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A Lovely Engagement

A Lovely Engagement

New Smyrna Beach, FL
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    Nancy M. Sent on 01/07/2024
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    Jillian helped create a perfect stress-free ceremony with

    Jillian guided us along the way to creating a perfect ceremony!
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    Paul M. Sent on 12/08/2023
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    Made our wedding outstanding and very memorable

    We set up our wedding on short notice. (2months). Jillian came through and exceeded our expectations, organizing, troubleshooting and running it perfectly. She was always reachable and extremely helpful. We were from Pittsburgh trying to organize a Daytona wedding. She made it possible! From start to finish it was spectacular!
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    Lisa H. Sent on 12/14/2023
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    Amazing!!!!

    If you’re getting married and need help with the arrangements? A Lovely Engagement will take away a lot of the stress that comes with all the planning. We couldn’t be happier! Our special day was perfect!!!
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    Brian P. Sent on 11/16/2023
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    AMAZING, Stress free and better than we could have imagined!

    From start to finish Jillian was amazing. She was attentive, informative, kind and extremely organized and prepared. She was able to recommend people from transportation services to caterers to hair and make up and everything in between. She ensured that our special day was perfect. Even when there were circumstances out of our control that required adjustments and some last second pivoting she was able to make it all happen with ease. We would strongly recommend using her services including the coordination as she took all the stress off our shoulders so we could enjoy our special day and it was AMAZING!
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    Kayla M. Sent on 10/29/2023
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    Excellent service

    Jillian was my “day of” coordinator for my wedding and we started services the month of according to the package I bought. We however kept in touch throughout the entire planning process and Jillian was very responsive and always answered any questions I had. She made the coordination process very easy and I can say it was 100% worth it to hire Jillian. She is very organized and you can see how much experience she has. I felt confident going into my big day knowing she was coordinating the entire day and organizing everything. Jillian has great attention to detail. She set up my tables beautifully and pieced everything together according to the detailed questionnaire I had completed. I appreciated the many pieces of reference materials that were provided to me to help with planning.
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    Katelyn D. Sent on 11/14/2023
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    Amazing help for our wedding day!

    Jillian was amazing helping us for our wedding! She kept up to date through out the process and the rehearsal, we’d be lost without her!! Highly recommend!
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    Krista K. Sent on 07/26/2023
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    Jillian was amazing !!!

    Who would of thought planning a destination wedding could be so simple and stress free. Jillian makes it so simple and she really understands your vision. She's not only a wonderful wedding planner but makes you feel you made a life long friend. I'm already looking forward to plan a vow renewal with her in the near future.
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    Amanda O. Sent on 06/19/2023
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    Fantastic - beginning to end

    Jillian was wonderful to work with. Her online vow builder was perfect, and we received many favorable comments from our guests regarding how personalized our vows were. She was also incredibly flexible, since we ended up moving indoors last minute due to the weather. Everything still turned out wonderfully. It was really the perfect day, everything I could have hoped for!
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    Caroline D. Sent on 06/25/2023
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    Professional and Down to Earth

    Jillian was the ultimate in professionalism, and she also seemed like a friend guiding us to what we needed. Luckily, she was there to guide us the day of our wedding as we arrived at the beach, and she took charge gently with the personal touch of helping the groom and groomsmen get their boutinieres on. She then lead us to the beach to where the ceremony would take place, working with the photographer and videographer. She did a great job of providing the ceremony we requested, not easy with the strong wind, but it worked
    We recommend her for any level wedding you desire as she started as our wedding planner and became our officiant due to having a smaller wedding and reception.
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    Rosie B. Sent on 04/29/2023
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    Our wedding was absolutely Incredible and Unforgettable

    Everything was the most Perfect, Incredibly Unforgettable wedding Ever! Our family and Friends have been talking about it for a week now and say that was the Best wedding they have ever been to.
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    Dawn B. Sent on 05/13/2023
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    The perfect day

    Jillian made everything really easy and stress free for us. From giving us ideas from her site, to organizing the whole day Jillian was on top of making sure things ran smoothly and had everyone where they needed to be when they needed to be there. We definitely appreciated having her running things so neither us nor our parents had to stress
    about things. Thank you Jillian for making our special day perfect!
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    Karin W. Sent on 11/14/2023
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    Magical Beach Wedding.

