid, which was to have a small ceremony to get married and do photos! She is so creative, professional, friendly, knowledgeable, responsive, detail oriented, and just thinks of every little thing to make sure the wedding is amazing. Her style and design talent is outstanding. I would recommend Kate to absolutely everyone she is incredible.
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Noelle D. Sent on 10/14/2020
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2020 Wedding DREAM

If I could give Kate and her team a million star review, I would in a second. We can all agree 2020 was a WEIRD year. My fiancé and I had booked a wedding down the cape for September and had already been engaged/planning for a year and a half when the pandemic began. Back in May I had a serious gut feeling, much like many other 2020 brides, that it wouldn’t be likely we would be having the ‘wedding of our dreams’ this year and needed some serious back up planning.

We searched for wedding planners and Kate’s name kept popping up, great reviews and an amazing social media. Kate was INSTANTLY responsive and the first time I talked to her she completely calmed my nerves. I had been a nervous wreak for weeks looking for backup plans and for the first time I could breath and relax.

Long story short our backyard backup plan became our new goal once the governor threw enough obstacles in our way. By this time we had about 2 months to throw it together. Kate NEVER made me concerned that we couldn’t get it together in time. She would reach out almost daily to ask my opinion on things, and if it had ever (rarely) been a couple of days that I hadn’t heard from her and wondered what was next up, she would reach out and talk about the actual millions of things she had been able to get done for us. On top of her unbelievable organization skills, her attention to detail and design ideas are out of this world. I could have never dreamed of the designs she came up with for us. Not only came up with, but executed better than what we even imagined.

Kate is a MIRACLE worker. What initially felt like the ‘consolation prize’ or ‘backup’ wedding ended up being the absolute best thing to happen to us and the actual wedding of our dreams. Not only did she give us one amazing day but TWO. We figured this year was a little unconventional anyways, so we decided to split up our one day big celebration into two smaller ones. Kate couldn’t have done a better job and making our very different request seem so normal!

I can’t even put into words how much my family and I appreciate Kate, we genuinely keep saying how much we will miss working with her. In such a crazy, scary, sad year Kate gave us the best day of our entire lives. It was beautiful and everything I had dreamed of since I was a little girl. Kate, her team and all of the AMAZING vendors she found us made the day so smooth and perfect. Trust me, you NEED Kate!!
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We worked with Kate on a wedding she was planning on New Year's Eve. Kate's professionalism and communication made it very easy for us as vendors to do our job. She was a pleasure to work with and the wedding was fabulous!

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