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Alegria by Design

Alegria by Design

Santa Barbara, CA
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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2019 Winner
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    Katie H. Sent on 06/28/2023
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    Wedding Planner

    Armando was such a fantastic planner! From the very beginning he was organized, responsive and professional and that never changed. Together, we created a vision that came to life and was simply jaw dropping on the actual wedding day. His calm demeanor throughout the entirety of the planning process and on the wedding day was so greatly appreciated! I would recommend Armando to anybody getting married. Such a great experience!!!
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    Kate M. Sent on 11/17/2022
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    The Amazing Armando

    Armando was absolutely amazing, patient, and supportive. Never having been to a wedding, I had no idea what I was doing or getting myself into. Armando was so helpful and guided me in all the right directions with such kindness. The ceremony and dinner for the wedding were at Hotel Californian, which Armando recommended. It was absolutely stunning, intimate, and beautiful. Armando picked up everything that would be used to decorate the day before the wedding and walked us through everything. Come the wedding day, Armando was so wonderful to my family. Everyone commented on how calm, friendly, and professional he was. It was clear that Armando has excellent relationships with the people he works with. My family all mentioned how nicely he treated the venue staff. The venue, hair and makeup, photographer, and florist were all so sweet and knew each other, which allowed the day to run even more smoothly. Armando truly made the entire experience so easy and special. Again, Armando, thank you for your patience, hard work, and expertise!

    Alegria by Design's reply:

    Dear Kate,
    You are the sweetest, so glad you a very Alegria Bride!
    Best wishes for happiness,
    -Armando
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    Brian M. Sent on 08/25/2022
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    Stoic, Steady and Immensely Effective

    Armando helped us plan our wedding in Santa Barbara while we live in Chicago

    We started with a budget and some basic ideas. From there, Armando called upon his design skills/experience as well as his peerless breadth/depth of relationships with local vendors to extrapolate our initial concept into a beautifully presented and executed wedding day.

    His capability for aesthetics aside, he is extremely organized, detail-oriented and responsive
    For all the legwork required to go from initial concept to the final day, Armando capably bore that burden and greatly simplified what was needed from us. Overall, the workload and stress we experienced in pulling off our wedding was way less than what we expected due to Armando’s ability to effectively communicate and capably execute/delegate towards the final goal.

    Our wedding day was an expected realization of nerves but Armando was a steady and stoic presence –guiding us and keeping us to our scheduled timeline and events. It truly felt like nothing went wrong on our wedding day. Moreover, Armando helped us ensure a truly memorable celebration for us and our family/friends.

    For anyone looking to plan a wedding in the Santa Barbara area, we cannot recommend Armando (and Alegria Design) enough!
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    Keani A. Sent on 05/11/2022
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    A Beautiful Day

    Words can’t describe how beautiful our wedding day was and Armando played no small part. During planning Armando was responsive, organized, and a true expert. The wedding day itself went off without a hitch the design which Armando curates from your vision was exquisite. Our guests were absolutely blown away. My dad was so nervous and told me that Armando made him feel at ease. I could go on and on but I will remember this day for the rest of my life and I’ll be forever grateful we chose Algeria by Design to plan our wedding! It was out of this world beautiful!!!
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    Matthew Sent on 10/08/2021
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    Best Wedding Planner

    Our wedding was over a month ago, and we are still in awe by Armando's work. He exceeded our wildest dreams. He handled everything on the day of the event, so we could focus on spending time with our guests. In the months leading up to the event, he was also very responsive to our emails and always provided great guidance. Third, he has great personal relationships with vendors in the industry, and he was able to steer us to the best ones given our price point. (This would've been very difficult to do on our own.) Lastly, he is a very friendly person and easy to work with. We cannot recommend him enough.
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    Elana T. Sent on 09/13/2021
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    The best of the best!

