Lisa was so wonderful and such a pleasure to work with. She was so well prepared for all of our meetings leading up to the wedding and she was incredibly proactive and gave us so many wonderful ideas and helpful tips. She is a true professional who is so knowledgeable and has so much experience in wedding planning. She is also realistic and down-to-earth and told us what we needed to know! Lisa and her team executed our vision perfectly and were so open-minded and flexible to work with. Lisa also had extensive experience at our venue, the Delamar West Hartford. Her assistant, Nicole, was also a godsend on the day of our wedding, handling many emergencies for us with kindness and grace!!! If you are planning a wedding in the New England area, you need to hire Nightingale Events!! Our event could not have gone so smoothly without their incredible guidance and support!

Where to begin!! We got married at Water’s Edge, a venue that handles most of the logistics and even provides a coordinator. But even with a venue like this, you still have photographers, hair/make-up, music, the florist and then guests to coordinate. The effort it takes is just nuts. So you need someone whose primary job it is to a.) coordinate all of your vendors and b.) look after YOU on your day to make sure that you’re enjoying every minute of it. There’s no way we would have been able to experience, let alone enjoy, this big party we planned for 18 months if it hadn’t been for Nightingale Events.

We worked with Caity Kitchens, who took us through the last 8 weeks: wrangling all of our vendors, going over every little detail to make sure the night was exactly what we wanted. She scheduled a venue walkthrough (which was so helpful to visualize the day) and had an answer to every question before and during the wedding —and there were a lot of questions! When is a vendor is arriving, where are the flowers going, when the Mother of the Bride should be ready, etc. Caity coordinated everything and was prepared for any situation—including when the groom didn’t have pants! Caity had a plan A, B, and C (including running to the nearby outlets if she had to!). She even made us an Instagram Reel from our wedding day! All of this reminded us why we hired Caity and Nightingale Events— because they are there for YOU.

Caity is warm, funny, and has an infectious ease about her while also being a super planner who has everything under control. She is such a joy to spend time with—we seriously miss our calls with her! Even if you think you’re a DIY kind of person, that you can manage all of it—having now been through it, trust us, you need someone to run the show that day, and you need the experience and expertise that only Caity and the others at Nightingale can bring. We can’t recommend Caity highly enough!

TLDR: HIRE THEM NOW – if you are reading this review, it means you are considering Nightingale. Book them immediately- you will not regret it.

We hired Nightingale for Wedding Coordination as they came recommended by our venue and I just have to say: WOW. I had the HONOR of working with Rachel. I am a pretty organized person, so I was able to book vendors and get all the initial portion set up. The amount of work Rachel put in those last moments before the wedding is almost indescribable. Let me just tell you that I felt that Rachel had my back the entire time when did have some hiccups with a different vendor. Rachel took care of it and handled it so well. Leading up to the day, she had us thinking about things we would never consider thinking about. Since I have never planned a wedding before, Rachel was the expert and mastermind to pull everything together. When I was booking vendors, it was once one was done, I booked the next, but the last 1-2 months, you are talking to ALL of them it is a very daunting task.

If I were to do it all over it again, I would rebook Nightingale in a heartbeat.

The day-of was magical. Rachel was my bridesmaid, friend, and me all in one. She anticipated ALL my needs and was the voice of reason the whole day and night. Our groom gal, Amy, was there for us too and I swear, they all were so so helpful so that Mark and I could enjoy our day. We felt like guests at our own wedding. Our job was to enjoy the day and they made it happen beyond our expectations. We didn't interact too much with the third gal but thank you so much for setting up the details of the room so nicely!

Thank you Rachel and the Nightingale team for making everything come together so beautifully. Rachel, as I have said in our texts over and over, you really are the best. Thank you. Truly.

I am forever grateful for Lisa and her nightingale events team. Our wedding day was absolutely beautiful and their organization just took my breath away! I was able to get ready with my mom and girls without any extra stress about the set up, schedule, photo line ups, etc. My husband and I had busy schedules and our beautiful sister in law, Lisa, made our wedding planning from the beginning so much easier with a timeline, vendor recommendations, budget organization, etc. Lisa had her team assist us few weeks prior to our day. Caity was amazing! I would highly recommend Nightingale events as your wedding planner. Lisa and her team will blow your breath away and allow you to really enjoy this special moment with your husband. From the bottom of our hearts , thank you Nightingale events for everything.

Lisa and the Nightingale Events Team were one of the first vendors we booked and we couldn’t have done it without them! When we first started looking at venues, we couldn’t help but feel compelled to get married at my husband’s family farm.

From the very beginning, we knew we needed to bring in a strong team to pull off this 250 person wedding! We interviewed with three to four different wedding planners, but Lisa and her team stood out among all of them!

Lisa carried a presence to her. She proved that she was timely, punctual, professional, and caring. Herself and her team took the time to get to know us & understand what we wanted to create. They helped us organize the process by giving us access to helpful resources & planning apps. With the wedding management package, they took over the final steps of planning to truly create the day we wanted and ease our stresses about the final details! They discussed timelines with all of our vendors, finalized big and small details, checked in each week with how we were feeling, set up and tore down decorations so our family and friends didn’t need to lift a finger, and so much more! This team helped take our stress away and reminded us that we were getting ready for one of the most exciting days of our lives!

And that it was!

Nightingale Events, we couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you!

