No review I could write will be able to express our gratitude for Mary and her team during our wedding.

We hired Mary Rios Events as our day of coordinator, and we are so grateful we did. Leading up to the event, Mary provided me with detailed checklists and to-do’s to make sure I had everything ready for our big day. I thought having a micro-wedding would be a breeze, but there was still so much to do (and so many things I forgot to do), that having Mary’s help and guidance was a god send.

On the big day Mary ensured everything ran smoothly and perfectly. My husband and I didn’t have to worry about a thing but enjoying ourselves and our families. Even when we experienced some day of hiccups with our venue, Mary was there to right everything and keep everything flowing.

Mary’s professionalism, communication, and attention to detail was exactly what we needed on our beautiful day. Her love of her craft and care of her clients was so apparent in everything she did and every interaction she had with our guests and other vendors. I can’t even imagine how our day would have gone if she was not there with us every step of the way.

Mary, thank you doesn’t feel like enough for everything you did to ensure our day was as magical and perfect as we hoped it would be. We will be forever grateful for your support before, during, and even after.
- Annie + Rob

Mary and Marlene took me through a pandemic and back, and got me married as if no time had gone by at all. It was seamless and perfect; and that's why you need Mary Rios Events your life. Because if a storm hits, and it will with wedding planning, you want the best Boat Captain to pilot your ship back to shore safely. That's Marlene and Mary from MRE.

MRE helped plan my 250 person destination wedding in 2020. 3 weeks before our wedding date, the pandemic shut us down. My husband and I re-scheduled our wedding 3 times before we got married this April 2021. #Finally
The only reason I don't feel much like a "covid bride" is because of my incredible wedding planner and her team. They made sure I felt like a bride, always. Delicate, special, glowing, all the things... they made sure I could enjoy every moment of planning our wedding.
They fielded difficult phone calls, helped make tough decisions, and I especially appreciate that they made great suggestions when I asked for guidance with vendors. Their commercial knowledge, especially in the Houston market, made me confident in their experience level, judgement, taste, and ability to throw a well-orchestrated, fun, large event.

Being a Covid bride...wedding re-planning seemed impossible at times. I was discouraged, unsure, frustrated, indignant. It takes a lot of work to pick up a wedding and move it to a new date. Mary knew what to do every step of the way. She and Marlene guided me through every new invitation, new order of events, New contracts with vendors etc. when picking new wedding dates. Marlene communicated with every vendor, me, and my family all the way through so we were always in the loop. She thought of things I didn't know I was supposed to think of.

Truth be told: Mary and Marlene were my rock. They stepped up and helped make sure we pulled off the wedding of my dreams. From La Hora Loca carnival dancers, to flying in Chicago Deep Dish pizza, -I can't thank them enough. Look no further for the your wedding planner, MRE is the best.

I was directed to Mary Rios events through my venue McGovern Centennial Gardens. I was looking for a weekend wedding coordinator. I was a covid bride and after an introduction email, we set up a zoom call during quarantine. The rest was history! She provided me with excellent service at a great price. Her organization was beyond what I could ever imagine by myself. She had an assistant, Becky, who did a wonderful job. They made a great team. Mary and her team would come up with questions I didn’t even know I was supposed to ask vendors! She was always available to talk. I lived in Dallas and got married in Houston and she was never more than a phone call away. She has a lot of experience and it shows in her suggested timelines, “friendors” she recommends, and advice she gives. My husband and I were very pleased with our choice to use Mary Rios Events and we highly recommend her to anyone in the Houston area.

Mary and her team were very kind and really helped us with our wedding vision. Unfortunately we had to scrap our original plans due to COVID-19, but Mary was very understanding and helpful when it came to putting together a plan for a small and intimate, and most importantly, safe ceremony and reception for our closest friends and family. She handled all of our vendors and also helped to calm our nerves with all the uncertainty that came with a worldwide pandemic. I would definitely recommend working with Mary Rios Events!

The Mary Rios Events team is professional and talented, and I truly would not have survived the wedding planning process or my wedding day without them. Becky was so extremely helpful in planning and executing our wedding! I don't know how many times we said, "Thank goodness for Becky!" THANK YOU!

Hiring the Mary Rios team was the most important vendor we booked for our big day. Becky was my wedding coordinator, and she went above and beyond all expectations I had! We shared the common bond of having our weddings at the Hotel Galvez and I knew she was the right one for the job. Leading up to the event they are making sure you have gone over every detail to make your wedding spectacular and have your own stamp on it. The attention to detail helped me rest easy, knowing all the time and energy I personally put into planning our wedding would follow through seamlessly. If you think you don't need a wedding planner/coordinator you are sadly mistaken. Spend the extra money, even if only for the weekend of event. You want be fully present on your wedding day (it fly's by). Becky and Marlene made sure to run the show while I enjoyed every minute with my Husband, Family and Friends!!!

