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Perfectly executed, effortlessly chic, and ridiculously fun weddings - with a planning experience to match.

Vanessa Pence Events is a boutique luxury wedding planning and design studio based in Marin County, California, producing multi-day celebrations across the Bay Area, Santa Barbara, and Mexico.

Infatuated with design and unapologetically meticulous, Vanessa simply gets it done. She leads with warmth, intention, and a steady hand - balancing high standards with a calm, grounded presence her couples rely on when the stakes are high and the decisions keep coming.

With over a decade of experience, Vanessa offers a highly personalized and collaborative approach rooted in strong creative vision and seamless execution. Her work is defined by intentionality and restraint - layered, guest-focused celebrations that feel elevated without ever feeling overdone.

Vanessa purposefully limits her calendar to a small number of weddings each year, allowing her to be deeply involved in every detail alongside her couples and creative partners.

Her work has been featured in publications including The Wed, Style Me Pretty, The Friend Club, and Magnolia Rouge.

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Frequently asked questions

Do you offer an hourly rate?

Yes

What wedding events do you provide services for?

Ceremony
Reception
Rehearsal Dinner

What wedding planning services do you offer?

Day-of Coordination
Full Planning
Partial Planning

Reviews of Vanessa Pence Events

Ian
Ian B. Sent on 11/03/2021
5 out of 5 rating

extremely thoughtful and detail oriented

Vanessa did an AMAZING job coordinating our wedding. She was extremely thoughtful and detail oriented throughout the entire process and made us feel so relaxed and comfortable leading up to our wedding. We never would have been able to pull it off without Vanessa on our side. Could not recommend enough!!!!!
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Rachel Sent on 10/24/2021
5 out of 5 rating

The best wedding planner we could have asked for!

My husband and I want to preface that we would give Vanessa ten stars if that was an option!

We originally thought we could plan the wedding ourselves…and then quickly realized we had no idea what to do and became overwhelmed with how many choices there were for every aspect of the wedding. This is where Vanessa was invaluable. She invested time in not only understanding our vision, but us as a couple and our personalities. This made it feel like we were working with a friend that we trusted completely. Because of this trust, we heavily leaned on Vanessa for design aesthetic and relied on her for decisions. Her confidence helped us feel confident. As an indecisive person, being presented 20 options/ideas for something would have overwhelmed me. Instead, Vanessa filtered down the options for everything and presented the ones she thought were best. This saved us so much stress and shows how Vanessa personalizes her approach to what is helpful for the client. Vanessa’s ideas turned out to fit perfectly into our vision and the day-of ended up being beyond magical for us and our guests. Additionally, she kept us on track and accountable for the items we had to execute on to make sure we didn’t fall behind. Her set up in Aisle Planner was seamless and she helped us navigate every step of the way.

We look back on our wedding day with the happiest memories and most importantly, the best feelings. Because of Vanessa, we weren’t stressed, overwhelmed, or worried the day of our wedding. We were just able to be in the moment and enjoy. Everything went perfectly, looked amazing, and was truly the happiest day of our lives. That’s genuinely all due to Vanessa. We can't recommend working with her enough!

Chantal
Chantal Sent on 08/01/2021
5 out of 5 rating

The sweetest Napa planner! Highly recommend

Vanessa was amazing to work with. We hired her with only a few short months to go to our big day in Sonoma but she took on the challenge. Not only she is so incredibly sweet, nice and and an all around good human...but she was incredibly professional and warm from the very beginning, knocking out every single detail to make our dream day come true. When we had to last minute change our venue in Napa, Vanessa went above and beyond to ensure a smooth transition including a complete redesign!! Vanessa was also always there for me (the bride) when I needed her and was stressed. She reminded us what it was all about, while simultaneously handling the details - doing things to help that really were above and beyond our expectations. On the day of, I was a ball of nerves/stress as a very A-Type bride and Vanessa couldn't have been more calm, cool, and collected. She managed our food vendors, photographers, etc with organized professionalism and we were never worried about how things would go on the day of. Until this event, I did not realize just how many details could go into a small wedding... we literally could not have done this day without her and would HIGHLY recommend Vanessa to any couple considering!
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