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About
Primavera Dreams is a professional wedding planning company based out of Newton, Massachusetts. It specializes in organizing local weddings in the New England Area, and destination weddings in Italy. At Primavera Dreams, a team of experts makes it their mission to create a spectacular celebration for you and your guests. They ensure that every detail is taken care of so that you can enjoy the planning process, and have a perfect special day!
Experience
Luba Gankin is the owner of Primavera Dreams. After spending many years planning local corporate events, concerts and fundraisers, Luba joined the wedding industry in 2015. She loves to travel, speaks four languages, and holds a PhD in Chemistry. Formerly the Program Manager of an international innovation company, Luba now uses her extensive skills at creative problem solving and project management to organize wonderful weddings.
Luba has certifications in International Wedding & Event Planning, Luxury Event & Wedding Planning, and Wedding & Event Design from the Event Leadership Institute. She frequently attends local and international conferences to stay up to date on all of the latest wedding trends, and is a member of various organizations for event industry professionals.
Over the past few years, Primavera Dreams has received a multitude of awards, including The Best of The Knot title for 2019 and 2020, and The WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Award (2018, ‘19, ‘20). Luba is excited to continue expanding Primavera Dreams, and creating memorable events that celebrate everlasting love.
Services Offered
This full-service wedding planner offers customizable packages for Boston and Italy-based weddings. The packages include a complimentary, in-person/Skype/Zoom consultation, as well as unlimited phone and email consultations once booked. The services include:
- Budget analysis
- Event design
- Timelines
- To-do lists
- Guestlist
- Referrals
- Full planning
- Partial planning
- Extra activities planning
For more details, please get in touch!
- Woman-owned
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Reviews of Primavera Dreams
Best Planner in Boston for Jewish Weddings
Prior to planning our wedding, we always thought of a wedding planner as an extravagant extra for over-the-top weddings. Yet, given our time restraints – we thought it might be necessary. We quickly came to realize how smart that decision was. Not only did Luba help us work within our budget, but she also made sure the whole process was fun and the wedding exceeded our expectations. Luba introduced us to amazing vendors whose prices were more competitive than those we found ourselves. She also negotiated contracts on our behalf and helped us effectively prioritize where to cut and spend money. Having her organize last minute details and communicate with vendors in the days and weeks leading up to the wedding allowed us to focus on our families and enjoy the wedding.
Simply Amazing!
A beautiful Professional
Luba is a true professional working with each couple to create the wedding of their dreams. She knows how to make it happen!
I highly recommend Luba and her team for every wedding couple dreaming of a destination wedding!
Outstanding and worry free celebration
In July of last year, though it seems decades ago, Luba has organized my husband’s, Alex Karpovsky, round-number birthday celebration in Italy.
To say that it was impeccable is to say nothing about it. By Primavera’s measures, it was not a large celebration - around sixty guests and two full days of festivities. But for us, when we started the preparation it seemed absolutely daunting.
How do you get together people from half a dozen countries all over the world? Many of them have never met each other. How do you make sure they enjoy their time together? And, by the way, the budget we had was (very) far from unlimited.
Well, looking back it still seems amazing that Luba was able to get it all together and made it look simple in the process. Even during the celebration itself every minute felt like fun times - and none (except for sudden onslaught of mosquitos during an open-air cocktail hour - but the spray did help) felt like fighting emergencies or straining to get things right.
Of course the location - Lago Maggiore in Italy - is gorgeous and inviting to begin with. But there are lots of choices and actions that could’ve gone wrong. Luba led us every step of the way - from choosing the right venue among many highly variable options to play-by-play entertainment and through every detail including the choice of flowers and the right photographer.
Every time I think back on the festivities I smile and the quarantine seems just a little less painful when we reminisce.
We hope - no we are sure - that there will be another family celebration in Italy and Primavera Dreams will be there for us to make it memorable and enjoyable.
Thank you Luba!
Fantastic!!!
A groom is also probably not the one in charge of creating a scrupulous financial plan of expenses for this and that. Usually the couple’s parents take care of this aspect, but in my case, these duties fell to my fiancé Irina and our wedding planner, Luba Gankin of Primavera Dreams.
At all pre-wedding meetings, I nodded with a serious look, amazed at our planner’s speed and ability to navigate a multitude of planning challenges. Even though Italy is so far away, we had the impression that it was right there in Luba’s capable hands! She was extremely
knowledgeable about Italian culture, and had myriad connections with Italian vendors and venues. Luba’s planning arsenal has absolutely everything one could want for their wedding; as if by magic, she made all of our wedding dreams a reality!
Indeed, my wife and I still describe that day as “perfect.” Luba went above and beyond to craft an incredible experience for us and our guests, always going the extra mile to satisfy even the most specific requests (for example, securing an antique baby crib for our newborn daughter). We try to make time every day to look at the stunning wedding photos!
I can certainly say that anyone looking to tie the knot should get in touch with Luba as soon as possible! If you are looking to celebrate your love and unite your lives in Italy, or New England, embark on your wedding planning adventure with Primavera Dreams!
Not only the best day of our lives - but the best planning experience with Primavera Dreams.
Luba was invaluable at our daughter's wedding!!
We wanted to do it in our own backyard on the Cape and we didn't have any idea how to start. Luba met with us a number of times and recommended vendors; explained the wedding "flow" and what we need to think about.
All her recommendations turned out to be super-valuable and we ended up hiring all of her suggested vendors.
Luba was very attentive to details and answered all of our questions either in person, by phone or email.
She was there on rehearsal to make sure the wedding party knows what to do!
And of course, Luba was the Leader of the wedding day! She made sure everything was set up right at the ceremony and later at the reception; she announced the speeches, dances and coordinated with the caterer and DJ the smooth flow of the wedding.
We would highly recommend Luba for your wedding!! Couldn't be happier!
We Were So Lucky We Found Primavera Dreams!
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Luba from Primavera Dreams is an amazing woman that places her heart and soul in everything she does. She is educated, intelligent, organized, talented, great listener, and a true pleasure to be around. Anybody would be please to have her in the organization of an event, simply because she is just a fantastic person and a great professional.
Very qualified professional with whom we had the pleasure of collaborating. Surely Luba is a wedding planner that I would recommend to every prospective client.
When I met Luba, I knew instantly she was a kindred spirit - a scientist with an artistic soul! Luba brings her logical mind and attention to detail to her business, but she also has a warm, lovely personality. I am not at all surprised by the tons of positive reviews Primavera Dreams has on Wedding Wire!
