Amanda Paige Events Reviews
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Maddie B. Sent on 01/30/2024Wedding planner extraordinaire
I genuinely wish I could give this review more than 5 stars. Amanda and her team went above and beyond every step of the way for our wedding. Amanda is more than just a wedding planner, she is a friend, a confidant, a designer, a voice of reason, and a true expert on all things Chicago weddings. I reached out to Amanda before I was even engaged! Thats how annoying I am! She took me venue shopping before that ring was even on my finger. She answered my many many questions before I even hired her. So when my husband did get down on one knee, she was (besides family and friends) the first call I made. I learned a lot about myself during the wedding planning process. Both good and bad things. Amanda was kind, loving, organized, and beyond helpful throughout our year long planning process. She listened to me and my fiance during the process, and truly was our sounding board. My husbands and my families are both out of town. Amanda even came with me to buy my wedding dress because my mom had went back home. I had A LOT of ideas, I mean a lot. Most were really bad. Amanda listened to all of them and then would put into perspective how reasonable they were.
She also designed our save the dates, menus, programs, yarmulkes, seating chart, napkins, favors etc. She took things to levels I didn’t even know I could achieve.
The day of the wedding was perfect. Everyone had the best time and it was so smooth. One of my bridesmaids had a wedding the following weekend and mentioned to me how disruptive and flustered it was. You truly don’t realize the good stuff until bad stuff happens.
Besides my husband, Amanda was easily the most important part of our wedding. We genuinely couldn’t have done it without her. She found all of our vendors (all of which I had an incredible experience with), thought of every detail, and was able to wrangle our crazy family and friends. I couldn’t recommend Amanda and her team more. Also quick shoutout to Annie and Taylor who were sooo helpful during the day of! -
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Alex C. Sent on 05/09/2024Made Our Dream Wedding A Reality
We can't imagine our wedding going as well as it did without the guidance and coordination of Amanda Paige Events. Taylor was the planner we worked with and she was awesome! She's a great listener and knew how to walk us through the process to get everything we wanted. We also had Hannah on the day of the wedding and she was super helpful and a pleasure to work with. Amanda and her team helped us throw the perfect wedding and we can't recommend them enough. -
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Brittany M. Sent on 03/19/2024I love ape!
OMG! Where do I even begin!? Amanda & Annie are seriously THE BEST ever! I don't know what I would have done without them on my wedding day. Seriously, lifesavers. I have made lifelong friends & cannot say enough positive things about them. Start to finish, nothing but perfection! -
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Alison P. Sent on 06/25/2023Truly Type-A Bride Approved!!
Amanda is such a rockstar wedding planner and coordinator! I knew she would be the perfect planner for me when I saw that her Instagram said "Type-A bride approved." I can personally vouch that this is 1000% true. In the build up, she helped us tie several loose ends with our vendors, coordinated the walkthrough and dialed us in so that we could attend virtually. She is always readily available to help and offered her thoughtful inputs (but knew when to step back and let us make the final call) at our food tasting, bridal hair trial and groom's suit/tuxedo selection.
On the day of, she kept the event moving along seamlessly, with master shepherding of vendors and various guests. She coordinated the rehearsal, ensuring everyone (the couple, the parents, the officiant as well as the DJ, the photo/videographer) knew their roles well. She ensured the couple had a plate of appetizers ready before cocktail hour, which we appreciated. She kept the group photos moving along, while also respecting the wishes of the family to have photos taken with various permutations of family members and on different phones in addition to the wedding photographer. We also had a slight mix-up with our cake vendor, which she managed effortlessly.
Amanda's assistant, Annie, was amazing on the day-of, as well! She coordinated with the groom and his family in the build-up to the ceremony, ensuring they knew when to be where for the photos and first look etc. She also ensured we didn't have to worry about anything during the actual ceremony, taking care to ensure that all the gifts / jewelry etc. were collected and transported seamlessly between the ceremony and party venues. She even came prepared with band-aids to save the day with an unexpected blister :)
Amanda and her team really think of everything and help make the day run seamlessly without any worries for the bride, groom or their families. We are so grateful that we had her and her team on our day!! -
Amy N. Sent on 07/18/2023
Couldn't have done it without Amanda!
We engaged Amanda Paige Events to assist with partial full planning services for our May 2023 wedding. Wedding planning, coordination & organization is no joke, and we could not have done it without Amanda! Over 18 months, Amanda worked closely with us through vendor selection process including reviewing vendor contracts, articulating our vision, bringing the design to life, ultimately to our beautiful day!
