Your Day Your Way!

8402 Bayberry Rd, Parkville, MD 21234 Map · Phone number · Visit website

About Your Day Your Way!

Your Day Your Way! is a wedding and event planning company operating out of Parkville, Maryland. Led by certified event specialist Charlene Gallagher, this highly-skilled team has been helping couples craft their dream weddings since 2002. Fueled by a passion for organization and with an immaculate attention to detail, this award-winning company leaves no stone unturned. They make sure that everything is taken care of so you can enjoy your big day to the fullest.

As an ordained minister, Charlene is a licensed officiant who brings her Christian values to every ceremony she officiates.

Services Offered

From booking venues to organizing seating plans, the team at Your Day Your Way! know just how tricky and time-consuming planning a wedding can be. Luckily, they are on hand to help take the stress out of your special day and value the opportunity to do so. With an extensive range of services, you can choose one of their signature packages or create a custom plan to fit your own needs. They are also available for destination weddings held outside of Parkville. Their services include:

Consultations
Full or Partial Planning
Month of or Day of Coordination
Budget analysis
To-do lists
Vendor selection
Decor and Design
Photo booth
Officiant

Woman-owned

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Your Day Your Way! FAQ

What is the starting price for day-of wedding coordination?

$ 1375

What is the starting price for full wedding planning?

$ 2575

Do you offer an hourly rate?

Yes

What is the hourly rate?

$ 100

What wedding events do you provide services for?

Ceremony

Reception

Rehearsal Dinner

What wedding planning services do you offer?

Budget Analysis

Day-of Coordination

Event Design

Full Planning

Partial Planning

Timelines

To-Do Lists

Vendor Referrals

What weddings do you have experience planning?

Civil

Cultural

Destination

Double Weddings

Military

Non-Religious

Religious

How many planners are on your team?

1 Real Wedding

The wedding of Shelby and Sean — 138 photos

The wedding of Shelby and Sean 1 — 138 photos

Shelby & Sean 6/9/2018
Darlington, MD

2 Wedding Deals & Discounts

Hi, my name is Charlene. I establshed Your Day Your Way in 2002. I absolutely love planning events and weddings! I love listening to my cleints' visions and then bringing them to reality.

I worked at Towson University Foundaiton for 18 years as the Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Finance. I was fortunate that I was in a workplace that knew I had a business and a passion for weddings and allowed me the flexibiity to work those weddings. I left this position in 2017 and am following my passion of wedding and event planning full time.

To plan a wedding takes many skills. First listening to our clients is the first step in determining their vision. Then, the planning and negotiating skills kick in. I have always been a very organized person and organization is a must to plan our client's most important events of their lives!

The most important thing to me as that my client is happy and stress-free and pleased with our service.

Day of Coordination and/or Month of Coordination is our specialty. We meet our clients along the way of their planning and offer advice and make sure nothing is forgotten. We develop a very detailed timeline for the day. This makes for a very smooth and stress-free day.

I personally like to plan the weddings and events from beginning to end and leave the day of coordinating in my very capable associate Coordinators' hands. I still work with my day of clients on gathering all their important details and in development of the timeline.

I love my family. I have grandchildren in Utah and doing videos via Marco Parlo is priceless. I also have family in Delaware and they mean everything to me. It took me many many years to find my soul mate. We married in 2014 and are living happily with our ShitZu, Molly, in Parkville. Chuck loves helping me with weddings and he actually operates our Vision Me Mirror Photo Booth.

I am also a licensed minister and we're very active in our church.

Professional Network & Endorsements

19 Endorsements

RCC Weddings & Events Wedding Planners

Charlene from Your Day Your Way gave me my start in the business and I will be forever grateful to her! Charlene's experience is out of this world! She listens to couples as they describe what they want and asks all the right questions to gather information that they might not have known they needed or even wanted. You cannot go wrong hiring Charlene!

Ink by Nancy Scheer Wedding Invitations

A great woman to work with when planning your Special day! Can't say enough great things about her!

"More Than Words" Wedding Officiant Wedding Officiants

Highly recommended. Reliable, reputable and rea$onable. Attention to detail is extraordinary.

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4.9 out of 5.0

Quality of service 4.8
Professionalism 4.9
Flexibility 4.9
Value 4.9
Average response time 4.9

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Leonor M. · Married on 09/20/2020

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Flawless planning and coordination!

Charlene and her team (Tia and Rebbie) were absolutely fabulous! We hired them almost a year ago for partial planning and day of coordination. Charlene met with us several times to really understand what we were looking for. We had always planned to have an intimate wedding, but due to COVID had to cut even more - down to 25 guests. Throughout all the changes and different directives, Charlene and her team were prompt to respond to all emails (so so many!!), answer any questions, and most importantly for me, coordinate timelines with all the other vendors. Everything went on so smoothly and all the guests were talking about how perfect it was. Thanks so much!!
Sent on 09/21/2020

Your Day Your Way!'s reply:
Leonore, what an absolutely gorgeous day you had at a gorgeous venue. You were beautiful and Taylor very handsome. And, your intimate wedding was perfect. We are ecstatic that you and Taylor were pleased with our service! You two were so easy to work with and I will miss our meetings and emails. Let's stay in touch by Facebook, okay? I love seeing my couples' progress with their lives. Thank you for such a quick review!!
Samantha B. · Getting married on 09/11/2021

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Look no further for your coordinator!

We chose Charlene for our "month of" coordination, and although we unfortunately had to postpone our wedding due to Covid-19, we have been so grateful to have Charlene's help along the way. She is extremely responsive, organized, and thoughtful - she's happy to give advice or recommendations, but is extremely focused on what you want and how she can help support you/ make your day a success. She was very accommodating and helpful during the postponing process - can't wait to work with her on our wedding day!
Sent on 09/12/2020

Your Day Your Way!'s reply:
Samantha - I also can't wait to work with you next year! I know it's going to be a beautiful wedding. I'm here for you anytime you need me.
Tia H. · Married on 10/03/2020

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Memorable intimate moment!!!

Wow! Where should I begin. Our wedding day was very intimate and special. The most beautiful and perfect day! Thank you so much Charlene for Officiating our intimate ceremony, providing the space, treating my family like you would your own and the amazing decorations to top it off! I had a beautiful aisle to walk down created from hooks of hanging gold potted flowers, and leading into the gazebo (where we said our I Dos) was rose pedals on the ground. The cake table alone was a masterpiece. It was such a beautiful day God blessed us with and to have you available to provide intimate wedding ceremonies at this crazy time is favor! Your Day, Your Way are great people filled with peace and love!

Your Day, Your Way (Charlene) is helping with planning and coordinating our October wedding of 100 guest. With the pandemic and things being so uncertain, my now husband, Keshawn and I decided we were ready to tie the knot. Although, we still plan on having our October wedding if the law permits, Charlene was not allowing us to have a courthouse ceremony. Charlene and her husband Chuck opened the doors of their home for Keshawn & I, plus 10 family members. They have a beautiful backyard with a screened-in gazebo, fenced in yard and beautiful flowers. Charlene planned this day from beginning to end staying in close contact and adding things that were special and important for us. If an intimate wedding is what you're looking for and you'd like it to be a lot nicer than the courthouse's in and out ceremony you've found the right place and people to execute.

Sent on 06/03/2020

Your Day Your Way!'s reply:
Tia, Chuck and I had so much fun preparing for our first mini-wedding with you and Keshawn! Everything turned out really nice and you were beautiful. I feel like it was a very special day in the midst of the COVID crisis. Yes, there was NO WAY I was letting you do the Courthouse! Can't wait for your big celebration in October!!

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