    We wanted an intimate, elegant wedding that would be beautiful without feeling over the top. Armando delivered on every level — bringing our attention to the details that count while honoring our wishes to keep things stress-free and streamlined. Not only does he know how to get the job done with precision and efficiency, but he has a keen creative eye. He knows how to bring your vision to life… but better! Throughout the big event, Armando was a kind and calming presence. He is a true professional that knows how to work with hotels, vendors, etc and make everything run like clockwork. You can trust Alegria Design with your special day, and I am so glad we did!
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    Patrice J. Sent on 08/27/2020
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    Amazing amazing amazing five star

    Armando made our wedding so so special at Sunstone Winery!! We loved him and he was soo professional and nice and handled each member of the bridal party as well as the staff and crew with such professionalism. He recommended all of our outside vendors and each one was spot on! We HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend Armando and his team!
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    Chivon Sent on 05/06/2021
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    Made our wedding dreams come true!

    We hired Algeria to plan our April 24th wedding. Armando was so wonderful to work with. He personally knows so many vendors in the area. This made it so much easier for us to plan our wedding, as we live across the country. Armando worked diligently to plan our wedding and did everything he could to make it happen. Our venue cancelled on us 40 days before our date and he replanned the whole thing in less than 24 hours! It turned out to be even better than our original plan and was truly a fairy tale wedding. He cares about his clients and creates nothing short of perfection.

    Alegria by Design's reply:

    Chivon, what an amazing review! I'm blown away, thank you, thank you! :)

    Best,
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    Annalise Sent on 09/10/2020
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    Exceptional!

    Shauna was phenomenal! She helped us plan a beautiful elopement in Santa Barbara in less than two weeks! She helped us secure the lower lawn at the Ritz Carlton, Bacara with a dinner at Angel Oak restaurant to follow. She helped us find an amazing ceremony musician, Conner Cherland, and fabulous hair and makeup artist. She planned our timeline, walked the event space, and coordinated set up and timeline with all our vendors. She was there with us the day of to ensure everything went off without a hitch, which it definitely did. We can’t thank Shauna enough for all she did to make our wedding memorable and beautiful!
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    Jessica Sent on 09/29/2019
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    Shauna is amazing!

    We hired Shauna as our month/day of coordinator for our backyard wedding earlier this month. Shauna was FANTASTIC. We were doing a very DIY wedding and she was honest with me in our initial conversations regarding what she thought might be tricky with some of my initial ideas (ie, how a spotifiy playlist instead of a DJ might be challenging and how to navigate not hiring a full service catering team since we were trying to save money there) . I am so glad I listened and had her running the show on our wedding day because everything turned out absolutely PERFECT. My vision was executed to a T and if there were any hiccups I certainly didn't know it. On the day of, she was extremely helpful in getting all of the DIY projects I had done set out where they were supposed to go and coordinating with all of the vendors that were coming and going. ++ her vendor recommendations for our DJ and Bartender/Service Staff were also absolutely perfect. We can't thank Shauna and her assistant enough, and we would recommend her to any of our friends getting married in the Santa Barbara area!
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    Keith P. Sent on 08/16/2019
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    Thank you Armando!

    Armando and his team were just so helpful in helping us pull off our beautiful wedding. Neither of us are particularly knowledgeable about a lot of wedding details, and are not the flashiest of people, and he was able to quickly pick up on this and adjust his recommendations for vendors, colors, designs, etc.
    He had a great rapport with what seemed like every possible venue and vendor in Santa Barbara. Seriously, he must be the most social guy to know so many people there.
    He helped plan the overall timeline and execution of the wedding, and everything fell in to place so well! The day of the wedding itself I was expecting to be stressed out and running in a bunch of different directions, but it was just a really fun experience and he made sure we were able to enjoy ourselves while he handled all the details. On the day of the wedding every time I approached him with a question or concern he was extremely quick to calm us down and remove any stress, and managed to get involved without any issues whatsoever.
    He was very pleasant and fun to work with, and I would absolutely recommend him to anyone else looking for a wedding planner to remove any of the stress or questions that go along with weddings.
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    Rob G. Sent on 10/30/2018
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    The Incredible Service of Alegria By Design