Personally, I was overwhelmed by the decisions, timelines, details that needed to be made & when. Whenever there was any question, Amanda was a text away. She consistently checked-in, we held our scheduled touchpoints (and plenty of ad-hoc - for my sanity), and it never felt like there was not a point at which she was not involved or invested. Amanda could tell I was struggling to envision all of the floral/decor details and set-up an in person decor viewing to put my mind at ease and finalize decisions. She generously created (and sketched) our welcome insert for our guest bags. There are so many details where she went above and beyond before our wedding day even arrived.
On our wedding day - I could not have been more thankful Amanda, Annie & Mimi were by our side! Truly, there was not a single detail that went unnoticed, or not as planned. The organization, communication and support the day of, put our minds at ease. She pulled my mom aside for special sneak peeks of our room reveal, and made moments special for our families.
Over the 18 months of our 'working relationship', we gained a friend and could not have been more impressed by the culmination of all of Amanda & her team's hard work coming together. We had the most perfect day, ever! -
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Adriana L. Sent on 04/01/2024Thank you, Amanda & Team!
To Amanda and her incredible team, we could not have done this without you. You and your team were able to adapt and pivot with us as we rescheduled our wedding TWICE!!! To everyone considering if you should invest in a coordinator, you absolutely should. Amanda recommended the best vendors. She has an incredible relationship with her vendor team, and she listened to our concerns about budget and made great suggestions to help us stay within a range we were comfortable in. I truly believe finding Amanda was meant to be. She was an integral part of our wedding planning process, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. She’s an incredible asset and someone you want on your team to help make sure your big day is perfect 😊 -
Noa M. Sent on 10/09/2022
Amanda and Amanda Paige Events delivered our dream wedding!
I worked with Amanda and her team at Amanda Paige Events for my September 2022 wedding in Sonoma County, California. Amanda and her team were fantastic to work with and I highly recommend you hire them. Amanda is creative, organized, personable, and excellent at what she does.
Throughout the initial planning process, Amanda helped us feel at ease, especially given that I had never planned a wedding before. She laid out everything we needed to do, researched vendors, provided us options, and helped us find vendors that were right for us. This is something that I really loved-- she helped guide us, but didn't force anything, allowing us to figure out what worked for us.
Amanda has great taste and during our planning process worked with me to figure out what my vision was. Each wedding that she does is customized and she worked with me to bring my vision to reality.
Finally, Amanda really went above and beyond to help manage the stress and everything else that goes along with planning a wedding. We couldn't have done it without her!
Not only did Amanda plan an amazing wedding, but she also executed it seamlessly. Our wedding was our dream wedding. Everything was beautiful, every vendor that she chose outperformed our expectations, and it was a perfect day. When I walked into our ceremony and dinner, I was beyond happy to see my exact vision but better.
While her creativity and planning were an important part of making this happen, so was her organization and event execution skills. She seamlessly executed our entire wedding weekend for four days. Not only did this make it a perfect weekend but it also allowed us to fully enjoy our weekend.
Amanda also brought two of her team members, Vanessa and Annie to help manage our wedding weekend. They were a pleasure to work with. Helpful, positive, organized, and went above and beyond to bring great energy and make the weekend great.
I highly recommend Amanda and her team and would do it again in a heartbeat if I could!
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Michelle B. Sent on 10/11/2022Truly your Advocate, Champion, and Friend Through The Process
Even before getting engaged, the number one advice I received from wives and husbands was to get a planner for our wedding. I took this advice to heart when I got engaged to my now husband. I’m so glad I did because Amanda and her team were absolutely essential to ensure our wedding was amazing for me, my husband, and our guests.
In fact, our wedding was perfect.
From the moment we had our first call with Amanda, she was attentive to our specific wants and needs as a couple. She embraced our vision and ideas, and always encouraged us to do what WE wanted, not because our families were pressuring us to go in a certain direction. She matched us with an amazing total vendor team that met our budget needs and quality/look we were looking for. Any worries we had on wild card guests was always met with a plan from Amanda on how to be proactive, or tackle them in the moment. She really was our rock through the entire planning process and day of wedding.
Which leads me to the day of the wedding. As I said, it was perfect. Her assistants, Annie and Hannah, were amazing. I’m not sure if anything went wrong on the day of the wedding because they were so on top of everything and scheduling. I truly just had to show up and soak up being a bride for the day.
When I think of our 2 year planning partnership with Amanda, I am so thankful. She was organized, proactive, professional, authentic, and genuine. She is a gem, and number one in what she does. -
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Kate T. Sent on 08/02/2022Thank you amanda!
