Genevieve James Event Planning Reviews

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• Ginger T. Sent on 05/09/2023
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  Genevieve James Events did an amazing job with our wedding at the Stoneleigh Hotel!

  We cannot say enough good things about Geni. She is a pro and her and her team helped us immensely. She is calm, extremely responsive, diplomatic and available at nearly all times. She had access to good, affordable and excellent vendors, such as floral, makeup, hair & rental items. She made our day so much more enjoyable by managing venue, vendors & deliveries and communicating re last minute change from outdoor ceremony to indoor due to heat. It was smooth and seemless. She is exceptional and we do not hesitate to recommend her. Our event had only 50 attendees and we thot we could go it on our own w/o a planner, but we are so glad we hired her. We hired her about 2 months from the date and wish we had done so sooner. She relieved a lot of my stress from all the decisions. She also assisted with paperless invites and managing RSVPs. She was worth every penny and then some. Way to go, Geni!

  We cannot say enough good things about Geni. She is a pro and her and her team helped us immensely. She is calm, extremely responsive, diplomatic and available at nearly all times. She had access to good, affordable and excellent vendors, such as floral, makeup, hair & rental items. She made our day so much more enjoyable by managing venue, vendors & deliveries and communicating re last minute change from outdoor ceremony to indoor due to heat. It was smooth and seemless. She is exceptional and we do not hesitate to recommend her. Our event had only 50 attendees and we thot we could go it on our own w/o a planner, but we are so glad we hired her. We hired her about 2 months from the date and wish we had done so sooner. She relieved a lot of my stress from all the decisions. She also assisted with paperless invites and managing RSVPs. She was worth every penny and then some. Way to go, Geni!

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  Genevieve James Event Planning's reply:

  So very sweet Ginger! We tackled so much in two months and it sure did show! What a beautiful ceremony and reception with so many compliments from your families and friends. I wish you and Larry all the happiness in the world!!
• Debbie M. Sent on 04/15/2022
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  Exceptional Planning and Organization by Geni!

  Geni provided exceptional planning and coordination for my daughter’s wedding. I can’t say enough about the professional and personal service that Geni provided for planning and facilitating my daughter and son-in-law’s wedding event. Geni helped us coordinate and secure top-notch vendors, including a caterer, cake provider, florist, DJ and more, and reviewed all the contracts and followed-up with each to ensure a seamless event.
  
  She also created an event timeline leading up to the wedding as well as a detailed schedule for the day of. This planning and attention to detail ensured that the wedding was seamless and everyone could enjoy the day. Her assistant on the day of the event Whitney, was also phenomenal. Both Geni and Whitney were calm, warm and absolutely exceptional. I am so grateful as the mother-of-the-bride I could enjoy myself and focus on my daughter and guests. Thank you Geni for helping to create a gorgeous and stunning event. Our friends and family raved about the wedding and said it was the best wedding they have been to!

  Geni provided exceptional planning and coordination for my daughter’s wedding. I can’t say enough about the professional and personal service that Geni provided for planning and facilitating my daughter and son-in-law’s wedding event. Geni helped us coordinate and secure top-notch vendors, including a caterer, cake provider, florist, DJ and more, and reviewed all the contracts and followed-up with each to ensure a seamless event.
  
  She also created an event timeline leading up to the wedding as well as a detailed schedule for the day of. This planning and attention to detail ensured that the wedding was seamless and everyone could enjoy the day. Her assistant on the day of the event Whitney, was also phenomenal. Both Geni and Whitney were calm, warm and absolutely exceptional. I am so grateful as the mother-of-the-bride I could enjoy myself and focus on my daughter and guests. Thank you Geni for helping to create a gorgeous and stunning event. Our friends and family raved about the wedding and said it was the best wedding they have been to!

  Genevieve James Event Planning's reply:

  Thank you so much, Debbie. I really enjoyed our chats and am overjoyed you all enjoyed Nina and Andrew’s wedding celebration. It really was amazing! Thanks for trusting me with such a special time in your lives!
• Rachel B. Sent on 03/31/2022
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  One of the Best

  I hired Geni using her partial planning services. Working with her was an absolute dream. She was my advisor and confidant every step of the way. She made herself available to me day or night for any questions or concerns. She recommended some of the BEST vendors that she already had good relationships with, and developed great working relationships with the vendors I chose who'd she'd never worked with before. She reviewed every single vendor contract before I signed it and raised questions and concerns that I wouldn't have thought about without her. She made the weeks and days leading up to the wedding feel like a breeze. You can tell Geni has been in the business a long time and knows what she's doing. You won't go wrong hiring her!

