Our mission is to help you celebrate your love in a way that you love, without stress or overwhelm. After more than a decade in the business, and with 4,500+ weddings under our collective belt, we have become the go-to wedding planning team for couples looking for a stress-free planning experience + a joyful wedding day.
When we founded The Simply Elegant Group in 2010, the biggest hesitation that couples had in hiring a wedding planner was cost, but we believe that everyone deserves to have a wedding planner by their side regardless of their budget. So we created the solution. And that's our Preferred Vendor Program (PVP). Within our PVP, not only do we vet our vendors (for doing good work + being good humans) but we ask that, in return, our vendors give something special just to our SEG couples.
That special incentive could be in the form of a discount, a percentage off, an upgrade, or a free add on. So not only are we some of the most knowledgeable planners in the country, but we also save you money. And that means: we want to save you more money than you spend on our services. (Win-Win!)
Planning a wedding isn't easy, but planning it during a COVID pandemic with rules that seem to change every day is REALLY not easy. We feel so grateful to have navigated the uncertain times with the planning support of Simply Elegant Group. From pulling (and re-pulling) quotes from multiple vendors to coordinating our rehearsal and wedding day, we're so happy with the experience we had with SEG and our planner Kristen. She was very decisive, clear, and strategic in all of our conversations, helping us stay focused on the task at hand so I never had to guess on what I needed work on that week or month. Our situation was unique in that we weren't able to plan most of our wedding until the last two months before our wedding date because of COVID, so seeing how fast the SEG team was able to move was super inspiring. They even helped us with little tweaks we made when we changed our vision to host a intimate wedding, like playing "DJ" with our ceremony songs on a Spotify playlist and recording a Facebook Live video so our family and friends could feel like they were there with us on the day. Our planner Kristen even sent me a video of our first dance since our videographer already left and she knew we'd want to relive that moment later. Everyone at SEG is incredibly thoughtful and proactive. We can't say enough great things about SEG, their preferred vendors, and everyone involved! We highly recommend them!!!
Sent on 07/31/2020
Cait C.
· Married on 12/09/2020
5.0
Quality of service:
5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0
Value:
5.0
Flexibility:
5.0
Professionalism:
5.0
Best Decision Ever!
We worked with Erin with Simply Elegant and she was AMAZING! A backyard wedding was not our plan A. We had envisioned a more streamlined event at a venue full of helpful staff, but when covid forced us to pivot to a more DIY wedding at home, we were super stressed. While we still planned on having a day-of coordinator at our original venue wedding, it was even more essential for the at-home version. Erin and all of her hard work was the only reason we were able to pull it off and enjoy the day. She filled in all of the gaps and made sure every detail that I had planned was executed to perfection. Erin and her assistant basically took on the job of an entire event venue staff and did it seamlessly. She was in the background all day, holding everything together. I don't know how anyone gets married without a day-of coordinator. Planning a wedding during a pandemic is hard enough, give yourself the peace of mind that everything is handled by a professional. Easily worth the money!
Sent on 09/17/2020
Dan H.
· Married on 01/04/2020
5.0
Quality of service:
5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0
Value:
5.0
Flexibility:
5.0
Professionalism:
5.0
Great experience with Ali from SEG!
We can't recommend SEG enough! Ali was our coordinator and she was simply phenomenal. She's incredibly responsive, unfailingly organized, and so easy to get along with! Our favorite part about SEG was the google spreadsheet they send over in the beginning to help get ideas down and organize thoughts. I'm talking like a 12-tab spreadsheet covering everything you need to think about as you plan. It was unbelievably helpful. In the months leading up to the wedding, we had several phone calls with her to go over the content in the document and get on the same page about all the little details. On the day-of, Ali and her assistant did a fantastic job making sure everything was going as planned so that we were free to chat with guests and enjoy the day as much as possible!
If you are looking for a one stop for all your wedding needs, you are looking for Simply Elegant. Their expert planners can help you coordinate with any type of wedding vendor. We highly recommend them.
Linen Effects Inc. feels that having a wedding planner is almost always a good idea and we are happy to recommend Ashley Henry at Simply Elegant Events and her team of planners. They know a lot of good vendors and have experience with many venues.