- 2026
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
Premier Party Planners
Interested in this vendor?
"Tara was absolutely amazing on our wedding day!! She was incredibly organized, paid such close..."
"We truly could not have asked for a better wedding coordinator than Tara. 11/10 recommend her to..."
About this vendor
Premier Party Planners is a full-service wedding planning and event planning boutique in Raleigh, NC serving the Greater Triangle area with top-quality wedding and event planning for any budget. Our philosophy is that you should feel like a guest at your own event, so we strive to handle all of the difficult and stressful organizational components while allowing you to relax completely and enjoy your event.
Experience
Nicole is a Senior Certified Wedding Planner with 10+ years of experience designing, planning, creating, and implementing unique and personal events for brides and other clients throughout the US. Her dedication and zeal for serving all brides and clients alike permeates the entire Premier Party Planners team. Nicole was born and raised in the hospitality industry, which has enabled her to bring a lifetime of expertise to wedding and event planning. After graduating from UNC Wilmington with degrees in Communication Studies and French, she started her career as an intern with another Raleigh-based wedding planning firm. Premier Party Planners was born in 2010, shortly after her internship ended, as she began planning weddings for her own clients. Since starting Premier Party Planners, Nicole and her team have delivered first class weddings and events for clients throughout North Carolina and abroad, including a number of destination weddings. Our philosophy is that every client should feel like a guest at their own event, and she and her team are dedicated to providing total customization, complete commitment, an affordable price, and unparalleled peace of mind to each client they serve.
Services Offered
Couples will find an array of wedding services and packages at Premier Party Planners. This company’s’ full-service wedding package will assist each couple with every aspect of their festivity. Here, couples will receive unlimited consultations, venue meetings, full event design, timelines, budget analysis, and more. Additionally, couples can customize a wedding package that best suits all of their desires and requirements. Other services available include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Etiquette advice
- Design consultations
- Brainstorming sessions
- Day-of coordination
- To-do lists
- Partial planning
Weddings with this vendor
FAQ
What is the starting price for day-of wedding coordination?
What is the starting price for partial wedding planning?
What is the starting price for full wedding planning?
Do you offer an hourly rate?
What is the hourly rate?
What wedding events do you provide services for?
What wedding planning services do you offer?
What weddings do you have experience planning?
Any other questions?
Reach out about anything you didn't see answered here—no question is too small!Reviews of Premier Party Planners
Review summary
Premier Party Planners' team is consistently praised for being organized, responsive, and detail-oriented, creating stress-free, smoothly run wedding days. They manage vendors, timelines, logistics, and discreetly solve problems so couples can relax and enjoy. Vendors also endorse their professionalism and highly recommend their services.
We love tara ruffier!
Tara is the BEST!!!
After just a couple of calls, we felt like she completely understood our style, priorities, and overall vibe. I trusted her opinions because I knew they would always be aligned with what we wanted. She also had such a good sense of where it was worth investing for quality without ever pushing us to go overboard.
One thing everyone told me before the wedding was, "If something goes wrong, no one will notice." But honestly, I wasn't even worried because I knew that if anything did go wrong, Tara would handle it before I ever knew about it.
She's also the perfect mix of warm and kind with her couples, but confident and firm when she needs to be. She handled vendors, family dynamics, and every little detail so seamlessly. On top of that, she was incredibly accommodating with my schedule. I was working crazy hours leading up to the wedding, and she was always willing to take an after-work or late-night call whenever I needed to talk something through.
I'm a very Type A person, but somehow I got to be a totally Type B bride on my wedding day because I knew I was in such good hands. Looking back, hiring Tara was one of the best decisions we made, and we genuinely can't imagine having anyone else by our side!
Expert Guidance Every Step of the Way
Tara is a rockstar!
Elizabeth was wonderful.
Wedding Coordination Service w/h Tara - Indian/Catholic Wedding
Although Tara had limited experience with Indian-Catholic weddings, she gave us complete confidence from our very first consultation that she would handle everything with care and dedication. As detail-oriented (and admittedly Type-A) as we are, she still managed to highlight important elements we hadn’t considered, and her experience really shone through.
On the day itself, Tara and her team were by our side for over 16 hours, even going the extra mile to grab energy drinks for the wedding party before the reception. Thank you, Tara, for keeping everything running so smoothly! ❤️
10/10 Vendor Partner
Weddings Won't Happen Without Summer
Awards
You've seen what other couples are saying
Share what you're looking for and see if it's the right fit for you.Team
Professional Network & Endorsements
We love working with Premier Party Planners. Our brides are always satisfied and feel well taken care of. No detail is spared! We highly recommend this planning company.
If what you are looking for in a planner is organization, passion, creativity, and fun, then Premier Party Planners is the way to go! One of our band's recently played for one of their weddings and had absolutely NOTHING but great things to say! After working with many planners, they said that Premier was "a breath of fresh air!" We HIGHLY recommend Premier Party Planners for your wedding or special event!
Nicole has been a pleasure to work with on several occasions .. she is always very professional and keeps things running smoothly on the wedding day, while being a good communicator leading up to the big day. This is very important for wedding planners, and Nicole is one of the best we've found in the Raleigh area for being on top of everything and well organized. You will love her, if you hire her to help plan and run your wedding :) xoxo
Map
Why use Weddingwire to message vendors?
- Messaging our verified vendors on WeddingWire is complimentary, safe, and secure.
- Effortlessly manage vendor communications and planning details in one centralized location.
- Our mobile apps ensure you can stay connected with vendors anytime, anywhere.
- For customized pricing and package information, messaging the vendor directly is the quickest way to get the details you need.