  I hired Geni using her partial planning services. Working with her was an absolute dream. She was my advisor and confidant every step of the way. She made herself available to me day or night for any questions or concerns. She recommended some of the BEST vendors that she already had good relationships with, and developed great working relationships with the vendors I chose who'd she'd never worked with before. She reviewed every single vendor contract before I signed it and raised questions and concerns that I wouldn't have thought about without her. She made the weeks and days leading up to the wedding feel like a breeze. You can tell Geni has been in the business a long time and knows what she's doing. You won't go wrong hiring her!

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  Genevieve James Event Planning's reply:

  Thank you so much for your kind words, Rachel!! I just adored getting to know you and help plan your amazing wedding with you. We made a great team and it was the most beautiful day ♥️.
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• Lindsey D. Sent on 12/19/2020
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  experienced coordinator who went above and beyond to help in all areas of our wedding!

  When I tell you that I would not have had the wedding that we did, without Geni - I mean it. She was so helpful and went above and beyond in every way possible. She was so organized and helped me with all of the little things and big things that I forgot about. She consistently asked how she could help and was so easy to communicate with (and super responsive!!) I could not recommend her enough to anyone looking for some help with planning/organizing for your wedding. I was not convinced that I actually needed a coordinator at first but I promise you - it was the best decision we made. She is also sooo sweet and easy going - a pure joy to be around! Do yourself a favor and have her help/guide/assist you. She has so much experience and has a pure passion for wedding/event planning and it shows!

  When I tell you that I would not have had the wedding that we did, without Geni - I mean it. She was so helpful and went above and beyond in every way possible. She was so organized and helped me with all of the little things and big things that I forgot about. She consistently asked how she could help and was so easy to communicate with (and super responsive!!) I could not recommend her enough to anyone looking for some help with planning/organizing for your wedding. I was not convinced that I actually needed a coordinator at first but I promise you - it was the best decision we made. She is also sooo sweet and easy going - a pure joy to be around! Do yourself a favor and have her help/guide/assist you. She has so much experience and has a pure passion for wedding/event planning and it shows!
• Julia H. Sent on 11/20/2020
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  10/10 Wedding Planner

  There are not enough words to describe how amazing Geni is! We hired her to be the month-of-coordinator for our wedding and couldn't be happier. Geni helped us by reviewing contracts, managing our vendors and timeline the day of our wedding, helping us with the venue floorplan and seating charts, and so much more. The transition of moving from me as the POC for our vendors to Geni was smooth and our wedding was perfect. Geni is kind and supportive (two things every couple needs for their wedding), and provides top-tier service to her clients.
  
  I am so glad that I got to work with Geni! Thank you for making our dream wedding a reality!

  There are not enough words to describe how amazing Geni is! We hired her to be the month-of-coordinator for our wedding and couldn't be happier. Geni helped us by reviewing contracts, managing our vendors and timeline the day of our wedding, helping us with the venue floorplan and seating charts, and so much more. The transition of moving from me as the POC for our vendors to Geni was smooth and our wedding was perfect. Geni is kind and supportive (two things every couple needs for their wedding), and provides top-tier service to her clients.
  
  I am so glad that I got to work with Geni! Thank you for making our dream wedding a reality!
• Carson C. Sent on 04/10/2021
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  Wonderful in every way!

  Geni provided a seamless experience for my wedding day! As my day-of coordinator, she created a timeline for the ceremony and reception, helped me find a few vendors I might not have otherwise known about, followed up professionally and promptly with vendors to ensure timely arrival, and oversaw the meticulous setup of the reception space. Thanks to her expertise, warmth, and communicativeness, my wedding day was the perfect one we envisioned.
  

  Geni provided a seamless experience for my wedding day! As my day-of coordinator, she created a timeline for the ceremony and reception, helped me find a few vendors I might not have otherwise known about, followed up professionally and promptly with vendors to ensure timely arrival, and oversaw the meticulous setup of the reception space. Thanks to her expertise, warmth, and communicativeness, my wedding day was the perfect one we envisioned.
  