    We were looking for a small, intimate, and very affordable wedding. We got all of that and were absolutely 100% happy working with Jillian. She was super friendly, quick to respond, and the wedding... while we almost blew away on the beach... not her fault... lol... was PERFECT. Thank you Jillian and team for making this happen.
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    Joanna J. Sent on 07/28/2023
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    Fantastic wedding planner!

    Jillian is GREAT!!! She did a great job putting together the wedding of my dreams. It was a perfect day. She is such a nice dependable person. I would recommend her to anybody.
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    Troy A. Sent on 07/26/2023
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    Very nice and accommodating. Was an absolute pleasure dealing with!!

    Our minister was absolutely fantastic…the format and online content was easy and very well thought out. We planned our special event in an afternoon and was very pleased in how it all came together. So easy and stress free!!
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    Heather J. Sent on 12/07/2023
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    Wonderful Experience

    Jillian did an amazing job officiating our wedding. We loved the website and how we were able to pick what was said and personalize our vows. Such a fun tool! Thank you!
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    Kayla Sent on 04/05/2023
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    Amazing and magical

    Jillian from start to finish was AMAZING. She has loads of knowledge and expertise which made me and my husband feel comfortable from the start. She gave great advice up front on when to take the best pictures for professional photography which was great. We wanted something only off of the beach and she knew all about the beach locations and the perfect place for a ceremony. With all of her knowledge she really takes off any stress and as we all know that is what is needed especially when planning a wedding. Our wedding was magical and we will never forget this day. We truly thank Jillian for her professional, expertise, knowledge and over all her passion for what she does. I totally recommend her and would recommend her to anyone :)
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    Pumpkin Sent on 07/28/2023
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    Professional

    I was so happy to find found Jillian. And that she was able to preform the ceremony on year’s eve , I was very excited and thrilled to get the date I wanted
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    Jennifer Sent on 07/30/2023
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    Excellent service preparing destination wedding

    Jillian provided great service as we planned our destination wedding. Our phone consultation with her was fantastic as well as the opportunity to work with her options to build our ceremony. She was responsive to our requests, especially day of location change at the venue.
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    Chanté G. Sent on 12/19/2022
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    Truly amazing!

    Jillian was a pleasure to work with. She had the answer to questions that I didn’t even know I had. Her thoroughness and attention to detail is top notch! An amazing planner and day-of coordinator.
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    Donna K. Sent on 02/12/2023
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    50th Anniversary Vow Renewal on the Beach

    Jillian was a pleasure to work with. She helped to make our 50th wedding anniversary very special. Her presence and smile are incredible. Thanks you, Jillian
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    Sue Sent on 11/14/2022
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    Everything was wonderful!

    Everything was wonderful! Communication was easy! Everyone was very flexible as we had a hurricane the day before the wedding. I highly recommend A Lovely Engagement. They made our wedding stress free and a beautiful event!
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    Ardyst Z. Sent on 11/06/2022
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    Jillian went above and beyond!

    I’m so happy we chose Jillian as our day of coordinator! She was so insightful, attentive, and organized. Our planning meetings went awesome, her online portal was easy to use, and best of all, our wedding went off without a hitch (that I know of)! She worked so well with my mom and family, who did a lot of the decor and flower pieces, and we loved that she was super familiar with our venue and the staff. She went above and beyond for us when we had a last minute freak out about potentially needing to find a new venue due to hurricane Ian the week before our big day. She looked into backup options, that we thankfully didn’t end up needing, which was super super appreciated.
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    John K. Sent on 10/11/2022
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    Best wedding ever!

    Jillian helped us with our vows, chairs and tables, the photographer and served as an officiant. She was prompt, very helpful and officiated a beautiful service. I would highly recommend for anyone hoping for a smooth wedding and beautiful service.
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    Kelly Sent on 08/31/2022
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    Jillian. Was very easy to work with and had everything I was looking for.

    I highly recommend Ceremonies By The Sea, loved the experience I had.
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    April L. Sent on 06/22/2022
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    Would recommend!

    Jillian was great from the very 1st message. Helpful in locating other vendors since I live out of state! She responds quickly and helped out more on the day of than expected!
    I had to make a few changes the day before and she was completely accommodating!
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