    Armando has a soothing / calming way about him that initially impressed us, especially in the planning for the wedding of our daughter which did have some inevitable tensions as is normal we suspect. Armando managed beautifully any tension for ALL aspects of the wedding. His vendors all performed to the maximum heights of professionalism and the quality of what was provided for us was incomparable. His style of wedding management fit beautifully with the Belmond El Encanto, Santa Barbara and their staff and he accomplished a FLAWLESS wedding for our family. We cannot thank him enough and we highly, highly recommend his wedding services.
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    Nicole Sent on 02/11/2019
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    Perfection!

    Hiring Armando has to be one of the best decisions we have ever made. He is organized, professional, and - most importantly - he listens and seemed to understand what we wanted better than even we did! Every single vendor he recommended was excellent, and months later my guests are still commenting on how it was the most beautiful wedding they had ever been to. Looking back, I wouldn't have changed a thing, and I am so grateful for all of the hard work Armando put in to make our day perfect.
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    Cindy Sent on 08/24/2018
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    We couldn't be happier with Armando and his vendors. They were all very professional and wonderful to work with! Very personalized service. We are very appreciative!
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    Mark Sent on 08/05/2018
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    Hiring Shauna was the best decision that we made in our wedding planning process. She helped us find other excellent vendors (DJ, Photographer, Celebrant, etc.), coordinated our ceremony and reception with a minute by minute timeline, and ensured that the events ran smoothly. She was detail-oriented, organized, efficient, and friendly. We had our wedding at the Riviera Mansion and Shauna was crucial in ensuring that our big day was perfect. Thank you!
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    Sara Sent on 11/20/2018
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    Armando is Fantastic

    I met with the Alegria team at our venue and didn't even want to meet any other coordinators after that. Armando was a pleasure to work with and was fun to interact with, as he has a lot of personality.

    We hired Alegria By Design for event design and month of/day of coordination. This was a tremendous help to us since we live in San Francisco. With Armando's experience, eye for design, and solid vendor relationships, we had a wedding that was like a dream. He is very thorough and is also straight forward with you in providing advice. All the details and timeline were communicated prior to the big day. I must admit that I wasn't even nervous on the day-of because I knew we were in good hands. I have had several guests comment saying that the flow of the wedding was seamless, and I completely agree. Armando was very professional and I highly recommend him.
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    Emily Sent on 08/05/2018
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    Shauna was an absolute dream to work with! The wedding planning process was a little harder for me than I thought it would be but I had Shauna to save the day. She is has such a calm about her that makes everything easy. The day of our wedding was a breeze because she was on top of everything. I truly believe our wedding would have not been as spectacular as it was without Shauna!!
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    David Sent on 05/06/2018
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    Cannot say enough about the service provided by Alegria by Design in Planning and supervising Our Daughters Wedding
    Shauna and her staff were truly professional and were attentive to every detail. Her interaction with the vendors was exceptional and truly made our event magical.
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    Kelly Sent on 01/11/2018
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    Armando was amazing to work with. He was very accommodating, professional, and was always able to give us ideas to work around potential issues we had. Our guests raved about how the day went so smoothly and how beautiful everything was. The entire day was so well organized. He put together the wedding of our dreams.
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    Gloria Sent on 10/17/2017
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    My daughter had a most memorable wedding at the ritz Carlton- Bacara resort. Armando was very instrumental in helping us secure vendors and guide us through the whole wedding process. He made sure we were always on track and on the same page. He guided us from the beginning to the day of the wedding.
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    Kayla Sent on 10/18/2017
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    Shauna was a dream come true to work with! All of the details for my wedding really started to come together once I booked her and her team. She referred the BEST wedding vendors for Kyle and I and worked tirelessly to ensure our wedding day was perfect in every way. She was timely, detailed and most importantly, she cared for me and my family during the whole process. I will absolutely recommend Alegria by Design to anyone planning a wedding in Santa Barbara! Thank you, Shauna! I truly love and respect you for your hard work and dedication to us!
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    Stacey Sent on 10/08/2017
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    Shauna was our month-of planner for our wedding at Firestone Vineyard a week ago. She was the best money we spent on our wedding -- hands down. Our venue required us to book a planner, and I'm so grateful they did; it made ALL the difference.