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  Genevieve James Event Planning's reply:

  From the day we met I knew we were going to have a wonderful time planning the details for you and Jon. Adjusting to some of the necessary changes last year could not have been a more seem less process. It was an absolute joy working with you Carson!! ❣️
• Jennifer C. Sent on 11/19/2020
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  Great wedding planner

  Geni was so great to work with and really listened to what I wanted. She helped make our day even better

  Geni was so great to work with and really listened to what I wanted. She helped make our day even better
• Dave Sent on 12/04/2020
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  Amazing! Incredible! Awesome! Geni Rocks!

  Geni helped us plan the perfect wedding of our dreams. She is not only an incredible event planner, but an amazing human being. When my wife and I got married, we were a bit older and more established, so we knew exactly what we wanted and the budget we could afford. Geni went above and beyond to find the best vendors that could accomplish what we were looking for within our budget. For example, we had a crazy idea, since our wedding reception venue had no windows, to project a high resolution floor to ceiling imagine of a Chicago (theme of our wedding) skyline along a 100' long wall indoors. This would add a really cool element to our theme. And while this was unheard of, Geni found a vendor that made it happen! We were so impressed with the way it turned out. Geni kept me grounded throughout the entire planning process, preventing me from being a groomzilla, and engaged my wife to be more involved who is normally quite reserved. She knows how to communicate our wishes and has a gift for filling in the missing pieces that we don't know we need. She joined us on countless venue walks and helped us get every little thing perfect. As a "day of" coordinator, we would have been lost without Geni. She made sure everything was absolutely perfect. The day went off without a single hitch, that we knew of. Apparently we had a several issues pop up with the cake, some guests that showed up without RSVP and didn't have a place to sit, and several other things. NONE OF WHICH were made known to us until long after. Geni took care of EVERYTHING so that we could concentrate on the best day of our lives. Geni took special care of our older parents for the wedding and reception. She made sure my elderly dad (who couldn't get around too well) made it safely to the reception and after-party, and enjoyed himself fully. I was so appreciative of this, as there was no one else to really take care of my dad, and Geni was amazing helping him. The next day we realized that one of our Swarovski toasting flutes that we bought specifically for the wedding was missing. We LOVED those! Later we found out that one was broken, and we actually found some broken pieces of it in the elevator. We were saddened but that was the only thing that happened. One year later, Geni gave us a gift for our first anniversary. It was a new matching Swarovski toasting flute! That was so sweet of her to remember and to think of us. Almost 10 years later, Geni is still amazing, still our friend, and we still have the toasting flutes. What a wonderful human being, and event planner Geni is. Your search is over, choose her for your event planning!

  Geni helped us plan the perfect wedding of our dreams. She is not only an incredible event planner, but an amazing human being. When my wife and I got married, we were a bit older and more established, so we knew exactly what we wanted and the budget we could afford. Geni went above and beyond to find the best vendors that could accomplish what we were looking for within our budget. For example, we had a crazy idea, since our wedding reception venue had no windows, to project a high resolution floor to ceiling imagine of a Chicago (theme of our wedding) skyline along a 100' long wall indoors. This would add a really cool element to our theme. And while this was unheard of, Geni found a vendor that made it happen! We were so impressed with the way it turned out. Geni kept me grounded throughout the entire planning process, preventing me from being a groomzilla, and engaged my wife to be more involved who is normally quite reserved. She knows how to communicate our wishes and has a gift for filling in the missing pieces that we don't know we need. She joined us on countless venue walks and helped us get every little thing perfect. As a "day of" coordinator, we would have been lost without Geni. She made sure everything was absolutely perfect. The day went off without a single hitch, that we knew of. Apparently we had a several issues pop up with the cake, some guests that showed up without RSVP and didn't have a place to sit, and several other things. NONE OF WHICH were made known to us until long after. Geni took care of EVERYTHING so that we could concentrate on the best day of our lives. Geni took special care of our older parents for the wedding and reception. She made sure my elderly dad (who couldn't get around too well) made it safely to the reception and after-party, and enjoyed himself fully. I was so appreciative of this, as there was no one else to really take care of my dad, and Geni was amazing helping him. The next day we realized that one of our Swarovski toasting flutes that we bought specifically for the wedding was missing. We LOVED those! Later we found out that one was broken, and we actually found some broken pieces of it in the elevator. We were saddened but that was the only thing that happened. One year later, Geni gave us a gift for our first anniversary. It was a new matching Swarovski toasting flute! That was so sweet of her to remember and to think of us. Almost 10 years later, Geni is still amazing, still our friend, and we still have the toasting flutes. What a wonderful human being, and event planner Geni is. Your search is over, choose her for your event planning!