Where to begin! HUGE thank you Amanda and her team (Annie too!), for helping us navigate the best day ever! Yes, did I forget key details? (AKA the rings and invites and where the Xavier flag was?)... yup. Did Amanda traverse up 4 flights to our apartment to get them? YES! Needless to say, Amanda and her team will go above and beyond to help support you and your partner float through your day with ease. I agree with all 5 star reviews of Amanda! If you are on the fence, SHE IS WORTH IT! I typically think of myself as pretty organized, but her strategies and checklists, helped me SO much more than I could have imagined. From her professionalism to her skill to her emotional IQ, she will always keep your best interests to make sure you have the best possible day. Thank you, Amanda! -
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Allison U. Sent on 06/12/2022Best planner
Before I got engaged, I knew I wanted Amanda to be my wedding planner. When we finally met, I knew we had made the right choice. I am Type A and love to plan but knew I did not have the time to plan a wedding without a planner. Amanda was there for me throughout the entire wedding process. During venue tours, she could read my reactions and knew when it wasn't the right place. She worked with our budget and actually saved us a lot of money. She listened to what we needed and made sure it could happen day of. On the day of our wedding, she handled everything. We did not worry about anything. Shannon, Amanda's staff, was assigned to directly working with me. She kept track of all my stuff and got me where I needed to be! Vanessa, Amanda's staff, worked with my husband. She was a saint and dealt with a group of guys making sure they were on time. Amanda worked with all the vendors to make our day perfect. When there was hiccup with one of our vendors, she worked to resolve it. Our wedding was perfect. There is not one thing we would change and we owe that to Amanda. We do not believe anyone should plan a wedding without Amanda. -
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Traci Sent on 05/18/2022The BEST decision we made for our wedding!
Amanda was the first vendor I reached out to after we got engaged, the first contract we signed and by far one of the best decisions we made leading up to our big day! The partial planning package was not only very reasonably priced for the value (and compared to other planners), but it allowed us to have the support of a visionary like Amanda to help make our wedding day dreams come to life! She partnered with us from the very beginning- locking in and coordinating with other vendors, getting our budget in place, ensuring everything on the big day was squared away... she was our right-hand lady! Amanda is so thoughtful, kind and really loves her clients, that all shows through her work.
Amanda was always a phone call or a text away, at any time of day. She communicated so consistently and was always a few steps ahead. She was on maternity leave for 6 weeks leading up to our wedding, but being the amazing type-A planner that she is, she communicated the plans for her absence well in advance, everything was ready before she took her well deserved time away with the baby and her team was there for me if we needed them.
Amanda and her team built a day of schedule that was so seamless, had every last detail managed and kept us all on time and on track -- there was nothing left for us to do than to enjoy our wedding day with friends and family! Amanda is a gem; if you have the opportunity to book her for planning or day-of coordination, do it! -
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Hannah S. Sent on 01/03/2022Go with Amada!
We absolutely loved having Amanda help with our wedding! We opted to have her as our day-of coordinator to help things run smoothly, which they totally did. Amanda is extremely organized and supportive but also strikes a balance with offering her opinions where needed. I was the kind of bride who needed someone to keep her wild ideas in check sometimes, and Amanda did just that. She can definitely "read the room" and adapt plans as needed. I am a pretty uptight person, so I seriously couldn't believe that I was actually able to relax and enjoy my day. If you don't hire Amanda to help with your wedding, you are making a mistake. -
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Laura E. Sent on 09/28/2021Best Decision of My Wedding (besides marrying my husband)
If Amanda Paige events is available, book Amanda and her team IMMEDIATELY! This was the best decision we made during the wedding planning process. We had a small wedding (50 people, due to COVID) and initially thought we could get away without having a day of coordinator for our wedding. It became obvious during the planning process that we needed help. The stress relief I felt after meeting with Amanda for the first time was immediately noticeable to my now husband. I got to see her in action a couple of months before my wedding at a wedding I was a bridesmaid in and I knew that I had made the right decision. The communication leading up to the wedding day was excellent and it was because of Amanda and her assistant coordinator, Vanessa, that my wedding day ran perfectly. I am someone who worries about things running on time and I was able to forget about all of that on my wedding day. Amanda and Vanessa took care of all of the details, so I could focus on enjoying the day. Amanda even helped us coordinate with her dog walker to dog sit for us and bring our puppy for photos! She and her team went above and beyond and I cannot recommend APE enough. -
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Morgan B. Sent on 07/21/2023Amazing team, amazing people - book ape!
Amanda and her team at APE deserve more than 5 stars, they exceeded all my expectations! As a meticulous and detail-oriented person - I was very particular about who I was going to hand over the wedding planning to/day of coordination. However, from the moment I spoke to Amanda, I felt like I was talking to a friend who truly understood my vision.
Throughout the entire process, Amanda's expertise and ability to navigate every detail put me at ease. She made the planning fun and enjoyable, and her team executed everything flawlessly.
I must also give a big shout-out to Annie for staying until my sparkler exit at midnight. Amanda and her team truly went above and beyond, and I can't recommend them enough. If you're looking for the best, look no further - book APE for your wedding.
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