It has taken me a while to write this review because I don't even know how to begin to summarize how amazing our experience has been with Nightingale Events. We began working with Lisa in June 2019 right after we found our venue and decided that we wanted our wedding planning experience to be as seamless, enjoyable and organized as possible. From the moment we spoke with Lisa we realized that we didn't need to look ANY further in order to find the perfect wedding planner - she was it. When the pandemic hit Lisa helped us seamlessly postpone our wedding from September 2020 to September 2021 by doing all of the communication and rewriting of the contracts with each and every one of our vendors. Lisa negotiated contracts, was ALWAYS at least 5 steps ahead of us with any concern or question we had, reminded us to complete tasks that we 100% would have forgotten about or procrastinated on and overall made our wedding planning experience SO enjoyable. Lisa is full of amazing and creative ideas that will take your event to the next level. When our wedding day came, Lisa was there to pick up and return our rentals (yard games, linens, decor), kept us on our timeline and made sure everyone was exactly where they needed to be. My husband lovingly calls Lisa and the Nightingals (we had Rachel & Elyse who were both incredible) the "secret service" because they were always, again, 5 steps ahead of us. I cannot express how strongly I feel that every bride & groom should have Nightingale Events for their wedding day. I don't know many people who can describe wedding planning as "a breeze" but we were able to and it's all thanks to Lisa from Nightingale Events and that alone is worth every single penny. We miss Lisa already and will miss our check in calls where we even chatted about non-wedding related things like our families, our dogs, our plans for the weekend and what was going on in our lives. Lisa has such a kind heart and while she works SO hard on so many weddings, she will make you feel like you are the only wedding she has for that whole year. She truly is that dedicated to each and every event she plans and cares so much about planning the perfect day for each couple. Please do yourself a favor and work with Nightingale Events....you will not regret it.

I can’t begin to praise the Nightingale team enough!! We worked with Lisa and had the pleasure of meeting a few other members of the Nightingale team along the way. Lisa was always professional, polished and FUN. She is extremely resourceful, organized and knows how to get things done. I never could have imagined all the details involved, and how much I did NOT know about putting together a wedding! Lisa was always able to prepare us, come up with quick solutions and connect us with some pretty amazing vendors.

About half way through our planning process the Covid-19 pandemic started to hit here in the north east. No one really knew what we were in for, or how long it would last. Lisa was on the front line speaking with everyone she could (including the governor himself!) to make sure she always had the most up to date information. As our wedding got closer, it became clear that our original venue would not be able to accommodate our party due to current restrictions. With just 1 month away, Lisa was able to find us a new (and even better) venue for the SAME date as our original wedding, and work with old and new vendors to accommodate.

In more ways than I can count, our wedding simply wouldn’t have been able to happen without Lisa and her team. Despite all the obstacles against us during a time of uncertainty we had the most beautiful and dreamy wedding. Nightingale will always be remembered as a big part of our special day.

If there is any question weather hiring a wedding planner is worth it, I can absolutely assure you the Nightingale team is worth it all.. and then some more!!

Lisa and her team exceeded all of my expectations. My husband and I decided to get married last minute and only had 4 months to plan a wedding in a city neither one us lived in. Lisa was personable, attentive to details and gave us guidance from the beginning. I trusted her from the beginning because of her confidence and level of experience. She didn’t tell me how to have my wedding but helped me build the vision I didn’t know I had. Wedding day was executed flawlessly and people still compliment us on a perfect wedding! If you want to have fun but your wedding planning done right, you need to each out to Lisa and her team! Thank you so ladies!

My husband and I were getting married in another state from where we live, and it was going to be difficult for us to coordinate our vendors working full time and out of state. Lisa and her team were recommended to us by my cousin who had gotten married a year prior to our engagement and came highly recommended. She helped us with venue searching and once we picked a venue, provided us a hand picked list of vendors for us to contact and hire (that was the package we chose, but there are other packages where she will help you through everything). Her list of preferred vendors is FANTASTIC and we were so happy with all the vendors she recommended. She and her team were very helpful in the weeks leading up to our wedding, helping coordinate with the venue and vendors to create a timeline for the day and to make sure every little detail was perfect. There was even someone there at all times prior to the ceremony to hold my train! The girls at the end of the night helped my family pack up all the items that needed to leave, which was so wonderfully nice of them and something that I didn’t even think about until we were leaving and had all the extra favors, card box, bathroom baskets, guest book, memorial photos, flowers, etc. to remove from the venue. A wedding planner is a must if you think that you will have a lot of coordinating to do (which you will) with little time or mental energy to do it. Lisa and her team at Nightingale Events did a spectacular job and will ensure the day goes smoothly so you can enjoy the happiest day of your life!

We hired Nightingale Events for month of coordination and it was easily the best decision we could have made. She is professional, well -organized, detail oriented, warm and friendly and if that isn't enough to set you at ease, she exudes a permanent sense of having everything under control and knowing just the right solution to your issue (because she does). As my husband put it "she harnesses the tornado without skipping a beat. And she is resolute". For the most part our vendors were great and straight forward, but I knew that if I did have an issue with anyone Lisa would be on top of it and championing us so that things would go as we had hoped/requested. I trusted her implicitly to be looking out for our best interests. On our wedding morning, people kept remarking that I was incredibly calm and I attribute that entirely to Lisa; my mantra every time someone got stressed was "Lisa won't let us mess up" and I believed that 100%. She and her team were everywhere at once, taking care of things at lightening speed yet always appeared calm and as if they had the situation completely under control (because they very much did). No frazzled or stressed faces on them! When they weren't actively taking care of something, they were always hovering at a respectable distance and anytime I turned in their direction I could see them get ready to spring into action. Lisa was invaluable, both for the success of our wedding day and our sanity in the final weeks running up to it.