Monica Relyea Events specializes in producing weekend destination weddings with a focus on outdoor event logistics. Our home base is the Hudson Valley, but we love to travel to the Berkshires and CT as well. With demanding careers and desires for destination venues, couples are turning to a professional team to help with timelines, detailed execution and management. We work alongside talented professionals to construct custom sites for the couple looking to experience exceptional farm-to-table celebrations and we absolutely enjoy creating these occasions with amazing chefs and creatives who share this philosophy. Our pride is in creating one of a kind memorable affairs and offer local resources with mindful input. MRE’s approach to planning is client focused with relationship building resulting in flawless events.

• Our Client’s budgets vary, but the average Monica Relyea Events wedding is around $800 per person, excluding planner fees, accommodations and couples personal items, such as wedding dress, suits and rings.

• We take a limited number of events per year so that we can be accessible to our clients.

Experience

Monica Relyea, founder and lead planner of Monica Relyea Events, specializes in creating unforgettable weekend wedding experiences in New York’s Hudson Valley Region and surrounding areas. For many years she worked with some of the area’s most talented designers, creating florals for hundreds of weddings. Monica realized that couples wanted personal attention and guidance, as she was being asked to stay longer onsite, handle logistics, coordinate bridal processions and manage last minute issues. In 2010 Monica Relyea Events launched, providing full event planning and management, with a personalized approach to wedding planning.

Couples turn to Monica as the ideal project manager, overseeing timelines, curating the perfect vendor list and coordinating all the moving pieces. This process helps relieve the stress for couples during wedding planning and allows them to be present on wedding day. Her breadth of experience gives insight into creating an event that works well at all levels. With a background in fund-raising - via both corporate and non-profit companies, Monica has worked on events of all scales. With two Guinness World record events under her belt, several Walkway Over the Hudson State Park fundraising galas and NY State Special Olympic Opening Ceremonies, Monica has always stayed connected to her community and sensitive to budgetary constraints.

Services Offered

• Full Wedding Weekend Experience
• Full Wedding Day Planning and Coordination