The Wedding Planner Who Saved Our Wedding
Planning a wedding essentially boils down to a million little decisions. From vendors, to linens and decor, to invitations, to your dress, the list is endless. But arguably the most important decision you’ll make is choosing the person who will help orchestrate it all. For me, that was also the easiest decision I made throughout the entire process: hiring Rebecca.
From our very first phone call, I was hooked. Rebecca was candid, honest, incredibly knowledgeable, and generous with her advice before I had even hired her. I immediately knew she was the person I wanted in my corner. What I didn’t know at the time was just how grateful I would be to have her there.
I got married in Montauk in September 2026, on what turned out to be the weekend of a massive nor’easter. Our wedding was supposed to be entirely outdoors, with a tented reception, and our venue didn’t have a suitable indoor alternative. We had never been particularly concerned about the weather because we had a tent, and that was our rain plan. Well, as it turns out, no amount of planning could have prepared us for what happened next.
On Thursday morning, just 48 hours before our wedding, we learned that our tent permit was being revoked due to the storm’s projected winds. Suddenly, we had no reception venue.
What happened next was nothing short of extraordinary. Through Rebecca and our venue’s connections, we were able to secure a newly renovated indoor reception hall just down the road at the Montauk Playhouse. Her relationships, reputation, and the trust she had built over the years quite literally saved our wedding.
By Thursday afternoon, we had an entirely new venue and a completely revised plan. Rebecca worked around the clock coordinating with every vendor, redirecting rentals, reworking logistics, and ensuring that every detail of our original vision was preserved. And somehow, against all odds, she pulled it off flawlessly.
The most incredible part is that if you had walked into our reception that Saturday, you would have never known that the entire wedding had been relocated just two days earlier. We had our beautiful tables and decor, our seated dinner, our exact menu and bar, our dance floor, our flowers, and every detail we had spent months planning. The only thing that changed was the location. Rebecca and our incredible vendor team made that possible.
Throughout the weekend, people kept coming up to me saying, “I can’t believe you pulled this off!” And my response every single time was, “I didn’t do anything. My planner saved the day!”
But what makes Rebecca so special goes far beyond how she handled an unprecedented wedding-day crisis. Throughout the entire planning process, she was an invaluable source of guidance, reassurance, and genuinely sage advice. She made an overwhelming process feel manageable, was always quick to respond to my texts about whatever I happened to be stressing over that day, and was an incredible advocate to have by my side at vendor meetings and appointments. She has impeccable taste, an extraordinary attention to detail, and the kind of experience and judgment that you simply cannot put a price on. I trusted her implicitly, and she never once gave me a reason not to.
One thing Rebecca always told me throughout the planning process was that, rain or shine, my wedding would be the best weekend of my life, and that I just needed to trust her. Admittedly, when we found out a massive storm was going to land directly on our wedding day, I was more than a little skeptical. But when I finally walked into our reception and saw how beautifully everything had come together, I went straight over to Rebecca and said, “You were right.” And she was.
I may not have gotten the outdoor ceremony and cocktail hour I had originally envisioned, but I had the most incredible weekend of my life. I was overwhelmed with love, joy, and gratitude, and I truly wouldn’t change a thing.
I will be forever grateful to Rebecca for giving us the wedding we had dreamed of, even when the circumstances seemed impossible. Hiring her was, without question, the best decision I made throughout the entire planning process.
If you are lucky enough to have Rebecca as your wedding planner, trust me when I say you could not be in better hands. And when she tells you that rain or shine, it will be the best weekend of your life, believe her. She’ll make sure of it.