As the title references, I worked with Becky Wendel from Mary Rios Events. I found MRE through a list of preferred vendors provided by my venue, the JW Marriott Downtown. When I was planning my wedding, I was also working a full-time job and going to graduate school in the evenings. I always knew that I wanted to use a planner because of this but didn't know the extent to which I would need them. Surprisingly, it actually isn't that difficult to book and plan with other major vendors that are needed for the wedding. I could do that on my own in advance. However, I was scared of managing the details on the day of on my own. My goal was to do nothing the day of the wedding but show off and, if possible, allow my family to just show up as well instead of getting pulled in to help. I knew I would need a planner for this, specifically.

I met with at least 5 planners before deciding to go with MRE. At our intro meeting over lunch, my fiance and Becky bonded over their alma mater, Texas Tech. This was awesome for me because he felt more comfortable with her. It was clear from our conversation that we had no idea what we were doing. We had a very basic idea of what we wanted for our wedding - no ceremony, only reception with an upscale but cozy party feel - and had a great idea of what we didn't want but we were missing a lot of details in the middle.

Becky asked us a lot of questions and gave us an idea of what she would need from us in the future if we decided to work together. This was so valuable to us because it was essentially our homework and helped guide us to making more decisions that we had missed. The other planners that I met at this point did not push as far at the intro meeting to give me a sense for what it would be like to work with them up to the day-of.

I had two more meetings with Becky after formally engaging with her. One was a mid-planning session where we got significantly further on setting details. The last one was prior to the wedding and tackled the tiny tiny details (in my mind) like an inventory of what I would provide her, what the guest list should look like, final headcount, etc. These meetings were great for me to stay on track while the work and school parts of my life were going crazy,

On the day-of... AMAZING. Just completely amazing. I never thought I would be a bride that would have a meltdown. Wrong. I had booked a bunch of rooms at the JW for my family and had been receiving email confirmations for their rooms and realized that I never got one for my own. I called them the morning of the wedding, only hours before I was supposed to meet my make up artist there, and found out they had booked me to check in the evening before and cancelled the room because I was a "no-show". Now the hotel was booked and I, the bride for the only wedding at the hotel that evening, had no room.

I called her crying and she stepped in to calm me down and assure that she would take care of it. I really think that set the tone for the rest of the day. Once I got there and started getting my make up done, she would occasionally pop into the room to give me an update of what was going on downstairs. She shared so much of my excitement, anticipation, and joy and this was very important to me because I didn't have a bridal party. She was my girl!

After the ceremony, she touched up my make up because I bawled throughout the same thing. She and her assistant bustled my dress, handed us cocktails and sent us out mingle with our guests.

What a lot of people say to engaged couples about their weddings are things like: it'll all fly by, you won't remember anything, you won't be able to eat, etc. What they don't tell you is why. The reason why all these things happen is because you've carefully curated a group of guests that consists of the people who mean most to you. Your wedding will probably be the one time in life when all of the people you care about from family, work, school, etc are all in the same room at the same time just for you. Of course you get carried away talking to them and spending time with all of them! I remember everything.

But this exactly reason is why you need Becky. She will shepherd you throughout the evening and will make sure you eat, will serve as your telephone, will get you in the right place at the right time for dances, speeches, toasts, and cake cutting. Without her, I guarantee our night would have been so unorganized and the DJ would have been burdened with doing this from his spot at the front.

All in all, I cannot recommend Becky and the MRE team enough. In the immediate days after the wedding, I would cry thinking about them. Becky did so much for us and for that we are forever grateful. I continue to recommend them to my friends and family and encourage you to consider them as you tackle wedding planning!

We used Mary Rios Events through a referral and it was the best decision! She has different tiers of service. If you want to participate in zero percent of the planning, she will do everything, or if you are like me, I wanted to help out a lot, she let me take the reins on somethings. Mary and her team have great relationships with multiple vendors and Mary understood my exact taste and knew the exact vendors to work with. The entire Mary Rios team is extremely organized and they give great advice. We had an exact budget and they took that budget seriously. Mary helped to cut costs in places that were not necessary. Mary would even keep my mother in the loop on the budget! Mary has an automatic email calendar that sends out reminders of what payments are coming up and their amounts. Mary and her team are so cute, friendly, girly, yet powerful. If you are looking for a wedding planning team, look no further!!!!!!

We were introduced to Mary Rios Events (MRE) by our reception venue The Julia Ideson Library. MRE was by far the best investment we made for our daughter’s wedding. They offered excellent attention to details, invaluable hands on experience and a list of proven vendors to meet our needs. MRE staff spent a significant amount of time attending to our needs. You can’t go wrong choosing MRE for the coordination of your wedding!

What I love about Mary is that she took the time to get to know us. She was professional, honest when we needed it and communicated effectively. I completely forgot to get a table cover/cloth for our cake table and she managed to set an appt at a place where we were able to just walk in and choose one; she took care of the rest. From helping me fix my dress (plenty of times), making our dance floor Bitmoji happen, to finding my groom when he got lost (lol), she made us feel like we put our special day in the hands of our best friend. She made our wedding day stress free. I could truly go on and on but I’ll just let you all experience it for yourself. Absolutely. worth. it. Thank you, Mary, for all that you did for us!