    Shauna identified little details and gaps that we would never have thought of -- things like who was responsible for getting the ice for white wine and beer, and making sure we had umbrellas ordered for ceremony musicians. She was quick to hop on calls when needed, and incredibly responsive with my millions of questions leading up to the wedding.

    She was incredibly helpful in recommending vendors that matched our style and budget in the lead-up to our wedding month, had an extremely detailed day-of timeline to us before our month even kicked off, and was a complete godsend day-of. I didn't have to lift a finger on my wedding day thanks to Shauna and her assistant Giani handling all of the logistics -- from making sure our vendors knew where to be and when, to ensuring setup looked like it should, to keeping our emcee on track and getting our marriage license filled out correctly. She even made time to hop on a call with a vendor after the wedding to discuss some hiccups we had.

    I had people coming up to me throughout the wedding saying Shauna was amazing. My biggest piece of wedding planning advice is to get a planner -- and if you're in the SB area, GET SHAUNA!
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    Christina Sent on 01/04/2018
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    We found Armando through a preferred vendor list from our venue. He has a few packages to choose from and we ended up choosing the Dream Planning package which included event design, vendor referrals, in person meetings, month of, and day of coordination, etc. Let me preface this by saying that I'm a corporate event planner by trade so I came in with a fairly high bar for hiring a local event planner. From the beginning I knew Armando was our guy - he was quick to understand what our wedding vision was and he gave us a full proposal including ceremony vision, attire for our bridal party, florals, linens, furniture, dance floor, etc! He connected us with local vendors, exchanged countless emails/texts/and phone calls and he made sure every detail and question I had was answered. He also helped us put together a day of agenda and helped us organize our seating assignments. By the time the actual wedding rolled around, I was completely at ease and I completely trusted Armando and his team to execute and make any executive decisions that needed to be made. I was able to enjoy the day with my husband, family, and friends and didn't need to think even once about any of the wedding details. Highly recommended!
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    Elizabeth Sent on 08/31/2017
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    We received an outstanding service from Algeria By Design. We opted for the month of package. Shauna's knowledge and know how really allowed us to relax in the final lead up to the wedding. She coordinated with all our vendors and the hotel seamlessly and we were very happy with her attention to detail and hands on help every step of the way. Thanks Shauna - you were fantastic!
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    Melinda Sent on 07/02/2017
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    Shauna at Alegria did a phenomenal job with our wedding. I knew after our first phone consultation she was the planner for us! She was professional, relaxed and always thinking one step ahead - she brought details to our attention we never would have thought of (i.e. how to make sure we had speakers at our garden ceremony, etc) - and a lot of things experienced planners know not to overlook. We hired her for month-of planning services with a basic design package, but she was there from the beginning helping us line up all of our vendors and offering design guidance. She is from Santa Barbara and has worked with almost everyone in the area. Having a planner with great relationships with our vendors helped make our planning process and the day flow very smoothly! Everyone loves working with her! She even helped take some of the final little details off my hands the last week when I think she realized I was getting overwhelmed, which I seriously appreciated. On the day-of she was busy ensuring everything was just right behind the scenes. I had so many guests tell me this was one of the best planned, most efficiently run weddings they had been to in a LONG time! It was amazing to see everything come together the day-of - it was perfect!! I would recommend Shauna to any of my friends thinking of planning a wedding in Santa Barbara! She kept us on schedule and as stress free as possible so we could really enjoy every moment!
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